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The cover flap of Fortune’s Hand claims that the book is about “temptation, betrayal, greed – and of the redeeming power of love.” I have no quarrel with the first three adjectives, but if there is any redeeming love in this book I sure couldn’t find it. This is a depressing, unpleasant novel about one…
Janet Evanovich’s books about Stephanie Plum just keep getting better and better. High Five was so funny that I had to stop reading several times and hold my ribs. When the book begins, Stephanie Plum has several irons in the fire. Business is pretty slow, so she takes her fellow bounty hunter Ranger up on…
Some readers avoid Virginia Henley because they believe she uses too much purple prose. I’ve read all of her books and this one does not have that problem. In fact, this book has an exuberance about it, a sense of humor even, unlike any other Henley I’ve ever read. Seduced has a cross-dressing based plot…
Good things may come to those who wait, but sometimes the expectation and build-up can dull the thing when it finally arrives. I haunted my bookstore for about a week waiting for this book because I liked Sally Tyler Hayes’ first spy novel, Dangerous to Love so much. Although Spies, Lies, and Lovers, is good,…
Grady Sloan wasn’t used to murders. Sure, he had been with the police department for 12 years and was currently interim chief, but homicides just didn’t happen in his small Texas town of Fargate. When Angela Petersen is murdered, the only witness is a woman with amnesia. Is she responsible for the grizzly death or…
When a wealthy, intelligent and powerful man dates a women who is 10 years younger, poorer and of a lower social class than he is – not too many eyebrows are raised, especially if she is beautiful. But what happens when an older, wealthier woman dates a poor, lower-class man? Sara Davidson is 50. She…
The blurb of The Long Way Home, the newest in Jove’s Friends line, proclaims “When it comes to matters of the heart, you can always trust your friends.” Wouldn’t you say that sets up certain reader expectations? It’s unfortunate this book was included in this new marketing strategy because none of these expectations were met….
The Last Man in Town has a cute premise: the town of Maple Falls, Minnesota has been stricken by the gold bug, and Lucas Garrett is the only young man in town who hasn’t left for Colorado. Basically the book is an enjoyable one, with a hero and heroine who are good friends before they…
Badge of Honor is the fifth in Justine Davis’ Trinity Street West series, a series which has revolved around the men and women who risk their lives and hearts while working in a very special police precinct. The series has been terrific far, and this entry is no different – it is a stirring tale…
One of the great taboos in romance novels is adultery. Many readers simply refuse to bother with a book in which it is featured. While I am not fond of adultery in a book, I am loathe to tie an author’s hands – especially an author like Mary Balogh who has made a specialty of…
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