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I know I’m going to have a problem or two with a book when I get out a piece of paper to take notes about everything that is bugging me. This book started bugging me on page 21 when the heroine described herself as having a “keen mind” – UGH! Maggie Malone, a private investigator,…
Do you like John Grisham? Do you like mysteries? If so, I think you’d like Stella Cameron’s French Quarter. Sizzling and suspenseful, Cameron’s murder-mystery romance will keep your brain whirling, whether you’re trying to figure out “Who did it?” or calm your senses from the smoldering sensuality in the story. Cameron starts the story en…
Don’t bother. The End. I guess I can’t leave it at that – you’ll want details. Well, I can’t review this book. Sorry, I just can’t. I’m not even going to tell you the plot. It’s too inane. As I read this book, I found myself becoming more and more irritated by the inane inconsistencies,…
Rosalyn Alsobrook and Victoria Barrett joined forces a couple of years ago to write a series of romances centered at The Seascape Inn – a bed and breakfast in Maine. According to my records, The Perfect Stranger is second in the series; six have been written so far. These sweet romances occur when strangers meet…
Highland Scoundrel has a lot to recommend it. It has humor, action, and intrigue. The hero and heroine are both interesting, and the secondary characters are full of personality. There are plots and subplots everywhere. It’s a little hard to keep up with it all, but it’s worth it. Shona MacGowan is the only daughter…
Avon refers to Kathleen E. Woodiwiss as “The Goddess of Romance” for good reason. Her groundbreaking historical romance, The Flame & the Flower, is a cherished keeper – one that resides prominently on many all-time favorite romance lists, including mine – despite the fact our beloved genre has come a long way since this novel…
It was with some trepidation that I began The Flame and the Flower. On one hand, I had heard many readers say that their love of the romance genre started when they read this book. On the other hand, I had heard people talk with scorn about “those romances of the seventies.” Since I was…
Lord of Sunset is an historical novel about the life of Harold of Wessex, the last Saxon king of England. Harold is a shadowy historical character, best known as an embroidered figure on the Bayeaux tapestry. Parke Godwin takes this figure and brings him to three-dimensional life. Harold is the second son of a powerful…
I have loved many books by Linda Howard – this is not one of them. I grew up in Alabama, where Shades of Twilight is set, and I’ve been fighting the very sort of stereotypes it depicts my whole life. I’ve been reading romance since I was a teen, and while I’ve read scenes of…
New Orleans and the Cajun country of Louisiana, are the background for Michelle Jerott’s Golden Heart Award-winning book, Absolute Trouble, and a wonderful book it is. Absolute Trouble has a wounded heroine, a bad boy hero, a drug-dealing slug of a villain, and some great supporting characters. Mix all these with a fast-paced plot and…
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