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Best Laid Schemes has everything you’d expect in a Regency. There are interesting characters, witty dialogue, and a fun house-party setting. It also has some things you wouldn’t necessarily expect, like a mischievous (and incontinent) monkey. It’s not a book that will change the world, but it’s a good, light read. Tarquin Rome, the Earl…
At heart, Lost Acres Bride is not a bad book. The characters are engaging, and the story is fairly original. However, there are distracting inconsistencies and annoyances that appear throughout, keeping the reader from really enjoying the story. Serena Hull, half white and half Modoc Indian, arrives in Oregon to claim Lost Acres Ranch. Years…
One Bright Star contains many elements of a romance. It is a contemporary, an adventure, a paranormal, as well as science fiction, and while the contemporary/adventure elements shine, the science fiction fizzles. Imaginative story elements are combined here to intrigue the reader, but it is done at the expense of fully developing the human element,…
I’m so happy! Merline Lovelace’s new SIM, If a Man Answers, lived up to my expectations. If it hadn’t, I would have been disappointed because If a Man Answers is one of my all-time favorite movies (starring Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee and Caesar Romero to boot!). This book lives up to the good connotations…
Annie’s Wild Ride is probably one of the better books I have read in a long time. The ending was a bit of a let down but, overall, I’d have to say the ride (or should I say the read) was worth it. Anne (gee, I like that name and how it’s spelled) and Paul…
Life is interesting, is it not? Many people make the same mistakes in relationships over and over again, never realizing they are sabotaging themselves until something happens to make them aware of what they are doing. Annie’s Wild Ride is a book that has this sort of realism. It is about two people who are…
Rebel Spies, royal ancestors, and a marriage of convenience. Beverly Jenkins’s Through the Storm is a typical romance with a few twists. I liked the interactions between the characters but I did not like the way Jenkins presented historical facts. Sable Fontaine was born a slave on a southern plantation. Her mother was repeatedly raped…
Julia Quinn is an author known for her lighthearted, humorous romances. To Catch an Heiress definitely fits that description, with a touch more angst, making for a more involved read. Caroline is almost twenty-one – the age that she gains control of her inheritance and is finally free from the last of a long list…
Conversation and dialogue. . . Julia Quinn’s To Catch an Heiress reminded me of a screenplay because the entire book seemed to be a conversation between two or three characters. I’ve been very satisfied with Quinn’s earlier novels, so I was puzzled with my dissatisfaction after reading this one. I flipped through one of her…
Body & Soul is a ghost romance with a little romantic suspense thrown in for good measure. If you can work your way through the somewhat distant first part, you’ll find a good read here. Author Krinard dazzled me in the past with earlier works, so this one was a bit disappointing, but still better…
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