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By Magic Beguiled is enchanting! I fell under its spell with the very first chapter and found it hard to put down until I had finished the last. This is the first book of Maggie Shayne’s that I have read, but it certainly won’t be the last. The story opens with seven-year old Adam exploring…
JoAnn Ross has written a nice little story here, with a very appealing hero. You just might want to give this book a read. Grace Fairfield is an enormously popular, best-selling romance author. She is also young. She is also pretty. She is also marked for murder. But, who’d want to kill this nice lady?…
The premise for Black Velvet is intriguing – shy librarian Amalie Dove writes erotica under the assumed name of Madame X. When the publisher wants a picture to accompany her book, she uses that of blonde-bombshell friend (and actress) Lacey. When the publisher wants to send Madame X on a book tour, what are two…
One thing you can say about Suzanne Brockmann’s Tall, Dark and Dangerous mini-series – they are not chick books. There’s not a lot of description of clothing and accessories – unless you count the men’s uniforms, and there’s lots of action. Everyday, Average Jones is the kind of book you would get if you mixed…
If the first thing you look at after you pick up this book is the back cover – ignore it. Did men have hair like that back then? The roses and tiara on the front cover have nothing to do with the story, either, but someone must have thought they looked pretty. Be assured that…
Her Norman Conqueror just missed being a really great read. New author Malia Martin gets lots of points for refreshing, innovative ideas, and a truly wonderful Part I. Unfortunately, Parts II and III don’t hold up as well. Even so, I think this is a new author to keep your eye on. Lady Aleene of…
One of my personal fantasies involves a lover discovering my journal, filled with my experiences and personal thoughts, and literally getting to know me like a book. So when I heard about Private Fantasies, a steamy romance about a man who discovers the private journal of a woman he’s been unsuccessfully pursuing for six months,…
Private Fantasies is a light-hearted and pleasurable read that for this reader had some very sensually satisfying love scenes, including some hot phone sex. Several scenes in fact I have bookmarked as required summer reading for my dear husband. He can pretend that those pages are from my journal, which would be helpful, as I…
When I read about a 17-year-old heroine, all I can think is, She is much too young for that, despite the historical appropriateness of her age. This is the 90’s after all, and many of us wouldn’t allow a 17-year-old to babysit for us, much less think about getting married and start producing wee bairns…
Have you ever put off writing something until the last minute and turned in your rough draft? Maybe it was promising, and maybe it had potential, but it still needed a lot of work. That, in a nutshell. describes When Dreams Come True. The problem is that what you are reading is the final draft,…
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