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There was a reason that Queen Mary received the sobriquet Bloody Mary and it is that she instigated the ruthless, violent treatment of her subjects. Elizabeth, her half-sister, seemed the only hope of a people plagued by religious persecution. But Elizabeth’s rise to the throne was fraught with peril, not least because her sister desperately…
Narrated by Luke Daniels When Whiskey Beach was released earlier this year, I declined to review it. I had read some early remarks about the original narrator and listened to the samples, and I decided it wasn’t going to be the type of experience I would enjoy enough to finish the audiobook. The original narrator…
Katie McGarry’s Young Adult title Pushing the Limits has gotten so much positive buzz in the YA reviewer community; I held little hope that it would live up to my expectations. Thankfully, I was wrong, and it did. Very much so. High school senior Echo Emerson hates her life. Her father, a controlling perfectionist, bullies…
Zombie romance. Yeah, I can’t be the only one who has qualms about putting those two words together. Rotting corpses just aren’t that romantic. Being the last hope for humankind, however, with a handsome former-CEO turned zombie outbreak survivor searching for his missing sister definitely has the makings of an intriguing zombie romance. Megan Fletcher…
Before I begin my review I must ask a question: how common is the phrase “calf nuts on a cracker?” Is this just a Texas expression? A rancherism? This was the catchphrase of the hero of Boone Mitchell, the hero Unforgettable by Alison Kent. Unfortunately, the title is a misnomer and the story is pretty…
I enjoyed Ms Macnamara’s début (A Most Scandalous Proposal) earlier this year, and so looked forward to reading the follow-up novel about George Upperton, just plain “Mister” Upperton, who featured in a secondary role in the first book. George himself is a charming character, although his situation as presented at the beginning of the book…
In outline, Cost of Loving looks like it should be an emotionally gripping angst fest surrounding two young men’s reactions to their friend’s suicide. Unfortunately, author Kelly doesn’t quite have the writing ability to pull it off; instead he lets the story get trapped in a morass of crying jags and endless conversations which didn’t…
Spending time with people you dislike can be extremely difficult, especially if they specialize in whining about how tough life has been for them. Constance is such a character, a woman who perpetually looks at the half of the glass she doesn’t have. She goes beyond that: Beneath her sophisticated, successful façade is a woman…
I have long been a fan of Jayne Ann Krentz, especially her science fiction romance novels written as Jayne Castle. They are consistently fun and entertaining, and how can you not enjoy books with darling animals like the dust bunnies? If you haven’t read any of them, imagine a dust ball that purrs, with bright…
When I saw the cover of Rebecca Hagan Lee’s A Wanted Man, I have to admit that I expected a gunslinger romance of some sort. The title and cover just do not match the tale of boomtown San Franscisco that I encountered instead. While it has its moments and I found the background fascinating, I…
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