Sometimes, when I read a book by an author I normally enjoy, I realize partway through that I am going to have to put together a review that pains me to write. This is exactly what happened to me as I read Captured. I have read several of Beverly Jenkins’ books so I know she…
Never Love a Lawman sat in my Amazon shopping cart for three months as I anxiously awaited its release. I love western romances – and I mean love them – and it’s rare that I connect with today’s offerings. But somehow, I just knew Jo Goodman would deliver a satisfying western tale and I wasn’t…
I’m not a huge fan of American historical romance, but every now and again I get a hankering to read one. Luckily, For the Love of Murphy came close to satisfying the craving. Katie Thomas left scandal and Chicago behind to join her doctor brother in Victor City, Colorado. Once she arrives, she awakens to…
Have you ever wondered how reviewers balance review-reading and books for fun? Everyone does it differently, but I’m fairly regimented; starting at the beginning of the month, I’ll read three books for review (that’s our standard reviewer commitment), then my book club book. If I have any month left over (often I don’t), I’ll read…
It isn’t often that I read American historical romance, much less set in the 20th century. Dorothy Garlock’s The Moon Looked Down offers a somewhat refreshing change of scenery for me, to early 1940s Illinois. Sophie Heller and her family immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1933, suspecting from the beginning that their…
When was the last time you read a romance set in the earliest days of the Jazz Age? Whistling in the Dark not only features an unusual setting but two heroes who face ordinary struggles such as keeping a family business afloat. I also loved the insight into the earliest days of radio, before the…
Where the Wind Blows is a pleasant Western romance and reading it was a nice change of pace from all the paranormals out there. I used to love Western romances (Maggie Osborne, I really miss you), and it’s been a long time since I’ve read a really good one. While I can’t say this was…
There’s something very sad about D reads. They’re sandwiched between the irredeemable Fs and mediocre-but-somewhat-redeemable Cs. But the Ds have almost nothing to recommend, except that glimmer or two that could have been something. Another Dawn is the sequel to Sunset Embrace (which I’ve never read) and features that couple’s (Ross and Lydia) daughter, Banner…
Texas Hold Him by Lisa Cooke is a pleasant, but average wallpaper-y romance set in the post-Civil War South. Lottie Mason has 6 weeks to come up with $15,000 to pay off a blackmailer and keep her ailing father out of jail. But the Mason family isn’t doing well after the Civil War, and none…
It’s been a long time since I read a book so tiresome that I had to play games to get myself through it. With its colonial American setting, I had high hopes for Black Eagle, but unfortunately, I found myself having to line up Jelly Bellies so that I could eat one every time Black…
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