The thing you need to know about me, to give the necessary context for this review, is that I love—LOVE—Jane Austen. I’ve reread all her novels multiple times, I’ve seen virtually every adaptation (the Colin Firth Pride and Prejudice is the best Pride and Prejudice, I will die on this hill), and P&P remains my…
Buried Deep and Other Stories is a new anthology by author Naomi Novak, containing some of her older works and two new ones, one of which is set in the world of the series she is currently working on. The Wreck of the Amphidrake (Araminta) Sensuality: Subtle Grade: D+ On her way to…
I’m not much for holiday romances, mainly because the limitations of the season and especially the sentiments surrounding the holiday often stifle authors’ creativity and the result turns out to be hackneyed or cookie cutter-ish. Since all the stories in this anthology are related by time and place, something I didn’t know when I offered…
Narrated by Carolyn Morris I admit that I picked up You May Kiss the Bride for review solely because of Carolyn Morris. Reviews for this début historical romance, the first in Lisa Berne’s Penhallow Dynasty series have been mixed, but I knew I’d at the very least enjoy the narration, so I decided it give…
Snowbound at Christmas is a three-story anthology of sweet contemporary romances, all tied into the idea of a white Christmas and former sweethearts. Each novella is part of an existing series from each author, but they are all pretty easy to read as standalones, so no homework is necessary. I love the whole “stranded in…
The first thing I do to kick off the Christmas season (besides, of course, cranking up the season debut of Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You) is get out my old anthologies and read a Carla Kelly Christmas short story. The last thing I do on Christmas Eve before I turn out…
Westerns, romance and humor seem to go hand in hand. From 1938’s The Cowboy and the Lady to 2014’s A Million Ways to Die in the West, movies and books love to blend a look at the Wild West with a pretty lady, a clueless cowboy and a lot of laughs. With This Ring? is…
There was nothing that I liked about Dark Heat, a collection of four short stories about dragon shifting men who live in the Scottish Highlands. Not the characters nor the world building nor the plot nor the romances. Nothing. Oh, wait. I did like that the stories were short. It’s normal procedure when reviewing a collection…
Two years after collaborating on The Lady Most Likely, Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, and Connie Brockway reunite again in The Lady Most Willing. Like the first book, this isn’t an anthology, but with each author putting her own unique spin on a certain couple falling in love during a contrived stay at a Scottish castle,…
I started reading this anthology right after reading Laurie’s fantastic ATBF column on urban fantasy. It even got me out of lurkerdom on the AAR boards to comment. I spent a good deal of time contemplating why I like urban fantasy so much, because it’s one of the few genres in which I have auto-buy…
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