Kayla Perrin’s latest, Gimme An O, is a fun read with believable characters and a witty dialogue that keeps the pages turning. The book hit one of my romance novel hot buttons, though, limiting my enjoyment somewhat. Lecia Calhoun, a.k.a Dr. Love, worked for years as a medical doctor and then a sex therapist. Now…
A Rose at Midnight is the guiltiest pleasure I’ve had from a book in some time. It’s melodramatic, fairly cheesy, and almost completely over-the-top. For readers with a taste for this kind of thing, it’s sort of fun for the same reasons. The book’s not really good in the conventional sense, but I’d be lying…
Charlie All Night was the first Crusie book I ever read, and while What the Lady Wants later replaced it as my favorite of her series titles, this one is still right up there. Allie McGuffey’s life revolved around her job as the producer of the prime time radio show at an Ohio station. Then…
There is a staff review of this book as well This month we read an old favorite of Linda’s, The Night Before Christmas. This holiday anthology features stories by Victoria Alexander, Sandra Hill, Dara Joy, and Nellie McFather, all with a Santa theme. The Alexander story, Promises to Keep, is about an old woman who…
This year for the first time ever, I’ve kept a database of the books I have read. So far, I have two Fs and both of them were comedies that were badly written and just not funny. This book joins them. It’s rare for me to read a comedy and not even smile – but…
There are few writers out there with a more distinctive voice than Elizabeth Bevarly. In fact, I would argue that her voice is so very distinctive that readers either love it or . . . well, they don’t. I’m definitely in the first group – something that should give you the frame of reference you…
The most notable thing about this romance novel is its heroine, Anika Foxx. She possesses a sassy self-confidence that is frequently funny and never crosses the line into bitchiness. This is one heroine who truly deserves to be in a better book. Anika is a queenly beauty with an important career, a stylish wardrobe, and…
The beginning of The Thrill Of It All was awfully silly and I thought the heroine, Felicity, was a total airhead. But after a rocky start, the book settled down and the silliness disappeared – at least, until the end. This is a flawed book with a good deal of quirky charm. Felicity Charm is…
Kathy Love’s first book, Getting What You Want, was a delightful surprise and one of the best contemporary romances I have read this year. I eagerly awaited her next book, Wanting What You Get, and went to three bookstores to find it. When I got my copy, I sat down and read it straight through….
The cover of The Kitchen Witch slyly asks, Do you believe in magic? Hey, the Red Sox just won the World Series! I believe in magic, I believe in miracles, I believe in the tooth fairy. However, I do not believe that ditzy means charming, or that letting yourself be manipulated is heroic. There just…
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