Blue Dahlia, which combines an intriguing mystery and a compelling romance, just earned a spot firmly on my keeper shelf . Halfway through reading this book I realized I wanted the next two books in the trilogy right now so I wouldn’t have to wait to find out what happens with the Harper ghost and…
The title Stroke of Midnight might lead you to think this is a collection of New Year’s themed stories. That’s what I thought, which is why I picked it off the review list. It’s actually two Christmas stories with one New Year’s tale in between. Unfortunately for me, the New Year’s one is the weakest…
I recently started two books around the same time, one by a favorite author and the other by Sandra Kitt. Though I’d never before read a book by Ms. Kitt, I almost immediately dumped the book by the favorite author in favor of Southern Comfort. There is something very human and natural in the problems…
What do tampons, witchcraft, and brownies have in common? They are all part of the wacky fun that is the newest novel by Julia London. In this third book about the Lear sisters, we focus on Rachel, the youngest in the family and the one her father worries about the most. There is something comfortably…
I’ll admit that when I opened this book I wasn’t expecting anything brilliant. I mean, come on – the title is so cheesy it practically screams “Velveeta.” But I really thought it would be better than this. I was hoping it would be light and fun holiday reading. But while the one story is at…
When I pick up a small press book, I feel like I’m taking a chance. Which is not to say that the “Large publisher = good books” equation is true or valid, but the quality of small press books is hard to pin down since small publishers publish few books and all of them by…
When it comes to sensuality, Strange Attractions is beyond burning. Unfortunately it’s also beyond boring. At one point, I realized that I was almost halfway thorough it and literally nothing had happened. Luckily, at about that point, there’s a passage in which B.G. explains particle physics to the heroine and I read it gratefully as…
One of my least favorite things in contemporary romance is the deification of small towns, especially the ones where every neighbor knows your business and every relative’s a matchmaker. Don’t these places have privacy laws? Thankfully, though, Pink Moon is about a small town that actually sounds like a nice place to live, even to…
Hands down, The Real Deal is my favorite book for 2004; it features so many of my favorite themes that I not only re-read the book immediately (and more than once), I also immediately wrote up an At the Back Fence column all about it. And did I mention the hero is scrumptious? Yum. If…
I gave Ring Around My Heart a shot because of the hero’s interesting job – he’s a professional wrestler. This had the potential for humor, drama, and all sorts of hijinks, I thought, but most of that was never realized. Unfortunately the hero spent most of his time wallowing in self-loathing instead of wrestling in…
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