Okay, so we’ve all seen it done a million times, and done pretty well: rich, handsome jock with an inferiority complex falls for babe with tortured romantic past, so when they fall in love, neither is willing to admit it. Cue Big Misunderstanding that carries the whole rest of the story through to practically the…
When you come across this on page 17, you know you’re in trouble: “With a squeak, she turned to the camera and just about died, knowing that her cheeks had to be bright red. Her, the award-winning, hard-hitting newswoman blushing like a teenager. ‘I hope you’ll join us next week when I head out to…
The Lonestar Cafe is a sweet contemporary novel about a driven young woman who has problems at work, problems with her family, and problems with her love life. When a detour sends her to the Crossroads Cafe, her life takes a detour as well. Laura Draper works for a big publishing company that recently acquired…
I love the theme of unrequited love, and Remember The Time is one of the best books utilizing that theme that I have ever read. There are three main characters involved in the storyline and we are introduced to them at the beginning of the book by way of an italicized flash back. Ms Reynolds…
I admit it: I grew up in small town Indiana. And though I worried the author would take the cliched route and portray Sweetheart, Indiana as a peaceful, quaint heaven-on-earth, she surprised me. Simmons’ portrayal of this small town was quite realistic and well done. Unfortunately, however, there are other problems with the book that…
Southern Comfort is a flawed, but promising first book from author Karen Kelley. DEA Agent Fallon Hargis has a personal stake in her latest undercover assignment. She wants to bring down drug supplier John Cavanaugh no matter what it takes. But when her cover is blown, she finds herself trying to elude two of his…
When I picked up this book, I was familiar with the historical novels of Krentz’s pseudonym, Amanda Quick, and hoped I’d find the same magic within its covers. While on one hand, there is nothing wrong with this book – a fast-paced plot, likable enough characters and definite hero/heroine chemistry – it failed to grab…
After not having read anything by Jayne Ann Krentz in at least five years, I wondered whether or not she stood the test of time and decided it was worth the effort of re-reading my favorite of her books – Grand Passion – to find out. Was the book as good as I remembered? I…
Patti Berg’s I’m No Angel is exactly the kind of book that’s made for summer. Light and frothy, it’s exactly what most readers think of when they’re looking to while away a lazy afternoon. P.I. Angel Devlin is at the top of her game, so when someone driving a Jeep tries to follow her, she…
Killing Time is a book that started with a lower grade and slowly clawed its way up to a better one. It’s a story with plenty of flaws, so I was surprised how well it ultimately came together in the end, well enough that I can recommend it, albeit with reservations. The book doesn’t get…
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