Drive Me Crazy did. I love auto racing, and figured a romance set during a classic car auto rally featuring a woman mechanic as the heroine would be fun and different. If only the story had made sense and the characters had been halfway sensible, this would have been a lot of fun. But they…
The Love of a Stranger is one of those books with a small town setting that baffled me; I’m pretty sure we’re supposed to believe small towns are good places to live, and yet the author portrays Callister, Idaho, as hell on earth. All the locals are mean, corrupt, or too weak to stand up…
Hot Nights In Ballymuir wasn’t very hot. It wasn’t very interesting either. It whiled away a couple of hours, but it didn’t leave much of an impression on me. Jenna Fahey is an American, a chef who has opened a restaurant in Muir House in the picturesque town of Ballymuir. Jenna lives to cook, and…
In The Ride to Dinah’s Wedding, debut author Ann Kline presents readers with a hero and heroine setting out on a journey seeking revenge, not a reverend. Along the way, they find true love amid a series of characters and adventures that at times create an atmosphere reminiscent of a Coen Brothers movie. Though flawed…
Lorraine Heath’s Smooth Talkin’ Stranger is a slow, intimate character piece. It’s a very familiar, very predictable story, and in many ways it feels like nothing more than a pretty good Harlequin Superromance. But Heath’s gentle storytelling and memorable character moments make it a moving experience all the same. Serena Hamilton had been alone since…
Sing Me Home is Jerri Corgiat’s first book. It has its good points, most notably a very likable lead couple, and its bad points, especially the hero’s way too eeevil first wife, and an ending that felt rushed. But the good outweighs the bad, and for a debut it’s got promise. Jonathan Van Castle fronts…
Jerri Corgiat’s debut novel, Sing Me Home, is a sweet novel about a woman getting a second chance at love and family and a man struggling to get past his demons and live in the moment. Lilac O’ Malley still mourns the loss of her unborn child and the death of her husband three years…
Barbara Freethy’s Golden Lies is an enjoyable mixture of romance and family saga. The story is enjoyable and the characters are likable; my only quibble was an over-reliance on coincidence. When Riley McAllister’s grandmother finds out that an Antiques Roadshow type television show is filming near her, she and Riley take some of her stuff…
Anything, Anywhere, Anytime is a fast-paced military romance with a lot of action, excitement, and romance. I would never say that it’s a bad book, but I can’t say that it’s a really good one, either. When Monica Hyatt was a young girl her mother walked out, leaving Monica very much responsible for the well-being…
Like most super-successful women’s fiction and romance authors, Susan Elizabeth Phillips elicits strong opinions from readers who either love or hate her distinctive style. Ain’t She Sweet won’t change anyone’s mind. On the one hand, it will probably please most fans because the author mines previously successful character types and plot themes and employs to…
End of content
End of content