Contemporary Romance

  • My Big Old Texas Heartache

    Geralyn Dawson is another author who jumped into a more mainstream style of writing when I wasn’t paying attention. After reading My Big Old Texas Heartache, I realize just how much I miss those homespun historical romances published in the 1990’s. These new mainstream dramas may be all the rage, but I’m hard pressed to…

  • Off Limits

    Off Limits has, hands-down, one of the ugliest covers I’ve ever seen. It’s a shame, because this is not the goofy comedy about creepily grinning deformed people the cover might make you think it is. It’s darker and grittier, both a romance between two great characters and an intriguing cop story, and one of the…

  • Material Girl by Julia London

    Julia London’s first contemporary romance is a nice take on the theme of the spoiled heiress who has to learn to fend for herself. Most books that I have read with this storyline were screwball comedies, but Material Girl is fairly serious, although it has its lighter moments. A nice story and very likable characters…

  • Fallen from Grace by Laura Leone

    As a member of that group of romance readers who have grown tired of rehashed plot lines that were only marginally interesting the first time, archetypes as shorthand for “real” characters and happily-ever-afters that seem conjured from thin air, I’m an absolute pushover for a real love story between real characters whom I can actually…

  • Twist of Fate

    Let me start off saying that in 99% of cases I’m against the death penalty. It’s final and offers no way to undo it, and I’m also vengeful enough that I’d want a guilty person to spend years suffering for their crime. You’d think that I’d have enjoyed Mary Jo Putney’s latest release, in which…

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