When she’s good, she’s very good. And in this, the last entry in her Eclipse Bay trilogy, Jayne Ann Krentz shows once again that when she’s cooking, there are few to match her knack for dialogue, her skill in creating likable characters, and her ability to deliver a mystery that may be on the light…
MacKenzie Taylor’s first single title, My One And Only has it all: love, chemistry, suspense, and a great cast. Despite a slight petering out at the end, this is definitely an exciting debut. Abigail Lee has worked for Harrison Montgomery for ten years, ever since he took her in off the street and gave her…
How you react to The Loner will depend on how you approach it. If you begin the book expecting reasonable people acting in a responsible manner, you will be horrified by all the goings-on. But if you look on it as a soap opera populated with cartoon characters, you will have more than just a…
Kathleen Gilles Seidel is amazing. Why she is not better known and more widely read is a complete mystery. Her books are masterpieces of characterization and storytelling, filled with clever observations and the flavor of real life. Till the Stars Fall is my favorite book by her yet. It showcases all of her considerable talent…
I know as I write this review that it’s not going to find universal agreement, and some of you may even feel that I’ve lost my mind for granting the latest Rachel Gibson release DIK status. Nevertheless, Lola Carlyle Reveals All is exactly the kind of book I like, a somewhat suspenseful contemporary with a…
I’ve got to think that when she started writing this book Patricia Rice simply never decided exactly what kind of story she was creating – a contemporary funny with wacky-but-lovable characters, or something darker and more ambitious. Unfortunately, the result is a book that doesn’t succeed as either. Cleo Alyssum, the leading female character (by…
I swear an oath on the collected works of the late, great Lewis Grizzard that the best humor in the United States comes from the South. That’s why, when I saw this book on the list of ones to be reviewed, I asked for it. I was hoping for something rather like a book equivalent…
You’ve got great dialogue. Big laughs. Characters to really, really like. And, even though you have to wait a bit for it, some pretty hot sex. Is this a book or what? Ruby Runyon, a waitress at a South Beach Miami comedy club, has a problem. Suddenly realizing that her handsome date is mob-connected and…
According to her cover blurb, Sherryl Woods has published over sixty books. I’ve enjoyed some of those. Ask Anyone, unfortunately, gave me the impression of a good author on autopilot. Bobby Spencer owns a tract of riverfront property in his hometown of Trinity Harbor, Virginia, which he wants to develop in a family-friendly way. He…
True North, the first effort by newcomer Beverly Brandt, is your basic opposites-attract story, told with a depth of feeling and character development that is hard to resist. If you can get past certain instances of questionable behavior, especially on the heroine’s part, you will find yourself drawn in to a touching love story of…
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