I don’t consider myself a terribly picky reader. If the story has likable characters, a fairly understandable plot and a happy ending, that’s enough for me. I find myself liking a whole lot of books but there are very few that I love. What makes this book a Desert Isle Keeper for me, then, is…
I picked up a copy of Streets of Fire on the recommendation of Sandi Morris, AAR’s technical editor. She told me to expect a heavy read, but a good one. She was right. Sydney Foster is a successful businesswoman who has dabbled a bit in lost causes over the years. Her own history is as…
OK, what’s the Number 1 Female Fantasy? Forget sex for now. Let’s concentrate on the more imaginative stuff. In my opinion, it’s got to be one of two things: it’s either Healing the Tortured Soul or Taming the Rake. Both are delicious fantasies, and I’d say they regularly tangle with each other for the top…
I had certain preconceptions about this book, because judging from the advance copy I was given, it seemed to be “Women’s Fiction” rather than romance. So I expected a lyrical profundity in the prose, as what you might experience in, say, Anita Shreve’s writing – charming but not exactly what you’d call fast-paced. I also…
Anyone who read Shay’s original America’s Bravest trilogy remembers being left hanging by the final scene in Code of Honor, when the heroine’s sister ran off after New Year’s Eve kiss with the man she’s been butting heads the entire book. For all of you who’ve been waiting for Delaney Shaw and Reed Macauley’s story,…
Dream Mountain somehow missed its mark. Though classified as a romance, it would have more aptly been called a novel of intrigue, with a romance or two thrown in for titillation. Regardless, it didn’t leave me with that “HEA feeling,” and that’s not the only problem. Delaney Arlen encounters a man whom she mistakes for…
Love To Love You Baby was a frustrating book for me. I loved it for its sports background and its truly likable main characters. It was funny too. But some of the secondary characters caused me to grind my teeth. Yes, I know that humor is subjective, but I didn’t find them very funny and…
A Touch Away is about taking risks, letting go of the past, and overcoming past hurts and disappointments to love again. It’s a good story, but a writing quirk and the occasional inconsistency and immaturity of its characters knocks it down into “C” territory. When Sonji Stevens discovers her lover of two years has a…
I don’t usually go for the baby books in the romance section of the bookstore, but I know that in the hands of a gifted storyteller, a plot that I normally do not like can be raised to another level. Ms. Freethy is just that, a gifted storyteller, but here her efforts are undermined by…
One thing that I am learning slowly, painfully slowly, as both a reader and reviewer, is not to limit myself. When I say “I don’t like (insert type) romances,” this pronouncement invariably comes back to bite me in the butt. I used to say I didn’t like “secret baby” romances, but then I read Everyday,…
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