Contemporary Romance

  • In A Class By Itself

    Sandra Brown’s Sandra Brown’s In A Class By Itself is a guilty pleasure if I ever read one. It’s a reissue from 1984 and make no mistakes, it’s got “Eighties” written all over it. It’s a curious mixture of some of the most ridiculous romance clichés packed in a very entertaining parcel I felt compelled…

  • In A Class By Itself

    The dust jacket of In A Class By Itself says, “classic Sandra Brown,” and for once the dust jacket tells the truth. It was originally released as part of the Loveswept series of contemporary romances in 1984, and for those of us who enjoy Brown’s old Loveswepts, it’s a happy discovery. Their ten-year high school…

  • Husband Material

    It’s getting very hard to judge a book by its cover nowadays. With many publishers attempting to imitate the success brought on by cartoon covers, it’s not only difficult to tell the books apart, it’s almost impossible for every book to match the cartoon/light tone the covers suggest. Husband Material has a fluffy opening that…

  • The Trouble With Mary

    I often complain about the “too good to be true” characters in most romances. In The Trouble With Mary the heroine is a college dropout who can’t zip her jeans, has a chocolate addiction, and leaves dirty dishes in the sink. And the hero has a Rolaids dependency. These are my people! Mary’s trouble in…

  • Just the Way You Are

    The most remarkable thing about this book is its choice of heroine. Nine years ago, Tessa MacGuire and Sam Tucker were high-school sweethearts certain they were destined to spend their lives together. But one Christmas when Tessa was away, Sam got drunk and allowed himself to be seduced by Tessa’s jealous younger sister Alli. Alli…

  • Too Good To Be True

    Grady Sullivan is a private detective who has been hired to guard the extremely ancient Archie Peevers, a toilet-paper millionaire, from the machinations of his greedy relatives. Archie has been amusing himself at his heirs’ expense by changing his will every month or so, but now he fears he’s gone too far and one of…

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