For years I’ve been searching for the perfect romance novel. The one I can give to my husband and say, “Here, read this and then tell me romance novels are fluff.” What I’m searching for could well be the Holy Grail of all romance novels, because if the first one I give him fails, he…
Tears of the Moon is a delightful addition to Nora Roberts’ Gallagher Siblings trilogy. It has the hallmarks one expects from a Nora Roberts book – well-developed characters, great dialogue, and a quaint Irish setting to boot. Readers who have been anxiously awaiting this installment won’t be disappointed. The first book in this trilogy, Jewels…
Sometimes I think a book might work better under another format, or another label. A novella might have been better as a longer work, or vice versa, or a romantic suspense that held no real romance for me might be better labeled as straight Fiction. In this case, instead of Contemporary Romance, Lovers and Other…
The women of Kilbooly have had enough! They live in a village where the men will not marry them, and something has to be done about it. The women decide that a boycott is in order. If they refuse to provide aid and comfort to the men, those men will come around and decide that…
Supermodel Lilly Lujan’s vacation isn’t going as well as she’d expected. First of all, she’s staying at her manager Gerard’s estate, which means being at his whim and having to deal with annoying male model Antoine; second, she’s been having second thoughts about her career and the modeling contract that will take her to Paris…
I have to give credit to Genesis Publishing for their Red Slipper line featuring Asian and Asian-American characters, and for being willing to tackle various flavors of interracial romance in general. And kudos to Kei Swanson for her portrayal of an Asian man as sexy and desirable – that’s a first in for me in…
Let me preface my remarks by saying that this is the most difficult review I’ve ever written. Mary Jo Putney is not only one of my favorite authors, but one whom I admire for the tough choices she makes in the material she addresses. Having said that, her first contemporary, The Burning Point is not…
Sure and it warms the cockles of my Irish-American heart to read a lovely romance set in the green hills of Eire. When the lass involved has a tongue and temper to match the fire of her hair, and the fella’s got to scramble to keep his wits about him long enough to make her…
In The Burning Point, Mary Jo Putney’s first contemporary romance, heroine Kate Corsi returns to her home in Baltimore when her father dies unexpectedly. Her father’s unusual will decrees that she must live with her ex-husband Patrick Donovan for a year, or she and her brother will not receive their inheritances. Kate has always wanted…
What’re the odds of finding two great stories under the covers of one book? Slim to none? Heck, some months I have difficulty locating just one entertaining story. So I was pleasantly surprised to discover that both stories in the latest Harlequin Duets were enjoyable and contained characters worth spending time with. We meet Sara,…
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