With early Elizabeth Lowell, it’s a hit or miss proposition. The many series romances I’ve read by her that were written in the 1980’s are all replete with “Lowell-speak,” that type of purple prose that goes way over the top, as well as the heightened sensuality that, if it were real life, would cause the…
Remember John Hughes’ 1980s high school movies? Ever wonder what happened to those misfit, working-class girls when they left town, grew up, and looked back on life since high school? Alison Kent’s latest book, Four Men and a Lady, reads as if one of those Hughes heroines got to attend her 15th high school reunion,…
After spending many, many months going through various levels of like and dislike of romance novels, when I finally read one I loved, it was a real joy, and I’m happy to report that Jewels of the Sun is a romance to love. It’s filled with colorful characters (both primary and secondary), a terrific love…
Rachel Lee’s Conard County series is a favorite of mine and I was eagerly awaiting this book. While it was not at all a bad one and had several elements I thoroughly enjoyed, it was marred by a heroine who came perilously close to wallowing in self-pity and an absense of chemistry between the hero…
“I like to reminisce with people I don’t know.” This Stephen Wright line kept running through my head as I read Debbie Macomber’s Promise, Texas. If you read and loved Macomber’s Heart of Texas series last year, then Promise, Texas will be an enjoyable return to the setting of those books and will act as…
“Just you wait, Rowan Mardsen, I’ll show you ‘manage.’ Just you wait!” Does our heroine, Karin Williams, a woman who has nothing in common with Eliza Doolitle (even though the quote would suggest otherwise), actually show our hero what manage really is? The title, Taming Rowan, would indeed imply so. After reading Taming Rowan, however,…
I’m not one who generally enjoys “issue” romances, so when this one came across my desk, I stifled a groan – how could I enjoy a romance about a recovering alcoholic? And, given the fact that the book not only featured alcoholism, but a passel of kids to boot, I was predisposed not to enjoy…
Dr. Esme Jaramillo is looking forward to her appearance on the Barry Stillman show. She believes she is going on in order to discuss her research in genetic cloning. She is hoping to dispel many of the myths surrounding cloning. In truth, her co worker, Vitor Elizalde, has booked her on the show to have…
Broken in Two is clearly labeled as a romance, but in my opinion it ought to be sold and marketed as a mystery. There is little romance here, and when it does appear it seems more like a distraction than anything else. Fortunately, the mystery is pretty engaging, and the setting is well-crafted and interesting….
Baby Love is intense and I mean intense. I wavered between biting my nails and reaching for hankies until I reached the end when I closed the book and went to lie down for a rest. I did say this was an intense book! Two years ago – Rafe Kendrick had it all. He and…
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