Americans are fascinated with police drama. Books, movies and television have given us a surprising expertise in the conduct of criminal investigations. We know all the classic scenes: the interrogation of the suspects, the searching of the crime scene, sometimes the romance between the police officer and the suspect and, lastly, the arrest. A book…
Several times during Above and Beyond, I wanted to dive inside the book and shake some sense into Kyla Stroud. Why did she stay with Trevor Rule? He indirectly caused her husband’s death, lied to her about his identity and contemplated exchanging sexual innuendoes with her best friend. And that’s only in the first 65…
What a debut! This first novel by Claire King is one of the best I’ve read in a long while. Engaging main characters, intense attraction and a small dose of suspense make this story a winner. Calla Bishop runs her family’s ranch. She promised her mother that she’d keep the ranch in the family, and…
I first opened my copy of Isn’t It Romantic? while riding the subway in Washington, DC . It was a unique experience. One minute I was a quiet passenger, the next I was whooping with laugher. I’m sure there are people in our nation’s capital still wondering about that hysterical woman on the Red Line…
Although The Sweetest Thing is a contemporary, it has a mystical element to it that gives it more dimension and depth than you’d normally expect to find. It’s fundamentally the story of two people who want the same thing, but have no idea how to go about getting it. Throw in some equally confused relatives…
Linda Howard can write fabulous romance – but she can also write some stinkers, and this is one of them. An Independent Wife was first published as an early Silhouette Special Edition. It definitely shows its age and showcases what doesn’t always work in a Linda Howard read: there’s the insufferably arrogant hero, for starters,…
We romance readers have certain perceptions of Jennifer Crusie – she’s witty and she’s a great story-teller to name only two. When I first read the excerpt of Tell Me Lies on her web page, I could barely wait for the book to come out. I finally found it on the book rack at Walmart…
Leave it to Jennifer Crusie to take betrayal, murder, steamy romance, and small town secrets and somehow make it funny. Tell Me Lies, a 1998 release now available in paperback, defines the meaning of “having a bad day.” This is Crusie’s break-out novel, moving from series romance to hardcover, and it combines a complex plot,…
There’s a legend about Eskway Mountain. It’s said that the descendants of an Indian princess will not find true love until the mountain lion comes back to the mountain. Years ago, the large cat was driven away by hunters and has never returned – until now. Will the descendants of the princess, the Wiltons, find…
I’m hard to please. There I’ve said it, and there you have it. Reviewers are occasionally taken to task for not “giving out” A-ratings more often, and it’s true, grading is as subjective as anything else; personal opinion is all it boils down to. But, as far as I’m concerned, to earn a Keeper rating,…
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