Eileen Wilks debuted the magically sensitive heroine, Lily Yu, and her would-be werewolf lover, Rule Turner, in the short story anthology, Lover Beware. I found this short story very enjoyable and looked forward to Lily’s future adventures. However, in expanding her stories from the shorter format to full-length novel, Wilks added a great deal of…
The Queen in Winter is a collection of four fantasy romance novellas, two by romance authors, two by fantasy authors. The romance authors may get top billing, but it’s the fantasy authors who serve up the better stories.
Fantasy and Paranormal Romances seem to be everywhere these days, and Cheyenne McCray’s Forbidden Magic stands as one of the most entertaining I’ve read in some time. While not perfect, it is a sexy and exciting read. Silver Ashcroft is a D’Anu witch, sworn to practice only white magic. Without her coven’s knowledge, she secretly…
Shana Abe’s lush historicals often feature strong Alpha heroes and couples in conflict – this story is no different. However, Abe’s latest tale crosses a line that many readers may find uncomfortable. Indeed, instead of a romance, it seemed to me that I was reading the story of the destruction of a rare and beautiful…
Touch of Night begins a series about the members of the Seymour family who are all greater or lesser wizards. It begins well, sags in the middle and then ends with a magical duel. This is the beginning of a series and the author introduces a lot of characters – so many that the hero…
I have only read Fantasy Lover and two short stories in Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dark Hunter world. Since I can’t ever seem to read a series in order, I figured Sins of the Night was as good a place as any to revisit the world Kenyon created. I wasn’t disappointed and am glad I’ve been glom-buying…
With this novel, Mary Jo Putney’s Guardian series gets a makeover. The books will no longer be a part of Ballantine’s Romance wing, but moves to the publishing house’s SF/Fantasy adjunct, Del Rey, and Mary Jo Putney becomes M. J. Putney. While the fantasy elements in the series merit the move, rest assured that the…
What if you have never experienced love in your existence as an immortal god? And if you have found true love with a mortal woman, can you find a way to stay with her forever? These questions are answered convincingly in the third book of P.C. Cast’s Goddess series. From the beginning, the charm of…
I haven’t had the best of luck with Tor’s new Romantic Fantasy line, and when I picked up Warprize, I admit my expectations were low. My expectations sunk lower when I learned that the heroine is named Xylara, princess of the land of Xy – that sounds really cheesy, doesn’t it? However, it was not…
I do love books with brainy heroes and heroines, so I was really looking forward to reading To Kiss A Frog, a book with a scientist heroine. Well, Elaine Smith may be a scientist, but she wasn’t very bright. And the book was nothing special either. When Craig Thibodeaux, uncharacteristically for him, refused to sleep…
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