Carole Bellacera’s latest novel is the involving but not always comfortable story of a May-December romance in which what’s right is put before what feels right, and where happily ever afters don’t always immediately follow the first glow of love. Leigh Fallon is the forty year old wife of a U.S. Congressman and mother of…
When I finished Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible one afternoon last January, I just knew I had to write a DIK review of it. It was the most thought-provoking and compelling book I had read in some time. As it happened, I ended up going into labor and having a baby that night instead, so…
Do you ever find yourself missing Mary Stewart? Her lyrical prose, lovely imagery, exotic locales? Always, a beautiful young heroine away from home is surrounded by secrets and suspicious people, one of whom is a sexy and mysterious man. I grew up on Mary Stewart’s romantic suspense novels, and I’ve not found anyone since who…
Welcome to the first meeting of Someone Like You Anonymous. “Hi, I’m Emma and I’m a doormat. I live in the shadow of my sister. My father is a bullying bigot, and I’m worried about my mother who may be terribly ill. I’m happily married but desperate to conceive, which I won’t tell my husband…
Debbie Macomber’s latest hardcover brings readers another entry in the women’s fiction category. It also brings another entry into the women’s fiction category that seems to be very popular right now: stories about a group of friends. Thursdays At Eight is not a bad entry, but it’s nothing special, either. Clare Craig, Liz Kenyon, Julia…
The title of this book should give you a clue that it is not an altogether happy read. Despite the sadness, though, there are some very positive moments here that brighten the gloomy atmosphere. All in all, however, Parting Gifts has a been-there, done-that quality to it. Kyra Latimer’s husband dies in a car accident….
In real life, I am a quiet person, not the sort who runs off chasing action and adventure. Yet I am an unabashed adventure book junkie. When I read them, I can vicariously swashbuckle in a way I would not do in real life. My love of action stories started early. When I was a…
They say an author is only as good as her last book. I hope I am more open-minded than that. I have been disappointed in Deveraux’s books since Remembrance, but I didn’t give up completely. I borrowed newer works from friends, the library, and even read them in bookstores, always hoping to find that magic…
For Molly is a book that I picked up and put down a few times before finally settling down with it. Vicki Allen has a style that gently pulls you in but doesn’t grab you by the throat. It’s a pleasant book to read while you spend an afternoon catching some rays in the back…
In my first draft of this review, written when I was about halfway through the book, I planned to compare Grand Cru to that pink wine that comes in a box: humorously silly and not very good, but not offensively bad, either. Then I continued reading and met Franco and Maxey Pinjatta, who are the…
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