I know I’m going to have a problem or two with a book when I get out a piece of paper to take notes about everything that is bugging me. This book started bugging me on page 21 when the heroine described herself as having a “keen mind” – UGH! Maggie Malone, a private investigator,…
Don’t bother. The End. I guess I can’t leave it at that – you’ll want details. Well, I can’t review this book. Sorry, I just can’t. I’m not even going to tell you the plot. It’s too inane. As I read this book, I found myself becoming more and more irritated by the inane inconsistencies,…
Patricia McLinn’s Widow Woman just missed being a keeper. The elements are there, but it was, ironically, the author’s excellent depiction of the hero which ended up detracting from what otherwise is a first-rate read. This is author McLinn’s first full-length historical, and I’ll be at the front of the line for her next. Well,…
At heart, Lost Acres Bride is not a bad book. The characters are engaging, and the story is fairly original. However, there are distracting inconsistencies and annoyances that appear throughout, keeping the reader from really enjoying the story. Serena Hull, half white and half Modoc Indian, arrives in Oregon to claim Lost Acres Ranch. Years…
With a title like The Bad Luck Wedding Cake, I was expecting a fun book, and I wasn’t disappointed. This book is brimming with laughs and charming, likeable characters. The Bad Luck Wedding Cake is a sequel to the also enjoyable Bad Luck Wedding Dress, which came out a couple of years ago. Although it…
Geralyn Dawson has written another funny western featuring the McBride Menaces – aka the McBride Blessings. This time around they are in their Uncle Tye’s care while their father and stepmother are on honeymoon. His nieces have Tye pretty much wrapped around their fingers. Tye meets baker Claire Donovan when he mistakenly thinks she has…
Annie Parker is a doctor, skilled, compassionate, lonely. Rafe McCay is an outlaw, wounded, dangerous, a loner. Keeping folks alive is Annie’s business; just staying alive is Rafe’s. She’s soft and responsive; he’s rough and unyielding. A dating service would never have put these two together, but, lucky for us, Linda Howard did. Annie’s the…
Mostly, I liked this book. Mostly. But, it had a few quirks, pushed a few limits, was a bit too icky in places, so that I didn’t enjoy this book as much as I had wanted to. Duncan Sarratt is lying dead. At his feet, his wife is being raped. Young Jake and Ben are…
Marrying Mattie is Victoria Dark’s first historical romance. I opened it with a feeling of pleasant anticipation, but my hopes were dashed when the characters started acting stupid. The hero did dumb things, the heroine did dumber things, and when even the villain did something really dumb – well I got pretty exasperated. Mattie Idyll…
Now, some of you are going to like Lucky Stars better than I did. That’s a fact, and I’ll be glad if you do! Patricia Roy is a new author, and this is a strong debut book for her. There are many appealing elements to Lucky Stars, not the least of which is the hero,…
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