Jude Deveraux is adept at creating worlds that span many different eras and locations. It’s definitely the style in which she excels – whimsical, romantic, and never quite of this world. Even her stories lacking a paranormal aspect always feel rather fantastical. This is what sets her apart from many other writers in my mind…
Even though Touch of Madness is obviously part of a series, I instantly felt drawn into the book even as I knew I was landing in the middle of the action. Kate Reilly’s struggles against the vampiric Thrall caught my attention so completely that I was content to catch up on bits of world-building here…
Night Hunter is a paranormal romance that isn’t perfect by any means, but among the hoards of vampires, were-animals and shape changers, it is refreshingly original. The monster in the book is named Cadamus and he is a creature that looks like a gargoyle and has a life cycle similar to that of a cicada….
Witch Fire, Anya Bast’s first book with her new publisher, is the starting point to a new series about elemental witches. Readers should know that this book is not romantica, like her Ellora’s Cave releases, but more mainstream, if still very hot, paranormal romance. The novel began well, and I settled down to a pleasant…
I knew at the beginning of Safe Harbor that this wouldn’t be my favorite book in the Drake Sisters series. Based on what I’ve seen of Jonas and Hannah in the previous books, the author had a lot of work to do to make them a likable couple for me. For the most part, I…
I’ve been waiting for Barak q’Young’s story in the Paladins of Darkness series since I read the first book in the series. For the most part, In Darkness Reborn lived up to my expectations, but the villains in this series are starting to come from Central Casting, which affected my enjoyment of this book. The…
The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes by Jennifer Crusie, Eileen Dreyer, and Anne Stuart is a collaborative novel. The three author’s contributions are welded together so seamlessly that I was never able to pinpoint where one had left off and another began. In the end, my enjoyment of the book in itself was amplified in trying to…
Despite the hot sex and the paranormal theme, there is something about Scent of Darkness that seems a bit out of step. This one feels, to be honest, like an Harlequin Presents paranormal, if such a beast existed. You’ve got a virginal heroine who was actually raised in an orphanage (do they even exist anymore?)…
Debut author Cindy Miles pens an engaging romance between a living person and a ghost, and I would have recommended it more if Spirited Away didn’t remind me so much of another writer’s style. Dreadmoor Castle has always fascinated forensic archaeologist Andi Monroe because of the mystery surrounding its original owner; the lord known as…
Although I haven’t read one of her books before, I’ve always heard that author Susan Squires is an intelligent, unusual writer. The blandly titled One With the Night did not prove me wrong, but I was dismayed when misunderstandings marred a quite original and engrossing vampire story. Jane Blundell became a vampire six months ago…
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