Romantic Suspense
Some storylines in romantic suspense novels are believable, are placed in a realistic universe. Others are, well, not. Edge of Sight falls somewhere in between these two. Regardless of whether or not the conspiracy around the suspense is likely, it’s plausible within the universe the author create ...
B+
I had some reservations about this book, largely because of the fact that the heroine is an ex-convict recently released from prison for killing someone. To my pleasant surprise, Senseless took this and made it work.
Of course, Eva Rayburn isn’t actually a cold-blooded murderer. Ten years ago, ...
I generally prefer romantic suspense heavy on the romance and light on the suspense. That’s definitely not the case here. However, I found the characters complex and intriguing and the plot interesting enough that I kept turning the pages, waiting to see what would happen. Camero ...
Do you believe in fate or choice? Can catastrophe really be avoided if we just turn left instead of right and avoid that drunk driver? Walk slowly rather than fast on the ice and miss out from sliding across the parking lot? Or is it inevitable - will we miss one car accident to have another? Wi ...
Worth the Trip has a lot of elements that make it a solid romantic suspense story. The novel opens with Norah McArthur, a psychologist, being interviewed by the quite obnoxious host of Chicago in the Morning, Hollie Roget. Hollie is rather rude and implies that Norah is not qualified to write a book ...
B+
I love both romances that are heavy on action and books with heroines that kick ass. So when I heard about Trash Course and saw that it added action and kicking ass to a house packed to the brim with old stuff and a sexy photographer, I was hooked and pressed the “Buy” button. I wasn't sorry, as ...
This book reminded me of some of the better Silhouette Shadows category novels I read in college. While some had the vampires and werewolves associated with paranormals today, many more featured everyday people whose lives were touched by something otherworldly. Don't get me wrong - I love my crit ...
Unforgivable has a plot that will look familiar to readers of romantic suspense: a cop hero, an unknown villain after the heroine, corrupt politicians. But Laura Griffin makes it feel fresh and realistic -- sometimes a rarity in the genre. Mia Voss is a DNA expert, working in a w ...
Sometimes I pick up an anthology because it contains stories that are connected to series I like; at other times I get started on a new series due to a story in an anthology. With Deadly Promises, neither was the case: While I do not feel prompted to make inroads on any of these authors’ backlists ...