Series Romance

B+
Willed to Wed Him

There was a time when I read lots of category romances... almost all of which were written by the fabulous Sarah Mayberry, none of which were Harlequin Presents. But I like Caitlin Crews/Megan Crane's work and I thought it would be fun to check out what she does with the rules of Presents. They are, ...

A
Home for Christmas

a Retro Review originally published on October 31, 2003 Patricia Potter's first Silhouette Intimate Moments release, Home for Christmas, didn't receive the attention it deserved when it first came out. Maybe because it was released the same month as Ruth Wind's For Christmas, Forever and Suzanne B ...

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The Rake's Retreat

I generally think of a comfort read as something I’ve already read, but because I try to choose my TBR Challenge reads from books I haven’t read, I decided to go for one by an author whose work I’ve enjoyed and want to read more of.  Nancy Butler’s The Rake’s Retreat got my 2021 TBR C ...

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A Wife Worth Investing In

I know when I pick up a book by Marguerite Kaye that it’s going to be something different and A Wife Worth Investing In - the second book in her Penniless Brides of Convenience Series – is no exception.  It can be read as a stand-alone but I know I am definitely going to go back and read book o ...

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Dating by Numbers

In Jennifer Lohmann’s charming Dating by Numbers, Marsie Penny is frustrated. Her life is going really well, but she can’t seem to find true love. As numbers have never betrayed her before, she decides to create an algorithm that will  help her to find her match. Her colleague, Jason, thinks sh ...

C+
Naked Pursuit

Do you like wild and goofy set-ups? Naked Pursuit has that in spades. At times it seems to work, but sometimes the silliness of it just gets to be too much. This romance is definitely original, but it probably won't work for everyone. So, where does med student Stella Holbrook meet the firefighte ...

B
A Perfect Compromise

Just as we often complain about wallpaper historical romances, I’ve come to realize there are also wallpaper “sports” romances featuring heroes whose careers could be switched from “star quarterback” to “rock star” or “journalist” with no impact. That’s not the case in Anna Sugde ...

C+
A Soldier's Promise

Levi Talbot made it home from the Middle East, but his best friend Tomas Lopez didn’t. Before he died, Tommy asked Levi to look out for Tommy’s wife, Val, and their girls, so Levi goes home to Whispering Pines, New Mexico, to fulfill his promise. While I appreciate that Karen Templeton is out th ...

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Into the Storm

After having a chance to speak with several Harlequin Heartwarming authors at RWA last year, I've been curious to try some of the books in this line. There have been discussions in Rom-land, both online and off, about the market for non-inspy books with a lower sensuality rating. There's definitely ...

B
Standoff at Christmas

When I'm reading up on inspirational romance, Margaret Daley's name comes up again and again with regard to romantic suspense. I've seen her name on many, many Love Inspired covers, so I got curious and picked up Standoff at Christmas. The verdict? This one is totally worth your time. ...