If I hadn’t been reviewing this book, I don’t know if I would have continued after the first few chapters. I’m really glad I was compelled to read on, because after a slow start it’s a realistic and solidly constructed romance. After leaving an elite branch of the Australian armed forces, Clint McLeish returned to…
I originally read this book as published by Mills and Boon, with the title of Three Weddings and a Baby. However, in February 2011, I have been glad to see it released in the United States by Harlequin with the title Millionaire’s Baby Bombshell. No matter which copy you read, Ms. Harper tells a very…
America tends to dominate the romance market, so it was nice to see a story featuring Italian characters actually living in Italy. Despite a misleading title (there’s a firefighter and a baby, but no doorstep), Firefighter’s Doorstep Baby is a sweet story, if a bit of a slow one. Mariella Holmes had a promising career…
When I first read Sarah Mayberry’s She’s Got It Bad, I realized I’d hit upon the kind of romance writer I love best: Quirky and unconventional, but convincing. I immediately glommed her backlist and put She’s Got It Bad on my DIK list. Since that time I’ve found her to be a writer worth following,…
For the most part, I liked this story of two quiet adults with troubled backstories. This isn’t a red-hot romance, but a gradually developing love story between two very hesitant individuals. While I had a few problems, I can recommend it. However, if you hate children in your romances, you’re going to want to avoid…
Having read a couple of other Karina Bliss romance novels, I went into this one expecting a quirky, but interesting plot peopled by a complex hero and heroine. Happily, I got exactly what I expected from this New Zealander. When they were thirty, in a bit of fun best friends Jocelyn Swann and Dan Jansen…
Okay, I’ll admit it, the title of this book is really sappy, and sounds like something I would hate. And yes, secret child stories are way overdone and are something many readers avoid. However, in the hands of the right author, even an overused plot device can work. Not only did it work here, I…
If you have the ability to suspend belief and go with the flow, then you will enjoy the sequel to Ms. Warren’s book The Sheriff of Horseshoe, TX more than I did. For me, it was disappointingly average. Britt Davis, an international flight attendant, is on her way home to her mother’s to pick up…
I read a lot of HPs; I finish a lot of them rolling my eyes. But I’ve also read the odd book that combines glamour with memorable stories and convincing characters, and I remain ever hopeful that out of the dozens of authors writing about diamonds and foreign billionaires, I’ll find one more that does…
I tend to stick with anthologies for my holiday reading, but I noticed a fair number of full-length holiday stories on shelves this year, so I thought I’d broaden my horizons. While it has a few cheesy Hallmark Hall of Fame-style moments, Christmas at Candlebark Farm is basically a well-written and very sweet little Christmas…
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