NOTE: Originally a Harlequin SuperRomance, this book has been reissued by the author as The Gambler. There are about a hundred romances each year about a bad girl who returns to the small town where she grew up and gets entangled with the local sheriff – but very few where the bad boy returns to…
I asked to review Hot-Blooded for one primary reason: The setting is a rural Afghanistan military base. (Seriously, how awesome is that?) Unfortunately, while the setting proved interesting, the romance proved too lackluster to earn a recommendation. When Elena de la Vega catches her boyfriend, Larry, in flagrante delicto with another woman, his excuse for…
The Millionaire Meets His Match is fairly pedestrian. It doesn’t have a big misunderstanding so much as it has a willful misunderstanding – one that is not redeemed by a nice love scene. The hero’s bizarre rationale for leaping to a ridiculous conclusion casts a pall over the entire book. Trish James takes a job…
Set in London and Italy and involving two powerhouses in the fashion industry, The Bridesmaid’s Secret seemed like a surefire winner. I’ve liked the author’s books in the past, and the prologue captured my interest. Unfortunately, the remainder of the book wasn’t as gripping as the prologue. I didn’t dislike it; I just found it…
It would be very easy to name this book as a prime example of the axiom “Less is more.” But in this case, less is simply less. Sharon and Tom Curtis’s 1983 novel is a genie in a bottle – a complex, luscious story that remains earthbound and confined by its length. Because the page…
I know they’ve become cliched, but I still love Good Girl Meets Bad Boy romances. (I really love Bad Girl Meets Good Boy romances, but those are quite rare.) As you’d expect, most are average and forgettable. But on those occasions when I read a really good one – like Hot Island Nights – it’s…
Pet peeves are weird things. In the hands of the right writer, they can disappear and make you wonder what you ever had against that particular plot device in the first place. But then you come across it used exactly in the manner that made you despise that particular conceit to begin with and your…
If you’re a Blaze fan, you’ve probably already discovered Jill Shalvis. If you’re new to the line, The Heat is On is a good example of the type of books you’ll find: Fun, fast, and very sexy. It’s not revolutionary or extraordinary, but I don’t often need revolutionary or extraordinary to find a book just…
I’m the first to admit that I’m a sucker for Misunderstood Heroines. Throw in a Tortured Hero and a Self-Righteous Small Town and I’m all over it like white on rice. So when I read the cover blurb for The Temptation of Savannah O’Neill, I knew I had to read it. Lucky for me, my…
With The Tutor, Hope Tarr gives readers a very enjoyable late Victorian tale with both plenty of steamy scenes as well as plenty of romance. I’ve read erotic romances that were erotic without being very romantic on an emotional level, and I’ve read some where the cover was the steamiest thing about the book. However,…
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