Liz Fielding’s latest is a reunion story of teenage lovers from opposite sides of the tracks. Throw in the fact that it also includes a will stipulation that the heroine marry by age 30 or lose her inheritance, and a potential marriage of convenience, and there seems to be an overabundance of series romance clichés….
At its best, Anna Schmidt’s writing is truly lyrical. I’m primarily familiar with her through her Nantucket-set historicals, but with The Pastor Takes a Wife, I had a chance to experience her contemporary writing. This was a sensitive and very sweet story of love and redemption that really works well. Though the heroine frustrated me…
I liked the atmosphere and sense of community that Helen Brenna creates in Along Came a Husband. I loved the island setting and the small town atmosphere as well, and the characters were vivid and very well developed. I think I’ve found a new series romance writer to put on the auto-buy list. Melissa Camden…
I was on the fence about the reunion romance Maid for the Millionaire throughout most of the book. I was engaged by the hero and heroine, but ultimately felt that too much time was spent inside their head. The result? A qualified recommendation. Liz Harper has come a long way since she left her husband…
I tend to enjoy the Harlequin Presents Extra books as drama-filled but with more modern characters than the usual Harlequin Presents; some, however, are definitely better than others. With uneven relationship development and plotting that didn’t entirely work for me, Wild Fling or a Wedding Ring? was only a shade better than average. First of…
Stranger in a Small Town is a Harlequin Intrigue that worked very well for me as a suspense novel…and less well as a romance novel. Balancing suspense and romance can be difficult with any novel, but it definitely gets particularly tricky in a short one. This one just misses the mark. Maggie Harper inherits a…
Every vampire book seems to have its own little spin on how vampirism works, and Vampire Vendetta is no different in that regard. The layers of worldbuilding and the interesting little details that the author throws out there about her characters’ world set it apart, though. It’s quite an enjoyable read. In this author’s world,…
Trusting the Bodyguard is a very average series romance featuring a pair of former lovers who get back together under a very serious threat. It features characters who don’t seem to like each other a whole lot, and some very eyebrow raising incidents. I can’t say I liked this one very much. Marisa Vasquez grew…
In general, I found In Bed With the Wrangler to be a light, enjoyable read, and would have recommended it had it not been for a rather weak ending that seemed to serve primarily as a setup for a future book. Royce Ryder is hiding out in the bar at his sister’s wedding reception, bemoaning…
Normally I enjoy a strong focus on the hero and heroine. While Kate Walker’s The Konstantos Marriage Demand definitely delivered in this regard, I didn’t like either the hero or heroine, and saw no real evidence that they were in love. The wealthy Carteret and Konstantos families have a long history of trying to destroy…
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