I’d read and enjoyed Margot Early’s books before, so when I came across a copy of The Things We Do for Love at a library book sale, I snapped it up. The story has a vaguely magical premise that sounded like fun. Mary Anne Drew is the society journalist for a small West Virginia newspaper…
Her Secret Fling is a well-written, promising book that only just misses the mark. It starts out with an intriguing conflict and sexual chemistry to spare – and then descends into a plot and conflict that I find particularly annoying. Poppy Birmingham is an Australian gold medal swimmer forced to retire by a shoulder injury….
In some ways, I think the Harlequin Superromance line is as divisive as Harlequin Presents. There are those who scoff and assume it’s nothing but small towns, hunky sheriffs, and secret babies. And then there are those of us who know better. Perfect Partners? is not only a gem of a book, but it’s a…
Better Naughty than Nice is one of the better anthologies I’ve read, not because the stories wowed me, but because it was nice to read an anthology where, for the most part, I enjoyed all of the stories instead of just one or two.
With Plan B: Boyfriend, a fun read with fully developed, real-life characters, Ellen Hartman moves onto my series romance auto-buy list. Sarah and Charlie have known each other since high school, but have never been more than acquaintances. Suddenly, they’re thrown together under unusual circumstances, when Sarah goes wild at the financial firm where Charlie…
What would you do if tucked inside the invitation to your ten-year high school reunion was a letter you’d written as an 18-year old, describing your hopes and dreams for the future – dreams you’re nowhere close to fulfilling? That’s the premise of Pamela Ford’s Her Best Bet. While not without problems, I found it…
Cliches and formulas are only boring if the author doesn’t write beyond them. For example, many of Liz Fielding’s books employ the following structure: A quick establishing of the characters and scenario, followed by… An intense, 48-hour period in which we get to know our two characters inside and out, which sets us up for……
When I eyed the cover of A Man Worth Loving and saw what appeared to be a baby wearing a toupee, I had to remind myself that I am not in the habit of judging a book by its cover. If I was, I’d miss out on way too much of the romance genre. Unfortunately,…
I wanted to like Twelve Nights much more than I did. I love the idea of historical Blazes. I like Christmas settings. And usually love triangles are among my favorite plot-lines. This book had all that going for it, but the purple prose and occasionally annoying characters made it fall a little flat for me….
Power Play makes two Blazes in a row by Nancy Warren that have left me with silly grins on my face. This is an author who’s fast making her way to my auto-buy list. Emily Saunders has come to Elk Crossing, Idaho, to be the bridesmaid in a big family wedding, but she has no…
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