Rike’s review of His for the Taking a couple of months ago intrigued me, so when it came time to Kindle some books for a recent trip to California, I ordered that one and an earlier Julie Cohen release. While I recommend both, I am most excited about MacAllister’s Baby, which, in contrast to another…
I usually avoid the Harlequin Presents romances at the bookstore because the titles make me cringe, which means I would have missed Natalie Anderson’s His Mistress by Arrangement and that would have been a shame, for I really liked the way the author told the story. In the future, I will have to remind myself…
I enjoy reading series romances, but so many of my favorite authors have left the genre that I find myself reading fewer and fewer these days. As a result, I didn’t have the highest hopes for Ellen Hartman’s His Secret Past. But I’m happy to report that I’ve now read one of my favorite series…
As a fan of Rachel Lee’s Conard County series, I was excited to see a new entry at long last. At her best, Lee creates very sympathetic (and often tortured) characters, and very tender relationships. Unfortunately, A Soldier’s Homecoming is nowhere near the best that this author is capable of writing. Though glimmers of her…
Sometimes you pick up a romance, expecting pleasant entertainment but nothing special, reading a well-known plot, and – wham! – you end up curled in your bed into the small hours, braving your husband’s grumbling because your reading light is still on, sometimes dabbing a tear from the corner of your eye or smiling, because…
When I first began to read series romances, one of my favorite continuing series was the one Rachel Lee set in Conard County, Wyoming. I still have several of the books tucked away in my comfort read box, and I re-read them ever so often. The last book in the series was the 1999-published Involuntary…
Teresa Southwick continues her string of successful Silhouette Special Editions with When a Hero Comes Along. Though I didn’t find it as compelling a read as At a Millionaire’s Request or Midnight, Moonlight, and Miracles, I recommend it, albeit with qualifications. Joe Morgan and Kate Carpenter shared a passionate love affair until he broke it…
Every now and again I’m in the mood for a quick, breezy read and a well-written series romance fills the bill quite nicely. The Desert Prince’s Proposal is a delightful fairy tale, and does a near perfect job of whisking one away from the everyday. Bria Green grew up in wealthy Australian society, but she…
Saying Yes to the Millionaire is light, slight, and insubstantial as a puff of cloud. It is charming though, and the plot (which concerns a treasure hunt over London) was like candy to an anglophile like me. Fern Chambers likes her life on an even keel. She doesn’t like excitement, she doesn’t like danger, and…
I love baseball and haven’t read a Harlequin American Romance in years, so when I saw Man of the Year on the list of books to be reviewed, I asked for it. Lisa Ruff’s debut novel turned out to be a pleasant read indeed. The Seattle Rainiers baseball team is not popular at all. Scandals…
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