Reviews by Rebecca Ekmark
I want to admit, rather sheepishly, that I bought this book by mistake. Over the summer I saw a new Stephanie Laurens' title at Amazon.com and assumed, very illogically, that it was the new Bar Cynster romance. After receiving it, I beat myself up for not checking first, and headed right back to Ama ...
You Belong to Me is the third in the ambitious twelve book Montana Mavericks series from Silhouette, and the only one in the series written by Jennifer Greene. It is also another "man finds out about his love child" story, which, although done tastefully by Greene, is a storyline just tad bit overdo ...
When I pick up a book by Amanda Quick, I expect to not have to worry about a "big misunderstanding." I expect to enjoy a lot of quality interaction between the hero and the heroine, and I expect that there will be some humor, some passion, and some intrigue. In short, I expect a comfort read. In Wit ...
There are many of us who think that if Regency Romances want to keep and gain readership, the sub-genre needs to somehow change, to become more believable, to have more complex heroes and heroines, and to deal with difficult issues. To me, this would be a good thing. This doesn't mean, however, that ...
There have been authors and readers who have suggested that we at AAR should only write nice things about the novels we read. I have a few nice things to say about Whisper Always: The hero became almost likable during the final third of the book. It takes place during the Victorian times - a ...
Time of the Wolf is dark. Anne Rice dark. Laurell K. Hamilton dark. Blood is drunk. Humans are tormented. The dead are rising. Creatures from the pit are called forth. Dark. Hey, I like dark. Dark is good. Even though publisher ImaJinn's website states "ImaJinn Books specializes in romances dealing ...
From the blurb on the back, A Knight's Vow sounds like about 50% of all Medieval Romances: "He was her father's enemy, and now he was her husband by the king's decree." Sounds familiar, doesn't it? Actually, A Knight's Vow is a mite different from similar medievals I have read, an ...
"Just you wait, Rowan Mardsen, I'll show you 'manage.' Just you wait!" Does our heroine, Karin Williams, a woman who has nothing in common with Eliza Doolitle (even though the quote would suggest otherwise), actually show our hero what manage really is? The title, Taming Rowan, would indeed imp ...
Razzle Dazzle, the title of this book, is not really a fitting title. It implies lightning bolts and the kind of magic and charisma that is more like a David Copperfield show. It does not do justice to the subtle, delightful magic that is found in Razzle Dazzle. This is an immensely enjoyable read ...
When I first started reading Fantasy, I read anything with that description - picked up books from the library and the bookstore by the dozens. Then, as it always happens, I lost that fervor for anything called Fantasy. The honeymoon was over. I didn't just want Fantasy, I wanted quality Fantasy. In ...