Reviews by Maria Rose
Her Rogue Alpha is the fifth book in Paige Tyler's X-Ops series, combining military and government forces special operation missions with paranormal elements, specifically characters that are shifters or genetically enhanced hybrids. The combination of tight, action packed sequences with the skills ...
Marie Harte is a romance author who has been around since the mid 2000's, publishing a wide variety of romance books in the paranormal, erotic and contemporary sub-genres. With over one hundred titles released, she clearly has a winning formula that draws readers to her time and time again. Roadside ...
A romantic comedy with themes of death and infidelity may sound like an oxymoron but if anyone should be able to pull it off, it’s Tawna Fenske. She has the knack of taking real life situations and imbuing them with heart and humour. While her series books fall into the lighthearted romantic com ...
This is the first of a series featuring the Rothman royal family, rulers of a small Alpine country bordering Switzerland and France. Amalie is studying art in Minneapolis to the chagrin of her mother who wanted her daughter to follow the royal tradition of arranged marriages and had picked out a ...
In this sweet second-chance romance, Alasdair and Willow had a young love affair that ended when Willow's father refused to accept Alasdair's suit. Following his rejection, Alasdair went on without her, to war and back again. While he was gone both families suffered. Willow was in a horrendous acc ...
There are lots of Navy SEAL books out there, but what makes this one and others written by Zoe York stand out (especially her SEALs Undone series) is her ability to breathe life into her characters and make them the kind of people you wish were your friends. They are charismatic, funny, sometimes ...
In this sci-fi romance, we are immersed in a new futuristic world following a war between the humans and the Stin that the humans were in danger of losing before the Guardians, a super alien race stepped in to stop the battles. But the casualties were great, including the separation of long-time fri ...
A-
Small town romances tend to have certain elements in common that appeal to their readers. Shops with cute names; seniors coffee or craft circles where the latest gossip is discussed; best friends who’ve known each other since kindergarten; fundraisers for a neighbor needing a hand; etc. Erin Nicho ...
B-
Body Shot is the first story in Kelly Jamieson’s new Last Shot series, centered around three former Navy SEALs who now run a tequila bar. It’s a sexy, lighthearted read with minimal angst, the characters are stereotypical and the story is predictable. It won’t rock the world of romantic litera ...
Note: This book was originally titled Quantum and is referred to as such throughout this review.Quantum is the second book in the Atrophy series by Jess Anastasi. If you’ve been missing science fiction TV shows like Star Trek’s Voyager and Enterprise, Battlestar Galactica, or Firefly, this ...