Reviews by Rebecca Ekmark
Cougar's Woman is a story that has been told many times before. A white woman is captured by Indians and given to a member of the tribe as a slave. In this case, the tribe involved are the Apaches, and the tribal member is Cougar, a white man living as an Apache. Cougar has lived with the Apache ...
Belonging is a very good piece of women's fiction, but it is not a romance. A romance, to me, has the development of the relationship between the hero and the heroine as the primary focus (haven't we discussed this at length many times at AAR?). In Belonging, romance elements play such a small role ...
To have a romance set in an early American German settlement - in Texas no less - appealed to me as being unique. A Taste of Honey is part of Jove's Historical Friends series and is a romance that is sometimes tender, sometimes funny, and demonstrates close family ties and the importance of communit ...
Sometimes a book comes along that makes us take a real look at ourselves through the laughter. Until I read Bridget Jones's Diary, I never thought I would enjoy a book that is in diary form, much less give it Desert Isle Keeper status. Not only is it funny, it is autobiographical for any number of s ...
The story of Camelot has many variants. Judith O’Brien gives us her version in One Perfect Knight. A magical and imaginative version to be sure. I was impressed with much of the creativity that went in to this book, but the romance doesn’t hold up as well.Julie is a senior executive at an ad ...
Sometimes a book is not really bad, and yet it doesn't have anything positive to offer, either. I had more trouble than usual giving this one a grade, as it isn't poorly written, and yet, while thinking about the review, I couldn't think of too many positive things to say. Coming Home is a slow read ...
Forget that old Buck Owens song. Tiger By the Tail may be a well used title, but between the covers of this particular book you will find a read that is not only engrossing, but touching and humorous as well. Melisande Mooresby, otherwise known as the She-Devil of Mooresby Hall by the local tow ...
I don't particularly enjoy romances that are overblown in the tragedy department. As far as Archer's Crossing is concerned, overblown tragedy is an understatement of immense proportions - this book is stuffed full of misfortune from cover to cover. Archer Owen is in a bit of a bi ...
Is there ever a point where a hero is so gosh darn awful that he becomes irredeemable? My tolerance for cruelty to a heroine by the hero is admittedly low, but the cruelty by the hero in The Bridegroom may even be too much for fans of this type of romantic device. Lady Regina Wharto ...
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And to think I almost put this book down because one of Beau Dupree's first lines is: "The minute Jose Lee's out the door though, I'm picking it up right where I left off. First thing I'm going to do is find me a little blond with big tits."I am not at all fond of womanizers, especially as heroe ...