Reviews by Ellen Micheletti
Line of Fire is Jo Davis’s fourth book in her series about the men and women of Fire Station Five. It not only gives us the story of Tommy Skylar, the glamour boy of the outfit, but sets up the story for Sean Tanner, whose story will be told in the next book in the series. Tommy Skylar is tal ...
B
When Lisa Valdez published Passion several years ago, the buzz was tremendous. Everyone seemed to be talking about and reading the book and looking forward to the sequel – Patience. But a year went by, and then another, then another until readers were fast losing their patience. Well, the book is ...
Of all her novels, Friday’s Child was Georgette Heyer’s favorite and I can certainly see why. The dialogue is delicious, the characters are loveable, and the plot is fast and funny. I fell in love with the book before I turned the first page.Anthony Verelst, Viscount Sheringham is not at all ...
Yes, I am tired of vampires. Yes, the title The Vampire and the Virgin is silly, but yes, I sat up late happily reading it. Any romance fan who’s been reading the genre for any length of time knows that a very good book can hide behind a very silly title – and that’s exactly the case here. ...
The impoverished peer who must marry for money is a well-known character in romance land. So is the woman whose father is a wealthy cit. It’s to Madeline Hunter’s credit that she takes these shopworn figures and makes them fresh and new. Verity Thompson’s father built a pro ...
Libby Brown, the heroine of Cowboy Trouble, decides to make a clean break when everything in her old life goes pear shaped. So she leaves her job as a crime reporter in Atlanta and buys a chicken ranch in Lackaduck, Wyoming. Why? Seems as though she had a Fisher Price toy farm when she was just a ...
For awhile there, I thought To Sin With a Scoundrel was going to be a good one. It features a scientist heroine, a rakish hero, and an evil family lurking in the wings with nasty deeds on their minds. A scenario like this needs to be: A: Handled with subtlety and a dash of hum ...
C-
Naked Dragon is the first in the Works Like Magic series. It's supposed to be a humorous romance, and it is. Sometimes. More often than not though, it is disjointed and silly. Too bad, because I really was looking forward to this. Bastian Dragonelli is a former Roman soldier. ...
C+
Catherine Anderson’s latest is Early Dawn, a Western historical romance featuring Eden Paxton, a secondary character from Keegan’s Bride and Summer Breeze. Even though I haven’t read these - I have only read her contemporary romances - I wasn’t a bit lost. Like Anderson’s contemporary ...