Reviews by Rebecca Ekmark
If there was ever a book with a lead-in that screamed take me home, it would be Undercover Angel. The heroine holding the hero at gunpoint in a contemporary? Sounds like a great way to start. Whoever wrote that blurb, great job! I would have found it difficult to sell this book so well. Trish ...
B+
I am one picky reader. I want humor. I want passion. I want two very strong people who respect themselves and each other. I don’t often find a book where I get all these things. Lucky me – I picked up Daring as a spur-of-the-moment purchase, and found a book that has all of these things and more ...
Life is interesting, is it not? Many people make the same mistakes in relationships over and over again, never realizing they are sabotaging themselves until something happens to make them aware of what they are doing. Annie’s Wild Ride is a book that has this sort of realism. It is about two peop ...
Julia Quinn is an author known for her lighthearted, humorous romances. To Catch an Heiress definitely fits that description, with a touch more angst, making for a more involved read.Caroline is almost twenty-one – the age that she gains control of her inheritance and is finally free from the ...
If the first thing you look at after you pick up this book is the back cover – ignore it. Did men have hair like that back then? The roses and tiara on the front cover have nothing to do with the story, either, but someone must have thought they looked pretty. Be assured that under all that strang ...
D
When I read about a 17-year-old heroine, all I can think is, She is much too young for that, despite the historical appropriateness of her age. This is the 90’s after all, and many of us wouldn’t allow a 17-year-old to babysit for us, much less think about getting married and start producing wee ...
Some readers love books that are emotionally intense. I am not one of them, but if I were, Barbara Freethy would be on the top of my list. One True Love is a beautifully written book about two people who have been through an experience that any parent who loves his or her newborn has had nightmares ...
You take a partially trained witch who was raised in part by Puritans, add a jaded billionaire, and bring them together. My first thought was (with minimal eye-rolling), only in a romance. After a few pages, I became a believer. In Breath of Magic, Teresa Medeiros demonstrated to me why so many fans ...
Stranger in My Arms starts with a wonderful premise. A not-much-beloved husband comes back from the dead, changed. His title is restored, his fortune on the mend, the only thing left is to woo his wife – a wife who does not have many fond memories of him, having married him for practical reasons a ...
Oh, those tormented heroes and heroines. Life is just so darn hard for many of them that it takes a whole book to end the torment. Even one lead character spending the entire book in deep mental anguish is frustrating for me as a reader – but both, well, let’s just say that I’m not a very happ ...