Reviews by Ellen Micheletti
Since Mary Balogh is no longer going to write traditional regency novels, Carla Kelly is now the regency author whose books I am going to prowl the stores for. Whenever I hear anyone sat that romance novels are nothing but tripe, I feel like giving them a copy of With This Ring and saying, "Read thi ...
My brain is full of factoids. That makes me a great Jeopardy player but it's kind of frustrating because sometimes I can't remember where I read a certain thing. Anyway, I read somewhere that editors of romance novels think readers don't like books about athletes. Well editors, this reader loves the ...
Have aliens abducted Karen Robards and left a changeling in her place? Surely the person who wrote this awful mess is not the Karen Robards who wrote Walking After Midnight, One Summer, and Heartbreaker. That Karen Robards wrote books with strong heroes and heroines and a good mix of action and roma ...
Suzanne Brockmann is a versatile writer. The Kissing Game is a sweet romantic comedy. Time Enough for Love is a time-travel romance and the three books in her Tall, Dark and Dangerous mini-series (Prince Joe, Forever Blue, and Frisco's Kid) are romantic adventure stories featuring my favorite group ...
Humor is so subjective. What's funny to me might not be funny to you. I have read several Harlequin Love and Laughter titles that for me, just weren't funny. So was The Harder They Fall funny? Well I laughed so hard I fell off the couch.I read an article once that tried to analyze humor. The aut ...
Since the Loveswept line seems doomed, I hope another publisher snaps up Catherine Mulvany fast. She is too good to disappear. I love reading a writer's first book and knowing that I've found someone whose new books I will look for. Upon a Midnight Clear is Catherine Mulvany's debut and if she keeps ...
If you want a fast paced novel that keeps you on the edge of your seat, don't bother with this one. But if you enjoy a leisurely book that captures the life of a bygone time, you will probably enjoy Then Came Heaven. This is LaVyrle Spencer's last novel and I am going to miss her. She is responsible ...
Unforgiven is the second in a series about four friends from the army. The first book in this series was Indiscreet, which I enjoyed very much. I bought this one with a feeling of pleasant anticipation since Mary Balogh is one of my favorite authors. I was very disappointed. Unforgiven ...
I not only love to read, I live to read. I'll have to admit that a lot of the books I read go past me leaving me with just a pleasant feeling. Sometimes though, I read a book that activates my sense of wonder and stays with me for a long time. One Christmas Knight is one of those books. It tells a s ...
Knight Errant is the sixth and latest in Marilyn Pappano's series Southern Knights. The books are set in New Orleans in a decaying neighborhood called Serenity Street. The characters in the Southern Knights books all have a common cause. They are fighting a crime boss named Jimmy Falcone. ...