I picked up Josette the way I’ve picked up many other review books—on a whim. The blurb for the book didn’t provide any real hints, just a direct quote from the book describing a woman’s beautiful raven locks, dewy mouth, and so on. It’s a good thing I didn’t let that flowery prose stop me…
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Thank God for digital publishing, and authors willing to make the transition. For years this 1996 RITA winner has been out of print, but last year Ms. Guhrke released this tale of an Irish boxer and a Southern lady electronically, and I finally read it a…
NOTE: Originally a Harlequin SuperRomance, this book has been reissued by the author as The Gambler. There are about a hundred romances each year about a bad girl who returns to the small town where she grew up and gets entangled with the local sheriff – but very few where the bad boy returns to…
Taken By Sin is Jaci Burton’s fourth installment in her Demon Hunter Series and, while I enjoyed it, the book isn’t necessarily a stand-alone. Fresh from a battle against demons in which he disobeyed direct orders, Dalton is on the run from both the good and bad guys. The reason is Isabelle, a woman consumed…
I requested this Dorothy Garlock because, though I knew she’d been around for ages, I’d never read a book by her before. When I told my mom during a phone call that I was reading Dorothy Garlock, she said “Oh, I used to really like her.” Those two facts should have alerted me to the…
In a genre where nearly every type of plot has been done to death, there’s no denying the power of a good idea. And Kelley St. John is an author who has some good ideas. I’m going to have to eat my words somewhat here, because when I read another St. John book, Real Women…
I’m a sucker for a saga. That is what drew me to Gretchen Craig’s debut – Always and Forever. Taking into consideration that this is her first novel, I would say we should look forward to great things from Ms. Craig. My one issue is a big one, and that is what warranted the lower…
I am so glad I read this book. I had never read any of Beverly Jenkins’ novels before and didn’t know what to expect, but I came away from this story very impressed. Jenkins does a wonderful job of balancing passion, emotion, an exciting story, and a masterful command of history, and, while this did…
Though His Dark Desires takes place in the midst of a sultry New Orleans summer, it represents something quite the opposite for romance readers: a welcome breath of fresh air. Don’t get me wrong – I’m a bonafide Regency girl from w-a-a-a-y back. But somewhere along the way, a steady diet of All-Regency-All-The-Time, interspersed with…
It had to happen eventually – I really had to stop reading the sixth Harry Potter. I had read it three times. My husband was starting to look at me strangely every time I picked it up, and I was quickly progressing from “enthusiastic fan” to “bordering on weird.” So to ground myself more in…
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