Focus is so crucial in fiction that reading a book without it can be a disorienting experience. Often authors who write from the seat of their pants with no preplanning and don’t go back to fill in the gaps produce unfocused stories that seem to jump from one important point to another, never quite melding…
I’m always eager to read romances in unusual settings, so Catherine Mann’s latest military romance, Defender, set entirely in Turkey, appealed to me. While I found most of the characters interesting, there are too many separate threads to give it a hearty recommendation. Captain Jimmy Gage is a pilot for a dark ops squadron in…
There’s nothing as irresistible as a larger-than-life hero: a demon Earl, a maurading Viking, a devil-may-care race car driver. But sometimes I’m in the mood for someone a little more – real. You know, someone who could actually interact with me. In The Master’s Plan, LaVerne St. George delivers a story with just such a…
If I had only word to describe Bewitched it would be romantic. While most romance novels rely heavily on action-driven plots, poor communication or lusty whirlwind relationships Bewitched instead takes another route. It brings together two people who become friends long before they are able to become lovers. The end result is a book that…
Picture Perfect has a serious issue at the center of its plot: the sickle cell anemia disease that afflicts far too many African Americans. The central question at the center of this book is, should a young woman in love push aside a chance at happiness because of the disease? Photographer Cassidy Adams leaves Mobile,…
I almost didn’t buy this book because RT gave it only two stars. I’m glad I decided to listen to word of mouth instead and buy this book. Psst, Laurie, is it too late to change my vote for best Regency of 1999? Celestine Simons doesn’t envision a bright future for herself. She is a…
Rachel Lee’s Conard County series is a favorite of mine and I was eagerly awaiting this book. While it was not at all a bad one and had several elements I thoroughly enjoyed, it was marred by a heroine who came perilously close to wallowing in self-pity and an absense of chemistry between the hero…
Family Affairs is labeled as straight fiction, but that’s not quite accurate. The primary focus of the book is the love story between the hero and the heroine. So is it romance? Well, not exactly. The hero and heroine both sleep with other people, and though their relationship seems to be solid at the end,…
I always like a book that’s a little different from the norm and although this is an older book, if you get an opportunity to find it in a used bookstore, grab it and run with it. It’s well worth your time. Patrick O’Casey is a jock – big time. He’s been a quarterback for…
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