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Dr. Seuss said, “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” That statement perfectly describes how I feel towards DIK reads. They are such a pleasure to experience and so difficult to put down. Nothing quite beats that special feeling of finding a truly special book.
When SA ...
Broken record time: Harlequin Presents are my guilty little romance reading pleasures. The independent woman in me feels a twinge of guilt over my fondness for alpha men rescuing damsels in distress and whisking them away to a glamourous life, and The Man She Loves to Hate is probably the best HP I' ...
Having read a couple of other Karina Bliss romance novels, I went into this one expecting a quirky, but interesting plot peopled by a complex hero and heroine. Happily, I got exactly what I expected from this New Zealander.
When they were thirty, in a bit of fun best friends Jocelyn Swann and Dan ...
Although there are few romances I've come across with a celebrity as a leading man, I find the premise an attractive one. Do I want to read about an egomaniac who is intent on being famous? Not really. But give me a male celebrity retiring from the game and I’m willing to give it a try.
Devin F ...
Mr. Imperfect took a long time to get started, but when it finally did, it moved along at a good clip. However, I never warmed up to the main characters, and sneered at the happy ending.
The story is set in New Zealand - a nice change of pace - and begins with Christian Kelly crying at ...
Dangerous Illusions has just about everything a good romantic suspense novel should: complex characters, plenty of passion, a lot of emotion, taut action sequences, manipulation, betrayals, sustained tension and a strong heroine. Unfortunately, the execution often gets in the way of the story. It's ...
I find the topic of religion to be fascinating, so I’m always up for a book that includes religion as part of the plot. I Am Not Esther is a rather chilling book about a cult that allows no individual thought.
Kirby Greenland has always had a chaotic life with her flaky mom. She’s used to t ...
As you might guess from the title, Makeshift Marriage is a marriage of convenience story. The writing is competent and the story is sometimes interesting, but when you come down to it, it's pretty much like every other marriage of convenience story you've already read. It's not bad, but there's noth ...
The book I began my keeper shelf with was Once an Angel. Rereading it, I found out why. Seamless, lyrical prose (Medeiros is truly a word artist), an unconventional setting, touches of magic realism, and a hero and heroine who need each other so deeply, I felt the world might end if they couldn't be ...
I first read Dream Fever in 1991 when I purchased the book from a little gift shop in a hotel by the San Francisco airport. I'm embarrassed to say the only reason I bought it was because it was signed by the author. I devoured it in hours - laughing, crying, desperate for the happy ending - and in t ...