C.E. Murphy makes an impressive debut with her first novel, Urban Shaman, a book that kept me up way past my bedtime. I knew I was going to be exhausted the next day, but couldn’t tear myself away from this fun ride. It was worth the lost sleep. Half-Cherokee/half-Irish Joanne Walker had little use for…
Something Like Love is a lighthearted and humorous look at the residents and town of Henry Adams, Kansas in the late 1880s. Beverly Jenkins provides us with two engaging leads – Olivia Sterling, a proper, self-employed woman, and Neil July, a train robber. Olivia and Neil find immense enjoyment in each other’s company and, of…
Francis Ray definitely has a way with words. Her word choice and writing style compel the reader to keep turning pages and in her latest novel she creates characters who are strong, interesting people. Sadly, these promising people live in a somewhat clichéd world and inhabit a book that suffers from severe series-itis with its…
The cover blurb on this book says that fans of Christine Feehan are likely to enjoy it. For once, the cover blurb does not lie. Tiger Eye reads like the offspring of a Feehan novel and an X-Men comic, and it is loads of fun. It seems that there are people in the world with…
I’ve been excited to see more series romances with interracial relationships and ethnic characters in recent months. However, my enthusiasm has waned as I’ve actually read some of them. While it’s nice to see different characters and subject matter introduced into the series world, it would be even nicer if the books were actually worth…
With a keen sense of detail and a cast of vivid personalities, Cathy Yardley’s Couch World offers a fascinating glimpse into San Francisco’s club scene. The book details the lives of three very different women. The title refers to the life of P.J., a San Francisco DJ with no permanent home. She spends every night…
Kayla Perrin’s latest, Gimme An O, is a fun read with believable characters and a witty dialogue that keeps the pages turning. The book hit one of my romance novel hot buttons, though, limiting my enjoyment somewhat. Lecia Calhoun, a.k.a Dr. Love, worked for years as a medical doctor and then a sex therapist. Now…
Forgive me if this review seems pulled in two directions; that’s the way White Tigress by Jade Lee made me feel. It kind of gave me the creeps, and I wasn’t too sure about the happily-ever-after. However, it definitely has some moments of brilliance. There’s only one thing I can say for sure: if you…
In Tamara Sneed’s All The Man I Need, a physically-scarred man finds his match in an emotionally-scarred woman. It is a quick-moving romantic suspense novel that takes the reader on fun ride. Lana Hargrove owns her public relations firm and she has spent her life recreating her past and denying her connections to her father,…
I recently started two books around the same time, one by a favorite author and the other by Sandra Kitt. Though I’d never before read a book by Ms. Kitt, I almost immediately dumped the book by the favorite author in favor of Southern Comfort. There is something very human and natural in the problems…
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