Waiting for Friday Night is the second novel in the Peachtree Cove series. You don’t have to have read that story to understand this one. At the age of twenty-one, Halle Parker felt completely alone. Her parents having died before she graduated college, she had no close relatives and decided to fix that by making…
I fell under the spell of this book! I enjoyed Kiss and Spell so much, and got really interested in the world and the spellcraft of this series. I love a protagonist you can root for, and down-on-her-luck Ursula is certainly one of those. Jilted by her fiancé and with her life in pieces around…
Rock Bottom Girl is a quick-witted romantic comedy that falls over its own feet in several aspects. Sometimes a little over-the-top and mannered, the characters struggle with serious cases of emotional arrested development that keep this one from soaring to a high grade. It’s one of those small-town romances that makes you want to flee…
Don’t let the blurb for Emma Barry’s Chick Magnet fool you; this is a surprisingly serious romance with a lot of dark issues floating about in its prose to match its sense of personality. But while it lacks the sense of easy-breezy fun the synopsis promises it’s beautifully poetic and romantic. Nicole “Chick Nic” Johnson…
One Duke Down reminds me of some of my favorite older romances. A heroine hiding away in a small town, a sweet small town romance, combined with dazzling seascapes bring this love story to life. One sunny day, Miss Poppy Summers catches a man in her fishing net. An extremely handsome man with long hair….
I don’t read much m/f romance these days, but I’m always up for one of Kate Clayborn’s because they’re so thoughtful and tender and honest. She writes complex, well-drawn characters who are dealing with relatable, real-life problems, and while not ‘flashy’ or full of drama, her books nonetheless pack a real emotional punch. Her newest…
Her Hometown Detective by Elizabeth Mowers is an entry in Harlequin’s kisses-only Heartwarming line. The characters and storyline are a little outside what I usually see in small-town romances, but they reflect the sorts of folks I actually encounter in small towns and I enjoyed this one quite a bit. Faith Fitzpatrick grew up in Roseley, Michigan…
For the Love of the Bard has fun with its lighthearted small-town byplay, but it’s not particularly substantial. Still, for a fun, quick summer read, it more than does the job. Literary agent and author Miranda Barnes vows she’s going to do one thing this summer – finish the latest volume in her YA series,…
Sometimes I feel a bit like a damaged romance heroine when I open a book by a new-to-me author. You know the trope – she’s been hurt by love before, and is wary of trying again. But eventually the hero hits the right notes with her, so she cautiously starts to trust and eventually love…
I enjoyed the previous book in this series, and was pleased when I learned that big-hearted, slightly awkward Charlie Matheson would be getting a story. Better Than People was warm and lovely, with a well-developed romance and well-rounded characters, and I’d hoped for more of the same here – but while there are glimpses of…
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