I’m actually thinking, “Lucy Blue, Who Are You?” This is my major problem with the latest Chick Lit from Louise Harwood. I give the author an A for effort, but that’s really not what counts, is it? Lucy Blue, after breaking up with her boyfriend just in time for the holidays, decides to spend New…
Julie Garwood is one of romance’s superstars and has legions of devoted fans. While I have read romances for years, she is one of the genre’s writers who has pretty much sailed underneath my radar. I haven’t read any of her historical romances, but I have read a couple of her contemporary novels. Neither one…
When I first started reading romance ten years ago, I went through a lot of Kat Martin books. I haven’t read one in five years and couldn’t really remember why, so thought I’d try her again. Now I remember. Alpha Jerk Heroes and Feisty, Feisty Heroines. But thankfully, the leads of Heart of Honor weren’t…
I confess, I’m a Janeite. My copy of Pride and Prejudice has seen better days, and I’ve watched the mini-series with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth many times. I enjoyed the movie with Keira Knighley and bought it for my DVD collection and just recently I watched the Elizabeth Garvey and David Rintoul min-series from…
Pleasure for Pleasure is an adorable Regency-era story, charmingly written, and although it’s the final in a series about four sisters, the reader new to Eloisa James (such as I) will have no trouble following the characters or plot. Josephine Essex is the youngest of the sisters, and has recently begun her first season. Despite…
Clearly this author and I have differing opinions on what makes a book funny. The Scot, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is intended to be a comedy, with a zany type of humor. I wasn’t amused. None of the story’s characters engaged me in any way. Not the hermit hero, not the “I’m not a…
Well, well, well! The first series romance I read in 2007 turns out to be a good one. I hope this is an omen of things to come. Michael “Spike” Moriarity is not the kind of man to attract genteel ladies. He’s six feet four inches tall, spikey haired, tattooed, always dresses in black, and…
Blood Lines is the third book in a series, following Tempting Danger and Mortal Danger. I think the author summed it up well in this paragraph: “The world was set up to be blasted with repeated doses of magic, changing everything, probably killing people. Demons were popping up all over, and an Old One who’d…
Salvation, Texas is a second chance at love story, a mystery, and a very enjoyable book. It was a treat to read a good book set in Texas that really felt authentic. The people in this book were not just pretty folks in Wranglers and ropers – they felt like they belonged there. Randall Ryder…
I’ve read several of Catherine Anderson’s books and for the most part have enjoyed them. She is known for writing heartfelt books, and Sun Kissed is definitely heartfelt. Anderson has been criticized for sometimes making her heroine martyrs and victims, but Samantha Harrigan is made of sterner stuff. Samantha Harrigan’s mother died when she was…
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