Magic Man is the latest in a long series by Patricia Rice. The leads were engaging, but sometimes got lost in what seemed like a cast of thousands, and for those readers like me who haven’t read previously in this series, confusion reigned for some time until I was able to determine what was going…
The Bachelor Trap hasn’t quite got the unique sparkle of some of Thornton’s other novels, but I appreciated the large cast of characters and her knack for keeping things flowing. Lady Marion Dane is practically on the shelf and happy to be there while her younger sister Emily takes the spotlight. Brand Hamilton is the…
I enjoy reading romantic suspense, but it’s very rare that a book makes me as uneasy as the first half of this one did. Holly Lisle has turned out a tense, supernatural-tinged mystery sure to keep those with vivid imaginations up long past bedtime. The first half of this book was a tightly written thrill…
This book gave me the mother of all headaches. Most likely because my brow was knitted together from the “What the…?” face I made during the entire reading. Sadly to say, the author took a rather interesting premise (which she got from her editor: see acknowledgments) and turned it into a disaster. Cathy Voorhees just…
By sheerest coincidence I was just finishing Virginia Henley’s A Year and A Day when I received Infamous to review. The books were published eight years apart, and it seemed from the back cover blurb that this sequel was to have continued Marjory de Warenne’s romance with Robert Bruce after being forced (in the first…
Match Game has some very funny writing and engaging characters. Unfortunately, it also has an unlikable premise, a repetitive middle, and too many TSTL moments. Savannah is in the process of getting married to Todd, her long-term boyfriend, when large men burst into the church, whipping out guns and badges. They are FBI agents who…
Having read few vampire novels other than Christine Feehan’s, many of the plot elements within Dark Need hold a degree of fascination for me and I don’t know if it is because I am not well versed in this sub-genre or if it is truly gifted writing. I am willing to bet it’s the latter…
A Younger Man is full of grins and Tom Swifties. I can see you all now scratching your heads and saying “what”?!? Let me explain. In the old Tom Swift books by Victor Appleton, Tom never just said anything. He always said it jokingly, quickly, angrily, heartily, loudly – you get the point – the…
Fans of Stephanie Plum will love Lois Greiman’s Christina McMullin, the sleuth heroine of Unplugged. Christina is bright and sassy, with an internal monologue that kept me in stitches. As this light-hearted mystery opens, Chrissy is battling a defective septic tank and an attraction to Lt. Jack Rivera, who accused her of murder in the…
I have all of Nicole Byrd’s books and very much enjoyed her writing previous to Seducing Sir Oliver, which I looked forward to reading. But when I went to the store to get it, I was taken aback by the terrible cover. (Note to Berkeley Sensation – get that artist a pair of decent glasses)….
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