I found this book to be disappointing; my sense was that because it falls under the Inspirational Fiction umbrella, the message was supposed to compensate for the flimsy plot and static characters. However, the message wasn’t even that strong, particularly not if it had to carry the whole book. New mother Esther Walker recently moved…
It is very rare for me to receive a book in the mail, sit down immediately and read the whole thing in one sitting. But, Barbara Samuel’s Madame Mirabou’s School of Love hooked me in from page one and the next thing I knew it was midnight and I’d finished it. It’s a wonderful story…
Sharon Cullars spins a tale of passion, obsession and past lives in her debut novel, Again. A genre-bending book that defies easy categorization, it’s different from any other Brava release I’ve ever read. But while it is consistently intriguing, it’s also too uneven to be all that satisfying. By day, Tyne Jensen works at a…
I thought I was never going to finish this book. I picked it up because I just can’t resist a Revolutionary War story, though I probably should have been warned by the cheesy tag line: Midnight Blue… was the color of desire. As the days stretched into weeks, I crawled through the book at a…
The cover and blurb of Glory Days promise a book that’s light and funny – a perfect read for a day at the beach. The story line is something else. It’s a serious book with characters all wounded by their past but hoping for a better future. Years ago, John Preshin and a group of…
The Comeback Kiss is a snappy story with colorful storylines and characters (mysterious fires, childhood sweetheart/bird thief, telepathic dogs) and sharp, occasionally profanity-filled dialogue. At times it’s over the top, but it can be surprisingly touching, and in the end it made for a memorable read. Tessa Scuderi has a lot on her plate. Since…
Avon has gotten into the Erotic Romance genre with two simultaneous releases in its new trade-size imprint Avon Red. Parlor Games and Other Stories is the historical companion piece to the contemporary anthology If This Bed Could Talk.
Welcome to a fantasyland where women are few, men are plentiful, and, although women are mostly cherished, romance is rarely a part of their existence. Portrait of a Man takes place thousands of years in the future, as well as in the present day and is obviously a part of a series that began with…
I’m a sucker for tortured heroes and heroines, as well as rich, even intense, historicals, so Mary Reed McCall’s latest novel was a must-read for me. Her tale of love and healing set against the violent dissolution of the Templars is absolutely beautiful. There were a few minor irritants that kept it from being a…
The good news is that Laura Lee Guhrke’s new book is a satisfying one. The… well, less good news is that the heroine is a 22 year-old whose main motivation is to choose her own husband, damn it! Whether it was the Avon Powers That Be or Ms. Guhrke’s choice herself, I have to admit…
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