The hero and heroine of Hell on Wheels are a couple of bounty hunters who join forces to bring in a big bad bail jumper all the while fighting their mutual lust for each other. The characters had a lot of potential, especially the heroine, but too much mental lusting marred their story. Cody Carlyle…
The big news is that Avon is dipping its corporate toes into the romantica waters and – initially, at any rate – the results are pretty good. With three stories featured in this anthology, one is quite good, a second not bad, and a third . . . well, if it’s less than stellar, it…
A Gift of Grace was the most angsty book I have read in some time. The basic story was a touching one, but the pacing was off. The characters spent most of the book engulfed in grief and sorrow, then the book rushes toward its ending. And a potentially interesting subplot worthy of a story…
I’m a fan of Elizabeth Bevarly’s very unique voice. This latest entry in her loosely connected series featuring the men and women of a supersecret government agency is enjoyable, fun, and a great showcase for the author’s undeniable humor. Marnie Lundy is a hardworking young music teacher who also works as a pianist at a…
A gothic tale set in Regency England? I have not seen that plotline before, and it intrigued me enough to pick up Anne Mallory’s The Viscount’s Wicked Ways. Shadows cloak an imposing estate. Menacing birds swoop overhead. Grotesque carvings adorn entry doors. Lightning and thunder punctuate the air. These sights and sounds greet Patience Harrington…
His Majesty’s Dragon is straight fantasy, no romance whatsoever, but it does have, at its heart, a very lovely and emotionally rich relationship between a man and his newly hatched dragon. Captain Will Laurence and his naval crew capture a French frigate in what Laurence assumes to be a routine skirmish. What’s hardly routine is…
With a title like Shiver, I expected to find a chilling, suspenseful read. The problem with having expectations is that it too often sets me up for disappointment. While I settled in for a creepy read, what I found was a serviceable thriller that offered too few actual thrills. When she was fifteen, Abby Chastain’s…
After spending the previous five books going nowhere slowly, the White Star miniseries stumbles toward the finish line in Destiny’s Hand. On the plus side, this is only the second book in the series that never bored me and kept me reasonably engaged from start to finish. On the other, the characters’ behavior is too…
After penning both medieval romances and “sexy” series books, Joanne Rock combines the two in Hidden Obsession. The first in Harlequin Blaze’s new time-travel miniseries Perfect Timing, it’s a pleasant, if unspectacular, tale. LAPD detective Graham Lawson is investigating a gang called the Guardians, whose members recently began kidnapping women for participation in twisted sex…
Julia London’s Extreme Bachelor is part of a series about some friends who own an adventure company. The hero and heroine of this book are likable as can be, and it is fast and funny. The only quibble I had was with the villain, who was an off-putting combination of terrorist and Dr. Phil. Leah…
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