Paranormal fans hungry for something other than the usual vampires and werewolves on the market will find it in Sheri WhiteFeather’s Never Look Back. An intriguing blend of Native American mysticism, witchcraft and spirits both good and evil, it’s not quite strong enough that I can recommend, but it’s certainly worth a look for those…
At about 35,000 words, Love’s Golden Embrace by Charlene Leonard is a rather short story in which you won’t find much detail in either setting or characterization. However, the feeling of nostalgia, comfort and my affection for both leads (especially for hero Luke) make Love’s Golden Embrace a pleasant, quick read. In 1829 the recent…
Lori L. Harris is an author I’ve been keeping an eye on since her promising debut last year with Someone Safe. Even so, I had my doubts at first about her latest, Secret Alibi. With the cover illustration of the heroine clutching her pregnant belly, there was every reason to believe this was yet another…
The Mavericks, Leigh Greenwood’s recent novel set in the Old West, is the latest in The Cowboys series, stories about a family of a dozen adopted boys, most of whom have already been featured in books of their own. This one is unusual as it tells the story of two of these brothers, with each…
When it comes to misunderstandings, the ones between heroes and heroines of romance novels pale beside those between mothers and daughters. That’s the theme of The Cotton Queen, Pamela Morsi’s sometime funny and sometime poignant woman’s novel set in a small town near Dallas that follows the lives of Babs Hoffman and her daughter Laney….
Ruth Wind serves up action and adventure in exotic settings in her latest, The Diamond Secret. The end product is a slick, fast-paced, and mostly forgettable read. Sylvie Montague is the daughter of a famous Formula One race car driver, which makes her both a frequent target of the tabloids and a skilled motorist in…
The Penalty Box is more a story of personal growth than a romance novel, although the romance between Paul van Dorn and Katie Fischer is the catalyst that helps them truly see what they were, are, and can become. Katie Fisher grew up fatherless in Duxbury, Conneticut a small town that’s stayed small. In high…
Occasionally I like to dip into Women’s Fiction, where the stories have sharper depictions of today’s real problems and less fairy tale-like resolutions than straight contemporary romances. Lisa Wingate’s Over the Moon at the Big Lizard Diner was an angst-filled read, but warmth and great comic relief tempered the angst. Single mother Lindsey is a…
I am torn about this book and the grade it should receive. I really liked this book. And I really disliked this book. Unfortunately, I disliked it for a good hundred pages, and, if I wasn’t reviewing the book, I wouldn’t have bothered reading far enough to get to the good stuff. Lady Amelia Plume,…
I first read In Cold Blood years ago, so many that I couldn’t remember much about it except that I enjoyed it. I suppose the fact that I liked it shouldn’t be surprising; the book is a 20th century American classic, the progenitor of 364.1523, a number every public librarian knows (the True Crime section…
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