It’s incredibly disappointing when bad things happen to otherwise good books. Still, there’s enough to like in Guys and Dogs that I find myself pretty much willing to overlook some classic TSTL behavior from a heroine (and a hero, for that matter) who are so not stupid. And, though, I won’t go into detail for…
I’ve enjoyed Pamela Britton’s historical romances, but since I’m less than interested in NASCAR, I haven’t really given much thought to reading her contemporary romances centered around the sport. When the heroine of her latest romance was described on the list of books to be reviewed as knowing nothing about NASCAR, I thought I was…
I ended 2005 in a bit of a reading slump, but this novel pulled me right out of it. Gaston’s tale of a marriage in trouble and a plain but honorable heroine coming into her own pulled me in from the very beginning. Likable characters and the author’s gift for creating a believable world made…
Marjorie M. Liu made quite a splash with her 2005 debut Tiger Eye. I have to admit that while I liked the first few chapters well enough, the story didn’t grab me enough to make me pick it up again after I set it down and I never finished it. Shadow Touch, the second book…
Pride and Petticoats is a light Regency-set historical romance featuring an American heroine and an English hero who is a secret agent for the Crown. The cover is one of those generic, Here There Be Hanky Panky In The Past covers we’ve all seen. It’s the one with the shirtless man embracing a wind blown…
That I ended up reading Vermont Valentine was pure serendipity. I was rushing out the door to take my daughter to a Lemony Snicket booksigning, and the UPS man drove up right at that moment. I didn’t want to take the time to go back in the house, so I shoved the packages in my…
Can you believe I’ve found a character-driven Romantica? Slave of Desire by Delilah Devlin is a merry galactic romp with too much sex, but I admit I didn’t notice its flaws while reading because I was spellbound by the leads’ unfaltering spirits and their stormy relationship. After some suffocating years of detention on a prison…
Rosemary Rogers is one of those “Old School” romance writers who have been around a long time – long enough to be proclaimed “The Queen of historical romance.” (I’ve heard this title used to describe many romance authors who have been around for a long time, but it says so, right there on the cover,…
With the imminent demise of the traditional Regency, I find myself becoming more and more attached to them. I can’t help feeling nostalgic, and I keep snapping them up, paying little heed to whether I even liked the author in the past. June Calvin’s The Ruby Ghost is a fairly tepid offering, one that probably…
My understanding of Harlequin’s new Next line is that the stories are about the “next” phase of a woman’s life and may or may not be romantic. Fans of Cheryl Reavis’s romances will be happy to know that while Blackberry Winter reads a bit more like women’s fiction, there’s still a nice little romance inserted…
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