Generally AAR reviewers try not to review two books in a row from an author so that our readers will get a variety of opinions. When I saw Don’t Look Down on the list of books needing review, I asked to break our rule. I read Flirting with Danger, the first book in this series,…
You know when you’re with a group of people and they suddenly start talking about something or someone you know absolutely nothing about? You feel lost for a minute or two and eventually, decide if you’re interested enough to ask a few questions and try to catch up or just to let it go because…
When the Bombshell line debuted, there seemed to be some surprise, and subsequently, dissatisfaction that the books weren’t romance novels, which was understandable considering they’re published by Silhouette. While some Bombshell titles have delivered on the romance front, this is primarily a line of action novels. Make no mistake about it, The Big Burn isn’t…
Sheri Cobb South’s new release is a gently charming novel – not surprising since Ms. South is known for her wry humor. What is surprising is that this funny and sweet book is a murder mystery. I’ve worked in a mystery bookstore for years and have been reading mysteries for even longer, and yes, many…
It says a great deal about my reading year that Two Little Lies is the best romance novel I’ve read in 2005, and it’s a 2006 release. No matter what its official publication date is, this is still a very good read containing the elements too often missing in the genre these days. Viviana Alessandri…
Lucy Monroe has quickly made a name for herself in just a few years on the romance scene. I’ve been interested in trying one of her books, and since I have a fondness for characters who are mercenaries, Willing sounded like a good bet. I hoped to find a sexy, suspenseful read. What I got…
A Darker Crimson is the fourth book in LoveSpell’s multi-author Crimson City series and Jewel’s departure from historical romance. As an author, I think Carolyn Jewel shows promise, but sometimes her execution is flawed. She does some good things here with world-building and plotting, but her characterization is a bit spotty, and her pacing and…
I discovered Margo Maguire last year when I read her two Victorian-set historicals. I enjoyed them enough to search for her backlist, but she wrote for Harlequin, which has notoriously low print runs, and so have had difficulty finding them. The Bride Hunt, a very good Beauty and the Beast story, is her first book…
The last few months I’ve bought several Silhouette Bombshells, none of which held my attention past the initial chapters, all of which went unfinished. Natalie Dunbar’s A Model Spy immediately stands as an improvement since I was able to finish it rather easily, but while it tells an interesting story, it’s also a disappointingly uneven…
There is so much . . .well, bad writing out there that it’s hard not to appreciate the sheer craft of Miranda Jarrett’s prose. Unfortunately, this talented author lends her skills here to telling a story without a hint of nuance or a shade of grey. This, fellow readers, is one simplistic – and dare…
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