Patti Berg’s I’m No Angel is exactly the kind of book that’s made for summer. Light and frothy, it’s exactly what most readers think of when they’re looking to while away a lazy afternoon. P.I. Angel Devlin is at the top of her game, so when someone driving a Jeep tries to follow her, she…
Killing Time is a book that started with a lower grade and slowly clawed its way up to a better one. It’s a story with plenty of flaws, so I was surprised how well it ultimately came together in the end, well enough that I can recommend it, albeit with reservations. The book doesn’t get…
According to the back blurb, Michael Severson, the hero of Temptation of a Proper Governess is “complex” and “tortured.” If you say so. I’m afraid I found him uninteresting and shallow. As for the heroine, Isabel, she wasn’t interesting at all. This was one bland book. Michael Severson, the younger brother of the Earl of…
There are a lot of Chick Lit books on the shelves these days and their quirky characters and snarky humor seem to really hit a chord with readers. I am always on the lookout for a good book, so I picked up On the Couch hoping for the satisfying and humorous read advertised on the…
The Right Woman offers a good argument against romance novel sequels. Everything about it feels tacked-on and unnecessary. The book evidently continues a story begun in the author’s previous book, The Wrong Woman. I haven’t read it, and nothing this story tells me about it makes me want to go back and do so. Apparently,…
The Second Sister is a prime example of a perfectly good story undone by perfectly lackluster execution. As delivered, it feels more like the skeleton of a good story than a good story itself. It has all the right parts, but there’s no meat on the bones. Dutiful daughter Colleen Davis sacrificed her own hopes…
The stories in this erotic romance anthology are all about heroines who fall in love with powerful, shape-changing heroes, some of whom are also vampires. All of the stories are extremely sensual; the latter two unquestionably cross the line from hot to burning.
The Captain’s Mermaid begins with promise, but towards the middle of the book I realized that the promise of interesting things to come would not be fulfilled. Even though the writing itself was well done, the characters and plot lacked originality and development. Lavinia Stewart grew up in Jamaica with few societal restrictions. But when…
I’m something of a sucker for Sherrilyn Kenyon. Although I don’t believe this is the strongest book in Kenyon’s Dark Hunter series – mainly due to confusion with her background mythology – I still had a great time reading about Vane and Bride. It was also refreshing to have a “less than perfect” heroine, and…
I was hoping to enjoy Cravings more than I did as I’ve read and enjoyed the work of each of these authors before, and I do relish the occasional dip into paranormal fiction. Unfortunately, the stories here mostly came up short.
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