The first book in a series has a hard task to accomplish. It must tell a satisfying, self-contained story while also offering an intriguing enough setup to keep the reader interested in following the rest of the series. A Cry in the Dark is the first in the Family Secrets: The Next Generation, a six-book…
Doesn’t every girl, at least once, dream of what it would be like to be a princess? I know I did – usually when I was wearing my floor length, silky nightgown (the one that twirled). After reading Her Royal Bodyguard, though, I’m not quite sure if being a princess is a dream or a…
Another new to me author and sadly another disappointment. I’m giving Kathryn Smith’s latest a low grade not because of one tremendous flaw but because of a host of smaller ones that overwhelmed any positive feelings I had. In her newest Ryland Brothers book, Ms. Smith tells the reader about an abiding love and tells…
To Weave a Web of Magic was a lovely surprise of an anthology. I picked it up mainly for the Sharon Shinn story and also because I was curious about Patricia McKillip about whom I’d heard good things. But this was almost a clean sweep of good stories, with only one mediocre, and I finished…
Ever since paranormal romances began to pop up again in the Harlequin/Silhouette lines, I’ve been grabbing every one I could find. The psychic heroine seems to be a particularly popular device, and Sight Unseen is another take on the storyline. It’s an intriguing thriller built on some fascinating ideas, though it also falls short of…
This is an anthology edited by Deborah Smith. It is part of a series.
Every now and again, I find myself yearning to read a modern fairytale. Something involving a likable heroine getting whisked away somewhere exotic where she meets her handsome Prince Charming can be just plain fun. In His Forbidden Bride, Sara Craven has managed exactly that sort of fairytale and her story of finding love on…
I Thirst for You is the fourth book I’ve read by Susan Sizemore, who seems to be somewhat uneven as an author. I enjoyed her 2001 vampire fiction release, Laws of the Blood: Companions, but this new book is saturated with lust and cheese and almost devoid of characterization. Jo Elliot is a pilot and…
Advertised as “a powerful novel of love, duty and second chances,” The Ocean Between Us does its best to pull readers’ heartstrings. Although this was a polished and well-written novel, I found it really hard to empathize with a heroine whose life seems so perfect. Grace Bennett appears to have it all: three wonderful, healthy…
Normally, I very much enjoy books set in the times when modern America was just shaping up: the combination of cowboys, Indians and military men, and the often rough way of life are enough to form a sizzling basis for a story. However, The Princess and the Wolf not only failed to light a fire…
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