The Marriage Test is the third in a series of comedic medieval novels about young ladies from the fictional Convent of the Brides of Virtue and their adventures in pursuit of marriage and love. This third installment is my favorite of the series, though it’s still not as good as my favorite books by Krahn,…
Forbidden is a book I know many readers will not like. It has a controversial premise for a romance and a hero and heroine whose actions are often anything but heroic. At the very least, you have to give this husband and wife writing team credit for pushing the envelope, even if it is into…
The futuristic saga of 2176 begun in The Legend of Banzai Maguire continues in Kathleen Nance’s Day of Fire. This time, the series voyages to a future version of Canada for another high-tech SF thriller. In 2176, Tri-Canada is completely cut off from the rest of the world, quarantined ever since disease decimated much of…
I’ve been hearing good things about Karen Hawkins for a while. She’s an up and comer at Avon and the chatter and reviews have been mostly positive. All of which is why I was happy to be able to read her latest – and why I’m disappointed with the result. It’s been a long time…
Anne Frasier first captured my attention with Cool Shade, a book written under the name Theresa Weir. Her edgy characters, dark stories and good use of settings make her books page turners for me and, even though Play Dead has a few rough spots, it is still well worth reading. Someone in Savannah is killing…
Early on in More Than You Know, the heroine says it would be “too much like a movie” to hire a private investigator to help her with her problems. She doesn’t seem to realize that her story is already a lot like a movie, not a Hollywood blockbuster, but a direct-to-video thriller. It’s a little…
Master of Temptation’s intriguing premise made up for quite a few of its shortcomings. What if a handful of the remaining Knights of the Round Table carried on King Arthur’s ideals by forming their own secret society, and championed just causes and protected those who needed it? The Guardians of the Sword have remained secreted…
In the prologue to Gaelen Foley’s latest novel, Devil Takes A Bride, we see a woman flying for her life. Her pursuers are members of a debauched aristocratic organization called the Horse and Chariot Club. When they catch up to her at an inn, they commit a horrific crime and then set fire to the…
I feel an unusual pressure here to manage your expectations: This book is a James Bond-ian like adventure with characterizations that are just as shallow. But, if non-stop action sounds like your cup of tea (and with beach days pending, I can certainly understand that this might sound pretty appealing), then The Spy Who Loves…
Originally published under the pseudonym Kay Robbins during the early/middle 1980s, this collection of three of Hooper’s earlier literary attempts can be best described as “showing their age.” Don’t get me wrong, sometimes an unchallenging, “Mills-And-Boon” style read – complete with facile plots and easily resolved hero-heroine angst – hits just the right note for…
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