From Here to Maternity is the first book written by two sisters who grew up in Australia. These debuting sisters show wonderful promise as authors; their book is poignant, witty and the perfect read for today’s woman. It works because the main character is a successful, single female who has great secondary characters as friends….
The Royal Treatment is a book with a great deal of style and very little substance. That may not sound like much of a compliment, and for many readers it won’t be. But anyone willing to accept the book for what it is – slick, goofy, occasionally bewildering, but mostly fun – should find it…
The Roofer is an extremely grim look at one woman’s life in the Irish mafia of Hell’s Kitchen. If reading about tragedy after tragedy is your preference, this may be the book for you, but much of the book’s bleakness felt gratuitous to me. Ava O’Neil is the daughter of Frank O’Neil, otherwise known as…
Ariana of Clairmont is a gently-bred English maiden who finds herself in dangerous circumstances in Heart of the Hunter, the first of a new Medieval/Fantasy romance trilogy by Tina St. John. In the prologue, we learn of a sort of faerie realm called Anavrin, and of the magical chalice that was stolen from Anavrin by…
I really wanted to like Rebel Baron. It’s got a beefcake cover (if you’re going riding in Victorian England, you might as well leave your shirt unbuttoned, right?), but I noticed early on that the author had researched the period and knew her stuff. That’s something I always admire in a romance. Unfortunately, the book…
Girl Gone Wild has such an irresistible title I had to buy it. It’s not a book I can really recommend, but it isn’t without its charms. Globe-trotting reporter Hugh Duncan specializes in international stories, but after offending a foreign diplomat his editor banishes him to Miami to cover local news. Always sniffing out a…
Silent Witness would be a better book if it weren’t a romance novel. It’s a fast-paced, emotionally intense tale, but the love story doesn’t work at all. Andrea Hunt’s sister Vicki returned to their hometown after her husband left her for another woman. Andrea, a paramedic, wants to help Vicki make a fresh start in…
Many of us have a nemesis; a person that makes our lives just miserable whenever we run into them. My cousin Aaron’s nemesis is a post office lady who is rude to him for no reason and often ruins his day. My friend Jennifer has a nemesis at work, who is constantly trying to steal…
Certain writers seem to have beloved premises that they revisit again and again. With Lisa Kleypas, it’s cross-class romance. Brockmann likes vulnerable tough guys who just can’t get involved with their fellow team members. And Mary Balogh never met a prostitute plot she didn’t like. Slightly Sinful, the latest entry in the Bedwyn saga, features…
I’ve yet to be disappointed by Karen Robards, whether it be her modern-day romantic suspense or historical high-romance, because she creates engaging and lively books featuring fascinating heroes and heroines. Tiger’s Eye, an historical romance set in England at some time in the 1800s, kept me riveted to each page and featured what have become…
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