Pencil Him In is an otherwise boringly bland book with a couple of good scenes inserted. I smiled a time or two, but I never connected with the characters, and I wondered what they saw in each other. This is a piffle of a book. Anna Simmons’ childhood consisted of being dragged around by her…
Dead on the Dance Floor is a romantic suspense novel set among the world of ballroom dancing. The setting is really the only thing that stands out about the book. Otherwise, it features tepid suspense, an uninvolving mystery and a weak romance. Mostly it’s one thing a suspense tale should never be: boring. In the…
My Scandalous Bride is uneven – seriously, dangerously uneven. You’ve got a solid entry by a veteran author, a predictable entry by another, a truly bad story featuring a nincompoop heroine and a really unpleasant hero, and (by this time you’re really, really grateful, believe me) a fabulous and sexy novella to wrap it all…
Starting from Square Two is a leisurely, thoughtful novel about grief, friendship, loneliness, and appreciation of things lost that might never be found again. Gert Healy is a 29 year old widow who never expected to be in social limbo. Her husband Marc was her college sweetheart. She loved him, respected him, admired him, enjoyed…
The Midnight Hour is a perfectly acceptable variation on several familiar plots, and not much more. It’s a book I might recommend to readers who enjoy these storylines, because they’ll probably like it just fine. Readers who don’t are unlikely to be converted by the author’s competent, but unremarkable, handling of the material. Drake Warren…
Gaelen Foley’s debut is an old-school romance heavy on the fairy-tale aspect as it comes complete with a handsome prince, a fair maid whose esteem he must win, and a devastated kingdom requiring his noble touch to return it to its former glory. But if The Pirate Prince is a fairy tale, it’s a dark…
Normally, the hugely pregnant heroine on the cover of Father by Choice would make me think twice about buying the book. But M.J. Rodgers is one of my favorite romance authors and I would jump at the chance to read anything she writes. This is also the first of three prequels to the upcoming Code…
Shock Waves is a gripping story of passion and suspense. While it has its flaws, Jenna Mills’s sharply written, sexually charged tale is never less than engrossing. The story offers a different take on a familiar pairing: the psychic heroine tortured by her visions and the alpha hero skeptical of her claims. Brenna Scott long…
It’s very challenging to write a category novel with serious depth to it since the rules of the format are strict and the page allotment low. Challenges notwithstanding, several authors, including Virginia Kantra, manage to do a wonderful job of bringing their series titles to life. While Kantra’s latest entry falls a touch flat, she…
Mixing elements of Arthurian legend and Sleeping Beauty, historical romance author Deborah Hale’s first fantasy novel centers around her heroine’s belief that she is the Destined Queen foretold by legend. According to the old stories, Umbria’s great king sleeps – only to be awakened by the Destined Queen in Umbria’s time of greatest need. The…
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