Jerri Corgiat’s debut novel, Sing Me Home, is a sweet novel about a woman getting a second chance at love and family and a man struggling to get past his demons and live in the moment. Lilac O’ Malley still mourns the loss of her unborn child and the death of her husband three years…
Having read a couple of Stephanie Laurens’ novels a while back, I figured I knew what to expect with her most recent release, The Ideal Bride. So I was surprised to find such a slow-moving and uncompelling novel from such a well-known and experienced, if predictable, author. Michael Anstruther-Weatherby (an in-law of Laurens’ infamous Cynsters)…
The man on the cover of Darkness Calls looks like he has the ends of a spaghetti noodle sticking out of his mouth. He may look like a sloppy eater, but he’s actually a vampire, and the hero of Caridad Pineiro’s first series romance. <!– var browName = navigator.appName; var SiteID = 1; var ZoneID…
Barbara Freethy’s Golden Lies is an enjoyable mixture of romance and family saga. The story is enjoyable and the characters are likable; my only quibble was an over-reliance on coincidence. When Riley McAllister’s grandmother finds out that an Antiques Roadshow type television show is filming near her, she and Riley take some of her stuff…
You know what I liked about Facing Fear? It had an Asian-American heroine. I know plenty of Asian-Americans, but I never seem to see them in books. You know what I didn’t like about Facing Fear? Pretty much everything else. The plot is annoying, convoluted, and hard to believe. The characters are irritating, unlikable people;…
In her suspense novels Shirley Palmer (who also writes as Nell Brien) often takes on real and disturbing issues and portrays settings that seem true to life. Her latest novel, The Trade, takes readers to Malibu, California in the wake of a wildfire. As the novel opens, Matt Lowell is racing home through the canyons…
Carnal Gift can be broken down into three parts: a stellar beginning, the dreaded sagging middle, and a good ending. Fortunately, the middle is the shortest section, making for a solid read overall. Brighid Ni Maelsechnaill’s childhood came to an end the day her beloved father, a teacher, was arrested and shipped out of Ireland…
There are plenty of romances with humorous covers that don’t reflect the serious story inside. But I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a cover this serious on a book as unserious as Master of Ecstasy. The cover is so dark and brooding most readers would never guess what a goofy and outlandish story lurks inside….
I’m a Joe Morelli fan. Ranger’s hot, but he’s definitely no long-term bet for Stephanie Plum, New Jersey’s most inept, but luckiest bounty hunter. I state my bias on the love triangle right up front, so fellow fans of the Plum series – of which To the Nines is the ninth book know where…
Liz Carlyle writes in a rich style that brings to mind a nineteenth century novel. One gets the sense that her words are chosen very carefully in order to evoke the world of which she writes. In her latest novel, Carlyle rolls out a tale of murder, desperate secrets, and passion sure to please fans…
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