The main reason I keep reading Harlequin Blazes, despite the often contrived setups and odd attitudes toward sex, is that it’s the one of the few series lines not completely overrun with cops, cowboys and children. Playmates, with its dueling Hollywood publicists and feuding soap stars, is the type of story only Blaze could do….
Life According to Lucy is a fun little read that had me laughing several times. It’s the type of read I often hope for when I pick up a series romance. The only problem is that it isn’t enough of a good thing; the pacing is off, and the book becomes very rushed at the…
If Secrets was a movie, it most emphatically wouldn’t be Shakespeare in Love, but something more along the lines of Kate and Leopold. There are pleasures to be had, to be sure, but ultimately, there is simply nothing here that will imprint itself on either your heart or your memory. Rescued from slavery in the…
Somewhere in the pages of Three Nights… there was a DIK screaming to get out. But – very, very regretfully – some beautifully written, sexy, sweet, and romantic early chapters give way to a painful mishmash of melodramatic goings-on and overwrought prose culminating in a kind of group hug straight out of a bad sitcom….
Like most super-successful women’s fiction and romance authors, Susan Elizabeth Phillips elicits strong opinions from readers who either love or hate her distinctive style. Ain’t She Sweet won’t change anyone’s mind. On the one hand, it will probably please most fans because the author mines previously successful character types and plot themes and employs to…
Because I have enjoyed many of Ruth Langan’s Harlequin Historicals, I was initially enthusiastic about reviewing this book. However, while the main romance here is a very sweet one and the hero and heroine are enjoyable, the backstory just didn’t match up with the quality of the main romantic plot. Fiona Downey is the daughter…
Heartbreaker tells the story of Jess Feldman, part owner with his older brother Owen, of Adventure, Inc., an outdoor adventure company situated in the wilds of Utah. 35-year-old divorcee Lynn Nelson decides to accompany her teenage daughter Rory with a group of her school friends in Utah for a camping trip after reading the company’s…
Although I can see that the author was trying for something fun and whimsical with this novel, ultimately all I felt reading it was frustration. Between the heroine’s too-stupid-to-live actions, an eight-year-old acting more like a fifteen-year-old, and numerous instances of coitus interruptus, it was too much for me and I heaved a sigh of…
Legendary Warrior begins promisingly enough with an interesting set-up, a dark, tortured soul of a hero, and a heroine with a fascinating talent. Unfortunately, though, the journey quickly takes the main road, eschewing interesting twists for the predictable. At times, its larger-than-life drama and writing style made it seem as if it had been written…
One Hot Weekend is a book that either takes place in an alternate universe, or one where the author didn’t bother to do any research. It’s definitely not a book for readers who are bothered by factual and logical errors. Anyone who doesn’t care about those kinds of things might enjoy it. Maybe. Sophia Deltonio…
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