Rachel Gibson is one of my very few auto-buy authors and I grabbed her new book to read as soon as my pre-ordered copy arrived in the mail. Daisy’s Back in Town is a book that is built around a couple of romance novel clichés. Let’s get those out of the way. This is a…
I’m not a stickler for absolute reality in my romances. Heaven knows, I’ve loved more than one historical romance with a backdrop so flimsy you could practically see it wobbling whenever someone breathed heavily. But Laura Marie Altom’s Kissing Frogs doesn’t manage to stay consistent even with itself, which is an entirely different matter. And,…
Deirdre Martin admirably dodges the sophomore slump in her second romance, Fair Play. A terrific read, it is, by turns, fast, compelling, frustrating, devastating, annoying, thrilling, but never less than engrossing. I hung on every page and finished it in one sitting. In Theresa Falconetti’s book, Michael Dante has three strikes against him. He’s Italian,…
The Souvenir Countess is half a great book. In this case, the great half is the first half. It’s been awhile since I was excited by a debut author, so I got really excited during the first half of this book, only to be quite disappointed as it abruptly dwindled into mediocrity. The book begins…
Mr. Valentine tells the story of Jack Killigan, a glasses-wearing, junk-food ingesting blue collar guy who works in the shipping department of a paper manufacturer. At night, however, he follows his writing muse and enters his romance novel in an unpublished author contest. His friend, Krysta Luekenhoff, is white collar management, trying desperately to get…
Thrill Me features two very memorable characters with flaws and charm galore. Sophie Winchester lives in a small town – a very small town – where she works for the local pastor. One of the newest generation of a family who has lived in the town forever, all the local residents think of Sophie as…
Someone to Love Me is a rewrite of Francis Ray’s first romance, 1992’s Fallen Angel. It is the story of Michelle Grant and Brad Jamison and in this new version their romance is more detailed and complete. Michelle Grant is a successful commercial real estate agent. In spent the past nine years working her way…
A man set on nothing less than complete revenge and women caught in the middle take center stage in the ninth title of Susan Edwards’ White series of Indian romances. Rather than the usual mix of a full-Caucasian character falling in love with a full or “half-breed” Indian, Edwards instead offers up the romance bewteen…
Counting all the books and novellas, Divided in Death is the 21st entry in the long-running series about Eve Dallas, her husband Roarke and her friends in the NYPSD. That’s a long time to be following one group of characters, and while many readers will disagree, I think the series is starting to show its…
I wasn’t sure what to expect from No Ordinary Groom since my past experience with Ms. Callen’s work was mixed. Even after finishing the novel, I’m still not sure what to think, because while there are some extremely enjoyable elements to this book, they are, unfortunately, packaged in a fluffy plot crammed with Big Misunderstandings…
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