Marilyn Pappano’s Small Wonders, part of her long-running Bethlehem series, engrosses from start. The story centers around scam artist Cole Jackson and Leanne Wilson, the woman he left behind to raise his son, as well as the citizens of small-town Bethlehem. Cole’s neighbors are hopping mad that he divested them of a quarter of a…
Some Kind of Wonderful is a generic, mediocre title for an equally generic book. The one-size-fits-all-cover features a man and woman on the beach at sunset, and it only adds to the generic feel (especially since the hero and heroine don’t ever walk on the beach together at sunset in this book). You would never…
I just love a smart-mouthed heroine who can bring uncharacteristic smiles to the lips of a stony-faced hero, and that is one of the primary draws of Jane Sullivan’s Tall, Dark and Texan. The flip side, of course, is that said heroine is also likely to actually deserve the duct-tape gag the hero considers applying…
I hadn’t read a Harlequin Temptation in a long time, but when I saw this one was by Jane Sullivan, I bought it since I enjoyed the two other books she has written for the line, as well as the single title contemporaries she writes as Jane Graves. This was the first book I read…
Rarely have I seen a heroine torture a hero as much as Aline tortures McKenna in Again the Magic. Don’t get me wrong. I loved their story, but I felt sorry for the hero, and had I been McKenna, I’d have thought twice about quickly forgiving Aline. It’s a mark of his character that he…
I have many of Rachel Lee’s old Silhouette romances, but haven’t read any of her recent work and had no idea what I was getting into with Something Deadly. Although it’s technically categorized as romantic suspense, this is a spine-chilling, page-turning ghost story that I read in one sitting. The tropical island of San Martin…
Who needs thigh-expanding hot chocolate when one can read My Life As A Snow Bunny? It’s a warm, feel-good book with just enough sweetness (minus the calories) to liven up a dreary winter day. Written in a chatty, first person style, the story is told by Jo Vincent, a pretty, playful, often sarcastic boy-crazy sixteen…
Sam Washington (the heroine of Lost & Found) and I have something in common: both of us lost our diaries – and both on journeys to New York, no less. That kinship prompted me to read this book, but the similarities between Sam and me pretty much ended there. Sam panicked when she lost her…
Those who love Scottish settings are no doubt already familiar with May McGoldrick, a husband and wife writing team whose books often feature Scottish settings in various time periods. While this latest novel features a Scotsman as its hero, McGoldrick mostly focuses on an exploration of a different setting: Pre-Revolutionary Boston. Though slow-moving and even…
Since I can’t imagine that too many people will find themselves buying Key of Valor without having read the first two books in the trilogy, knowing where I stand on those initial installments might help you decide how my grade for this one might align with yours. Like reviewer Donna Newman, my grade for Key…
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