No Place for a Lady took me a long time to read – a very, very long time to read. It started off interestingly enough, but after the first three chapters or so I lost interest in these characters, and things did not improve from there. Marcus Kane, Lord Chadwick, is the heir to an…
This is a difficult book to grade. It took me two weeks to get through the interminable first 190 pages, and then I devoured the remainder in an evening. It features the kind of selfish jackass hero that, under the right circumstances, I sometimes like. The first 190 pages do not provide the right circumstances,…
Scent of a Killer starts out as a decent romantic suspense novel, fast-paced and quite readable. But it gradually becomes as wobbly as a house of cards. Since it’s built on a very unstable foundation of far-fetched elements and suspect choices, it doesn’t hold up well under scrutiny. On the night of her first professional…
Self-published books can sometimes provide an interesting reading experience since the author herself is usually investing both her time and money into a book born simply out of her love for the story. It’s obvious in Calico Queen that her love of writing and fascination with the people and settings she creates motivate Elizabeth Butler….
There were a great many unique ideas in Midnight Angel that I enjoyed. However, as I continued reading, the heroine grew annoying, parts of the storyline became cliched, and the villain turned into cardboard. <!– var browName = navigator.appName; var SiteID = 1; var ZoneID = 4; var browDateTime = (new Date()).getTime(); if (browName=='Netscape') {…
If you’re not familiar with Emma Holly’s name, you should be aware that her books are a bit different from other romance novels. Before moving into the historical romance arena, she wrote straight erotica for Black Lace, among other publishers. Classifying this book is difficult as it is more sexually explicit than just about anything…
Mercedes Lackey has a lot of fun playing with fairy tales in The Fairy Godmother, and the feeling is infectious. A charming and engaging book, it gets Harlequin’s new Luna fantasy imprint off to a promising start. In the Five Hundred Kingdoms, legends aren’t just stories, they’re ways of life. A force known as The…
A treasure hunter hero, a sailboat setting, and a touch of mystery all seem like promising ingredients for a good read. But a heroine who jumps to too many wrong conclusions ensures this one never gets out of the dock. Emma Purcell was the only one in her family who never gave up on her…
I’m always on the look-out for series romances that sound a little different from the norm. Concealed Weapon earns points in that respect, but that’s really the only aspect I can recommend about it. Sheriff Zach McCoy was wary when a religious group arrived in his small town in upstate New York. Led by the…
Reading Christmas anthologies is always a nice way to prepare for the holidays. But while Frontier Christmas, featuring authors Ana Leigh, Carolyn Davidson and Kate Bridges, managed to set a pleasant tone with its homespun traditions of Christmases past, the stories themselves were pretty average.
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