The Family Secrets series has been somewhat of a disappointment for me so far, not really living up to the coolness of its premise, about the search for five genetically-engineered siblings created in an experiment in the 1960s. The good news is Cindy Gerard’s The Bluewater Affair gets the series back on track. It also…
If many European Historicals are set against a backdrop of wallpaper history – enough history to make the book of a certain time, but not so much as to overwhelm the reader – then Ever Yours is a flat, white latex paint model. Except for the date in the front, a few mentions of crinolines…
Slow Burn is the first in Jamie Denton’s new trilogy featuring the Perry brothers. This first story places youngest brother Cale on center stage. Cale Perry always brings home strays, usually pets. This time he’s branched out into bringing home stray people. An EMT, one of Cale’s calls brought him into contact with amnesiac Maggie….
Many historical romances feature a secondary female character whose main purpose is to make the heroine look good. She’s rude and whiny, has no self-control and less empathy, and spends most of her time in a snit. Now, in An Uncommon Courtship, one such brat stars in her very own book. Although there’s the occasional…
Haunted is a flawed and repetitous contemporary ghost story with an old-time gothic feel. Reading it is like entering a time warp; I wondered whether it was really set in the present-day or in the old South because of inconsistent characters, dialogue, and attitudes, and because certain plot threads could have been lifted from a…
Lynn Kurland is beloved for her portrayals of the time-traveling MacLeod family of Scotland. Various family members have traveled to modern-day Scotland from their home in the 13th century Highlands. One by one, each found love in their new place in time and, if this book is any indication, Ms. Kurland has earned her large…
I’ve been reading quite a few old 80s series romances lately, and enjoying the diversity in characters and subject matter that you don’t really see anymore. Many of them either don’t hold up over time or weren’t very good to begin with, but every once in a while I come across a good one. A…
Laura Moore’s Night Swimming is a fleshed-out retelling of the Ugly Duckling story, in which the metamorphosing swan must now face its final challenge, the ultimate test of whether its transformation goes more than skin deep. It’s a truly exceptional tale, comprised of breath-stealing romance, a mystery to be solved within a marine biologist’s ocean…
This one is w-a-a-a-a-y Over The Top. In big bold letters. With an exclamation point! No, two!! Superrich tycoon hero oceanographer. Mega-bucks. Mega-smart. Ex-SEAL. (Of course.) Painfully beautiful, so-frail-and-delicate-he-fears-she’ll-break heroine who can take care of herself and her pet dolphins (yes, that’s right) just fine, Mr. Rich Man. (Oh, she’s spunky, this girl!) Add in…
My aunt and I once made a cake without eggs. We were talking to each other and got distracted, but when we pulled the cake out of the oven and tried to cut it we knew what we’d done wrong. It had no cohesiveness to it, no structure binding it together. Amazingly enough, another one…
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