Carole Bellacera is an author I’ve been wanting to try for some time. Her first three novels met with a great deal of acclaim, including positive reviews from several of my AAR colleagues. I can only assume Understudy was the wrong place to start and that her earlier books were better than this slick, shallow…
Bad Boys on Board is the third in a series of anthologies revolving around, you guessed it: bad boy heroes. Following behind I Love Bad Boys and I Brake for Bad Boys, this one brings together Lori Foster (featured in all three), Donna Kauffman (featured in ILBB) and Nancy Warren, a newcomer to these anthologies….
Twenty years ago two men kidnapped Ashley Marin and kept her chained in a cave in the Rocky Mountains. College student Chris Judge found and rescued her, and the two kept in touch via holiday cards over the years. Now Chris is a disgraced former undercover cop who has returned to Colorado after several years…
My reaction to The Chocolate Seduction went up and down and up and down. I started out actively disliking the heroine, Sabrina Bliss, but by the end of the book I had warmed up to her – a little. However, the hero Kristoffer (Kit) Rex was a sweetheart, the story zipped along nicely, and the…
This book, the third in a series of romantic James Bond ripoffs, is Very Silly. Its characters are shallow, and its plot (not unexpectedly) is ridiculous. But it did make me giggle. Canadian accountant Abel Andretti (hee – that’s giggle number one) comes to visit his sister Edie in Vancouver, only to discover she’s missing….
Room Service has some good points and some bad points. The book’s flaws were not egregious or terribly upsetting, but there were a number of them, and, when combined, they brought a good read down to one that’s only slightly better than average. Katya Morgan’s life as the emotionally neglected, but otherwise spoiled daughter of…
I love Paranormal romance, at least in concept, but actual Paranormal romances are often not very good. Picking up an anthology of nothing but vampire and SF romance is something of a risky business. But have no fear: this anthology is excellent.
There’s no question that Leanne Banks’ single title debut is charming and breezy road romance. That said, however, Some Girls Do is somewhat predictable and features some surprisingly retro plot elements. Working as a personal assistant to a rich jerk may pay well, but in order to keep her job (and the low profile she…
As I began reading Emily LaForge’s debut novel I kept pausing to figure out what was so different about the experience. When I figured out what was original in the writing style I started to go with the flow and enjoy the experience – up to a point. I could appreciate the original choice in…
Finding You, like many “C” reads, works in some ways and fails in others. While the author provides enough character depth to get to like the leads, she doesn’t give enough to truly understand them. Perhaps had less time been devoted to rounding out the secondary characters, the primaries would have been better developed. After…
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