Dead Ringer is a slow and tedious read that is far from this author’s best work. She has a great deal of talent, but here good writing is wasted on poor pacing and heavy exposition. Cresswell spends so much time explaining her complicated plot that she doesn’t have any room left for other elements, like…
Once He Loves has nearly as many flaws as it has strong points, but the scale tips in favor of the book. Its premise reverses gender roles, which was a nice change of pace, and the hero and heroine were likable enough throughout the book. But there were some annoying features as well, such as…
Letters to Kelly takes a lot of risks in a relatively short book. Any one of them would make this stand out as a series romance; the sum total, however, interesting as they all are, make the book a little too crowded to work everything out in 250 pages. Author Brockmann wrote this book very…
An atmospheric east Texas setting and the author’s clearly passionate feelings about some less than honest televangelists are the stand-outs in what is otherwise a pretty ordinary romantic suspense effort. Six years ago metal sculptor Bay Butler was convicted of a murder she did not commit. After spending those years in prison, her conviction is…
Let me say right from the start that it’s hard for me to work up a whole lot of sympathy for a pampered princess forced to endure endless Armani and Versace fittings and who suffers – oh, does she suffer – from the endless adoration of her subjects, the constant ministrations of her attendants, and…
I picked up Saving Dr. Ryan because several of my colleagues have had great things to say about Templeton’s books. Well, either I chose the worst possible book to start with, or this is a case of serious taste differences. I kept thinking of my reading experience in terms of a personality clash; I just…
Knowing better than to judge a book by its title (or it’s cover art), I sheepishly admit to choosing this book to review knowing nothing at all about its plot. If that makes me shallow than so be it. But with a title like Donovan’s Bed I really didn’t need much more incentive to commit…
In addition to creating the Regency sub-genre, Georgette Heyer also wrote modern mysteries, usually peopled by characters from the same upper class featured in her Regencies. Ms. Heyer did not combine the two genres into one (there are some slight mysteries contained in the Regencies, but nothing that warrants the “mystery” tag), but Kate Ross…
Welcome to wild world of Thursday Next where the Crimean War has just ended, wooly mammoths migrate, Neanderthals are fighting for their civil rights, and to win public office in England you need to have the backing of the Shakespeare fanatics. It’s also a world where a select few have the ability to leap into…
The Return features an enjoyable writing style and generally likable characters. Generally likable, that is, aside from main character Ashley Chambers, who was problematic for me, so problematic that the book is not one I can recommend. The Return is a sequel to Allen’s 1999 book, For Molly, where Ashley’s story began, and takes place…
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