Twisted Shadows began with a scene that grabbed me and drew me in. Unfortunately, the book did not live up to its early potential. Too many characters and a breakneck pace marred a potentially interesting story; it’s tough to enjoy a book when so much is going on that the reader gets lost. Samantha Carroll’s…
As Captured By Your Kiss opens, Mona Musgrave, an Englishwoman of common birth, is about to be hanged for the murder of her abusive husband. She is saved when a mystical woman named Arlana, respected by all as the Keeper of the Bloodstone, appears and claims Mona as her apprentice. (The Bloodstone, in case you’re…
I enjoyed several of Meryl Sawyer’s books in the past, especially Unforgettable, and was looking forward to my time with Every Waking Moment. I’m sorry to say, I was highly disappointed. This soap opera of a romantic thriller is set in South Beach, Florida. The reader isn’t allowed to forget this fact for a moment…
Heroine Tyanna Montgomery won my heart on page four of Tell Me You Love Me when someone approaches her in a dark gym parking lot and, instead of screaming or being a helpless victim, she punches and kicks her would-be assailant until he collapses onto the pavement. Now that’s a woman I can root for!…
Roxanne St. Claire makes a reasonably strong debut with Tropical Getaway. It has its flaws – namely a problematic heroine, an unlikely and unexplained plot twist, and an ending that dragged on a bit too long – but the writing is mostly smooth and compelling, the relationship sings despite character problems, and the suspense works…
Last summer I discovered the Liaden Universe books written by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. What a discovery! Not since I was a teenager and read the early Dragonriders of Pern books by Anne McCaffrey had I found science fiction books that so successfully combined adventure, personal relationships, and romance in a completely new and…
The publisher calls debuting author Elizabeth Holcombe’s Heaven and the Heather a “Highland Fling,” which is true in more ways than one. The word “fling” accurately describes the relationship between the hero and heroine, and also what I wanted to do to the book while I was reading it: fling it somewhere far away. Sabine…
Kinley MacGregor’s latest offering, Born In Sin, is a redemption story, and quite a good one, as it happens. If there were a little more to it, it could have made the jump to DIK without much effort, but as it stands, it’s still a truly enjoyable read. Lord Sin, with his improbable (but well-explained)…
Last year I discovered Karen Templeton and glommed her books. I enjoyed all of them, fell in love with the town of Spruce Lake, Michigan, where most of them are set, and put her on my automatic buy list. When I began What A Man’s Gotta Do, I was happy to see it takes place…
Stuck On You is a nice mix of romantic comedy and mystery set in Plentiful, Wyoming, a cute and quaint town populated with cute and quaint characters. While a pleasant enough read, it lacked that certain spark that would have lifted it much above average. Scarlett O’Malley’s father was a rich and famous mystery writer…
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