I was just about to give up on this book when a simple turn of the page changed everything. I’ve not read this author before, and her style grated on my nerves to the point I was ready to put this book down and avoid it forever. But a subplot caught my attention, sucked me…
There are two reviews of this book. Secrets: Volume 8, like its predecessors, features four distinctly different authors who nonetheless share a common goal: to write erotic romance that is more than just descriptions of coupling. And, like every other anthology, some of the authors succeed better than others. The best part about a collection…
What a Woman Wants is one of those series romances driven more by convention than by any genuine conflict. The characters are flat and fairly uninteresting, and the romance itself isn’t as involving as other aspects of the plot are. Despite its failings, however, it had some nice, believable moments in it that, I must…
Many novels, no matter what the genre, feature a story with a lot of action, but whose main characters (in romance, the hero and heroine) do not change as a result of that action. Even though the action is resolved by the end of the book, it somehow seems more satisfactory if the characters actually…
Deadly Intent pretty much says it all: somebody intends to hurt somebody else. We know pretty much right off the bat that lovely gourmet chef and restauranteur Abbie DiAngelo is the intended victim, but who wants to harm her? There are enough suspects and red herrings to keep you guessing right up until you turn…
The Girl with the Persian Shawl is not a showy, angst-filled book full of deep emotions and action galore. Rather, it’s of the quiet, drawing-room drama variety; it’s full of normal people who happen to be living in the Regency. No one is larger than life. At first the book just seemed mildly pleasant and…
Tala Soaringbird really needs to work on developing a sense of humor. As the “one chosen” (notice that it’s not “chosen one” so, of course, it’s completely different from what you’re thinking of) Talia is the warrior of her mysterious forest-dwelling people. She kills werewolves who have succumbed to their darker side; as she goes…
Michael First was devastated when his wife Clare was killed in a freak car accident. Struggling to raise his four children alone and wrangling with the bank that owns a majority share of his ranch, Michael is stunned when he is arrested for Clare’s murder. It seems that the brake lines to Michael’s car were…
In terms of the romance community, Eloisa James came out of nowhere a couple of years ago with the publication of her first romance in hardcover (Potent Pleasures). Perhaps because she was an unknown in the community who got a hardcover deal, when so many more familiar authors couldn’t, or perhaps because of some of…
Normally I love guilt-ridden tortured heroes. They’re one of my favorite character types, but that’s only as long as they’ve actually done something to feel guilty about. What I don’t like is heroes who feel guilt by proxy, who have a martyr complex, and turn out to be hypocrites. It’s a bad sign for Behind…
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