Never Sleep With Strangers has a creepy gothic setting and likeable lead characters. But while I’ve read many romantic suspense novels that suffered because there weren’t enough suspects, but this is one of the few that had too many suspects. This book should’ve come with a cast list. The over-abundance of characters really clutters the…
I haven’t had much time lately to read any of my beloved romance novels, but one day I couldn’t take it anymore. I needed a fix so I delved into my TBR pile and decided on what proved to be a gem of a book. Black Tree Moon is an excellent way to spend a…
Let’s say for a moment that St. Peter actually has the time to worry about each and every one of us when we arrive at the Pearly Gates (the waiting lines would be horrific). Through some sort of a mix up, could he actually condemn a few people to walk the Earth until they can…
Since I first discovered her about two years ago, I have worshiped at the altar of Nora like many other romance readers. I have enjoyed her family sagas, especially the Concannons of the Born In series and the Stanislaskys of Those Wild Ukranians. I also absolutely love the In Death mystery series she writes under…
This isn’t one of the worst books I have ever read, just one of the most boring. In fact, the way it started out was so odd that I rechecked the cover of the book just to make sure it was supposed to be a romance novel. The story begins with a cowboy racing wildly…
Sigh, I never thought I’d live to see the day when Elizabeth Lowell, mistress of the long and sensual love scene, would write a quickie. Jade Island is the second in Ms Lowell’s series about the Donovan family. In this one, Kyle Donovan, who is an expert on gems, meets Lianne Blakely, the illegitimate daughter…
I like to cover all my bases as a general rule, especially with an author who is new for me. That’s why I read Elizabeth Lowell’s Amber Beach before reading Jade Island. I wanted to get a feel for the Donovan clan, how they felt about each other and the world around them. In general,…
If there is ever a self-help group for people who feel compelled to buy Christmas anthologies, I will be a charter member. Every year I seem to read one or two. The Regency anthologies are especially alluring to me. I’m not sure what draws me to them – maybe it’s all that mistletoe. This year’s…
Mary Balogh can create some of the most thoughtful, complex conflicts around. She can also write “Big Misunderstanding” plots that make you want to knock the main characters’ heads together. Unfortunately, The Last Waltz falls into the latter category. While the book is enjoyable for its charming setting and well-developed secondary characters, the gloom of…
I love historical novels set in the regency period and I had heard some good things about this book, but I found myself picking it up and putting it down again and again and again. It’s not that I disliked this book but I just could not get involved with it. Indiscreet begins with the…
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