One of my goals this year is to read some of the Harlequin lines that I don’t read as often. Blaze is fairly new to me, but I’ve read several so far and enjoyed them all. The Charmer has a few plot points that irked me, but the book is well-written and enjoyable overall. The…
For awhile there, I thought To Sin With a Scoundrel was going to be a good one. It features a scientist heroine, a rakish hero, and an evil family lurking in the wings with nasty deeds on their minds. A scenario like this needs to be: A: Handled with subtlety and a dash of humor….
Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Born of Night, first book in the League series, was originally published as Born of the Night in 1996, went out of print for a time, and has now been reissued in an extended version including scenes edited out of the original version. I haven’t read the old version; so this review is…
Have you ever read a book where you know what the individual words mean, but the sentences make no sense? That’s what happened to me with the first few chapters of Helen Scott Taylor’s The Phoenix Charm. I was instantly plunged into action in a complicated world filled with so many different characters I didn’t…
Several descriptors flitted through my mind as I read Stolen Promise. Overwrought is one, when it came to the emotions. Bipolar is another, particularly with the hero. But what applies most perfectly across the board is WTF. On the one hand we have spirited gypsy heroine who runs away from her encampment to escape an…
The Highlander’s Sword started off well, but quickly spiraled down into an extremely frustrating read centered on my least favorite plot device: the Big Misunderstanding. Aila Graham has been destined for the church since she was a child and expects no more out of life. Suddenly her father, the laird of her clan, demands that…
I found Miss Winthorpe’s Elopement somewhat tough to grade. It’s an original story with flawed, memorable characters, and much of the time it worked for me. Perhaps that’s why when I got to the end and discovered a common but unwelcome plot device, I was disappointed. Penelope Winthorpe is a printer’s daughter and a cit,…
Sheriff Needs a Nanny had two strikes against it before I cracked it open: A horrible title and an ugly baby on the cover. If not reading this for review, I never would have given it a chance, which would have been a shame, as I found it to be a fun, quick read that…
Every now and again, I read a book that I can sum up in one word. My word for The Reckoners? Frustrating. At the heart of the story lies an interesting setup. Rather than the more frequently seen vampires and werewolves, Durgin centers the book around Garrie, a young woman who has been communicating with…
Stolen Seduction sounds like one of those generic Romantic Suspense titles slapped on to cue the reader in – Stolen=mystery. Seduction=sex. And it’s quite apt. Of course there certainly is mystery and sex, but just like the basis of the plot, there’s more than what immediately meets the eye. Hailey Roarke is one of the…
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