Writing this review, I was reminded of an old Disney song: “For every high, there is a low/For every stop, there is a go.” I find it’s the nature of C grade books that for every Good, there’s a big fat But, and the first installment in Sarah McCarty’s new Shadow Wrangler series is no…
When I eyed the cover of A Man Worth Loving and saw what appeared to be a baby wearing a toupee, I had to remind myself that I am not in the habit of judging a book by its cover. If I was, I’d miss out on way too much of the romance genre. Unfortunately,…
As a final addition to her lengthy legacy, the author couldn’t have done much better than this. Everyone acknowledges that Pippa Carstairs is beautiful. But, living a cloistered existence with her grandparents in Bath, no one has ever bothered to look beneath the surface – including herself. So when Noel Nicholson begins to pay her…
The Prince of Frogs is an interesting sequel to Night’s Rose, but I can’t say that I am fully satisfied with the direction things are going. There is less actual fighting in this story, and the conflicts are much more personal. This is not bad by any means, but characterization is extremely important in this…
Seducing the Heiress caught my eye because it sounded a little different. It’s the first in a series about three sisters from a wealthy, upstart family. Raised in India, they are now back in England – where their mercenary mother intends to marry them all off, preferably to titled gentlemen. It’s not bad for a…
Breakfast in Bed is the third book in Robin Kaye’s Domestic Gods series. While I had a few issues with it, on the whole I found it to be an enjoyable read. Moving to New York to be closer to her new-found brother and sister-in-law Annabelle, Becca Larsen needs a temporary place to stay while…
Enslave: The Taming of the Beast is surprisingly sound for an erotic romance. There is an actual plot, and to some degree there is also character development! Hurrah! I wholeheartedly applaud the author’s perspicacity, but the above-average-erotica quality of its plot and characterization was ultimately tempered by, well, everything else. The technical style is average,…
I love straight contemporary romances, and wanted to like Lori Wilde’s The Sweethearts’ Knitting Club. While it has an interesting hero and some complex secondary characters, I disliked the heroine so much that I cannot recommend it. Membership in the Sweethearts’ Knitting Club of Twilight, Texas has two requirements: Members must be married to (or…
With eye roll-inducing plot twists and a wallpaper historical setting, Lorraine Heath’s newest doesn’t rise above flat out average. It’s a familiarly creaky plot. Eleanor Watkins is a beautiful young woman from the country out to avenge her sister’s death at the hands of an E-E-E-E-E-E-v-i-l dastardly villain (extra Es in all caps required to…
Ah, my Christmas reading binge has already begun. I have a running head start this year, and am actually three books into it – and it’s not even Thanksgiving yet. Christmas Spirit was a decent (if not awe-inspiring) offering. The love scenes are hot and well-written, but there isn’t a lot of substance to this…
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