The Hunt is a paranormal romance that takes place in a land where shape shifting man/cats guard the people from dangerous creatures who would prey on them. In a field overflowing with vampires, this book was a nice change of pace. Miu is a thief and has the thief’s mark. She is under the control…
I wanted to like Twelve Nights much more than I did. I love the idea of historical Blazes. I like Christmas settings. And usually love triangles are among my favorite plot-lines. This book had all that going for it, but the purple prose and occasionally annoying characters made it fall a little flat for me….
Hooked from the beginning, I raced through this book as fast as I could, reading it in one rather long sitting. Unfortunately, what started out as a fantastic story petered out into a more-average tale that didn’t quite fulfill its promise. Still, the writing style is great, and No Greater Pleasure is a solid read…
A writing professor once told me that dialogue isn’t conversation; it’s conversation’s greatest hits. I wish Heather Graham had taken this advice to heart, as her excessive dialogue and blocky writing style bogged down a book that had some potential. Melody Tarleton is driving home for Christmas during a snowstorm when a man suddenly appears…
Sometimes when I read a book, I figure out right away that I’m in for something good. This was the exact feeling I had when I picked up The Gladiator by Carla Capshaw. I found this story of a former gladiator and his Christian slave very well-done; one would never guess it’s a debut novel….
Both Eve and Roarke have seen and experienced much in the course of their lives, but the crime that opens Kindred in Death shakes them both. It’s Peace Day in New York – a holiday that commemorates the end of the Urban Wars, and Eve has two whole days off. She and Roarke are just…
Carla Kelly says it well in her introduction: A short story is “an exercise in restraint,” and her contribution is exemplary. Too bad the other two stories aren’t as well.
My copy of The Lost states that it has “four all-new stories of paranormal desire and suspense.” I’d call that something of a misnomer, because two of the stories have nothing paranormal about them. I didn’t mind that, necessarily, but there’s something to be said for truth in advertising. What these stories do have in…
I love straight contemporary romances, without a hint of mystery or suspense. I enjoyed Stef Ann Holm’s All That You Are, and can recommend it to readers who appreciate character-driven, slow-paced romances. Dana Jackson owns the Blue Note bar in Ketchikan, Alaska. Aside from running the bar, about all Dana can find time to do…
Linda Howard is a storyteller. And when she “hears” characters speaking to her as she told me they do in an AAR interview, she is compelled to tell their stories. Sometimes that means her characters send her down a different path than ones readers have come to expect. Such is the case with Ice. The…
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