As the inimitable Yoda said, “There is no try. There is only do.” And no matter how hard it is to create a film, produce a song, or write a novel, it is a truth in the arts that only the final product can be judged, because fundamentally that’s all that matters. The Pleasures of…
This one coasted along as a solid B until an absurd “conflict” is introduced in the book’s final quarter. Be warned: This book skirts dangerously close to the Too Cute To Be Borne category but for this reader managed to stay on the safe side of the line. I’m a sucker for animals, what can…
When I got this book for review, I knew little about it except that it sounded like it might be a fun paranormal. And, at its best moments, it was. However, the hero in Demon Can’t Help It seemed oddly free of inner conflict given the story, and the heroine sometimes seemed just a little…
For the last of the Huxtable siblings, Mary Balogh creates an emotional story revolving around two complex characters and a difficult situation. Lucky for us readers, it’s one that’s certainly well worth the read. Cassandra Belmont, Lady Paget is penniless and desperate, but not desperate enough to enter into another marriage of convenience. Plus, as…
It’s never a good thing when I’m happy to finish a book and, unfortunately, I was happy and relieved to finish this one. Right from the first chapter I was uncomfortable with the direction the book went and things didn’t improve as I continued to delve into the plot. <a href="http://www.likesbooks.com/banmanpro/a.aspx?ZoneID=4&Task=Click&Mode=HTML&SiteID=1&PageID=33387 ” target=”_blank”> <img src="http://www.likesbooks.com/banmanpro/a.aspx?ZoneID=4&Task=Get&Mode=HTML&SiteID=1&PageID=33387…
Bound to Please is an erotic romance featuring an older woman and a younger man. It’s erotic all right, but romantic? I guess it depends on the reader – I didn’t think so. Ruby Scott is 37, and a successful event planner in San Francisco. Several years ago, she lived with Ash, an artist who…
When I read the cover blurb of Brenda Jackson’s Intimate Seduction, by the third play on the hero’s name, my hopes sank. “Maybe it was written by a un-punny editorial assistant,” I tried to assure myself. Maybe the book is better. I was wrong. The story is just as bad as the back cover copy….
This was a very, very difficult book to grade. But here goes. Elle Drake has a legacy. As the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter ad infinitum, she is destined to mother the next generation of witches. Obviously, her future partner is of paramount importance. Elle made her choice long ago: Jackson Deveau, taciturn bad…
The very best chick lit books entertain me, and often hit themes that resonate, even if the frequently encountered ditzy heroines sometimes drive me mad. Holly’s Inbox, a modern-day update of the epistolary novel, follows the life of fictional character Holly Denham as she starts work as a receptionist in a large corporate bank. Though…
I live in Washington, D.C. I do not find badly plotted romantic suspense novels featuring a bioterrorism attack by Al-Queda on my city to be amusing. Or suspenseful. Or the stuff on which badly plotted romantic suspense novels should be based. Ever. This novel is touted as the first in the new Benedict Brothers/Taggert Men…
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