I have to admit, I chose this book purely because the setup seemed too ridiculous to be believed: An invincible treasure hunter who’s also guardian to a great charm – as long as she keeps her virginity? Ludicrous! And I thought, no way will it work. Well. Good thing I didn’t promise to eat my…
Enchanting the Beast by Kathryne Kennedy is the third volume in a series set in an alternate Victorian England. Social status is determined by magical abilities: The strongest magicians are members of the royal family, the weakest are still barons (or baronesses – a woman who has magical abilities can be a peeress in her…
When I read historical romance, I read it for two things – the history and the romance, both of which must be believable. In The Club there is little of either, and what is there is farfetched. To find a missing friend, Jane St. Giles, Lady Sherringham, is willing to take extraordinary risks – like…
One Deadly Sin is a romantic suspense novel set in a small town in Tennessee, and it features one of the oddest couples I have ever encountered in Romanceland. Picture the straightest of straight arrow cops you can imagine, and then pair him with a non-druggie Amy Winehouse lookalike. Redbud, Tennessee is a charming small…
Second Skin is the third book of Kittredge’s heroine-centered Nocturne City series. This book joins the growing number of urban fantasies out there with aggressive kick-butt female leads. Luckily, this one rises above the middle of the pack with intelligent writing and scary, action-packed adventures. The series should be read in order, however – if…
There was a lot of positive buzz last year regarding Robin Kaye’s debut romance Romeo, Romeo and it was buzz in which I happily participated. Still, I didn’t go too far over the moon because I thought there was a dated element to the story in the person of the heroine’s mother. Dear Old Mom…
It’s been quite a while since Nora Roberts has written a straight contemporary; the majority of her books the past five or more years have been paranormal, suspense, or futuristic. I know a lot of people have been excited since learning about her new straight-contemporary quartet. They won’t be disappointed with its first installment, Vision…
As a reader, I tend to cringe when I see titles such as The Billionaire’s Baby. I like series romances, but in recent years I’ve been reading them in spite of their titles, not because of them. Still, that being said, once I got past the ridiculous title, I found a mostly entertaining and heartwarming…
Too much of a good thing isn’t always a good thing. In late 2007, author Laurie Brown published a ghost story time-travel romance that felt fresh to me. Too bad that with What Would Jane Austen Do? she’s doing almost exactly the same thing again — only less skillfully. <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…
Duncan Pennethorne, the Earl of Sheringford, left London five years ago as the subject of a most juicy piece of scandal. Upon wooing a beautiful young woman – in what seemed to be a love match, no less – he practically left her at the altar only to run away with his future brother-in-law’s wife….
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