I know, I know. When you’re reading a book called The Italian’s Bought Bride, chances are the hero is not going to be the sweet, sensitive type. Or the Beta type. Or the twenty-first century type. However, it just had “guilty pleasure” written all over it. I thought maybe I was reading the type of…
In December, I caught a rare glimpse of a falcon in my neighborhood. The bird was perched on rooftop of a building just across the street from the parking garage. As the rooftop and the level on which I was parked were the same, I got a really good look at one of these magnificent…
I enjoy romantic suspense, though I find my tastes generally run more to psychological suspense, gothics, and the occasional police procedural. While I read serial killer books or those with e-e-e-v-i-l big plots hatched by villains who almost seem superhuman, they often leave me cold. However, as I read Kill for Me, I realized what…
I picked this book for review because I’ve previously been impressed with Sourcebooks, the publisher, since everything I’ve tried from them has been a bit edgy and non-formulaic. Until this one. Apparently, Wicked By Any Other Name is a sequel to 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover. (And, oh, how I loathe those cutesy pun…
I found Bedeviled, the first entry in Maureen Child’s new series, to be an enjoyable read, with interesting characters and a fair amount of humor. Things get off to a quick start when struggling artist Maggie Donovan enters her ex-boyfriend’s office and sees a naked, tailed, female creature with large, sharp teeth devouring him. Almost…
High Seas Stowaway has a unique time period and setting that might lend to something truly exciting. Regrettably, even the Renaissance, Venice, Hispaniola, pirates, codpieces, blood vengeance, and the Spanish couldn’t make this one completely interesting. For Bianca Simonetti, Venice holds memories of young love, murder, betrayal and something to which she can never return….
Back in the original Saturday Night Live days, I remember a spoof called “Married in a Minute” that took on in goofy fashion those 1950s-era Single-Girls-Find-Romance-and-Heartache-in-the-Big-City movies. As you can guess, Jane Curtin and pals were …well, married in a minute. Truth is, if Stephanie Laurens’ characters aren’t married quite so expeditiously, they do manage…
I’ve been sitting here looking at my computer monitor for five minutes trying to come up with a pithy introduction to sum up Vexing the Viscount. I got nothing. It’s a C. That’s about it. Daisy Drake had a crush on the half-Italian Lucian Beaumont, the Vexed Viscount, when they were children and spent some…
Several years ago, I read and enjoyed a few of Leanne Banks’ books, and since then I’ve always kept an eye out for new books by her. When I saw her new book Trouble in High Heels on the list of books to review, I was excited. Unfortunately, by the end of it, I was…
I’d read some good things about Kurland’s Nine Kingdoms trilogy, so I jumped on the opportunity to read and review the last book, Princess of the Sword. This trilogy deals with the same main characters, rather than a new couple every book, so I definitely came in during the final act. While I would strongly…
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