Double the Pleasure
Double the Pleasure is an anthology anchored by Lori Foster’s latest story about the Winston men. Her story features twins who change places. While normally I shudder at that plot, Foster does a nice job with it.
Her Secret Lover by Sara Bennett
If you choose to read Sara Bennett’s Her Secret Lover, save yourself some time and start around Chapter 27. Shortly thereafter, the hero and heroine have the conservation that should have taken place long before. Don’t worry, everything you really need to know is revealed and you will save yourself the trouble of reading all…
When the Duke Returns by Eloisa James
Eloisa James is normally a hit or miss author for me, and I’m happy to say that When the Duke Returns is one of her hits. The vivacious heroine, reserved hero, and sympathetic secondary characters ratchet up a familiar plot. Isidore married Simenon, Duke of Conway, by proxy when she was twelve. After eleven years…
Lucky Charm
Lucky Charm by Carly Phillips is the the first intallment in a projected three-volume series about three cousins who have been unlucky in love all their lives. In a way, that summary pretty much says it all because, while well-written in some ways, this book is still very conventional. The plot on the whole Lucky…
The Fall of Maggie Brown
Shockingly enough, this was my first Harlequin, and I wasn’t sure what to expect. I’ve always been a little wary of 200 paged novels, but with Anne Stuart, I figured I’d be in good hands. I wasn’t wrong: this is the most fun I’ve ever had in such a short time. Maggie Brown has gone…
The Rogue and the Rival
The Rogue and the Rival is the sequel to Maya Rodale’s The Heir and the Spare. I think that book is in my TBR pile, but if it isn’t it will be soon. This is a very likeable book featuring a rake – not a fake one but a real piece of work no good…
The Pagan Stone
Nora Roberts ends her Sign of Seven trilogy with a bang. Considering that the first two books in the series lacked an engaging romance, the strength of The Pagan Stone comes from its love story. We pick up where The Hollow ends; two happy couples, two singles wanting to avoid the inevitable and a demon…
Flat Out Sexy by Erin McCarthy
When Flat-Out Sexy arrived in my mailbox for review, I eagerly opened the package to begin reading. My eyes immediately locked on the, uh, bulging cover and as they continued to drift in that direction, I knew this was one book I would have been too shy to carry to my local bookstore register. While…
The Christmas Countess
The Christmas Countess by Adrienne Basso is a perfect illustration of the fact that too much chocolate is bad for you. Generally I’m all for slow, character-driven romances without too much external conflict, so when I settled down with this book I thought I was in for a delightful holiday read. But in the end,…
The Treasure
The Treasure is being touted as Iris Johansen’s long awaited “return” to historical romance. It isn’t. Since we call spades, well…spades at this site, here’s a more accurate description: The author’s newest “historical romance” nominally set in 1196 is actually yet another of the action-driven suspense stories she has been writing for at least ten…
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