With Dangerous to Touch, Jill Sorenson takes the familiar device of the psychic heroine and creates a vivid story that I found quite intriguing. The suspense is intense and the talents and struggles of Sidney Morrow felt plausible. Though pacing flaws the book, this is an author to watch. Sidney has reason to insulate herself…
I love baseball and haven’t read a Harlequin American Romance in years, so when I saw Man of the Year on the list of books to be reviewed, I asked for it. Lisa Ruff’s debut novel turned out to be a pleasant read indeed. The Seattle Rainiers baseball team is not popular at all. Scandals…
Even though the Big Mis is one of my biggest pet peeves in romance, at times I can buy into it as a plot device – if the reasons behind the misunderstanding are plausible. That’s a big “if.” In The Desert Lord’s Baby, however, I wanted the heroine to turn off the water works, get…
If you read Rolling Stone or watch Bill Maher’s HBO series, you’re probably familiar with Matt Taibbi, who is one of the show’s roving political reporters. There’s no mistaking his political point of view, but his screeds are always tempered with humor. And, like Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, he’s an equal opportunity hater, almost…
I’ve read all of Lora Leigh’s Bound Hearts stories; some (Surrender and Submission) are successful, some less so. Wicked Pleasure falls into the latter category because it felt as though I’d read the book before. What I initially liked about the series was the pure unadulterated kink of it; the heroes all liked to share…
A while ago, I tried to read Minion, L.A. Banks’ first novel, yet couldn’t finish it. The idea of her Vampire Huntress series appealed to me, but I couldn’t get past the writing style. In fact, Minion’s prologue now ranks as one of the worst I’ve ever read. Despite this, when I learned that the…
As Kill Me if You Can opens, we learn that home renovator Tish Amble has returned to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for her newest job – the cabin where she spent part of her childhood. The narrator takes the reader on a fascinating journey in which the mysteries of Tish’s past start creeping into…
I liked this book much more than I expected too. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably seen the Twilight phenomenon in action. In the last year these books have seen incredible buzz, and everyone and their dog seemed to be reading them. I read the first one, because it was a selection…
Have you ever had a close guy friend who started dating a woman who is not only manipulative and selfish, but also has so many issues you half-expect to see a caravan of sherpas carrying them behind her everywhere she goes and you long to tell him to run, run, run before the inevitable trainwreck…
I love a good romantic suspense novel, and I love novels set in small towns. Add some excellent characters, and a plot that keeps you guessing and you have Pitch Black, among the best romantic suspense novels I’ve read this year. Madison Wade is a journalist who has lived and worked for some time in…
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