This review may contain spoilers for Die for Me by Karen Rose, a previous book in the series. Like many of you all, I rely on AAR reviews when I want to try new authors. Last year, I read the review of Karen Rose’s Die For Me, and went out and bought it. After I…
I really liked Danger’s Kiss, most of it. The interesting leads – complete opposites – have a nice, slow courtship, each becoming a bit like the other, and there’s a gleeful, larger-than-life villainess. And then it all fell apart in the last four chapters and went from a bordering on DIK territory book to one…
Call of the Highland Moon, aside from being the first book in a (get ready for it) new shapeshifter series, is Castle’s debut novel. While I could have done without some stereotypical romance characteristics, the book impressed me. The smart, witty prose drew me in and made this a fun read. Gideon MacInnes has spent…
I’ve enjoyed Rachel Gibson’s series featuring four writer friends and the wrap up, Not Another Bad Date, is no exception. Is fantasy writer Adele Harris cursed? Since all her dates seem to turn bad in the most bizarre of ways, Adele is starting to think so. Still, she’s got other things to think about when…
A fairly standard romantic suspense plot that is used quite frequently is this: Heroine is a potential victim of a serial killer, hero is a very masculine cop/PI/detective/other law enforcement type with commitment problems who goes on to overcome his issues and save said heroine’s life. Although Weddings Can Be Murder falls into this category,…
It’s rare that I purchase a new release hardback and even rarer if I am at the bookstore looking to buy it on the day of its release. But after the pure delight I experienced while reading Sugar Daddy, Lisa Kleypas’s first foray into contemporary writing, I was eager for more and especially intrigued to…
I picked this book up and put it down so many times I’ve lost count. Never Trust A Scoundrel isn’t badly written, it’s not a wall banger at all, but I didn’t connect with it until it was almost over. Grace Banbury is the only sensible person in her family. After her father died, she…
When I first came across Anthony Bourdain in 2001, I referred to him as a “gonzo bon vivant pirate chef.” He continues the stories he began in Kitchen Confidential in The Nasty Bits, although in this book he not only writes about the realities of being a [bad boy, natch] chef, he also writes about…
Talk of the Ton is one of this month’s two mail-order-only titles (two are published each month) this month by Harlequin Historicals. I’ve discovered some wonderful treasures among these releases. Unfortunately, weak characters and a somewhat hollow plot prevent this novel adding to that group. It is not a bad read, but neither does it…
A Sinful Alliance is set in the too-little used Renaissance period, featuring intrigue at Henry VIII’s court between two non-English leads, one an assassin charged with killing the other. Fun! Marguerite Dumas is The Emerald Lily, a spy and assassin who has worked for the French crown since she was a teenager. She is remarkably…
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