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  • Strangely Wonderful

    Knowing that Karen Mercury specializes in writing well-researched novels set in Africa and having seen positive reviews of her earlier work, I jumped at the chance to review Strangely Wonderful. The book certainly was strange, but it felt so disjointed that I never could grasp the wonder of it. The author certainly did her historical…

  • Masquerading Mistress

    Sentence fragments. And one word sentences. Many. Many. One. Word. Sentences. If you think that was irritating, just imagine a whole book full of it. I picked up Masquerading Mistress because I’d never heard of the author, and I’d recently had good luck with a little-known Harlequin Historical author. Unfortunately, this one disappointed. The story…

  • Hot

    I’m not quite sure what to call Julia Harper’s (aka Elizabeth Hoyt) Hot. At times, it’s a straight romantic suspense – but then it goes all kooky. While it had its likable moments, there were a few things about it that got on my nerves big time. Our heroine Turner Hastings (she was named after…

  • A Western Winter Wonderland

    With all the praise for Cheryl St. John’s The Preacher’s Daughter earlier this year, I got curious about this author and took the opportunity to review short stories by her and two other authors. I read very few Western romances and wanted to know if this was a genre I should include more often in…

  • Shadow Music by Julie Garwood

    It hurts to give Julie Garwood’s much anticipated Shadow Music such a low grade, but I’ve read more interesting, well plotted vacuum cleaner instructions. Princess Gabrielle of St. Biel, the Treasure of England, has been betrothed to a highly respected Highland chief by King John in hopes of securing peace. Upon arriving in the Highlands,…

  • General Winston’s Daughter

    Sharon Shinn’s Archangel is an all-time favorite of mine. I love her world-building, her characters and their romance. So I was curious about reading a Young Adult novel of hers. I was not disappointed in General Winston’s Daughter. This is a very good book, even if it does not quite achieve the depth of Archangel….

  • Just a Taste

    Deirdre Martin has consistently received good grades here, so I was pleased to get the chance to read her latest, Just a Taste. Sadly, the taste I got of this author was below average. I didn’t believe in the romance and the characters at times grated on my nerves with their lack of maturity. While…

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