The Secret Hunter could easily have been renamed A Regency Miss and her Pug: A Love Story for I felt more of a connection between Gwenllian and Oliver (the pug in question) than with Daniel, the hero. Gwenllian Lloyd and Daniel Wyckliff “meet cute” in Sydney Gardens, Bath when Oliver causes a collision and all…
The Secret Dreams of Emily Porter is Judith Raxten’s debut novel. Though competently written and easy to read, it left me dissatisfied. The author tells an interesting story, but her style of telling about events and characters shortchanged both, and her character development lacked refinement. The novel begins with a prologue. Emily, on the eve…
I searched for something nice to say about Down and Dirty, and the only thing I could come up with was its originality, a difficult achievement in an industry that recycles story themes ad nauseum. Unfortunately, the uniqueness of the story succumbed to absurdity. Navy SEAL, Zachary “Pretty Boy” Floyd finds himself in the middle…
Overkill is a romantic suspense thriller that sucks you into its pages with realistic and vivid descriptions. Castillo shows her talent at portraying genuine emotions and adeptly tackles difficult situations. I settled into the story easily and found this book hard to put down. Marty Hogan lived the life she always wanted as a Chicago…
Luck has been on my side recently, as I have read several books that I’ve truly enjoyed. Ice Storm will join the ranks at the top. I devoured it as quickly as I possibly could, neglecting chores, meals, and my husband. This will not be a story for everyone, however – it features a dark…
Shannon Drake’s The Queen’s Lady begins in 1561, a tumultuous time for Scotland, as Mary, Queen of Scots, makes her way back to her homeland for the first time in decades, following the death of her husband, the King of France. She is accompanied by the fictional Lady Gwyneth Macleod, who functions as the Queen’s…
The Art of Temptation is the final book in a trilogy, and, unfortunately, it reads like it. Couple this with an historically inaccurate premise and plodding writing, and you have a mess that took me more than a week to get through. Sean Delaney is an Irish self-made millionaire whose sister Dierdre has long been…
My first taste of the holiday anthology lot for this year and it wasn’t too bad. An Enchanted Season has two standout pieces which made this moderately overpriced collection worth it for me. Let’s hope there are more where they came from.
This is one of those books that almost hit the wall more than a few times. The heroine behaves badly. The hero behaves badly. And, to make matters worse, much of the action involves characters who don’t even merit the slightest development since I already supposedly know and love them from previous books. And then…
A book about NASCAR, hot men in tight suits, who clearly have no fear. I was happy to read this book, because I know little about NASCAR – even less about the inner workings of a race team – let alone all it takes to put a race together. The only thing I know about…
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