Wedding Bell Blues is the first book in a new inspirational imprint by Avon and is the first in a series called The Piper Cove Chronicles. Nothing in Windsor’s book particularly grabbed me, making it a less than auspicious launch. That’s not to say that it was a bad story, but it wasn’t great either….
In romances I do not usually expect in-depth discussions of current political or social problems. Some elements may be necessary, but not so much as to overshadow the romance. Still I was curious when opening Hot Desert Nights to what extent the authors permit realities of the present relationship between Western and Arab countries to…
I wouldn’t call this book a romance per se; the author deems it a “sort of an urban fantasy”. While technically the hero and heroine have their happy ending, they both have other partners at points in the book, and spend much of their time running from crisis to crisis at a frantic pace. This…
If you like Stephanie Plum, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you are going to really love Maureen Child’s More Than Fiends, the first book in a series of a demon hunter/house cleaner. Don’t expect anything remotely realistic in this story, but it is funny as can be. When Cassidy Burke was sixteen, she had a…
Everyone likes a good “meet cute” story. When billionaire Logan Crawford spills his coffee all over Philadelphia heiress Emma Brockton Wadsworth, you almost have to sigh. Ah, true love. Unfortunately, that’s about as good as it gets. Love, Lies and a Double Shot of Deception is basically all over the place, and with so much…
Plenty of us live in the suburbs, but suburban settings are pretty rare in romance novels. I have to admit that I can see why. I’ve lived in a suburb for about ten years now, not because I think suburbs are the sexiest thing going, but because I have four children. I’m here for the…
One of the more welcome aspects of Linda Howard’s Raintree: Inferno was its originality, as it contained none of the usual series romance hooks or gimmicks. Of course, her collaborators in the Raintree trilogy write for Silhouette on a more regular basis these days, and they know what side their bread is buttered on. So…
Lately, a lot of readers, myself included, have lamented the lack of variety in historical romance. Luckily, we have writers like Constance O’Banyon to shake things up. Lord of the Nile, set in ancient Egypt against the turmoil that made Cleopatra queen, is a smooth, solid, old-fashioned story, well told and with a unique setting…
How many romances are set in fictional small towns? They are usually Mayberry-type hamlets that just might hide a few wicked secrets, but generaly they appear as wholesome as a slice of apple pie on the outside. Leslie Kelly has imagined up the quirky named Trouble, PA, and this town isn’t like any other: Dark,…
The Object of Love is a May-December, interracial romance with a ghost as one of the secondary characters. I would call that unique. While I’ve read a number of May-December romances, interracial romances, and ghost romances, this is the first time I’ve seen all these elements in one book. We meet Lacey Burnham at the…
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