The good news is that Sylvia Day hits a home run with her novella here and, as someone who retains my affection for those old footnote-laden romances by Susan Johnson, the author delivers a story that shows her to still be in good – if not outstanding – form. And a third story, by Noelle…
Some books successfully combine two or more genres. This book is definitely not one of them. Warrior’s Taking reads at the start like a fantasy novel, then morphs into an historical romance with a fantasy slant that doesn’t work. Did Maguire have so many ideas that she couldn’t decide what to leave in or take…
At the Romance Writers of Australia conference last year, someone made a statement about books that hit me as truly profound. Authors, she said, are either storytellers or writers. Whichever one they fall into, they have to work really hard to develop the other skill, because truly great novels are a perfect meld of both….
The Templar’s Seduction is the first Mary Reed McCall novel I’ve read, though it is the last book in her Templar Knights series, and, rumor has it, her last book for a while. Sir Alex de Ashby is “a man bound by his own instincts for self-preservation above all else.” He was drummed out of…
If you’re looking for something different in historical romance, Jade Lee’s Tempted Tigress is certainly that. Set during the Boxer movement at the very end of the Qing Dynasty, the story features the romance between a white drug runner and the Emperor’s Enforcer. It is a gritty story that does not gloss over the turbulent,…
I can’t begin to tell you how much I wanted to like My Wicked Pirate. After hearing so much about the old-fashioned romance feel that author Rona Sharon put into her debut effort, I went and bought it for myself. It couldn’t be all bad, I tell myself a few pages in. It has one…
Cathy Yardley is one Blaze author I make a point to read. Even when her books don’t entirely work for me (as was the case with her last release, Jack & Jilted), they’re still a cut above the norm, mostly because they feature a strong story at their core. Her Blazes feel like stories with…
Why, Oh Why is it that previously wonderful series’ take a dramatic downhill turn when moving to hardcover? I have waited not too patiently for each installment in the Hollows series and never been truly disappointed until now. With A Few Demons More I feel like the author chopped up the characters and threw them…
I’ve always been a sucker for angst, and boy, Lawman doesn’t come up short. The characters go through emotional hell, but it serves to connect the reader and the protagonists. Garon Grier is a “taciturn” FBI agent who just moved to a ranch in a small town in Texas. He’s investigating the abduction, rape, and…
What struck me first when looking at the reissue of Mary Balogh’s Web of Love is how much I prefer the new cover to the old. The old cover is Signet at their worst: lots of browns and a couple dancing in a scene which does have its counterpart in the novel, but the facial…
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