It would be easy label Alexis Hall’s debut novel Glitterland as literary fiction masquerading as romance. The language he uses – his metaphors are often show stoppingly gorgeous – and his narrator, a bipolar depressive – beg to be read by those who dismiss genre fiction as lowly. The next time someone sniffs derisively at…
Narrated by Nicholas Boulton One of the first books I read when I got back into reading romance a few years ago was Flowers From the Storm. I remember being caught up in heart pounding fear for Jervaulx as he was mistreated in the asylum; of feeling rage on his behalf. I remember being so…
Caroline Linden’s Love and Other Scandals is the best historical romance I’ve read this summer. Joan Bennet, the spinster heroine, has a sharper tongue and a sharper mind. The louche hero, Tristan Burke, is witty and wicked. Together, they are an engaging couple whose path to true love is sweet, believable, interesting, and sexy. Plus,…
Narrated by January LaVoy Whenever I get the chance to listen to a Karen Kingsbury book, I get really excited! After all, she is my very favorite author. If you read/listen to Inspirational fiction, chances are you have heard of Ms. Kingsbury. So when Lea (a.k.a. my mother) asked me to review The Chance, I was…
I find that books are like expensive boxed chocolates—they all look delicious, but there’s really no telling what’s inside each. Some look normal but have hidden inside a strange neon green substance that doesn’t taste all that good. Others hide a caramel or truffle filling that’s just delicious. Faking It was a book of the…
Narrated by Kathe Mazur Next of Kin is the first in Sala’s Rebel Ridge series. It’s a romantic suspense that pits organized crime against a rural Kentucky clan with a sort of ramped up Deliverance with PTSD feel. Beth Venable was whisked away from Rebel Ridge by her parents a decade earlier in the wake…
I can’t say I would happily die tomorrow, but if I did, I could rest a little easier in the knowledge that Michael from Meljean Brook’s Guardian series finally got his well-deserved HEA, and that one of my favorite series ended on high note. Guardians are super-powered humans, conscripted upon their death by Michael, their…
Peterson fans should be delighted with her newest couple, two career Marines who are on the verge of retiring just as the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is about to be revoked in 2011. Of all the writers of gay romance who have a handle on what love really is, Peterson outshines them all. Gunner…
Narrated by Patrick Lawlor and Angela Dawe The cover of this book says it all for me but here are the details… I had listened to male/female POV narrations before hearing Patrick Lawlor and Angela Dawe with Suzanne Brockmann’s Infamous but this is the first duo that left a lasting impression. It’s been nearly three…
Narrated by Patrick Lawlor and Melanie Ewbank This is a collection of the various short stories Brockmann has written about the characters from her Troubleshooter series over the years. Most of them have been published, sometimes as lagniappe in her books, others in PDF format on her original website (I wasn’t able to find them…
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