Having read a couple of other Karina Bliss romance novels, I went into this one expecting a quirky, but interesting plot peopled by a complex hero and heroine. Happily, I got exactly what I expected from this New Zealander. When they were thirty, in a bit of fun best friends Jocelyn Swann and Dan Jansen…
We have complained many times about the romance books that simply throw together the same tired ingredients with no originality. But sometimes, the smallest changes to the formula can bring a breath of freshness to the tale, making us remember why we love the cliches to begin with. That is what happens here, with great…
Okay, I’ll admit it, the title of this book is really sappy, and sounds like something I would hate. And yes, secret child stories are way overdone and are something many readers avoid. However, in the hands of the right author, even an overused plot device can work. Not only did it work here, I…
It’s always such a thrill when a long anticipated book lives up to expectations. Readers who loved It Had to be You and Nobody’s Baby But Mine have been waiting a long time for Kevin and Molly’s story, and I’m so glad to say that this book is worth the wait. The humor, lovable heroine…
While Wonderful You is the second in Mariah Stewart’s trilogy about the three Enright children, it’s actually the first I read. Not only did it work well for me as a standalone, I fell completely in love with the Enright family, and can’t count the number I’ve times I’ve reread this book. Zoey is the…
Sometimes I crave a saga, something long and involved like Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander that seems to go on and on. Only instead of time travel set in Britain, I’d like something set in the old West. Fortunately, new writer Ellen O’Connell has stepped up to fill the bill, and I can’t wait for her next…
Annie Burrows is an author who manages to enthrall me whenever I read one of her books. Several have been tearjerkers for me, as Annie Burrows does not shy away from showing selfish and callous behavior and describing deep unhappiness. Yet often I found the novel flawed after I’d finished them: a Big Mis that…
My Desert Island Keepers are those in which the author has given me something to think about beyond the romance and the two people involved. A Reason to Live does that by extending what could be an ordinary on-the-road story into a commentary essential to all of us. In fact, McKade’s entire series provides that…
Narrated by Kirsten Potter Wow, another new-to-me narrator and another fantastic one as well. Kristen Potter nails the characters of The Spymaster’s Lady and one can easily differentiate the numerous male characters, even spymaster Grey with his numerous disguises. Ms. Potter performs the part of the young French spy, Annique, with a beautiful French accent….
Narrated by Joyce Bean The last category in My Unofficial Personal Listening Challenge for 2010 was Fantasy – another genre I tended to avoid. I chose Karen Marie Moning’s Darkfever knowing that it would also challenge me as a series of unending stories with no HEAs nicely tying up each book’s conclusion. Later I discovered…
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