Although Fearless is my first Helen Kirkman book, I have given her other books serious consideration in the past because of their outstanding covers vividly portraying Dark Age male virility. Now I am wondering what I may have missed by sticking to my rule of never buying a book based solely on its cover. Her…
I can count on one hand the number of romance novels that have ever moved me to tears. Lorraine Heath’s classic Always to Remember sits at the top of that elite list, head and shoulders above the rest. In the ten years since its initial publication, it has only gained power, as its themes seem…
Unquestionably, Mary Jo Putney was an early pioneer in the connected books phenomenon. You can argue whether that is a good thing or a bad thing, but more than ten years past the publication of the first in the series, her Fallen Angels books pretty much remain the gold standard. Dancing on the Wind is…
I was slightly leery about reading this book, the first for this author in several years. I have read most of Jill Barnett’s backlist. When she’s on, her books take on a life of themselves. But there have been a few stinkers that make me ask, “is this the same woman?” I chose this title…
One Perfect Rose is the final book in Mary Jo Putney’s Fallen Angels series and features Stephen Kenyon, the Duke of Ashburton and older brother of Michael Kenyon from Shattered Rainbows. I was surprised to find that there was no AAR review for One Perfect Rose for it has always been special to me. This…
Angels Fall is a book to get lost in – which is exactly what I did over a long holiday weekend. Featuring fascinating characters caught up in events they can’t control and set in a remote town in the majestic Wyoming mountains, this big, meaty story represents born storyteller Nora Roberts at her incredible, storytelling…
The Marriage Spell is the first in a series set in an alternative Regency England which is familiar in every way except in this England, some people have the ability to perform magic. In a refreshing change of pace, magic workers – called wizards – are not burned as witches. Centuries earlier wizards proves to…
In The Marcelli Bride Susan Mallery pulls off a terrific triple play by combining action/adventure, daily family life, and a wonderful romance. Add in a soupcon of hot sex and extremely likable characters and you have my second DIK of the year. Since I went all of last year without a DIK, I am happy…
He joined the army, but didn’t fight in a war. He didn’t find the cure for a dreaded disease (he died of one). He didn’t produce any works of art and never even sat for a portrait. He wasn’t a saint, nor was he particularly wicked. He had his faults, but he had his share…
I love the uninhibited, laissez-faire feel of Emma Holly’s erotica. The sensuality level is out of this world, but always in combination with an entertaining story, a HEA, and well-drawn, interesting protagonists. All U Can Eat is the kind of book I adore: a frivolous mix of romantic erotica and tragicomic whodunit. All seems well…
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