Jennie Klassel describes her debut novel as a medieval comedy. Though it was a winner of the New Historical Voice Contest sponsored by Leisure Books and Romantic Times, that description was worrisome. Humor is such a subjective thing. Telling the reader a book is supposed to be funny can make or break a reading experience….
Contemporary romances don’t get much better than Take A Chance On Me. It’s got the thinnest suspense plot in the universe, but the characters! Such wonderful characters! But wait there’s more. You want sexual tension? This book drips with it. How about a love scene that is everything that a love scene should be? There’s…
Slow Hands is the debut novel of playwright Lynne Kaufman, whose uncluttered prose and unique voice make her a welcome addition to contemporary women’s fiction. Sara Russack acts as narrator; she is a marriage and family counselor with an established practice in San Francisco and specializes in women’s issues. Sara is at an impasse with…
Attention, readers in search of an exciting historical with a lush love story: have I got a book for you! Marsha Canham hits one out of the park with this gender-bending tale of pirates, spies, and love on the high seas. At the helm of her ship the Iron Rose on what’s supposed to be…
(note: This book has been republished as When the Stars Fall Down) Anne Stuart’s Banish Misfortune is a classic. Winner of the Golden Medallion (now known as the RITA) for Best Single Title Romance of 1985, it remains impressive nearly two decades later. I first read it in 2000, and while it was dated, with…
I’m not a frequent reader of anthologies because they can be so uneven, but Heat Wave may well be the best one I’ve yet encountered. Intelligent, funny, sexy and romantic, the three stories by authors Jennifer Archer, Katie MacAlister, and Sheridon Smythe each cover a different two-week portion of a reality dating game show being…
As one of Ms. Brockmann’s SEALs might put it: Hoo-yah! If you’re a fan of the Team Sixteen series, get ready to clear the decks and call in sick because you’re not going anywhere once you get your hands on this book. Frankly, Gone Too Far is Brockmann at her ultimate best and if this…
Jill Marie Landis’ first contemporary novel is awesome. Her publisher is marketing the book as women’s fiction, but the story of Carly Nolan and Jake Montgomery is a great romance. The back-story for Lover’s Lane is this: Carly Nolan has spent much of her life on the run. After running away from her last foster…
The cover for Kusheil’s Dart immediately caught my attention when I first saw this book while waiting in line at the local Barnes and Noble. Having an interest in architecture, any book with columns on the cover automatically interests me and the striking figure of the nude woman with a beautiful tattoo didn’t hurt the…
The best thing about being a reviewer for AAR is that it leads me to read books I wouldn’t otherwise have picked up. The Sea Wife is a one I probably would not have discovered on my own: not only have I never heard of this author, but the horrid cover art depicts the hero…
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