Let me begin by stating that this is not a romance, in the way that we usually mean the term here at AAR. Let me further state that this book is not for the squeamish – the level of violence depicted is high and often graphic. That said, if you’re up to a compelling tale…
Some time ago, I read a review of Barefoot in the Grass by Judith Arnold. The story line intrigued me enough that I went out of my way to find it through an internet used book site After I received the book, I put it in my library for later. A year later, looking for…
Move over, Bridget Jones! There’s a new girl in town, and she’s much more interesting than you are, and a lot funnier, to boot. Marian Keyes has created an unforgettable character and placed her in a hilarious, heartbreaking, and ultimately touching story about one young woman’s search for love. Lucy Sullivan is a twenty-something single…
My Sweet Folly opens with a series of charming letters from Lt. Robert Cambourne to his cousin’s wife. The correspondence begins almost by accident with Robert writing to his elderly cousin Charles Hamilton about a minor estate matter and being answered by Charles’ lonely twenty year old wife, Folie. Robert and Folie’s initial letters are…
Brothers whose relationship is clouded by resentment and misunderstandings. A young woman living in her own world. An arrangement that will change all their lives. These are the very bare bones of the story in The Wild Child, Mary Jo Putney’s dramatic tale of switched identities and last chances, and a love that breaks through…
The Night Drifter is one of the most unique romance novels I have ever stumbled across. It’s a story of man who falls in love with a woman’s soul before he falls in lust with her body. It’s also a story of a woman who falls in love with a man she can’t touch. Yes,…
The Long Way Home is the sequel to Desert Isle Keeper Little Darlin’, and while The Long Way Home does stand alone, I highly recommend that you find Little Darlin’ first and read it too. Rita Warren has made a lot of really big mistakes in her life. She bore a child out of wedlock…
Sometimes a book comes along that makes us take a real look at ourselves through the laughter. Until I read Bridget Jones’s Diary, I never thought I would enjoy a book that is in diary form, much less give it Desert Isle Keeper status. Not only is it funny, it is autobiographical for any number…
With The Legend MacKinnon you get three exciting romances, three passionate otherworldly heroes, and three admirable heroines strong enough to bring them to their arrogant knees all for the price of one. Maggie Claren is having a very rough month. Running for her life from an abusive fiance, she’s been forced to hide out in…
I’m sure that a lot of us remember the first romance book we ever read, especially that one book that changed our minds about the genre and banished the phrase “bodice-ripper” from our vocabularies. While I never was a romance snob – I was, and I blush to admit it, a series romance snob. For…
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