Really adored the one about the tall tall gal who was the (not really) Widow seeking “assistance” from Rupert — and she got assistance :D … the perfume giveaway. And I just finished re-reading Truly by Balogh and the hero’s “musky” scent was always confusing her (this was an earlier Balogh and the hero had a couple identities).

I don’t know if it’s just me, but I am getting sick of the thesaurus regurgitation (that sounds mean and I don’t intend that but I can’t think of another way to say it). It is there in the quotes above.

eg

He was the first man she'd ever welcomed; that knowledge was certain, undisputed in his mind,

why not just say the knowledge was certain?
or, the knowledge was undisputed in his mind?
why both? ALL the time

I can read a sentence or 2 and know immediately it comes from an SL novel – unfortunately, not in a good way. Like I said, maybe it’s just me. When I first started reading SL this didn’t bother me – I noticed it, acknowledged it, was aware of if (aarrrgghhh, it’s catching!!) but now it bugs me, irritates me, upsets my sensibilities….. etc *g*

I’d like her to try a sparer hand – I think that Jane was alluding to this sort of thing too – less describing and more doing please!

I’ve been such an S.L. supporter because I’ve always loved her settings, her sophisticated heroes and smart, strong heroines….. but even I have to wish for more now.

Victoria Dahl’s comments about her upcoming releases and that she made some “departures” from her other work is such a nice thing to hear from an author. She’s had success with previous books but writes the next stories in a different way so that she and her books stay fresh. It’s an attitude that I wish Stephanie Laurens would adopt.

Ms Laurens has a wonderful command of language and can paint such beautiful pictures but I truly wish she would find a point of departure for future works that would stretch her comfort zone and my interest.

I did think there was some freshness to the “The Casebook of Barnaby Adair” novel — but I don’t write notes and I probably wouldn’t be able to find them if I did so I don’t know why that felt different. Of course I’m all over the last book for the Bastion Club series when it comes out ………but unfortunately the Cynsters have danced their last waltz on my auto-buy list.. they slip to ‘when there’s nothing else new out’..

Thank you Jane

What can I say? I can't quit you.”

Oh, dear, neither can I. I stopped buying the Cynster books since they went to hardback, but somehow I simply have to check them out of the library as soon as they are released. In fact, I picked up T&S today. I don’t really expect it to be any different than its predecessors, but I wouldn’t be able to sleep nights until I made sure. I still purchase ebook editions of the Bastion Club novels, for pretty much the same reason. It’s a sickness!

So being bored being a C. From the sounds of the review I think, again for me, a factor would be would I read the author again. If I would it would stay in the C range if I wouldn’t it would go C- maybe D+.

But that is me, I know many disagree with me that C = average. And is still a good grade. Even though that would mean that leaves A and B as the ‘good’ grades and three evol ones for the rest.

I hope to get to this soon, haven’t read Lauren’s in forever. The cover is fabu. Right now I am enjoying Balogh’s newest. And am chatty as all get out so I am shutting up now.

I was a little befuddled as to why Emily and her siblings were so convinced that this treasure existed given all that they had was a simple rhyme passed down through the family and why, if they found it in a house owned by someone else, it would belong to them. Yet Emily and her family operate under this principle as if it is fact, instead of some hopeful dream. It was very odd.

I don’t know why they would have believed that the treasure existed but a deliberately hidden treasure under common law would have to be turned over the coroner. If the family could prove the original owner and that they are the heirs and assigns then they would have the greater right to it as the lawful owners regardless of who owns the property.

There’s lots of other fascinating bits and pieces to the law. For instance a trespasser who found a treasure would not have greater right to the treasure than the owner of property. If no true owner can be proved then the treasure goes back to the current land owner.

Of course this was changed in Great Britain in the 90′s and the law in the US is different.

(I actually thought I would get this very comment because it does sound worse, but I was just really, really bored. Can that be a lower than C grade?)