Jo Goodman

REVIEW:  The Last Renegade by Jo Goodman

REVIEW: The Last Renegade by Jo Goodman

Dear Ms. Goodman: Your books always present a challenge for me to review because oftentimes the plot is a mystery and thus delving into the story can ruin the surprise for many readers. The Last Renegade is one of those types of stories.  Set in Wyoming Territory, 1888, Lorraine Berry answered a newspaper ad to(…)

REVIEW: A Place Called Home by Jo Goodman

REVIEW: A Place Called Home by Jo Goodman

Dear Ms. Goodman: I am a huge fan of your work and there is rarely a book in your bibliography I haven’t responded favorably to.  I’ve even lamented about the fact that your work doesn’t seem to be getting the proper attention.  I am also a fan of the langourous fashion in which some of(…)

REVIEW: Kissing Comfort by Jo Goodman

REVIEW: Kissing Comfort by Jo Goodman

Dear Ms. Goodman: Most of your writing works well for me so it probably comes as no surprise that this is one of my favorite historicals published this month.  In the foothills of Sierra Nevada, the year 1850, two miners come upon the remains of a wagon train and in amongst a pile of rocks,(…)

REVIEW: The Price of Desire by Jo Goodman

Dear Ms. Goodman: Starting with the Compass Club series, your books have been getting increasingly darker, and The Price of Desire is the darkest by far, darker, I think, than any other book of yours that I have read.   It was also an emotionally cathartic read, a book that hearkens back to the Compass Club(…)

REVIEW:  If His Kiss Is Wicked by Jo Goodman

REVIEW: If His Kiss Is Wicked by Jo Goodman

Dear Kensington Books, Dear Author is in the epistolary form of these reviews, I thought it would be okay to address this one to a publisher. Jane’s review of Jo Goodman’s new release If His Kiss Is Wicked did a wonderful job of articulating much of what I loved about the book, and I share(…)

REVIEW: If His Kiss Is Wicked by Jo Goodman

Dear Ms. Goodman: I’m never sure a) why I started reading you so late (only two years ago) and b) why not everyone has caught onto your genius by now. If His Kiss Is Wicked is another solid entry into your catalog of published books. I don’t want to give any of the plot away(…)