Karina Bliss

REVIEW:  Bring Him Home by Karina Bliss

REVIEW: Bring Him Home by Karina Bliss

Dear Ms. Bliss: Your last few books have had a sort of a madcap adventure feel to them and so “Bring Him Home” is a change in tone and pace. It deals with grief and recovery and discovery and relies less on external conflict and more on the internal changes that the leads experience. Nathan(…)

REVIEW: Stand In Wife by Karina Bliss

REVIEW: Stand In Wife by Karina Bliss

Dear Ms. Bliss: Sometimes I think a reader connects to a writer in ways that can’t quite be articulated.  I’ve felt that way about your work for a while so I don’t know how reliable of a recommender of your books that I am.  What I connect with is the authenticity of the characters, the(…)

REVIEW: Here Comes the Groom by Karina Bliss

REVIEW: Here Comes the Groom by Karina Bliss

Dear Ms. Bliss, Jane sent me Here Comes the Groom after I told her how much I loved your last book, What the Librarian Did. Like What the Librarian Did, Here Comes the Groom takes a fairly cliched romance novel convention and gives it the kind depth and re-charge that I think is lacking in(…)

REVIEW: What the Librarian Did by Karina Bliss

REVIEW: What the Librarian Did by Karina Bliss

Dear Ms. Bliss: I hope that is your real name. I love it.   Miss Bliss.   Has a very naughty sound to it.   In any event, it wasn’t your name that prompted me to pick up this title. Instead it was a combination of things.   First, an excerpt of your book, Mr. Imperfect appeared at the(…)