Kathleen O’Reilly

REVIEW: Midnight Resolutions by Kathleen O’Reilly

REVIEW: Midnight Resolutions by Kathleen O’Reilly

Dear Ms. O'Reilly: I realized when I started reading Midnight Resolutions that I have grown somewhat complacent with my expectations regarding your books. I was prepared for the very independent heroine, and the lust-struck good guy hero, and the witty banter between them. What I wasn't expecting, and what I found both compelling and problematic(…)

REVIEW: Hot Under Pressure by Kathleen O’Reilly

Dear Ms. O’Reilly, I love what you do with your heroes and heroines. They’re not always totally believable (I mean, stranger sex in a stretch Hummer?) but I like these people. I’d like to have dinner with them on a couples night out and just sit and talk for hours. I feel that comfortable with(…)

REVIEW: Nightcap by Kathleen O’Reilly

Dear Mrs. O’Reilly, You came close to a trifecta. You really did but it’s with sadness that I’m going to have to grade this book down. Don’t worry, it’s not a D grade because so many things are still right about it that were right about the first two books in the series. But a(…)

REVIEW: Sex, Straight Up by Kathleen O’Reilly

REVIEW: Sex, Straight Up by Kathleen O’Reilly

Dear Mrs. O’Reilly, How do you do it? How do you make accountants sexy? No offense to any number crunchers out there, especially at this time of year, but the profession isn’t up there on the sexy-job-o-meter. Daniel’s brothers, the lawyer and the bartender, have jobs that could be considered babe-magnets but it takes a(…)

REVIEW: Shaken and Stirred by Kathleen O’Reilly

Dear Ms. O’Reilly, As with the first book of your last trilogy, this one is a winner for me. Straight from the beginning and all the way through. I enjoyed all the characters in this book, the plot, the setting…in fact everything. At first I was a little leery about the setting. I mean, an(…)

REVIEW:  Beyond Seduction by Kathleen O’Reilly

REVIEW: Beyond Seduction by Kathleen O’Reilly

Dear Ms. O’Reilly, Jane and I mentioned in our reviews of “Beyond Daring” that Mercedes (who we knew would be the heroine of your next book) needed some work before we could like her. You promised that she would undergo some growth in the year since the setting of the last book and earn our(…)

REVIEW:  Beyond Daring by Kathleen O’Reilly

REVIEW: Beyond Daring by Kathleen O’Reilly

Dear Ms O’Reilly, Sequels can be a dangerous thing. If I enjoyed the previous book, will the next one live up to it? Or will it bomb for me and somehow taint what I feel for the one (s) I previously liked? Will secondary characters be twisted out of recognition when it’s their turn at(…)

REVIEW: Beyond Breathless by Kathleen O’Reilly

Dear Ms. O’Reilly, When Jane sent me this arc I have to admit that I wasn’t that thrilled. Oh look, another series about three siblings. And my, it’s set in New York City so it’ll read like a “Sex and the City” clone book. It’s a Harlequin Blaze, we’ll get tons of inappropriately timed lust/sex(…)

REVIEW: The Diva’s Guide to Selling Your Soul by Kathleen O’Reilly

Dear Ms. O’Reilly, We’re having paranormal week here at Dear Author so I pulled “The Diva’s Guide to Selling Your Soul” out for a reread. If the Devil ever got a foothold in my household, it would be for the ability to munch out on chocolate truffles and deep fried foods with no guilt or(…)