Jun 19 2013
Janine: When I heard Patricia Gaffney’s Wyckerley trilogy was being electronically reissued, I knew I wanted to review these books in a discussion format. Angela (Lazaraspaste), who used to review for DA, volunteered to join me. We plan to review all three novels and begin today with the first book in the trilogy. Angela: To(…)
Jun 19 2013
Dear Ms. Tucker: What happened? I confess that while I was reading this book I was convinced it wasn’t written by the same author who wrote Ten Tiny Breaths and had I not read TTB, I don’t know that I would have finished this one. I will say (and this is the reason for the(…)
Jun 18 2013
Dear Ms. Dee, I enjoyed your book New Life and the premise of this book intrigued me so I volunteered to review it. Unfortunately, The Au Pair Affair did not have the easy flow or the charm of the earlier book. Hollywood producer Dan Krefman and his ex-wife, actress Crissi Jondalar have two children (Cara,(…)
Jun 18 2013
Dear Ms. Gleason: I was a tremendous fan of the first of your Gardella Vampire Chronicles series, so I was really excited to hear that you were writing more Gardellas, and intrigued to find they would be set in the 1920′s. Macey Denton works at the library at the University of Chicago. She lives in(…)
Jun 17 2013
Dear Ms. Reed, Your blurb caught my attention. The book held it. Sydney Warren is a successful painter of erotic landscapes—just the artful fantasies of a woman whose own life has been stripped of passion. Though she has stayed loyal to her boyfriend, Max, he’s unable to ignite the sparks they once shared, leaving Sydney(…)
Jun 17 2013
New York City, 1920s Bootleggers are breathing down hotelier Harry McMahon’s neck. So when a beautiful, young, and very wealthy widow from Paris turns up at the Cotton Club, Henry sees it as the perfect opportunity to combine business and pleasure. First he will take her body, then her heart, and finally, her money… Elise(…)
Jun 15 2013
Dear Ms. Dark: I had high expectations for this book after reading the Recommended Read review from Sunita of In His Eyes. Unfortunately the magic of that resonated in In His Eyes for Sunita didn’t carry over for me into Just for Today. It started out poorly when the hero, Sean Paterson, is described as the black(…)
Jun 14 2013
Devon Knows How They Make It So Creamy – The Windflower (Apologies if this title makes no sense to you – go here and be illuminated) If The Windflower was a person, it would be this person: And, you know, what’s particularly excruciating about that? Every instinct I possess was screaming at me to get(…)
Jun 14 2013
Dear Ms. Chase: Thank you for re-releasing your novella The Mad Earl’s Bride. I missed it when it was released in 2009 in the anthology Three Weddings and a Kiss. The Mad Earl’s Bride has the tone of my favorites of your books: witty, smart, and sweetly sexy. It even has Bertie Trent in it–as well(…)
Jun 13 2013
The wild heart of a warrior beat in the breast of Alena, daughter to a queen and mother to a king. A Celtic princess, she resolved never to bend to Roman rule. But how could she foresee that the iron fist of Rome would stoke her soul with the velvet glove of passion. Marcus Valerius,(…)
Jun 13 2013
Dear Ms. Burton: Your Play-by-Play series has been a pretty consistent favorite for me, with each book featuring an athlete hero and the woman he falls for. In One Sweet Ride, we meet Grey Preston, a very successful team owner/driver on the NASCAR circuit. Grey is estranged from his father, a powerful US Senator, who(…)
Jun 12 2013
“The thief who stole his heart Sword dancer Li Feng is used to living life on the edge of the law–a woman alone in the dangerous world of the Tang Dynasty has only her whirlwind reflexes to trust. She will discover the truth about her past,even if that means outwitting the most feared thief-catcher(…)
Jun 11 2013
Dear Ms. Kearsley: I’ve been eagerly awaiting the U.S. release of this book for months. It incorporates characters and settings from two of your previous books, The Winter Sea and The Shadowy Horses. Since I reviewed and recommended the former and Jayne the latter, we thought it would be fun to do a joint review(…)
Jun 11 2013
Blurb: His deadliest enemy will become his heart’s desire. Caius doesn’t feel like much of a Christian. He loves his life of learning as a monk in the far-flung stronghold of Fara, but the hot warrior blood of his chieftain father flows in his veins. Heat soothed only in the arms of his sweet-natured friend(…)
Jun 10 2013
Dear Ms. LaMarche, After going on a bit of an older YA/NA reading spree while on vacation, I found myself in the mood for more contemporary fare over my usual SF&F preferences. Your novel, Five Summers, fell right into that category. Add in evolving friendships between girls as they grow up and I was sold.(…)
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