B- Reviews
Cliffhanger, Contemporary
6 Comments
Dear Ms. Ellen: What happens when you take a woman out of her bookstore, throw in loved-ones with issues (ok, let me amend – some of these loved ones go past “issues” into the land of “subscriptions.” And one of them,… more
B+ Reviews/ Recommended Reads
Contemporary, cowboys, Harlequin SuperRomance, LGBTQ, Native American, Rodeo
4 Comments
Love is one unpredictable ride Ride straight to the top of the rodeo circuit—that’s June Spotted Elk’s dream. Yes, bull-riding is a man’s world, but she won’t let anyone—not even a sexy, scarred stranger—get in her way. Seasoned bull rider… more
B+ Reviews/ Recommended Reads
Contemporary, Small-Town
12 Comments
Dear Ms. O’Keefe, I have so many wonderful books on Mt. TBR. It includes quite a few of your earlier books and I’m now kicking myself for not having read any of them. The good news is that I have… more
C Reviews/ C- Reviews
chronic illness, lawyers, m/m romance
3 Comments
Senior associate attorney Derrick Swain wants it all: a loving husband, a fulfilling career, and a couple of kids. After years of hard work he’s on the fast track to a promotion. He’s also met the man of his dreams…. more
B Reviews
1920s, ebook only, Harlequin Undone, Historical, movie-star, post WWI, short-story, silent movie
7 Comments
Los Angeles, 1924 Broadway producer Lewis Cartsdyke has come to Hollywood with a business proposition for starlet Poppy Edwards. But as he’s watching her sing in a downtown club, dressed in a man’s suit that skims her lush curves, a… more
C+ Reviews
BDSM, Contemporary romance, Erotic-Romance, law-enforcement, menage
5 Comments
Dear KB Alan: \ This is an erotic romance featuring a college senior who gets pulled over for speeding while on her way to Boston to visit friends and spend the evening at a fetish nightclub. At the time of the traffic… more
A Reviews/ Recommended Reads
Atlanta, Magic, Paranormal, Urban-Fantasy
16 Comments
SPOILER WARNING – Because Magic Breaks is Book 7 in the Kate Daniels series, there are unavoidable series spoilers found within this review. I’d also highly encourage readers new to the series to begin at the start of the series. … more
C- Reviews/ D Reviews
Contemporary, Japan, m/m romance, Military
13 Comments
Dear L.A. Witt, When this book came up for review, I was particularly interested in it because of the Japanese setting. And the descriptions of Okinawa did turn out to be the highlight of the book for me. The landscape… more
B- Reviews
Contemporary, Marriage-in-Trouble, second chance at love, texas
2 Comments
To love, honor and betray… After surviving the painful disintegration of her marriage, Alexia is finally ready to follow her dream. When she applies for a patent on the product she’s invented, she discovers someone has beaten her to it—her… more
C+ Reviews
Agent/Spies/Undercover, Big-Misunderstanding, disability, gangsters, romantic-suspense, Secret-Baby
5 Comments
Dear Ms. Crane, Recently Jane reviewed the third book in your romantic suspense series The Associates, Into the Shadows, and gave it a B+. I read it around the same time and while I liked some things about it, my… more
B Reviews
amputee, Contemporary, disability, Military, Secret-Baby, Soldier
7 Comments
Dear Ms. Bell, Hold on Tight is a secret baby contemporary but you made it believable and kept the heroine sympathetic while doing so. Mira Shipley was 18 when she met 20 year old Jake Taylor at a bowling alley. … more
B- Reviews
arranged-marriage, England, Harlequin Historical, Historical, second chance, Tudor-England
4 Comments
THE GAME OF LOVE IS A DANGEROUS ONE IN THE COURT OF HENRY VIII… Betrayed by an ambitious father, forcibly betrothed to the handsome yet enigmatic Sir Jon Raemon and soon to be bedded by the covetous King Henry, Virginia… more
B Reviews
Contemporary, grief, Little Brown, Young-Adult
2 Comments
Dear Ms. Brown, Some days I get in the mood for what I call “wallow” reads. Books that are emotionally wrenching and send you through the ringer. I can’t read novels like that all the time but going through the… more
B+ Reviews/ Recommended Reads
Recommended Read, romantic-suspense
3 Comments
Dear Carolyn Crane: When I first learned of you as an author, you were writing a speculative romantic fiction which won rave reviews from people I trust. However when I tried it, I was confused and I turned away likely… more
B- Reviews/ C+ Reviews
paranormal mm romance, werewolves
2 Comments
Genre: LGBT Were/Shape-shifter Paranormal As a werewolf and an enforcer for the Committee for Supernatural Behavioral Enforcement, Mick Matranga has seen his share of lowlifes but Kevin Sutter, pack alpha, is one of the lowest. He has forcibly turned and… more