Mar 20 2013
Dear Ms. Hall: There were moments in this book I was really captivated by the pain felt by the hero of the story but in between those emotionally charged spaces, I felt that you asked the reader to make too many jumps and that there may have been too many issues included that were never(…)
Mar 11 2013
Dear Ms. Sullivan: Let’s file this under “setups matter” or at least they do to me. Nick was an absent husband and absent father, doing all he can to make more and more money. His ex father in law and owner of the business that Nick runs comes to him and tells him that Emily,(…)
Mar 8 2013
Dear Ms. Stephens: This book seemed like it was written for the fans rather than an organic story of its own. Clocking in at over 400 pages, Reckless, takes the reader into Kellin and Kiera’s happy ever after. They’ve not grown much from previous books. Kiera is still beset with agonizing uncertainty over Kellin’s fidelity(…)
Mar 8 2013
The bitch had done her work well the day she’d convinced Baron Townsend that Quentin was the father of her bastard child. It had set Townsend off in a wild frenzy to avenge his youngest daughter’s so-called honor. Almost overnight, the man had set out to take from Quentin as much of the Devlyn fortune(…)
Feb 28 2013
Dear Ms. McQuiston: My problem with this book is that it took until Chapter 16, or 46%, for the main couple to actually meet. The preceding pages were all spent with the two trying to discover what exactly happened the night before ala The Hangover. Georgette Thorold wakes up naked, hungover, and next to an(…)
Feb 25 2013
Dear Ms. Beckett: This book had me smiling up until about Chapter Nine when I started feeling uncomfortable by some serious misogynistic overtones wrapped up in a “I’m so cute” package. It was insidious and likely unintentional but I ended up having rage face for much of the latter half of the book. The hero,(…)
Feb 18 2013
Originally published in 2003, this anthology has now been reissued by Harlequin. I’ve read all three authors before, though it’s been awhile for two of them, so I went into the anthology with a little bit of preconception – both good and bad – but I was hoping and willing to be wowed all around.(…)
Feb 12 2013
Janine: I was initially going to review Maire Claremont’s debut, The Dark Lady: A Novel of Mad Passions, alone, but when I discussed the novel with Sunita, she caught a couple of historical errors. Since she is also knowledgeable about India, where part of the book takes place, I invited her to join me. Sunita:(…)
Jan 30 2013
Dear Mr. Buchman: I’ve been hearing good things about this series and I particularly enjoy reading about women in the military. The technical side of this story seems very accurate, but the characters and romance came off quite dry. The entire story has a muted tone, despite the crew being in combat and being faced(…)
Jan 24 2013
Dear Ms. Morey: This book fits squarely into the Harlequin Presents paradigm. It features a wealthy man ruthlessly using his power and money to effectuate a result that suits him. The woman abases herself and enjoys it. Either this is a really terrible version of Harlequin Presents books or I have totally lost my taste(…)
Jan 23 2013
Dear Ms. Julian: I requested your book because I’d seen a number of favorable reviews and I love an ugly duckling story, which, at first glance is what I thought this book was. Unfortunately, while the premise was promising, I found myself disengaged from the characters and found the action made the book quite easy(…)
Jan 18 2013
Dear Elizabeth Finn: This book came up on a list recommending New Adult books. It features a young female protagonist on the cusp of her majority and a young male protagonist attending law school. Rowan has won a prestigious ballet scholarship to the University of Michigan which will free her from her abusive and poverty(…)
Jan 18 2013
Name: Chance Berringer Trademarks: Chance by name…chance by nature! Biggest weakness: Adventure and beautiful women—especially when combined in one caliente cook! Danger is bodyguard Chance Berringer’s first, last and middle name. Protecting celebrity chef Ana Perez—a hot little firecracker with a mouth to match—for two weeks in Mexico is more vacation than job. Just keep(…)
Jan 10 2013
Dear Ms. Johnston: Two things converged at once to induce me to buy and read this book. First, there was an emailed recommendation from someone I knew who said that this was the best Johnston book in a long time. I confess I can’t remember reading a Johnston book but I’m all for ‘Best in(…)
Jan 3 2013
Dear Caris Roane: This is the last of the series of books published by St. Martin’s Press in the Guardians of Ascension series. This was a crazy, cracktastic, derivative series and I must have been the only one who enjoyed them. The series is about the fight over Second Earth. Commander Greaves is a creature(…)
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