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. 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
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 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 9 2013
Dear Ms. Heath: Fairytales often feature evil step-sisters, but rarely evil step-brothers. The latter are more common in romance novels–Prisoner of my Desire and A Kingdom of Dreams come to mind–especially in historical romance. The evil step-brother (he’s technically a half-brother) in your latest novel, The Lord of Wicked Intentions, is the greedy and immoral(…)
Jun 6 2013
Dear Ms. Gray: How to Tame Your Duke has the sort of generic title I approach with caution. (If it referenced a movie or a children’s book, I’d run screaming from the room.) Since your name was on my radar, I decided the book was worth a try. It turned out to be both more(…)
Jun 6 2013
When Ginny Holland’s daughter heads off to university, Ginny is left with a severe case of empty nest syndrome. To make matters worse, the first gorgeous man she’s laid eyes on in years has just accused her of shoplifting. So, in need of a bit of company, Ginny decides to advertise for a lodger, but(…)
Jun 5 2013
Dear Ms. Ashley: Lanie Heron is a survivor. She survived loving her man so much, she took a bullet for him. She survived his betrayal and involvement in the mob. She survived choosing to stand by him and nearly getting killed. She survived her childhood, complete with philandering father and drunken mother. She’s survived all(…)
Jun 1 2013
Dear Ms. Sorenson: Despite this being a romantic suspense, the story felt flat to me. Hope Banning is a workaholic park ranger who plans to take her sister, Faith, white water rafting on their annual vacation together. Faith and Hope are the stereotypical good and bad girl with Faith having low standards in men and(…)
May 30 2013
Dear Ms. Griffin: I’m a big fan of this series and you’ve become one of my go to romantic mystery authors. I love the Delphi Center and the strong, smart women that people your stories. The detailed investigative techniques add not only realism but flavor to your stories. But “Exposed” is probably my least favorite(…)
May 24 2013
Dear Ms. Hart: I have to start out by saying that those abs look faker than a Louis Vuitton knock off sold on Canal Street. Ahem. Cade is one of the MacKenzie brothers and I think I bought it because it was on sale. From the website, it appears that Cade is the last of(…)
May 21 2013
“Liv Braxton’s Felon Rule #1: Don’t get emotionally involved. Smash-and-grab thieving doesn’t lend itself to getting chummy with the victims, and Liv hasn’t met anyone on the mining colony of Nevarro worth knowing, anyway. So it’s easy to follow her Rules. Until her ex, Tonio, shows up with an invitation to join him on(…)
May 18 2013
Dear Ms. Kent: At first, I was a little distressed because the hero is a lawyer and the heroine is a legal assistant (not at the same firm, though). It’s fairly hard for me to get lost in the world of make believe when the characters are so familiar to me. However, there was not(…)
May 16 2013
Dear Ms. Goodman: I love your books. I particularly love the slow way that they unfold, like a scroll unfurling as you toss it down a long set of red carpeted steps and then slowly wind it back up as you read each word and each sentence. Your books are for savoring. Alas. True to(…)
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