Aug 26 2011
Fifteen years ago, I wasn’t reading category romances, so all the books that have recently been released in the Harlequin Treasury are new to me. I’m not reading with the rose-tinted spectacles of nostalgia. What I am doing is glomming backlists for some of my current favourite authors. Or, I thought I would be. But(…)
Aug 20 2011
Dear Ms. Driscoll: When you sent me your book back in June, it was one of the better pitches I had received for a book review. When I started reading it, however, I had some real concerns. I want to point out in the beginning of this review that I am no historian. What I(…)
Aug 18 2011
“Any red-blooded American male would be all over Cressa Curtis. She’s gorgeous, she’s wild and clearly she’s open for a no-strings-attached adventure. But Adam Walker’s been there, done that. And now he wants more for himself. Even with his history, Adam still believes in love and family and marriage and the whole white picket fence—hardly(…)
Aug 11 2011
Dear Ms. Burton: As you know, I really enjoyed The Perfect Play. I love football and I felt like the story captured elements of the athlete hero fairly well. It was scorching hot and had a believable love story with a great heroine. I knew from hints within The Perfect Play and by the included excerpt that(…)
Jul 28 2011
Dear Ms. Rimmer: I’ve enjoyed many of your category books in the past and when you shared that you were self publishing a contemporary, I was eager to read and review it. Unfortunately this book didn’t work well for me. It’s not that the quality was lower because it wasn’t. It looked and read like(…)
Jul 20 2011
I have fallen severely off the TBR wagon over the last few months, but it’s time to get over my guilt and shame and climb back on. This month’s topic is “fairy tales,” and since I didn’t have one in my TBR, I stretched the category and decided to read Hot Blood for the Challenge.(…)
Jul 19 2011
I have an 8 book subscription for Harlequin Presents. It’s about $25.00 and I enjoy the sudsy, angst laden stories. Unfortunately I got behind in my reading and reviewing of these. Here’s the July reads for me (I don’t know if everyone gets the same titles their subscriptions?) A Stormy Spanish Summer by Penny Jordan(…)
Jun 30 2011
Dear Ms. Neil, One of your novels reintroduced me to the Harlequin Medicals line several years ago. I haven’t read any since then, but when your June release became available I thought I’d give it a try. Our titular heroine, Alex Draycott, is a pediatrician who has made the transition from full-time doctor to half-time(…)
Jun 29 2011
Dear Ms. James, A quick look at your other book titles and I see the pattern of “wink, wink, nudge, nudge” references to sex, especially of the raunchy variety. “Saddled and Spurred” will certainly not break this mold. So, what made me want to read it? I’d heard your name but never read any of(…)
Jun 20 2011
Dear Romancelandia. This is the book. This one started…well, that’s up for debate. It certainly started a new type of romance. Yes, there were romances before TFATF. There were bestselling authors who unabashedly wrote romance, even in the same style as TFATF: The Sheik (1919), Gone With the Wind (1936), Rebecca (1938), Forever Amber (1944).(…)
Jun 6 2011
Dear Ms. Daughtridge: This review is a testament to the power of the Kindle free chapter. I had never heard of your SEAL books until Jane wrote her opinion piece on the caretaking alpha, and someone mentioned your books in the comments. Although I’m not a big fan of military heroes, for some reason I(…)
Jun 1 2011
Dear Ms. Hughes, A story about the Jewish mafia in Cleveland, OH during Prohibition? It’s not everyday that someone offers me a book like this. Hell, it’s not every year that someone writes a book like this so when your publicist offered it to me for a possible review, I just had to take a(…)
May 25 2011
Dear Ms. Kramer: Let me share how I came about to read this book. When the first book, When Harry Met Molly, was published I was immediately caught by the title. It was cute. Like an LOLCat. I read it and thought it was enjoyable, well written, but a bit on the kitschy side. Kind(…)
May 11 2011
Dear Ms. Kitt, This is a difficult review to write because I have conflicted feelings about the story. You’re a talented author with a compelling literary voice. Taken isn’t the raunchy smut I expected. Unfortunately, neither is it an “erotic ménage romance” as the Kindle edition clearly states. I checked out your backlist on a(…)
May 5 2011
Dear Ms. Carter, The Hades and Persephone story is my favorite Greek myth, and I can never get enough of it. Sometimes I feel like all you need to do is mention that a story is a Hades and Persephone retelling and I’m there. So the premise for your debut was more than enough reason(…)
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