Feb 4 2013
Dear Ms. Hardy: I’ve read Kate Hardy’s Medicals and Presents novels for years, and the Posh Docs series is on my keeper shelf. When I saw a new novel in the Harlequin Romance line, I was intrigued, because it seemed a good fit in terms of voice and style. Polly Anna Adams has just been(…)
Jan 27 2013
Dear Ms. Banks: If the price of this book hadn’t been so cheap (99c) and I hadn’t been given a detailed description of the story and assurances that it wasn’t full of typos and grammatical errors, the cover alone would have deterred me. In fact, this is a book that would likely sell better without(…)
Jan 27 2013
Dear Ms. Novak: I read the first in the Whiskey Creek series. It introduced us to a small town in California and a group of friends who have been connected since high school. They are close friends, up in your business, friends. They have conference calls and phone trees and none of your personal stuff(…)
Jan 23 2013
Dear Ms. Ellisson: I’ve had pretty good luck with the Brazen line from Entangled Publishing so when this new release came out, I bought it immediately. I was even further thrilled to read that this book featured a fem dom, unfortunately the progression of Heather’s story left me with keen disappointment when the storyline abandoned(…)
Jan 22 2013
Dear Ms. Avelynn: I think I understood the point of this piece. It really isn’t about a romance or a relationship but rather a tragic slice of life story. Sarah and her brother James have lived under the shadow of their father’s abuse and their mother’s alcohol and drug addiction with only each other to(…)
Jan 20 2013
Dear Ms. Croix: I know that this story is marketed as an erotic romance and to complain about too much sex in an erotic romance might be like saying that there is too much science in science fiction but I wished for more character development and interaction between the characters outside of the bedroom. Reid(…)
Jan 14 2013
Dear Ms. Usen: I bought this book while it was on sale, the reviews convincing me that it would be a fresh contemporary read. It largely lived up to the positive reviews with some exceptions. In the past, I haven’t been overly interested in the chef hero even though I love the show, Top Chef. (…)
Jan 9 2013
Dear Ms. Essex: I’m always looking for books with unusual settings, and as soon as I saw the cover and title of your book at Harlequin, I put it into my cart. Back to the Good Fortune Diner is aptly named: Tiffany Cheung escaped Everville, New York and her parents’ Chinese restaurant for New York(…)
Jan 8 2013
Jane Timmons has two weeks to . . . 1. Keep her distance from her sexy boss, the once famous pop singer, Damon Suarez. 2. Stay firm. No kissing allowed! 3. And not let Damon know she loves him. Damon Suarez has two weeks to . . . 1. Convince Jane to not quit. 2.(…)
Jan 7 2013
Dear Ms. Alexander: I’ve been enjoying the H.O.T. (the Hostage Ops Team) Cops series even though each book has presented an issue that has prevented me from fully embracing the books. This story features Rogan Wolfe, a former H.O.T. cop who left his friends in Michigan to take a job down in South Beach. In(…)
Jan 5 2013
Dear Ms. Fichera: This story had so much wasted potential. Fred Oday lives on the reservation. Her mother is an alcoholic. Her brother is working for a gas station, doing some minor repairs on cars. Her father is the groundskeeper of the golf course at the country club. One summer, the boys’ varsity golf team(…)
Dec 27 2012
Dear Ms. Carr: Zoey Emerson and Robbie Granger have been best friends for twenty five years and roommates for the last several year. She and three other women who live in the same townhome association make New Year’s resolutions. Zoey’s is to reveal to Robbie that she loves him and see if their relationship can(…)
Dec 23 2012
Janine: We’ve all read Christmas stories which feature cynics whose hardened hearts soften during the holiday season. From Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol to the Grinch in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, such figures are not uncommon in holiday stories in or out of the romance genre. But they are almost(…)
Dec 20 2012
Dear Macy Beckett: I stayed away from this book initially because of the heroine’s name, Mae-June July Augustine, made me think the book would be full of Southern homilies and hijinks. There is Southern flavor such as the heroine’s favorite epithet being “Sugar” but it’s not overwhelming. Mae-June July, called June, is a month away(…)
Dec 10 2012
Dear Ms. Hunter: I’ve read and enjoyed your shapeshifter romances in the past, so requesting this book from you was a no-brainer for me. Chloe Bryant is mystified to find herself in front of The Wolf’s Den, a tattoo parlor in the seedier side of town. She’s determined to have a tattoo done over the(…)
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