Oct 11 2012
Dear Ms. Johnson: HSRs are known to be issue books and sometimes the issues are so prominent that they overtake the book and that was the case for me in “No Matter What”. Molly Callahan has a fifteen year old daughter, Caitlyn, who is dating Trevor Ward whom Molly views as a trouble maker from(…)
Oct 7 2012
This review contains spoilers for Thoughtless which I reviewed here. Dear Ms. Stephens: This is a sequel to Thoughtless. While it could be read alone, I don’t think it should because the conflict that drives the story are the insecurities the two main protagonists have over the other person’s fidelity. I liked that this was what(…)
Sep 28 2012
Dear Readers, Recently I purchased the self-published anthology, Once Upon a Ballroom: Original Short Stories and Exclusive Excerpts. I was drawn to this anthology by my interest in Miranda Neville’s story, “The School of Wooing for Inept Book Collectors.” I’ve enjoyed everything I have read by Neville, by which I mean the four books in(…)
Sep 27 2012
Dear Ms. Stephens: Thoughtless is the perfect title for this book because all of the main characters act in thoughtless ways. But because the story is told in the first person from Kiera’s point of view, her behavior is what I focused on. My first reaction on completing this book was hell no and then(…)
Sep 26 2012
Dear Ms. Cox, The title of your novel caught my eye right away. It’s catchy and I admit the idea of an afterlife detective agency was interesting. The reality, however, was a bit more cute than I think I was expecting. Charlotte is just your average NYC private high school student. She was just minding(…)
Sep 9 2012
Dear Ms. Robert: The setup is corny but amusing. Elle Walser decides to creep into her boss’ bed and seduce him and instead ends up with his brother, Gabe Schultz. Crawling into her boss’ bedroom and trying seduce him even though he has ignored every overture takes some brass ovaries. And I liked it that she(…)
Sep 7 2012
Dear Ms. Kinsey: I confess that my expectations of this book may have played a part in how I ultimately felt and my grade. If this is a romance, I don’t think it succeeds. If it is viewed as a police procedure/serial killer story, it’s a bit more successful. Red should be billed as an(…)
Sep 7 2012
Dear Ms. Dahl, I am still surprised at how little I liked your latest Western-lite book, Close Enough to Touch. I’ve enjoyed many of your books–especially the sexy Bad Boys Do (reviewed here, along with the other Donovan books, by Robin) and the very funny Lead Me On (given a B+ here by Jane)– and you’re hilarious on Twitter. This book,(…)
Aug 31 2012
Dear Ms. Stone: I had high hopes for this book. It is set in the late Victorian era and features a yard man as the hero and an industrialist’s daughter as the heroine. Everything about the premise and story is fresh and different. Unfortunately this is more of an action flick than a mystery with(…)
Aug 30 2012
Dear Ms. Novak: When I first received your book for review, I had some concern that the hero is going to be a jerk. I’ve been reading a lot of mean heroes and I wasn’t in the mood for that archetype again. I was assured that famous movie star Simon O’Neal was not a jerk(…)
Aug 28 2012
Dear Ms. Maxwell: When I saw this book featured an MMA fighter as the hero, I immediately snapped it up. The $2.99 purchase price didn’t hurt and neither did the trope: best friend of the older brother. Forbidden loves can be delicious. Lucie Miller is a physical therapist in love with the orthopaedic doctor she(…)
Aug 24 2012
Dear Ms. Bradley/Berlin The art of tattooing is intriguing to me and I would love to read more romances where the artistry of tattooing plays an important role. Past books of yours have not interested me because many of them have a roman a clef tone to them which is not something I look for(…)
Aug 23 2012
Janine: About the time we had the discussion of diversity in Harlequin’s romances here at DA, Suleikha Snyder made a couple of thoughtful comments on Twitter, and that got me interested in her volume of two connected stories, a novella called Spice and Smoke. Spice and Smoke is set in the world of Bollywood cinema(…)
Aug 23 2012
Dear Ms. Neggers: I confess that I am not a devoted reader but it’s not because your books aren’t pleasurable reads. They are but I tend to think that now the books are published in hardcover that they aren’t likely to be geared toward the romance reader. Heron’s Cove, however, provides a good dose of(…)
Aug 22 2012
I read a handful of m/m ARCs over the past month, with varying levels of success. I either DNF’d them or didn’t have enough to say to warrant a full-blown review, so I decided a lightning-review post fit the bill. In no particular order: But My Boyfriend Is by K.A. Mitchell Mitchell is an auto-buy,(…)
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