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May 9, 2014

REVIEW: Beyond Repair by Charlotte Stein

WillafulB- Reviewsattempted suicide / Contemporary romance / disability / virgin heroine9 Comments

Dear Ms. Stein: I had trouble getting into this at first, because it seemed too obviously a romantic fantasy. By around three fourths of the way in, I concluded it was actually a love letter to romantic fantasy, saying in novella form, “no matter who you are, yes, it’s okay ... more >

May 9, 2014

REVIEW: It Ain’t Me, Babe by Tillie Cole

KatiC- ReviewsBiker / Contemporary / Cult15 Comments

Dear Ms. Cole: I bought your book because I’ve really enjoyed some MC-themed books. The problem for me is that with the success of a few authors, the market has been glutted by a lot of MC books that are really badly written, edited, and marketed. Yours falls somewhere in ... more >

May 8, 2014

REVIEW: Breakable by Tammara Webber

JaneB ReviewsNew Adult6 Comments

Dear Ms. Webber: I had real reservations about this book. The trend toward Alt point of view stories is not my favorite as I like to have been told the whole story in one sitting. However, Easy was one of my favorite books in 2012 and when I was sent Breakable, ... more >

May 8, 2014

REVIEW: Mercy by HelenKay Dimon

KaetrinC+ ReviewsCIA / Contemporary / Erotic-Romance / spies5 Comments

Dear Ms. Dimon, I’ve read and loved some of your small town contemporaries and there are more on Mt. TBR.  I tried one of your erotic shorts a while ago and decided that I preferred your straight contemporaries.  I thought you wrote sex scenes well but there wasn’t enough story/romance ... more >

May 7, 2014

REVIEW: Enlightened (Enlightenment, book 3) by Joanna Chambers

SiriusB Reviews / Recommended Readshistorical mm romance4 Comments

Recommended Read

  The cruelest duel may not spill a drop of blood…but it could break their hearts. Enlightenment, Book 3 Five months ago, David Lauriston was badly hurt helping his friend Elizabeth escape her violent husband. Since then, David has been living with his lover, Lord Murdo Balfour, while he recuperates. ... more >

May 7, 2014

REVIEW: It Happened One Wedding by Julie James

JayneB+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsChicago / Contemporary / FBI / Good-Dialogue / wedding12 Comments

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“SHE KNOWS BETTER THAN TO SAY “I DO” After a humiliating end to her engagement, investment banker Sidney Sinclair is done with commitment-phobic men. But when her sister winds up engaged after a whirlwind courtship, Sidney is thrown into close contact with exactly the kind of sexy playboy she wants ... more >

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