May 26, 2014

REVIEW: La Desperada by Patricia Burroughs

JayneC Reviews19th century / American historical / Historical / revenge-plot / road-romance / westernComments Off on REVIEW: La Desperada by Patricia Burroughs

With her husband dead by suicide and his crazed brother accusing her of murder, Philadelphia-bred Elizabeth Dougherty breaks into the jail and holds a cold-blooded killer at gunpoint. “I’ll release you if you agree to my terms. Take me with you.” But when Boone Coulter grudgingly agrees, he has no ... more >

May 26, 2014

REVIEW: Deeper by Robin York

RoseB Reviewscollege / Contemporary / New Adult7 Comments

Dear Ms. York, I enjoyed several New Adult books when I first discovered the genre, but my interest faded pretty quickly and I began to feel like many of the books were so similar that I may as well just re-read my favorites. The premise of Deeper sounded interesting enough ... more >

May 25, 2014

CLASSIC REVIEW: A Soldier’s Heart by Kathleen Korbel

Guest ReviewerA- Reviews / Classic Romance ReviewsCategory / Contemporary16 Comments

Dear Ms. Korbel, When I read Jane’s call for reviews of classic romances, I knew that I wanted to review your book, A Soldier’s Heart. I read it in the mid 90s and it stayed with me. I finally tracked it down and re-read it last year and was impressed ... more >

May 24, 2014

REVIEW: Redemption of the Duke by Gayle Callen

SuzanneB- Reviews19th century / England / Historical Romances / lady's companion / PTSD / Victorian England / war heroes2 Comments

Dear Ms. Callen, Redemption of the Duke was a good, solid read for me. While I’ve gone through a handful of your books, I had not read the other two in this series. I’ll probably pick them up soon, having enjoyed this one. It was a shaky start, with a couple pages ... more >

May 23, 2014

REVIEW: Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour

JiaB ReviewsContemporary / lesbian romance / LGBTQ / Los Angeles / Movies / Young-Adult3 Comments

Dear Ms. LaCour, I’ve been on a contemporary kick lately. Something to distract me from my speculative fiction funk, I guess. I haven’t read any of your previous novels but after Everything Leads To You, I think I’ll be tracking them down. Emi Price is a high school senior who ... more >

May 23, 2014

Reading/Watching List by Jayne for the past few weeks.

JayneBook Reviewschick-lit / dogs / Historical / Reading lists / shipboard20 Comments

Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella Lara Lington has always had an overactive imagination, but suddenly that imagination seems to be in overdrive. Normal professional twenty-something young women don’t get visited by ghosts. Or do they? When the spirit of Lara’s great-aunt Sadie—a feisty, demanding girl with firm ideas about fashion, ... more >