amnesia

Tuesday Midday Links:  Redheads Are No Longer in Demand Says World Sperm Bank

Tuesday Midday Links: Redheads Are No Longer in Demand Says World Sperm Bank

Updated with some deals that might go away in a week: Halfway to the Grave with Bonus Material: A Night Huntress Novel for $1.99 Cassie Palmer Series: Touch the Dark, Claimed by Shadow, Embrace the Night and Curse the Dawn in one bundle for $7.51 ******* Kindle lending is being tested by readers in the [...]

Friday Film Review: 50 First Dates

Friday Film Review: 50 First Dates

50 First Dates (2004) Genre: Romance/Comedy Grade: B NOTE: there will probably be spoilers for the events of the film. Read at your own discretion. “You’re the girl of my dreams…and apparently I’m the man of yours.” – Henry Roth Even as I sit here writing this review, I can’t believe it. I’ve actually watched, [...]

REVIEW: The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton by Miranda Neville

REVIEW: The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton by Miranda Neville

Dear Ms. Neville: When I was offered the chance to review The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton I had no idea what to expect. I’ve had mixed reading experienced with Avon historicals, and while I have enjoyed our few brief exchanges on Twitter, I really had no sense of where your books fit in within [...]

All About Amnesia, a Guest Post by Miranda Neville

All About Amnesia, a Guest Post by Miranda Neville

Amnesia is one of the most reviled of romance tropes, right up there with secret babies, but it’s also immensely popular. There are few writers with long careers who fail to tackle it at some point. And why not? It delivers plots rich in conflict, deception, forgiveness–and secret babies.  I thought I’d read a lot [...]

REVIEW: Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson

REVIEW: Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson

Dear Mr. Watson, Your first novel, a psychological thriller titled Before I Go to Sleep, has garnered considerable attention. The cover of my advanced reader’s edition proclaims that rights have been sold in over thirty countries, and movie rights sold to acclaimed director Ridley Scott. There are blurbs from Tess Gerritsen and Dennis Lehane calling [...]

REVIEW: The Heir from Nowhere by Trish Morey and The Secret She Can’t Hide by India Grey

REVIEW: The Heir from Nowhere by Trish Morey and The Secret She Can’t Hide by India Grey

The following are two secret baby stories but very differently portrayed. In Morey’s story, the pregnancy arises out of a botched fertility experiment and in the Grey story, amnesia leading to a lost father.  I am always terribly amused when HP authors manage to bring in more than one romance trope to their stories.  Secret [...]

REVIEW & GIVEAWAY:  The Darkest Hour by Maya Banks

REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: The Darkest Hour by Maya Banks

There is a lot of emotion in this story and while the suspense is present, I thought the real story was the relationship between Ethan and Rachel. Ethan is desperate for a second chance. Rachel is haunted by fleeting memories and struggling to cope with being with Ethan again. There is tension between them that belies his whispers of love and devotion. They both have to deal with the problems of what caused their marriage to fail the first go around. Ethan, in particular, is in a pickle because no one in his family knew how bad his marriage to Rachel had become.

REVIEW: White Cat by Holly Black

REVIEW: White Cat by Holly Black

Dear Ms. Black, I was first introduced to your books a few years ago with your debut, Tithe, the first in a series about faeries in modern times. In some ways, I consider those books to have kickstarted the popularity of faeries in recent young adult fiction. That said, I’ve made no secret of the [...]

REVIEW: The Notorious Scoundrel by Alexandra Benedict

REVIEW: The Notorious Scoundrel by Alexandra Benedict

Note: I am so sorry for this posting and the not posting. I have a problem of prescheduling and then not paying attention to what is prescheduled. Dear Ms. Benedict: This is my first book of yours and while I liked that the characters were from the non landed class, I felt like you didn’t [...]

REVIEW: The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson

REVIEW: The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson

Dear Ms. Pearson, I first heard about your YA novel, The Adoration of Jenna Fox, last December during the Smugglivus event on The Book Smugglers blog. Author Nalini Singh did a guest post recapping her favorite books read in 2009. Her description of the book was brief but, combined with the hardcover's eyecatching cover and [...]

Saturday Shorties: Faked Deaths, Amnesia and Fertility Clinics

Saturday Shorties: Faked Deaths, Amnesia and Fertility Clinics

Under the Gun by HelenKay Dimon I’ve never been a huge fan of the Intrigue line because I felt that even full length romantic suspense books struggled to fit both romance and suspense in one story, how could a compressed format do both topics justice? Under the Gun had a good balance of both the [...]

REVIEW: The Accidental Countess by Michelle Willingham

REVIEW: The Accidental Countess by Michelle Willingham

Dear Ms. Willingham, I haven’t always had the best of luck with the Harlequin Historical line, but always being in the lookout for new historical authors, I decided to give The Accidental Countess a try. I wish I could say that my experience was a resounding success, but unfortunately that wasn’t the case. While I [...]

REVIEW: The Husband She Couldn’t Forget by Carmen Green

REVIEW: The Husband She Couldn’t Forget by Carmen Green

Dear Ms. Green, I had heard about your book, The Husband She Couldn’t Forget, back in September and made a mental note to myself to purchase it, partly because I want to encourage more diversity in the genre, and buying a Silhouette Special Edition that features African American protagonists is a good way to do [...]

REVIEW: A Hint of Wicked by Jennifer Haymore

REVIEW: A Hint of Wicked by Jennifer Haymore

Dear Ms. Haymore, When I first picked up A Hint of Wicked, I did not have much in the way of expectations. I assumed that this was your first book, since I hadn’t heard your name before. I hadn’t really heard any buzz about the book, and I had to remind myself of the plot [...]

Harlequin Lightning Reviews: January 2009 Edition

Harlequin Lightning Reviews: January 2009 Edition

Tycoon’s Pregnant Mistress by Maya Banks. I laughed a little when I finished this book because it had virtually all the common HP/SD tropes smushed into one small category. We have the secret baby, amnesia, asshole boyfriend with trust issues, evil other woman, and an abduction for added spice (plus the requisite travel to an [...]