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REVIEW: Ex Equals by L.A. Witt

REVIEW: Ex Equals by L.A. Witt

Jane’s Note: We are posting this review in celebration of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Repeal that is occurring today. We’ll have a lovely post by Maili listing romances featuring deaf characters on Thursday. Dear Ms. Witt. I like your books. Your writing’s solid, the characters are great, the sex is usually hot. So I(…)

REVIEW: Gold Ring of Betrayal by Michelle Reid

REVIEW: Gold Ring of Betrayal by Michelle Reid

Dear Ms. Reid: Romance is equated with porn quite often.  Porn, of course, is traditionally labeled as a creative activity that has no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire.  If romance is porn in any way, it is emotional porn in that the romance novel stimulates emotional responses.  HPs are like(…)

REVIEW: Fourth and Goal by Jami Davenport

REVIEW: Fourth and Goal by Jami Davenport

Dear Ms. Davenport: Thank you for sending me your football book. I must say that your review pitch was one of the best I have read.  You pointed to my long and public quest for more romance books about sports.  Fourth and Goal displayed a deep and comfortable knowledge of football but strangely enough it(…)

REVIEW:  Angel Vindicated by Viola Estrella

REVIEW: Angel Vindicated by Viola Estrella

Dear Ms. Estrella: I bought this book because it was the first digital first book to be nominated for a RITA. How exciting, right? I’m not sure if the RITA nomination inflated my expectations but I am sorry to say that my reaction is somewhat (okay, a lot) less enthused than that of the RITA(…)

REVIEW: Desire Untamed: A Feral Warriors Novel by Pamela Palmer

Dear Ms. Palmer I admit that I read this because I had heard, early on, that this book had similarities to the JR Ward brotherhood series. I can’t help but think that pre publicity buzz was intentional. Ward’s Brotherhood series is hot, hot, hot, and anything that sounds like/looks like The Black Dagger Brotherhood is(…)

REVIEW: The Conqueror by Kris Kennedy

Dear Ms. Kennedy: Your book came to my attention due to mentions by author Courtney Milan on Twitter. As Ms. Milan had recommended a previous book to me that I enjoyed quite a bit, I thought I would give your story a try. It helped, too, that SuperLibrarian blogged favorably about the book as well.(…)