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REVIEW:  Bartering Her Innocence by Trish Morey

REVIEW: Bartering Her Innocence by Trish Morey

Dear Ms. Morey: This book fits squarely into the Harlequin Presents paradigm. It features a wealthy man ruthlessly using his power and money to effectuate a result that suits him.  The woman abases herself and enjoys it.  Either this is a really terrible version of Harlequin Presents books or I have totally lost my taste(…)

REVIEW: Whatever You Like by Maureen Smith

REVIEW: Whatever You Like by Maureen Smith

Dear Ms. Smith: I’ve passed over your book several times because I thought it was a Spice Brief. I don’t generally read those because, well, they are often too brief for me. When I was trying out my nookColor, I downloaded a number of samples and yours was one of them. Imagine my surprise when(…)

REVIEW: Secretive Stranger by Jennifer Greene

REVIEW: Secretive Stranger by Jennifer Greene

Dear Ms. Greene, Even though I’ve enjoyed other category books you’ve written, I don’t think I’ve ever tried a romantic suspense book of yours. So when I saw this offered at eharlequin, I decided, “why not?” At first, I thought it might buck my so-so luck with this genre. That is until the end when(…)

REVIEW: Force of Law by Jez Morrow

REVIEW: Force of Law by Jez Morrow

Dear Ms. Morrow: I didn’t expect anything of this book except that the excerpt intrigued me, so to discover a gem like this was a wonderful surprise. I love how you played with both the Cinderella fairytale and the old skool Harlequin Presents tropes and came up with something so powerful and good. Tom is(…)

REVIEW: Wicked Little Game by Christine Wells

Dear Ms. Wells: This book was described to me as Indecent Proposal meets White’s but it really is an inspection of the meaning of love. Marquess of Vane has wanted Lady Sarah Cole for years. He met her too late, though, because she was married to Brinsley Cole at the time. Sarah’s marriage was falling(…)

REVIEW: Uneasy Alliance by Jayne Ann Krentz

Dear Ms. Krentz: I’ve read many of your out of print Harlequin Temptations (it was one of my favorite Harlequin lines). Lady’s Choice with featuring a barista who secretly wanted to be selling tea was probably my favorite although I’ve re-read The Wedding Night wherein the heroine, Angie, finds out too late that her husband(…)

REVIEW: For Blackmail…or Pleasure by Robyn Grady

Dear Ms. Grady: I thought that I had read you before and that you were jmc’s secret pleasure which was why I bought this one. Unfortunately, this was a case of mixed up names. I was thinking of Robyn Donald but must have fixated on Robyn, forgetting the last name. It’s not the first time,(…)

REVIEW:  Bought for Her Baby by Melanie Milburne

REVIEW: Bought for Her Baby by Melanie Milburne

Dear Ms. Milburne: In an attempt to broaden my reading horizons, I’ve been trying out new category authors. And when I say new, I mean “new to me.” Generally, my rule is that I don’t read books that have “baby” in the title. High off my reading success with other HP authors, I disregarded this(…)