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REVIEW:  After the Storm by Amy Knupp

REVIEW: After the Storm by Amy Knupp

Dear Ms. Knupp: I struggled to connect to your characters from the opening scene when Nadia Hamlin endangered the lives of rescue personnel to go back into a hurricane zone to retrieve a business file. Penn Griffin, a guy who tried to date her but was constantly stood up because of business decisions. After their(…)

REVIEW: Veretti’s Dark Vengeance by Lucy Gordon

REVIEW: Veretti’s Dark Vengeance by Lucy Gordon

Dear Ms. Gordon When the story first started, I thought for sure this was going to be the standard HP with the hero jumping to conclusions about what a slut the heroine was when, in truth, she is this shrinking violet innocent despite her knock out body. Instead, I’m treated with a strong battle of(…)

REVIEW: Written on Your Skin by Meredith Duran

Dear Ms. Duran, Since I’ve acquired my lovely Sony PRS-505, I’ve used the handy-dandy “bookmark” button to mark notable pages in a book that I may want to refer back to when I write a review. Depending on the book, the bookmarks may be noting something that worked for me or something that didn’t. When(…)

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:  Lady’s Choice by Jayne Ann Krentz

REVIEW: Lady’s Choice by Jayne Ann Krentz

Dear Ms. Krentz: This book was published in 1989 but I don’t think I read it until the early 1990s. My copy was used and I recall that I had purchased it used in its original Harlequin Temptation iteration. Since that time, it has been re-released by Harlequin at least twice more. I anxiously await(…)

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: Promoted:  To Wife and Mother by Jessica Hart

REVIEW: Promoted: To Wife and Mother by Jessica Hart

Dear Ms. Hart: Congratulations on getting nominated for the 2008 RNA Romance Prize Shortlist. It’s a good thing that the RNA doesn’t judge on titles because despite the cringe inducing title, this is a touching, heartfelt book. Perdita James is the Operations Manager of Bell Browning Engineering and she and the rest of the management(…)

REVIEW:  Public Scandal, Private Mistress by Susan Napier

REVIEW: Public Scandal, Private Mistress by Susan Napier

Dear Ms. Napier: This was a bit of a surprise to me given how explicit it is. It read more like a Blaze at times than a Harlequin Presents. I also thought that it had a bit of a different HP feel. I wonder what those who don’t like HPs would feel when reading this(…)

REVIEW: Suite Temptation by Anita Bunkley

Dear Ms. Bunkley: I was really intrigued by how this story began. The heroine, Riana, and hero, Andre, met in an Small Business Administration class in Houston. Riana planned to return to San Antonio and didn’t want to continue a long distance relationship. Andre took her denials to be that she didn’t want to be(…)

REVIEW: My Lord and Spymaster by Joanna Bourne

Dear Ms. Bourne, I was enthralled with the first half of your recent book, The Spymaster’s Lady. A smart hero, a plucky (in a good way) heroine and beautiful prose had the book well on the road to being a solid A for me. Unfortunately, in the second half of the book the heroine underwent(…)