Apr 15 2013
He’s used to getting what he wants A former football star and one of Chicago’s top prosecutors, Assistant U.S. Attorney Cade Morgan will do anything to nail a corrupt state senator, which means he needs Brooke Parker’s help. As general counsel for a restaurant company, she can get a bug to the senator’s table(…)
Aug 23 2012
Dear Ms. Neggers: I confess that I am not a devoted reader but it’s not because your books aren’t pleasurable reads. They are but I tend to think that now the books are published in hardcover that they aren’t likely to be geared toward the romance reader. Heron’s Cove, however, provides a good dose of(…)
May 3 2012
Dear Ms. Norris, I admit I went into your debut novel not knowing much about it. I knew it was a YA. I had an idea about the basic set-up: a girl dies in a car accident and is brought back to life by a classmate. This somehow leads into a race against the clock(…)
Apr 24 2012
Dear Ms. Griffin, I’ve mentioned before that the reason I don’t read much romantic suspense is that usually one aspect or the other gets shortchanged and I end up disappointed. Your books, however, have usually been the exception. A few little things in them might niggle but I’ve come to expect that in order to(…)
Apr 21 2011
Dear Ms. Rice: In the last series of books you wrote for Avon Red, the heroes were, well, of questionable heroic quality. I had some problems fully embracing those stories, although, in some sense, those anti hero stories gave me much greater food for thought. Hotter than Wildfire leaves the anti heroes behind and presents(…)
Apr 7 2011
Note: This review is going to be spoilery for White Cat because there’s no good way to discuss Red Glove without revealing the big secret of that book. Skim very selectively if you’re spoiler-phobic! Dear Ms. Black, Last year, you introduced us to the Curse Workers. In the Curse Worker world, magic was outlawed along(…)
Mar 2 2011
Dear Ms. James, I finally discovered you with the last book you wrote and got all excited when I noticed that Jane had already gotten your newest one, “A Lot Like Love” for us. Jane’s good about that. I can say that from the way I also enjoyed this one, it looks like we’re going(…)
Dec 24 2010
Dear Ms. Davitt and Ms. Snow. I have previously enjoyed your novels, both those I’ve reviewed and those I haven’t. And I had this book in my review pile for a while. But…someone (can’t remember who, sorry) jumped it way up my list by saying how wonderful it was and I spent most of Thanksgiving(…)
Jul 21 2010
Dear Ms. Griffin, You are my go-to author for thrillers and romantic suspense. “Unspeakable” is taut, hot, had me glued to it for the last 100 pages and is on my rec list for July releases. Elaina McCord doesn’t want to be working in the FBI office in Brownsville, Texas but that’s where she was(…)
May 31 2010
Dear Ms. Brenna: Sometimes the hardest reviews to write are the ones about books that are totally competent yet somehow failed to reach me as a reader and this is one of those reviews. The writing was competent. Â There was a sense of urgency that kept the story moving. Â The core of the book centered(…)
Apr 23 2010
Dear Ms. James, Something About You begins with a hilarious scene in which Assistant U.S. Attorney Cameron Lynde, wanting nothing more than a little sleep, overhears some raunchy sex from the hotel room next door to her own. “Such a big, bad man! Right there, oh yeah-’right there, don't stop!” The pillow over her heard(…)
Mar 16 2010
Dear Ms. McKinley. Your book was another one recommended to me by Denise Rossetti. Because I loved the first one she recommended so much, I thought I’d try this one too. And boy, I’m glad I did. This book has a very similar storyline to Zero at the Bone: two men navigate protective custody because(…)
Mar 1 2010
Dear Ms. James, How do I like this book? Let me count the ways. I do like contemporaries and even the occasional romantic suspense but rarely do they combine as well as you’ve done with “Something About You.” And wow, even the cover model kinda looks like she’s wearing the dress you described. And how(…)
Dec 14 2009
Dear Ms. Parrish, Finally book three of the Black Cats series about a special FBI section which deals with crimes committed over the Internet. I wasn’t too sure how it would work for me since the person I assumed would be the heroine hadn’t impressed me much as a secondary character in “Fade to Black”(…)
Oct 9 2009
Dear James: I’m not a big one for police procedurals — they usually bore the snot out of me — but I’m a big one for your writing and characters, so I read this anyway and I’m very glad I did. As always, your characters are very real, full of personality, and your spare writing(…)
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