May 5 2012
Dear Ms. Foley: I wished I had liked this book more because it was fairly non offensive with likable characters but it read underwhelming to me primarily because most of the story felt forced. Jenna is a Blackhawk pilot who has made a vow to never get involved with another pilot. One night she hooks [...]
May 17 2011
Dear Mr & Mrs. Carrington: It used to be that I would never read a book containing infidelity but lately it seems that I can’t get away from it. Books containing infidelity that is, not infidelity itself. When it turned out that this book was going to be a book about infidelity, I decided I [...]
Apr 5 2011
Dear Ms. Maguire: I was unreasonably excited about reading this book as I loved your voice in Willing Victim, the imagery of your prose, and the vividness of your characters but wanted more from the emotional arc between the characters. I thought that a straight romance might deliver the entire package for me as a [...]
Mar 5 2011
High Octane by Lisa Renee Jones. Both the characters in this book were likeable but I felt like a) they fell in love too fast and b) the heroine’s personal struggle lacked any believability and c) there were too many conflicts for the space. Conflict 1: Sabrina Cameron was a political reporter with a dedicated [...]
Mar 4 2011
Dear Ms. Burns: This is my first encounter with your writing and it was a good one. In fact, this is a book I could have seen myself re-visiting if the heroine hadn’t annoyed me so much in the first half. Max, though, was one of the sweetest heroes I recall reading about in a [...]
Jan 13 2011
Dear Ms. Monroe: One thing that I often find lacking in romances is seeing the actual courtship, particularly if you read paranormal romances with soulmate stories. I think that is why I like the friends to lovers trope or the marriage of convenience trope because we get to see the two characters navigate from viewing [...]
Aug 7 2010
Dear Ms. Shalvis: This is a recommended read by Jaclyn but while I loved the tone of the book, the overall story felt very rough. Isabella Manchelli is a free spirit who has never believed in settling down. She flits from one place to the next, enjoying her time until her restlessness pushes her to [...]
Jun 8 2010
Dear Ms. Kelly: I think you were part of my Harlequin Presents subscription. The title is pretty ridiculous and the cover doesn’t match the book at all given that it is set in the city of Chicago and this cover gives off a certain tropical vibe. Although it is sold as a Harlequin Presents (albeit [...]
Apr 3 2010
Dear Ms. O’Reilly and Ms. Kenner: This one Blaze holds four very short stories which take place on April 1. While the authors take turns telling the slightly interwoven stories and their voices mesh well, O’Reilly’s Devon story was my favorite. Because the stories are so brief, there is very little time to explore true [...]
Mar 23 2010
Dear Ms. Lyons, “Under His Spell” is a book I find hard to grade. And might even find a challenge to review properly but here goes. I like a lot of things about it, while other things make me nervous. It’s the first (sorta vanilla) BDSM book I’ve ever read from Harlequin but I’m not [...]
Jan 25 2010
Dear Ms. O'Reilly: I realized when I started reading Midnight Resolutions that I have grown somewhat complacent with my expectations regarding your books. I was prepared for the very independent heroine, and the lust-struck good guy hero, and the witty banter between them. What I wasn't expecting, and what I found both compelling and problematic [...]
Dec 17 2009
Dear Ms. Kenner: I haven’t tried many of your non-paranormal contemporaries so when Harlequin had this back-to-backer, I thought, “why not?”. Let’s see how you do with no demons or Greek Gods. This will be just plain, ol’ normal people from Texas. Alyssa Chambers has visions of sweet temptation dancing in her head. Should she [...]
Nov 26 2009
Dear Ms. Warren: Emily Saunders was in Elk Crossing for “a wedding she didn’t want to attend with far too many of her family and friends asking nosy questions about her own continuing single status” when her hotel becomes infested with bed bugs. Another traveler at the hotel is Jonah Betts playing in his Old [...]
Nov 4 2009
Dear Ms. Monroe: Is it too corny to say that this book delivered for me? I’m not a huge fan of the Navy SEAL books anymore because I think that there are so many of them and I worried about the machismo level of the hero but nothing about the book was very expected. That [...]
Aug 11 2009
Dear Ms. Borrill: I have to confess that I had gotten used to your “ordinary people” romance and expected this one to be within that oevre. I did not read the blurb, but bought this on author name alone. Clint Hilton has it all and I do mean all. He is mega rich (from being [...]
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