Harlequin Spice

REVIEW:  Silent Surrender by Barbara J. Hancock

REVIEW: Silent Surrender by Barbara J. Hancock

Dear Ms. Hancock, After reading and reviewing your impressive novella, Ghost in the Machine, I was eager for more of your work and curious as to what your writing was like in other genres. Silent Surrender, your new Spice Brief, caught my attention and I decided to try it. Alexia arrives at the Rivera hotel(…)

REVIEW: Everything Changes by Megan Hart

REVIEW: Everything Changes by Megan Hart

Dear Ms. Hart, The plot of this Spice Brief deals with the same events described in your full-length novel, Tempted, which Jennie and I reviewed here. But whereas Tempted was narrated in first person from the POV of Anne Kinney, a married woman in her late twenties, “Everything Changes” is told in third person and(…)

REVIEW: The Birthday Present by Alison Richardson

REVIEW: The Birthday Present by Alison Richardson

Dear Ms. Richardson, I had a blast reading The Birthday Present, the third and final story in your Countess Trilogy. To readers who have not read the earlier stories, but would like to read this one, I have to suggest reading this series in order. Like The Countess’s Client and An Impolite Seduction, The Birthday(…)

REVIEW: An Impolite Seduction by Alison Richardson

REVIEW: An Impolite Seduction by Alison Richardson

Dear Ms. Richardson, Recently I reviewed The Countess’s Client, the first Spice Brief in your Countess Trilogy. I enjoyed the story, and especially its haughty narrator, Anna, Countess von Esslin, a young widow with a taste for good sex on her own terms. To read more about her, I purchased An Impolite Seduction, the second(…)

REVIEW: The Countess’s Client by Alison Richardson

REVIEW: The Countess’s Client by Alison Richardson

Dear Ms. Richardson, When your Countess Trilogy was recently recommended to me by no less than three friends, I sat up and took notice. I quickly purchased the first of the three stories, downloaded it to my Sony reader, and devoured it. The practice of genuine virtue leads to a life of odious boredom–of that(…)

REVIEW:  Chance of a Lifetime by Portia Da Costa

REVIEW: Chance of a Lifetime by Portia Da Costa

Dear Ms. da Costa: You are one of SuperLibrarian’s favorite authors and I’ve always resolved to give your books a try.   This Harlequin Spice Brief seemed like a good way for me to get an introduction to your writing.   In the context of a short, short story, I learned a couple of things. You can(…)

Liveblogging The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom, and Their Lover

Starting at 9:00 pm EST/8:00 pm CST, Smart Bitch Sarah and I will be liveblogging our reading experience of The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom, and Their Lover by Victoria Janssen.   Come back and join us.   I think you can enter questions/comments. NOTE: Apparently there are some hurt feelings and other feelings of uncomfortability about(…)

REVIEW: Reason Enough by Megan Hart

REVIEW: Reason Enough by Megan Hart

Dear Ms. Hart, Your Spice Brief, Reason Enough continues the story of Elle and Dan from Dirty. Since I loved Dirty, I was really looking forward to Reason Enough and I am happy to say I enjoyed it. Elle and Dan have been living in the first home they’ve owned together just a few months(…)