Harlequin Super Romance

REVIEW: Wanted Man by Ellen Hartman

REVIEW: Wanted Man by Ellen Hartman

Rhian’s Rooftop Resolutions: 1. Write a children’s book 2. Learn to play basketball 3. Have a summer fling Between caring for her orphaned nephew and working as a tech writer, Rhian MacGregor has spent several years perfecting the art of abstinence. But the arrival of Nathan Delaney—her gorgeous housepainter—has her contemplating a new instruction manual:(…)

REVIEW: The Son He Never Knew by Kristi Gold

REVIEW: The Son He Never Knew by Kristi Gold

Dear Ms. Gold: I probably should have stopped reading at the first chapter when I figured out that the male protagonist of the story would not figure out he had a son until said son was 10 years old, but I didn’t. Unfortunately, the story never got any better. Jessica Keller and Chase Reed are(…)

REVIEW: A Risk Worth Taking by Zana Bell

REVIEW: A Risk Worth Taking by Zana Bell

“Any red-blooded American male would be all over Cressa Curtis. She’s gorgeous, she’s wild and clearly she’s open for a no-strings-attached adventure. But Adam Walker’s been there, done that. And now he wants more for himself. Even with his history, Adam still believes in love and family and marriage and the whole white picket fence—hardly(…)

Sunita’s TBR 2011 Challenge Review: Life Rewritten, by Margaret Watson

Sunita’s TBR 2011 Challenge Review: Life Rewritten, by Margaret Watson

Dear Ms. Watson, Your novels first landed on my radar when Jayne reviewed one of your SuperRomances last summer. When I saw that you had come out with a book about a rock star post-stardom, and for a change the rock star was the heroine rather than the hero, I was sold. But the book(…)

REVIEW: Always a Temp by Jeannie Watt

REVIEW: Always a Temp by Jeannie Watt

Dear Ms. Watt, Since I liked the first book of yours that I read so much, I’ve been meaning to try some more. “Always a Temp” is one that has been loaded on my Sony for a while and which I just now got back to. But while I liked it there are some issues(…)

REVIEW: Can’t Stand the Heat? by Margaret Watson

REVIEW: Can’t Stand the Heat? by Margaret Watson

Dear Ms. Watson, Picking “Can’t Stand the Heat?” to try was sort of like a cold call for me. I had nothing to go on, I’d never tried any of your other books – though that will change now, and the blurb: “Just the sight of Walker Barnes in her kitchen is enough to panic(…)

REVIEW:  Along Came a Husband by Helen Brenna

REVIEW: Along Came a Husband by Helen Brenna

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.   There was a sense of urgency that kept the story moving.   The core of the book centered(…)

REVIEW: Tempting the Negotiator by Zana Bell

REVIEW: Tempting the Negotiator by Zana Bell

Dear Ms. Bell, It’s usually Jane who is trying to tout the contemporary but after reading “Tempting the Negotiator” I’m going to give it a go too. This is a solid, well written novel with characters I want to root for acting in believable ways in a plot that doesn’t ask me to suspend my(…)

REVIEW: Quarterback Daddy by Linda Barrett

REVIEW: Quarterback Daddy by Linda Barrett

Dear Ms. Barrett: With a title like “Quarterback Daddy,” it has to be a Harlequin. No offense to Harlequin and I like this better than most of the “Presents” line but I hope that non-series fans can look past this to the good book this is. Alexis Brown would never have contacted pro-football player Dan(…)

REVIEW: What the Librarian Did by Karina Bliss

REVIEW: What the Librarian Did by Karina Bliss

Dear Ms. Bliss: I hope that is your real name. I love it.   Miss Bliss.   Has a very naughty sound to it.   In any event, it wasn’t your name that prompted me to pick up this title. Instead it was a combination of things.   First, an excerpt of your book, Mr. Imperfect appeared at the(…)

REVIEW: Her Best Bet by Pamela Ford

REVIEW: Her Best Bet by Pamela Ford

Dear Ms. Ford, Sometimes I’m in the mood for a nice, gentle story to cuddle up with. A story that features good people who act sensibly without throwing snits over Big Misunderstandings. A story about families who get along. A story set in small town America but one which doesn’t denigrate big cities. Or have(…)

REVIEW: Cowboy Comes Back by Jeannie Watt

Dear Ms. Watt, I love a contemporary that doesn’t ask me to put up with idiot behavior or a stupid premise that has to be explained every which way to try and get me to believe in it. Thank you for giving me such a book. Now that his rodeo career is over, Kade Danning(…)

REVIEW: He Calls Her Doc by Mary Brady

REVIEW: He Calls Her Doc by Mary Brady

Dear Ms. Brady, After I bought your book, I pulled it up on my Sony and began to read the opening scene. Which is where I stopped, more than a little afraid that I wasn’t going to be able to read a book which seemed to be headed towards over sensationalism. A screeching vehicle bringing(…)

REVIEW: The Boyfriend’s Back by Ellen Hartman

REVIEW: The Boyfriend’s Back by Ellen Hartman

Dear Mrs. Hartman, After the A grade I gave the last book of yours I read, I had high hopes for this one. Perfect heroine and slacker hero find love fifteen years later despite having to overcome the mistaken images they’ve maintained of each other over the years? Okay, I can go with that. Heroine(…)

REVIEW: The House of Secrets by Elizabeth Blackwell

REVIEW: The House of Secrets by Elizabeth Blackwell

Dear Ms. Blackwell, I didn’t realize this book is part of the “Everlasting Love” line until I began to read it. Which shows how much I pay attention to the “icon” on the front cover. Anywho, since my house has been a renovation project in the works for years now, that aspect of the book(…)