Harlequin Treasury

REVIEW: Lawman by Laurie Grant

REVIEW: Lawman by Laurie Grant

Olivia Didn’t Believe in Second Chances She and Cal Devlin had been in love a lifetime ago, before she’d lost everything and been branded a “scarlet woman.” And though she longed for nothing more than to be back in Cal’s arms, their passion could only mean his ruin…! Caleb had learned that some Texans never(…)

REVIEW: 40 Tons of Trouble by Connie Flynn

REVIEW: 40 Tons of Trouble by Connie Flynn

Dear Ms. Flynn, Harlequin’s Treasury reissues are allowing me the relatively easy opportunity of trying some authors completely new to me without having to laboriously track down their OOP books. While scanning the offerings at their website, your book “40 Tons of Trouble” caught my eye because of the heroine’s occupation. I can’t recall ever(…)

REVIEW: Fool’s Paradise by Tori Phillips

REVIEW: Fool’s Paradise by Tori Phillips

Dear Ms. Phillips, I wanted to read this book because of the Tudor time period and the fact that the hero is not only a commoner but a bastard as well. Also, I had heard good things about your Harlequin Historicals of the 90s. It’s slightly bawdy for the time with Dicken doing his share(…)

REVIEW: The Long Way Home by Cheryl Reavis

REVIEW: The Long Way Home by Cheryl Reavis

Dear Ms. Reavis, I’m so glad that by the time I’d heard of these books, the second one was already out and the third one wasn’t too much of a wait. In Little Darlin’ you make me actually like a secret baby book and toss in a marriage of convenience just for fun. In this(…)

GUEST REVIEW: Harlequin Treasury A Bride for Saint Nick by Carole Buck

GUEST REVIEW: Harlequin Treasury A Bride for Saint Nick by Carole Buck

First, I want to rant about the horrible scanning errors in this book. One or two wouldn’t really have bothered me and I’m hardly the grammar police, but I counted over one-hundred of them (number 1 for letters I and l, regular dashes where there should be emdashes, random words that are italicized or underlined,(…)

GUEST REVIEW: Harlequin Treasury Marriage on the Rebound by Michelle Reid

GUEST REVIEW: Harlequin Treasury Marriage on the Rebound by Michelle Reid

I read Ried’s Gold Ring of Betrayal and The Bellini Bride after Dear Author’s recommendation several months ago and enjoyed them.  When I saw that some of Ried’s backlist was being republished I purchased Marriage on the Rebound.  I enjoyed the angst and the occasional humor in the story.  I even liked Rafe once some of the back-story was revealed.  What annoyed me was that the heroine in(…)

GUEST REVIEW: Harlequin Treasury Crime of Passion by Lynne Graham

GUEST REVIEW: Harlequin Treasury Crime of Passion by Lynne Graham

Fifteen years ago, I wasn’t reading category romances, so all the books that have recently been released in the Harlequin Treasury are new to me. I’m not reading with the rose-tinted spectacles of nostalgia. What I am doing is glomming backlists for some of my current favourite authors. Or, I thought I would be. But(…)

Guest Review: Northern Lights Trilogy by Cindy Gerard

Guest Review: Northern Lights Trilogy by Cindy Gerard

Book #1: The Bride Wore Blue The cheesy title refers to the epilogue, but I’m glad I took the time to dive into The Bride Wore Blue. JD “Blue” Hazzard fell in love with Maggie “Stretch” Adams when they were teenagers, and his unrequited love has remained for fifteen years. He followed her career (she(…)

REVIEW: Little Darlin’ by Cheryl Reavis

REVIEW: Little Darlin’ by Cheryl Reavis

Dear Ms. Reavis, The books which make up this series have been favorites of mine for years. First published in the late 1990s, they’ve also been out of print for about that long so I was delighted to notice them among the Harlequin Treasury reissues. I hope that this will allow more people to try(…)

Harlequin Treasury Guest Review: Fletcher’s Baby by Anne McAllister

Harlequin Treasury Guest Review: Fletcher’s Baby by Anne McAllister

I loved Fletcher’s baby. Sam Fletcher(the guy dumped in Finn’s Twins) comes home from Tokyo to find his mother telling him that his Aunt Hattie left him everything, her inn and Josie. Josie came into his aunt’s life at fifteen after roaming from foster home to foster home and is now the inn-keeper. Seven months(…)

Harlequin Treasury Guest Review: Mommy by Suprise by Paula Detmer Riggs

Harlequin Treasury Guest Review: Mommy by Suprise by Paula Detmer Riggs

Prudy & Case’s first marriage ended when Case couldn’t forgive Prue for her deception. She desperately wanted a child (while Case didn’t) that she tricked him into getting her pregnant. She not only lost her baby, but her husband as well. Eight years later Prudy and Case meet again. They let their attraction run loose(…)

Harlequin Treasury Guest Review: Cassidy’s Courtship by Sharon Mignerey

Harlequin Treasury Guest Review: Cassidy’s Courtship by Sharon Mignerey

Cassidy’s Courtship was a difficult one to rate since there were so many moments I just wanted to hug the heroine Brenna for all her suffering and applaud her next for carrying on. When Cole Cassidy meets Brenna they are at the opposite side. He is prosecuting her for a bad check for a friend(…)

Harlequin Treasury Guest Review: Daddy By Accident by Paula Detmer Riggs

Harlequin Treasury Guest Review: Daddy By Accident by Paula Detmer Riggs

Stacy’s life changed dramatically since her husband Len was attacked while on the job. He went crazy, burned her house and then while driving recklessly drove his car into a tree and managed to get himself killed. Now Stacy is in a hospital, pregnant & nearly broke. The one stroke of luck was the man(…)

Harlequin Treasury Guest Review:  Beauty & the Beasts by Janice Kay Johnson

Harlequin Treasury Guest Review: Beauty & the Beasts by Janice Kay Johnson

I don’t usually read category romances, but after enjoying several that were recommended on DearAuthor.com, I thought I’d give this one a try. I’m glad I did, because despite its publication in the nineties, it holds up remarkably well. Dr. Eric Bergstrom is a small town vet approached by the stunning Madeline Hunter for vet(…)

Sunita’s 2011 TBR Challenge: Hot Blood by Charlotte Lamb

Sunita’s 2011 TBR Challenge: Hot Blood by Charlotte Lamb

I have fallen severely off the TBR wagon over the last few months, but it’s time to get over my guilt and shame and climb back on. This month’s topic is “fairy tales,” and since I didn’t have one in my TBR, I stretched the category and decided to read Hot Blood for the Challenge.(…)