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Thursday Afternoon Haiku Moment:  a Deirdre Martin Two-fer

Thursday Afternoon Haiku Moment: a Deirdre Martin Two-fer

Power Play by Deirdre Martin Celebs faking love Same plot as the SEP But here I love it Eric’s a player Both in hockey and dating His new team hates him Monica? Soap star In trouble — about to be Upstaged by rival Cure to their problems? Fake romance for publicity It’s a win for(…)

REVIEW: Power Play by Deirdre Martin

Dear Ms. Martin: So I’ve bemoaning the economy this past week (so glad I’m not retiring for decades) and I got an email from a publicist declaring that in this depressing time I had to read a book about a doomed tsarina and it would sweep me away. My first response was, um no, during(…)

REVIEW: Thin Ice by Liana Laverentz

REVIEW: Thin Ice by Liana Laverentz

Dear Ms. Laverentz, Recently I read one of Jane’s reviews of a sports themed novel (using football instead of hockey). You use the world of the NHL as the background for your hero, Eric Cameron. I’ll be honest and admit that I know just enough about hockey and medicine, the background of the heroine Dr.(…)

Tony Romo Can’t Play Football and Date Underwood at Same Time

Tony Romo Can’t Play Football and Date Underwood at Same Time

Tony Romo, quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys, was rumored to be dating Carrie Underwood at one time. Romo was her arm candy at the Country Music Awards and they flew to each other’s birthday bash. Since the football season started up, Romo and Underwood have been apart and in a recent interview, Underwood reveals that(…)

REVIEW: Blindsided by Leslie Lafoy

Dear Ms. LaFoy, I’d enjoyed lots of your historicals and was curious to see how well you’d do with a contemporary. The answer is well enough that I’d love to see you write more of these. I enjoy sports romances and even though I didn’t know too much about ice hockey when I read this,(…)

REVIEW:  Penalty Box by Deirdre Martin

REVIEW: Penalty Box by Deirdre Martin

Dear Ms. Martin: You are a very uneven author for me. I loved your debut book, Body Check. Moderately disliked the second book, Fair Play, and did not finish the third, Total Rush. I honestly had written you off after Total Rush and wasn’t going to buy another book by you. After reading a review(…)