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REVIEW: Steve’s Story by Jess Dee

Dear Ms. Dee: Thank you for sending me Steve’s Story.   I had purchased and read Ask Adam at the recommendation of other readers when I asked on Twitter for good erotic romance titles. Ask Adam didn’t work for me but you offered a second story and I jumped at the opportunity to take a look(…)

REVIEW: Shattered by Joan Johnston

REVIEW: Shattered by Joan Johnston

Dear Ms. Johnston: I had really enjoyed Outcast and was looking forward to reading this even though it clearly was part of a long running series, a series with which I don’t have even the passing acquaintance. I can see by the Amazon reviews, however, I should be grateful I wasn’t one of the fans(…)

REVIEW: Pleasured by the Secret Millionaire by Natalie Anderson

Dear Ms. Anderson: Over time, the Australia/New Zealand Harlequin Presents (HPs) have become my favorites mostly because I feel that the women are slightly more emancipated in these stories (not always of course). Pleasured features the requisite millionaire but the heroine isn’t a virgin. Instead, she’s provocative and proactive. Sienna, on vacation in Sydney, is(…)

REVIEW: The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley

Dear Ms. Ashley: As a satisfied reader of your Regency pirate series, I was definitely on board to try your new late Victorian book about a hero who suffers from Asperger’s.   The barbaric aspects of a growing medical tradition and the increasing urbanization and complexity of British society are a perfect fit for a story(…)