Dec 28 2012
Dear Ms. Milan, I hope you are having a lovely holiday season. This year, as in 2011, you enriched my December by releasing a stellar Christmas tale. A Kiss for Midwinter is not quite as brilliant as This Wicked Gift (mentioned here in my list of favorite holiday stories) but it’s still wonderful. Thank you. The heroine of your novella, Miss Lydia(…)
Sep 1 2012
Dear Ms. Andrews: Sunita is usually our go to reviewer for medical romances but I saw this on NetGalley and wanted to give the book a whirl. This is a quick but emotional read. The two main protagonists are a previously divorced couple whose marriage disintegrated after the death of their son. They reconnect ten(…)
Dec 31 2011
I feel a bit bad about reviewing this book negatively because part of the proceeds go to a charity but I didn’t know that when it was offered on NetGalley so I will just review it like any other book, regardless of the good deed a purchase will bring about. Maybe just donate that one(…)
Dec 30 2011
News Bayou Arcana is due out in the UK shortly. I can’t find it in the U.S. but it is a “southern gothic” horror anthology that brings together an all female team of artists and all male team of writers. From the Guardian: “There is a certain sensitivity that you find in women’s art that(…)
Aug 25 2011
Dear Ms. Garwood: This review of Lion’s Lady posted at Smart Bitches is fomenting a desire to reread your backlist (I liked Guardian Angel a bit more than Lion’s Lady). However your latest release is a contemporary. The Ideal Man is a solid entry into the Garwood bibliography but I still long for the magic(…)
Aug 15 2011
Dear Ms. Kelley: My feelings at the end of this book were ambivalent. I liked a lot of it, but there were significant parts of the story that gave me pause. Sebastian and Charlie have been best friends for six years. They’ve seen each other through some difficult times and their friendship has never been(…)
Jun 30 2011
Dear Ms. Neil, One of your novels reintroduced me to the Harlequin Medicals line several years ago. I haven’t read any since then, but when your June release became available I thought I’d give it a try. Our titular heroine, Alex Draycott, is a pediatrician who has made the transition from full-time doctor to half-time(…)
Mar 18 2011
Dear Ms. Parv: Emma Jarrett knew exactly what life with a surgeon would be like. Her mother was one, her father was one, and her brother was one too. From personal experience, Emma knew that life with a surgeon meant missed birthdays, false commitments and taking a backseat to the operating theater. Emma made it(…)
Feb 3 2011
Dear Ms. Lennox, I first encountered your novels in the Harlequin Romance line. While I usually avoid books set in made-up principalities starring royal heroes like the plague, you managed to give your characters believable backstories and motivations. And when I went on to read your Medical Romances, you quickly became one of my favorite(…)
Jan 20 2011
Dear Ms. Morgan, You have become of my autobuy, go-to authors, not just in category romance but as a writer of satisfying reads, full stop. The first book of yours I read was a Medical Romance in your Glenmore series, when M&B briefly made it available as one of their free reads. I enjoyed it(…)
Nov 18 2010
Goodman is a very favorite author of mine. I know she’s not an author for every reader, but I look forward to each one of her books. Goodman is not much for self promotion and so she sent Robin (aka Janet) 8 ARCs and 8 cover flats for her December release, Marry Me, and asked(…)
Jun 11 2009
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(…)
Jul 18 2008
Dear Ms. Mallery: This is Book 3 in the Buchanan series and it features youngest brother Reid who happens to be a famous former baseball player who suffered a career ending shoulder injury the previous year. He’d rather be playing ball than tending bar at one of the Buchanan’s restaurants, but at least he can(…)
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