Michelle-Reid

What Jane’s Been Reading,  week ending September 15

What Jane’s Been Reading, week ending September 15

Lord of the Abyss by Nalini Singh. This is a December release. It’s a full fledged fairy tale with an ugly heroine (described as having a hook nose, walks with a limp, and a misshapen body) and a somewhat virginal hero. He’s been Lord of the Abyss for as long as he can remember and(…)

What Jane Has Been Reading, Week of August 29

What Jane Has Been Reading, Week of August 29

Like my previous post, this is actually a retrospective list of what I had read the past couple of weeks: Mistress Bride by Michelle Reid – A discussion of Reid’s books prompted me to pull out this favorite of mine.  I really like how Reid uses societal constraints to keep the protags apart. She did(…)

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(…)

MINI REVIEWS: July Harlequin Presents

MINI REVIEWS: July Harlequin Presents

I have an 8 book subscription for Harlequin Presents. It’s about $25.00 and I enjoy the sudsy, angst laden stories. Unfortunately I got behind in my reading and reviewing of these. Here’s the July reads for me (I don’t know if everyone gets the same titles their subscriptions?) A Stormy Spanish Summer by Penny Jordan(…)

REVIEW: Gold Ring of Betrayal by Michelle Reid

REVIEW: Gold Ring of Betrayal by Michelle Reid

Dear Ms. Reid: Romance is equated with porn quite often.  Porn, of course, is traditionally labeled as a creative activity that has no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire.  If romance is porn in any way, it is emotional porn in that the romance novel stimulates emotional responses.  HPs are like(…)

REVIEW: The Bellini Bride by Michelle Reid

REVIEW: The Bellini Bride by Michelle Reid

Dear Ms. Reid: I was introduced to your work through the Blogger Bundle Volume II: WeWriteRomance.com Selects Presents that was released by Harlequin at the start of the year.   I really enjoyed your work and after exhausting your digital backlist (which, at the time, was about 4 titles) I proceeded to hunt down most of(…)

Saturday Shorties: Faked Deaths, Amnesia and Fertility Clinics

Saturday Shorties: Faked Deaths, Amnesia and Fertility Clinics

Under the Gun by HelenKay Dimon I’ve never been a huge fan of the Intrigue line because I felt that even full length romantic suspense books struggled to fit both romance and suspense in one story, how could a compressed format do both topics justice? Under the Gun had a good balance of both the(…)

REVIEW: The Brazilian’s Blackmailed Bride by Michelle Reid

REVIEW: The Brazilian’s Blackmailed Bride by Michelle Reid

Dear Ms. Reid: I’m a big, but recent, Harlequin Presents fan. When the blogger bundles came out and one of them was a collection of Harlequin Presents, I couldn’t resist the lure to buy them (plus, they are $9.99 at the Kindle store which comes to about $2.50 per book). Although I’ve only read two(…)

REVIEW: The Spanish Husband by Michelle Reid

Dear Ms. Reid, This time the dark, oh so handsome hero of your book is, no surprises here, a Spaniard. But the heroine is the same pale, blonde, slim though curvaceous, Englishwoman I’ve seen in the two other books of yours I’ve read. Again, the hero is a wildly successful businessman, rich beyond belief. The(…)