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REVIEW: Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery

REVIEW: Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery

Dear Ms. Mallery: As you might have guessed, I have a love/hate relationship with your books.   My favorite is Simply Irresistible and I don't know if I could pinpoint exactly why but it is a contemporary I recommend with some regularity.   (I tried to give it to some reporter for NBC at the RWA in(…)

REVIEW: The Notorious Scoundrel by Alexandra Benedict

REVIEW: The Notorious Scoundrel by Alexandra Benedict

Note: I am so sorry for this posting and the not posting. I have a problem of prescheduling and then not paying attention to what is prescheduled. Dear Ms. Benedict: This is my first book of yours and while I liked that the characters were from the non landed class, I felt like you didn’t(…)

REVIEW: Virgin on Her Wedding Night by Lynne Graham

Dear Ms. Graham: I can’t say I ever understood the motivations of the characters in this story. Five years after being jilted, literally at the altar, Valente Lorenzatto is putting the final touches on his revenge against Caroline Bailey nee Hales. Five years ago Valente was a lorrie truck driver for Hales Trucking and now(…)

REVIEW: Sold to a Laird by Karen Ranney

REVIEW: Sold to a Laird by Karen Ranney

Dear Ms. Ranney: I confess that the title of the this book was a bit offputting (not to mention factually inaccurate for the story).   I was initially put off by the title and the blurb but the book was sent by the publisher and after the first chapter, I was very interested in what came(…)

REVIEW: Suite Temptation by Anita Bunkley

Dear Ms. Bunkley: I was really intrigued by how this story began. The heroine, Riana, and hero, Andre, met in an Small Business Administration class in Houston. Riana planned to return to San Antonio and didn’t want to continue a long distance relationship. Andre took her denials to be that she didn’t want to be(…)

REVIEW: In Bed with the Devil by Lorraine Heath

Dear Ms. Heath: This is the first book of yours I’ve read in probably 4 years or so. I really liked your Western historicals and was disappointed when you moved to write Regency romances. It’s clear, though, that you aren’t going back West so I decided to give your books another try. Some of the(…)

REVIEW: A Countess Below Stairs by Eva Ibbotson

REVIEW: A Countess Below Stairs by Eva Ibbotson

Dear Ms. Ibbotson, When Azteclady asked me to review one of your romances, I was both excited and challenged. You pack so many irresistible characters into less than three hundred pages that it is difficult to do justice to these delightful folk. And how would I explain the magic by which you can take me(…)

REVIEW: Of Paupers and Peers by Sheri Cobb South

Dear Mrs. Cobb South, I’ve been a fan of yours since “The Weaver Takes a Wife” and was delighted to hear that a new book was coming out. I can now happily say that “Of Paupers and Peers” will take its place beside my other Cobb South keepers. I just wish that 1) it was(…)