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REVIEW: Holiday Kisses by Jaci Burton, HelenKay Dimon, Alison Kent, Shannon Stacey

REVIEW: Holiday Kisses by Jaci Burton, HelenKay Dimon, Alison Kent, Shannon Stacey

This Time Next Year by Alison Kent. Brenna Keating is traveling to her grandmother’s house for their annual Christmas celebration when a storm strikes and she is stranded after she loses control of her vehicle attempting to avoid a deer. A gruff man comes to her rescue and carries her off to his cabin. Dillon(…)

REVIEW: The Son He Never Knew by Kristi Gold

REVIEW: The Son He Never Knew by Kristi Gold

Dear Ms. Gold: I probably should have stopped reading at the first chapter when I figured out that the male protagonist of the story would not figure out he had a son until said son was 10 years old, but I didn’t. Unfortunately, the story never got any better. Jessica Keller and Chase Reed are(…)

REVIEW: The Beginner’s Guide to Rakes by Suzanne Enoch

REVIEW: The Beginner’s Guide to Rakes by Suzanne Enoch

Dear Ms. Enoch: I’m not certain who named your book but I am convinced it is by someone who has never read it because you can tell by the first chapter that the heroine is no ingenue who needs lessons in handling men. The really wonderful thing about this book is the challenging heroine who(…)

REVIEW: The S Before the Ex by Mira Lyn Kelly

REVIEW: The S Before the Ex by Mira Lyn Kelly

Dear Ms. Kelly: I believe that someone told me to read this book but I can’t remember who but I would have read it anyway. It’s part of my HP subscription! The S Before the Ex is a reunited lovers story. Claire Brady married one of the wealthiest financier’s in the world but they’ve been(…)

Harlequin Treasury Guest Review: Mommy by Suprise by Paula Detmer Riggs

Harlequin Treasury Guest Review: Mommy by Suprise by Paula Detmer Riggs

Prudy & Case’s first marriage ended when Case couldn’t forgive Prue for her deception. She desperately wanted a child (while Case didn’t) that she tricked him into getting her pregnant. She not only lost her baby, but her husband as well. Eight years later Prudy and Case meet again. They let their attraction run loose(…)

REVIEW: Never Kiss Me Again by Christine Rimmer

REVIEW: Never Kiss Me Again by Christine Rimmer

Dear Ms. Rimmer: I’ve enjoyed many of your category books in the past and when you shared that you were self publishing a contemporary, I was eager to read and review it. Unfortunately this book didn’t work well for me. It’s not that the quality was lower because it wasn’t. It looked and read like(…)

REVIEW: Fourth and Goal by Jami Davenport

REVIEW: Fourth and Goal by Jami Davenport

Dear Ms. Davenport: Thank you for sending me your football book. I must say that your review pitch was one of the best I have read.  You pointed to my long and public quest for more romance books about sports.  Fourth and Goal displayed a deep and comfortable knowledge of football but strangely enough it(…)

REVIEW: Mitzi’s Marine by Rogenna Brewer

REVIEW: Mitzi’s Marine by Rogenna Brewer

Dear Ms. Brewer: Mitzi’s Marine is about a solder who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan and lost his best friend, his brother, and his leg. I like these stories because I really want to believe that these soldiers can come home and live happy lives. Maybe it is romanticism of the worst kind but I(…)

DUELING REVIEW: Any Man of Mine by Rachel Gibson

DUELING REVIEW: Any Man of Mine by Rachel Gibson

Dear Ms. Gibson, I’ve been reading your books for so many years and have enjoyed enough of them that when I hear a new one is coming out, I automatically make room in my reading schedule to at least look at it. And since the books with sports heroes are usually ones I like, the(…)

REVIEW: Rock Hard by Olivia Cunning

REVIEW: Rock Hard by Olivia Cunning

Dear Ms. Cunning: I can’t recall exactly why I picked up this book.  It may have been on a reader recommendation or something else. But I did buy it and it languished in my to be read pile for some time.  Erotic romance based around a heavy metal rock band with a lawyer to be(…)

REVIEW: My One and Only by Kristan Higgins

REVIEW: My One and Only by Kristan Higgins

Dear Ms. Higgins: Let me try to articulate in the beginning what I liked about this book because most of the review is going to be what I didn’t like. After I finished the book, I emailed a friend of mine and said that this book really disappointed me.   It’s like everything I love about(…)

REVIEW: Stranded with Her Ex by Jill Sorenson

REVIEW: Stranded with Her Ex by Jill Sorenson

Dear Ms. Sorenson, It is with regret that I write this DNF review. The blurb of “Stranded with Her Ex” sounded so interesting. Two divorced wildlife researchers – a seal researcher and a shark expert, stuck together out on a remote island, find each other again. But as I’ve sometimes found, blurbs that caught my(…)

REVIEW: Wedding of The Season by Laura Lee Guhrke

REVIEW: Wedding of The Season by Laura Lee Guhrke

Dear Ms. Guhrke: When I read a couple of books in your bachelor girls series, I wasn't sure your historical voice was compatible with my reader's ear. Then Jane started urging me to read your new back-to-back releases, which are set a few (crucial) years later, starting with Wedding of The Season. And I am(…)

REVIEW: Heating Up the Holidays by Marcia James

REVIEW: Heating Up the Holidays by Marcia James

Dear Ms. James, I enjoy a good ‘second chance at romance’ story and the blurb, which mentioned the heroine standing in as an elf and later corralling kittens, sounded cute so I gave “Heating Up the Holidays” a shot. Mrs. Giggles 83 grade review didn’t hurt either. Nicky Paxton and Chris Spencer have 13 years(…)

REVIEW:  Trial by Desire by Courtney Milan

REVIEW: Trial by Desire by Courtney Milan

If I were to describe this plot, I would say that it is a plot of estranged spouses. Ned has gone from boy to man, as is most often the result of journeys. And Lady Kathleen has suffered the rumor of her husband’s swift removal for the past three years. But this book is so much more than the reconciliation of estranged spouses. It is more than the two protagonist’s getting to know each other as they fall in love, despite the forced marriage. No, this is a book about what makes a hero.