June 16, 2014

REVIEW: Nightfall by Anne Stuart

SunitaA Reviews / Recommended Readsantihero / bad-boy-romance / murder-investigation / New York City / romantic-suspense20 Comments

Dear Anne Stuart: You have been one of my autobuy authors from the moment I discovered you in the early 2000s, and no one writes bad boy heroes like you do. In today’s era of alpha billionaires, Motorcycle Club anti-heroes, and New Adult dudebros who wreck everything around them, I ... more >

May 21, 2014

REVIEW: Lost by Laura K. Curtis

KaetrinB ReviewsCult / romantic-suspense4 Comments

Dear Ms. Curtis, My TBR pile is completely out of control.  It contains your first book, Twisted, reviewed here by Sunita.  When I had the opportunity to review Lost, I tweeted you to ask whether it could be read as a stand alone before I accepted.  You told me it ... more >

May 19, 2014

REVIEW: Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart

JayneB+ Reviews / Recommended Reads1950s / France / road-romance / romantic-suspense / Widowed Heroine29 Comments

Dear Readers, A few months ago, a friend of mine asked me to help her clarify something from this book. She needed to know a fact from it but didn’t have her copy handy. Did I have the book and could I look it up? Of course I had a ... more >

April 30, 2014

REVIEW: Backwoods by Jill Sorenson

RoseB- Reviews / C+ Reviewsadventure / California / romantic-suspense / teen romance1 Comments

Dear Ms. Sorenson, Several of your books can be characterized as adventure/survival-driven romantic suspense, with outdoor California settings playing a large role in the narrative. I think this has been a good direction for you, but while I enjoyed parts of Backwoods, I don’t feel it’s one of your better ... more >

April 17, 2014

REVIEW: Far Gone by Laura Griffin

RoseC ReviewsFBI / police / romantic-suspense / texas7 Comments

Dear Ms. Griffin, When your books work for me, they’re a great blend of romance and suspense. When they’re not, they tend to be okay but forgettable reads. Unfortunately, Far Gone falls in the latter category. Andrea Finch is an Austin police detective currently on leave after a shooting incident ... more >

February 25, 2014

REVIEW: Off the Edge by Carolyn Crane

JaneB ReviewsContemporary romance / romantic-suspense10 Comments

Dear Ms. Crane: Apparently this is the second book in a series about members of The Associates, a somewhat altruistic entity that is funded by a secretive billionaire. I have not read the first one and didn’t miss it at all. Peter Macmillan lost his fiancee and his family in ... more >