Mar 21 2011
I asked Maya Banks if she would write a post about why, after years of success writing erotic romance, she decided to write romantic suspense. The Kelly brother series is about a military family who run a paramilitary search and rescue organization. Her third book in this series, Hidden Away, was released this month. ~~~~~~(…)
Dec 22 2010
Dear Ms. Griffin, I got all excited when Jane sent me a copy of your latest book, “Unforgivable.” I’ve come to expect top notch suspense and romance from you and this latest one doesn’t disappoint. Well, not that much. Dr. Mia Voss is one of the experts in her field of DNA recovery. Working for(…)
Dec 6 2010
Dear Ms. Kery: I’ve had mixed reactions to your work. I enjoyed your first one, Wicked Burn, quite a bit but Daring Time seemed to be more a romance about the city of Chicago than a romance between two characters. Other books like Sweet Restraint and Holiday Bound had complicated emotional connections involving other characters(…)
Aug 26 2010
Dear Ms. Gideon: I confess that I didn’t intend to read this series, ever. First, the covers are generic man titty. Second, it’s generic mantitty on top of generic paranormal and frankly I am a little worn out by both tropes, overused by the romance genre. Yet, your name kept popping up as someone who(…)
Aug 18 2010
There is a lot of emotion in this story and while the suspense is present, I thought the real story was the relationship between Ethan and Rachel. Ethan is desperate for a second chance. Rachel is haunted by fleeting memories and struggling to cope with being with Ethan again. There is tension between them that belies his whispers of love and devotion. They both have to deal with the problems of what caused their marriage to fail the first go around. Ethan, in particular, is in a pickle because no one in his family knew how bad his marriage to Rachel had become.
Aug 12 2010
Dear Ms. Jennings: I don’t think it is any secret I enjoyed this book. It sent me on an EJ/LMR glom which I blogged about a month ago. Weirdly I thought this book was a September release but alas it is an August release thus my belated recommendation and review. While I totally sucked this(…)
Aug 11 2010
Dear Ms. Howard: I have to preface this review with a little backstory about my love for your books. I’ve loved most everything you have written from your early category days (McKenzie’s Mountain, the Kell Sabin Series) to your hardcovers like Open Season. I’ve defended Marc Chastain and his Guiness Book of World Records erection(…)
Jul 31 2010
Dear Ms. Rice: About a month ago, I went on a reading binge of your books. As I stated in my previous summary, you have some writing tics that carry from book to book and Into the Crossfire is no exception. The hero is Sam Reston, a former Navy SEAL, who is part owner in(…)
Jul 21 2010
Dear Ms. Griffin, You are my go-to author for thrillers and romantic suspense. “Unspeakable” is taut, hot, had me glued to it for the last 100 pages and is on my rec list for July releases. Elaina McCord doesn’t want to be working in the FBI office in Brownsville, Texas but that’s where she was(…)
Jun 24 2010
Dear Ms. Rice: Yesterday I blogged about probably my favorite Lisa Marie Rice book. Today I bring you my least favorite LMR book (and apparently the only one my blogging partner, Janine, has in her to be read pile). Dangerous Secrets starts out with a superb prologue. There is a watcher on a hill observing(…)
Jun 18 2010
I am a glommer and if I find a book that I like, I usually go and purchase the backlist of that author. This is particularly easy to do in this day of digital backlists. It’s even easier if the author you are glomming is a epublished author as is the case with Lisa Marie(…)
May 19 2010
Dear Authors: (PJ Tracy is a mother and daughter writing team). As you state in the frontpiece, “South African elephants produce faster” than you two but I never tired of waiting for the next installment of the Monkeewrench team. (Of course I had to google South African elephants to really get the joke and apparently(…)
May 3 2010
When I see the title of this book, I can’t help but think of Mike Meyer’s horrid accent saying “Austin DANGER Powers”. I adored the first installment of Austin Powers and will willingly get sucked into it any time I see it on TV. Men of Danger has little in common with Austin Powers, including(…)
Apr 15 2010
Update: I said I bought these from WH Smith, but in checking my receipt (at the request of Maude whose email I tried to answer but it did not work – bouncing) it was actually from Waterstones. Sorry! Dear Ms. Parry: Thank you for sending me your books for review. I had remembered seeing your(…)
Mar 29 2010
Dear Ms. Stewart: Because I don’t follow many author newsletters, I was a bit surprised to find out that you were turning away from your harder edged FBI romantic suspense books for a more softer toned contemporary series set in Chesapeake Bay. The covers and stylings reminded me strongly of the Robyn Carr books that(…)
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