Samhain

REVIEW:  Muscle for Hire by  Lexxie Couper

REVIEW: Muscle for Hire by Lexxie Couper

Dear Ms. Couper: I loved the cover on this book. It depicts exactly the image I have a rock star’s bodyguard. I couldn’t resist requesting it from Samhain when the review copy list was sent. This is a sequel to Love’s Rhythm which I reviewed last summer. While I enjoyed Muscle for Hire more than(…)

REVIEW:  Confidence Tricks by Tamara Morgan

REVIEW: Confidence Tricks by Tamara Morgan

Dear Ms. Morgan: This book is a lot of fun with a great hero, more quotable lines than a compendium from John Bartlett, and a somewhat disappointing conclusion. My favorite lines in the book have to be this: “Spork! I cry spork!” She released some of the tension on his arm but didn’t back away.(…)

REVIEW:  Leave Me Breathless by Cherrie Lynn

REVIEW: Leave Me Breathless by Cherrie Lynn

Dear Ms. Lynn: I read Rock Me, the second book in this series because I have a thing about tattooed heroes. The hero of that book was a tattoo artist, as is Seth “Ghost” Warren, the hero of Leave Me Breathless. Seth is also shaved bald (another of my favorite kinds of heroes) and he’s(…)

REVIEW:  Feeling Hot by Elle Kennedy

REVIEW: Feeling Hot by Elle Kennedy

Dear Ms. Kennedy: I really love this series. It has a fun, sexy tone. My very favorite is the Carson / Holly romance in Heat of Passion (mini review here). It’s a novella but you pack a believable romance filled with super hot sex scenes. Feeling Hot is the romance between Jennifer, Carson’s little sister.(…)

REVIEW:  The Virgin’s Revenge by Dee Tenorio

REVIEW: The Virgin’s Revenge by Dee Tenorio

Dear Ms. Tenorio: Thank you for sending your book for review. I liked the premise and the story had a lot of promise. My struggle with understanding the hero’s motivations, however, diminished my overall appreciation for the story and the strongest character on the page wasn’t the hero, but the heroine’s older brother. Amanda Jackman(…)

REVIEW:  Dealing with David by Katriena Knights

REVIEW: Dealing with David by Katriena Knights

“It’s tough to win the game of love if you don’t understand the rules. Though Tony Mullin agreed to put on a medieval costume, complete with pointy hat, for her best friend’s marriage vow renewal, another round of wedding bells will never be in her own future. Been there, done that, still sifting through the(…)

REVIEW:  Bear Necessities by Dana Marie Bell

REVIEW: Bear Necessities by Dana Marie Bell

Dear Ms. Bell, I decided to read Bear Necessities after seeing the cover for book 2 in the Halle Shifters series, Cynful, which features a truly beautiful American Indian man with long hair. It’s a striking cover, and was enough to pique my curiosity about the series. Alexander Bunsun is a grizzly bear shifter. He’s(…)

REVIEW:  Fever Cure by Phillipa Ashley

REVIEW: Fever Cure by Phillipa Ashley

Dear Ms. Ashley: I was looking for recommendations for contemporary romances and this Samhain title was recommended to me. By whom, I am unsure. While this is the first book of yours that I have read, it appears that you’ve been successfully publishing Chick Lit type of stories in the UK which are now being(…)

REVIEW:  Cat Scratch Fever by Jodi Redford

REVIEW: Cat Scratch Fever by Jodi Redford

Dear Ms. Redford, I was checking the Samhain home page for new releases and stumbled upon your book. I was looking for something short, steamy and fun and this seemed to fit the bill. I’m happy to say that it was extremely enjoyable, and a fun, flirty read. Cat Scratch Fever has a familiar paranormal(…)

REVIEW:  A Private Gentleman by Heidi Cullinan

REVIEW: A Private Gentleman by Heidi Cullinan

(This one is addressed to readers, not the author) Dear Readers: As we all know, it’s impossible to be objective about a review. And this is fine, as long as we can be honest about the sources of our lack of objectivity, if we know them. This book has flaws, even major flaws that have(…)

REVIEW:  Everything You’ve Got by Erin Nicholas

REVIEW: Everything You’ve Got by Erin Nicholas

Dear Ms. Nicholas, Perhaps I wasn’t the best choice to review your latest novel Everything You’ve Got. I’m married to a physician and have worked in and around the medical field for most of my adult life. Your heroine, twenty-seven (I think) year old Dr. Kat Dayton, struck me as unbelievably immature and the problems(…)