Apr 4 2009
Dear Ms Mayberry, Jane has given some of your books rave reviews and since Jane knows her contemporary authors well, I was looking forward to trying you. The tattoo artist heroine working her hero into a sweat then enjoying some hot sex sounded like just the book to try. Liam’s had a hard life until [...]
Mar 13 2009
Dear Ms Davies, I’ve always enjoyed westerns – the genre is the first that I began reading when I came back to romance – and cowboys so a modern version of this old faithful attracts me as well. And given that I’ve started watching PBR events, your book was a timely find. As Chris LeDoux [...]
Mar 3 2009
Dear Ms. Fraser, Jane stated her intention of stretching her Harlequin boundaries so I decided I could yank mine a little more as well. Jane loves the “Presents” line but asshole Mediterranean heroes crossed with blonde doormat heroines just isn’t my thing. When I saw your book listed in the “Medical” line, I thought I [...]
Feb 26 2009
(Based off of Shakespeare’s famous sonnet) Shall I compare thee to the A Grade? Thou art more grating to my skull A good contemporary should be a lively parade But I find this book amazingly dull. Sometimes the heroine whines about life And the hero pretends to be a jerk Round after round of endless [...]
Jan 26 2009
Dear Ms. Phillips: I count you as one of my favorite romance authors. I practically camp out at my local bookstore whenever your books are released. Needless to say, I was pretty excited to get my hands on this one. Georgie York is best known for her role as the spunky Scooter Brown on America’s [...]
Jan 24 2009
Dear Mrs. Styles, Yeah, finally book two in your Viking series. Or at least book two over in North America. I still don’t understand how Harlequin and Mills and Boon decide when to release what where. Greater minds than mine must be at work here somehow. Sela and Vikar have a past. A bad past [...]
Dec 29 2008
Dear Ms. Myers, This book isn’t sunshine and rainbows. Scott and Marisol have both been forced to take classes in the school of extremely hard knocks. So I’d advise any readers who just want a happy, pep-me-up after a hard day at work to save this for a time when they’re looking for something with [...]
Dec 16 2008
Dear Ms. Tyler, I’ll be honest and admit that it’s the cover of this book which got me to buy it. Plus I love dogs so that part didn’t hurt either. Unfortunately, the book itself didn’t live up to the awesome cover it got. Callie and Hayden met, fell in love, quickly got married. Then [...]
Nov 14 2008
NOTE: Moonlit Romance is closing their epublishing doors December 31st so if you’re interested in any of their books, better buy now. Dear Ms. Appel, When I saw this at Fictionwise, the book blurb sounded fun instead of, well, preachy. And it was. I’ve been reading a lot of contemporary suspense novels lately so a [...]
Nov 12 2008
Dear Ms. Hansen, Currently I’m on a Love Inspired Suspense kick. In the past, romantic suspense books have been problematic for me as the balance between romance and suspense is hard to get right. Perhaps books without overt sex in them help this subgenre work better for me? ::shrugs:: Anyway, on to my thoughts. Marie [...]
Oct 23 2008
Dear Mrs. Riley, As I look back on the books of yours that I’ve read, two central themes stand out. 1) How helpless women were during most of history and 2) how it’s better for the little people to get out of the way of the powerful ones when those people are throwing their weight [...]
Sep 2 2008
Dear Ms Thomas, I predict quite a few people will be interested in this book. It’s a straight contemporary with none of the stock characters or situations that appear to predominate in that genre. What? No SEALs, no secret agents, no model glamorous heroines? Amazingly enough, not a single one of those is to be [...]
Aug 21 2008
Dear Ms Hughes, It won’t take people long to realize that this book is something different. It’s not just that it isn’t a Regency or that it’s not about vampires and that it doesn’t have any Navy SEALS littering the narrative. It’s a Georgian English historical, and I don’t think there can be too many [...]
Jul 24 2008
Dear Ms. Thomas, Book two and all is still well between us. Keep this up and I’ll stay a happy woman and keep writing you nice reviews. I used to think I didn’t care for Victorian era historicals – something about the facial hair of the men and hairstyles of the women – but you’re [...]
Jul 16 2008
Dear Ms. Mallery: I’ve gone on a bit of a Mallery glom and the readers here will have to suffer along with me. Delicious is the second book I read in the Buchanan series. I read book 2, Irresistible, first. I’m not sure whether knowing the outcome of the story in Delicious affected my enjoyment [...]
Recent Comments