Mar 20 2010
Under the Gun by HelenKay Dimon I’ve never been a huge fan of the Intrigue line because I felt that even full length romantic suspense books struggled to fit both romance and suspense in one story, how could a compressed format do both topics justice? Under the Gun had a good balance of both the(…)
Jan 22 2010
Dear Ms. Johnston: I had really enjoyed Outcast and was looking forward to reading this even though it clearly was part of a long running series, a series with which I don’t have even the passing acquaintance. I can see by the Amazon reviews, however, I should be grateful I wasn’t one of the fans(…)
Jan 19 2010
Dear Ms. Boyle: I don’t think I’ve read any significant number of your novels but I wanted to read a historical. How I Met My Countess blurb promised a reconciled lover story and I thought I would give it a try. I purchased an ecopy. Miss Lucy Ellyson married Archibald Thatcher, a clerk, who eventually(…)
Aug 25 2009
Dear Ms. St. Claire: Of all the Bullet Catcher books, Hunt Her Down is the one I most enjoyed reading. That is because I was pretty much glued to the book the whole way through, my internal critic entertained into submission. The protagonists were well-drawn and sympathetic, their attraction palpable, the suspense aspects of the(…)
Aug 4 2009
Dear Ms Jameson: Sarah from SmartBitches either tweeted or emailed me that she was reading some awesome book. I am always interested in awesome books so I emailed her and asked her for the name of said book. Bronwyn Jameson came the response and so off I went to Harlequin. I emailed her back and(…)
Jun 18 2009
Dear Ms. Jordan: Oh, how I wanted to like this book. You are one of my favorite HP authors but I’ll be the first to admit that when you miss, it’s spectacular. At the funeral of his youngest half brother, Falcon Leopardi learns of a terrible act perpetrated on a young woman. His deceased brother(…)
May 9 2009
Dear Ms. Colley: I’ve been meaning to write you for some time to tell you how much I enjoyed your book. In fact, I thought I had written you a letter until I did a search for it the other day and realized how delinquent I had been. Jordan Lake has a secret lover, Nick(…)
Mar 30 2009
Dear Ms. Jordan: I’m an admitted fan of the HP line. I think its the length of the book, the emotion impact you get in a short time, and, well, for the lulz. Julie Simmonds is accosted in the street by an expensively clad man standing next to an expensive car. He claims that the(…)
Feb 26 2009
Dear Ms. Featherstone, My love of Joey Hill’s books aside, I normally don’t read erotic fiction, but your novel’s cover description caught my interest. A novel exploring opium addiction? Really? Since I’m currently trying to expand my reading horizons, I thought I’d give your book a shot. Anais Darnby and Lindsay Markham have known each(…)
Jan 17 2009
Tycoon’s Pregnant Mistress by Maya Banks. I laughed a little when I finished this book because it had virtually all the common HP/SD tropes smushed into one small category. We have the secret baby, amnesia, asshole boyfriend with trust issues, evil other woman, and an abduction for added spice (plus the requisite travel to an(…)
Dec 30 2008
Dear Ms. Donovan: Your new book, The Girl Most Likely To reminded me very much of your first two books (Knock Me Off My Feet and Take a Chance on Me), which are my clear favorites of the Donovan oeuvre. The likeable hero, the quirky heroine, the family secret, and the goofy dog are all(…)
Apr 23 2008
Dear Ms. Napier: This is the second of your books I have read, and it was selected purely by what was available on Fictionwise. Luckily for me, Price of Passion was a winner, an entertaining and smart interpretation of the enduring Harlequin Presents equation of plucky but overset heroine + darkly passionate and misunderstood hero(…)
Mar 25 2008
Gizmodo has an article about an over the counter DNA Paternity test. Each shiek, billionaire, and cowboy should have one of these next to his razors because you never know whether the baby your ex-girlfriend, wife, one time shag in the back of the Lear jet, presents five years later, may be yours. Send to(…)
Feb 6 2008
Dear Ms. Milburne: In an attempt to broaden my reading horizons, I’ve been trying out new category authors. And when I say new, I mean “new to me.” Generally, my rule is that I don’t read books that have “baby” in the title. High off my reading success with other HP authors, I disregarded this(…)
Mar 5 2007
Long held to be a staple of romances (and not always a favored one), the secret baby formula makes the small screen in the form of October Road, a drama that will debut after Grey’s Anatomy, on ABC. I wonder what romance novel they ripped off. The promo showed the female left behind wanting to(…)
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