October 8, 2014

REVIEW: Carolina Blues by Virginia Kantra

JayneB- ReviewsBerkley Books / Contemporary / North-Carolina / police / Small-Town / Writer2 Comments

Jack Rossi is Dare Island’s new police chief. The laid-back North Carolina community is just what he needs to recover from a rocky marriage and a big-city police department. He’s learned his lesson: no more high-profile women or high-pressure jobs. The last thing he wants is an unconventional alt girl ... more >

July 31, 2014

REVIEW: Between the Sheets by Molly O’Keefe

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / Small-Town12 Comments

Dear Ms. O’Keefe, I have so many wonderful books on Mt. TBR.  It includes quite a few of your earlier books and I’m now kicking myself for not having read any of them.  The good news is that I have your backlist to look forward to.  I sank into your ... more >

June 10, 2014

REVIEW: Count on Me (Petal, Georgia series) by Lauren Dane

KatiB- Reviewsattorney / Contemporary / Small-TownNo Comments

Dear Ms. Dane: Your Petal, Georgia series is a favorite of mine. I like small town romances when done well, and this one ties in to the Chase brothers series, which I also enjoyed. Carolina Mendoza is back in Petal sixteen years after the brutal murder of her mother and ... more >

May 22, 2014

REVIEW: Whisper Falls: A Destiny Novel by Toni Blake

KatiB- ReviewsBiker / Contemporary / Small-Town2 Comments

Dear Ms. Blake: While listening to the DBSA podcast with Jaci Burton last week, Sarah mentioned having read and enjoyed your book, Whisper Falls. The book stood out to her because it features a heroine with Crohn’s disease, which is certainly unusual in the world of Romance. The premise intrigued ... more >

May 1, 2014

REVIEW: The Return of Brody McBride by Jennifer Ryan

KatiC Reviews / C- ReviewsContemporary / Small-Town / Soldier2 Comments

Dear Ms. Ryan: I bought your book on impulse. Generally speaking men in cowboy hats on the cover of books are not a selling point for me. But I do like soldiers returning from the theater of war, so I thought I’d give your book a try. What I found ... more >

March 20, 2014

REVIEW: Thrown for a Curve by Sugar Jamison

JennieB- ReviewsContemporary / Small-Town7 Comments

Dear Ms. Jamison: I picked up this book based on a couple of fairly shallow factors: 1) I liked the colorful, poppy cover, which seemed to signal to me that the book fell nicely in the convergence between chick-lit and contemporary romance and 2) your name. Why your name? Well, ... more >