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REVIEW:  Her Hesitant Heart by Carla Kelly

REVIEW: Her Hesitant Heart by Carla Kelly

On the frontier of a new life… Tired and hungry after two days of traveling, Susanna Hopkins is just about at the end of her tether when her train finally arrives in Cheyenne. She’s bound for a new life in a Western garrison town. Then she discovers she doesn’t even have enough money to pay(…)

REVIEW:  A Stitch in Time by Amanda James

REVIEW: A Stitch in Time by Amanda James

A stitch in time saves nine …or does it? Sarah Yates is a thirty-something history teacher, divorced, disillusioned and desperate to have more excitement in her life. Making all her dreams come true seems about as likely as climbing Everest in stilettos. Then one evening the doorbell rings and the handsome and mysterious John Needler(…)

REVIEW: How the Marquess Was Won by Julie Anne Long

REVIEW: How the Marquess Was Won by Julie Anne Long

Dear Ms. Long, I’ve been reading your books since I discovered Beauty and the Spy back in 2006. Beauty and the Spy is still on my keeper shelf, and three others of your books have since joined it: The Secret to Seduction, I Kissed an Earl, and What I Did for a Duke. What’s more,(…)

REVIEW: Bad Boyfriend by K.A. Mitchell

REVIEW: Bad Boyfriend by K.A. Mitchell

Dear Ms. Mitchell. You’ve done it again. While Bad Boyfriend is perhaps not as perfect (to my mind) as No Souvenirs, I much prefer it to Bad Company. The book focuses on two fascinating men and their relationship with each other and with those that surround them. There’s no intrigue, no mystery. There’s just people trying to(…)

REVIEW: One Reckless Summer by Toni Blake

REVIEW: One Reckless Summer by Toni Blake

Dear Ms. Blake: I love a good contemporary and this one was recommended by a friend. I can see why she recommended it. The emotional arc for the hero was different and fresh and moving. Jenny Tolliver, the heroine, however suffered from a case of serious blandness. Jenny Tolliver is back in her hometown, licking(…)

REVIEW: Selfish is the Heart by Megan Hart

REVIEW: Selfish is the Heart by Megan Hart

Dear Ms. Hart, Selfish is the Heart is the third book in your Order of Solace series, and I was not sure what to expect of it given how widely my responses to your two earlier works in this series differed. I gave Pleasure and Purpose an A- review, and No Greater Pleasure a DNF(…)

REVIEW: Regularly Scheduled Life by K.A. Mitchell

REVIEW: Regularly Scheduled Life by K.A. Mitchell

Dear Ms. Mitchell. I’ve never actually managed to finish this book before. I’ve had it ever since I discovered your writing, but never managed to get through it, despite numerous friends for whom it is their favorite of your books. I always thought it was because it’s about a high school shooting and my partner(…)

REVIEW: Too Good to Be True by Kristan Higgins

REVIEW: Too Good to Be True by Kristan Higgins

Dear Ms. Higgins, When Grace Emerson’s ex-fiancé starts dating her younger sister, extreme measures are called for. To keep everyone from obsessing about her love life, Grace announces that she’s seeing someone. Someone wonderful. Someone handsome. Someone completely made up. Who is this Mr. Right? Someone…exactly unlike her renegade neighbor Callahan O’Shea. Well, someone with(…)

REVIEW: Flirting in Cars by Alisa Kwitney

Dear Ms Kwitney, I got started reading your books way back (well not all the way back with your first one) with “The Dominant Blonde” and haven’t missed one since. As my fellow blogger Janine says, you have a way with flawed characters. They usually seem flawed in a believable, human way instead of a(…)

REVIEW:  Staying Alive by Debra Webb

REVIEW: Staying Alive by Debra Webb

Dear Ms Webb, I’m sorry but I can’t get the Bee Gees’ song (“Ah, ah, ah, ah Staying Aliiiiiiiiiiiiive!”) or visions of John Travolta in a white suit, striking a pose out of my head. OK, I’ll stop that now since it has nothing to do with a plot about a teacher dodging terrorists with(…)

REVIEW: Haven by Jorrie Spencer

Dear Ms. Spencer: Haven is your debut work and I have been excited to read it since I first heard of it back when we ran our first ebook contest. I didn’t know what to expect and did not read the excerpts purposely. I like to be surprised when I read a book. While I(…)

REVIEW: Sex as a Second Language by Alisa Kwitney

Dear Mrs. Kwitney, Your first book had more of a traditional “romance” style to it and since then, you’ve been moving in more a “chick lit” crossed with “women’s fiction” with some romance direction. I’m fine with that and have enjoyed all your books but it is something I thought I should mention in case(…)