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REVIEW:  Beloved Enemy by Mary Schaller

REVIEW: Beloved Enemy by Mary Schaller

Dear Ms. Schaller, When I was looking at the Harlequin Historicals for this past April, this cover seemed familiar to me. The generic blurb rang vague bells. Looking back through my reading list, I discovered why. It was first published in 2004 and I had read it then. Curious to see how it would hold(…)

REVIEW: Turn It Up by Inez Kelley

REVIEW: Turn It Up by Inez Kelley

Dear Ms. Kelley: My feelings at the end of this book were ambivalent.  I liked a lot of it, but there were significant parts of the story that gave me pause.  Sebastian and Charlie have been best friends for six years.  They’ve seen each other through some difficult times and their friendship has never been(…)

REVIEW: Crazy for Love by Victoria Dahl

REVIEW: Crazy for Love by Victoria Dahl

Dear Ms. Dahl: Having really enjoyed your contemporary Romances set in Tumble Creek, I was nevertheless looking forward to the change of scene in Crazy for Love. Like my favorite contemporaries, Crazy for Love has smart dialogue, witty prose, and complicated characters. However, I was not ultimately crazy in love with this book, which felt(…)

REVIEW: The Same Last Name by Kathleen Gilles Seidel

REVIEW: The Same Last Name by Kathleen Gilles Seidel

Dear Ms. Seidel, Your 1983 category, The Same Last Name, begins when three cars arrive at New York State’s Frank Lake State Park. One of the park’s forest rangers, twenty-five year old April Ramsey, greets the man who registers this group of six visitors. April directs the tourist to the best campsites for a group(…)

REVIEW: A Strong and Sudden Thaw by R.W. Day

REVIEW: A Strong and Sudden Thaw by R.W. Day

Dear Ms. Day, Last May, when I reviewed Wicked Gentlemen, Ann Somerville recommended some m/m romances to me. I checked out excerpts from the books she mentioned, and of them all, A Strong and Sudden Thaw stood out the most. I purchased a copy of the book intending to read and probably review it, but(…)