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REVIEW: Faceless by Debra Webb

By Jane • Sep 18th, 2008 • Category: C Reviews, C Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Ms. Webb:
I read this book directly after finishing Nameless that I liked quite a bit. As I said in the Nameless review, the characters generally make or break a romantic suspense book which means the suspense can be awesome but if the romance doesn’t fit, I’m not likely to read [...]



REVIEW: The Price of Desire by Jo Goodman

By Janet • Sep 17th, 2008 • Category: A Review Category, A- Reviews, B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Goodman:
Starting with the Compass Club series, your books have been getting increasingly darker, and The Price of Desire is the darkest by far, darker, I think, than any other book of yours that I have read.  It was also an emotionally cathartic read, a book that hearkens back to the Compass Club [...]



REVIEW: Ruby by Francesca Lia Block and Carmen Staton

By Janine • Jan 17th, 2007 • Category: B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Block and Ms. Staton,
As the Dear Author discussion of the definition of paranormal romance was taking place, I picked up your book, Ruby. Although published as mainstream fiction, Ruby contains strong paranormal and romantic elements. I wouldn’t quite classify it as paranormal romance, but I think it could appeal to those [...]



REVIEW: Lover Awakened by JR Ward

By Jane • Sep 7th, 2006 • Category: A- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Ward:
You hardly need another letter from one more fan about how much she loved your book, but what the hell.
This story is about Zsadist and Bella. Zsadist was stolen from his family as a babe and was sold as a slave. He came to be the sexual slave of a terrible woman who [...]