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REVIEW: The Lady and the Rebel by Kathryn Albright

By Jayne • Oct 7th, 2008 • Category: C Reviews Category, C+ Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Albright,
Readers usually have to wait for a rare non-Regency but this is a twofer bonus of western with an unusual setting even for that subgenre. “Remember the Alamo!” But what’s with the description at eharlequin? The heroine’s name is given as Victoria Ruiz yet in the book (and in the [...]



REVIEW: Practical Purposes by Yeva Wiest

By Jayne • Oct 2nd, 2008 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Wiest,
I have Mrs. Giggles to thank for clueing me in to this black comedy. Though I don’t think it’s quite as side splittingly hilarious as Mrs. G finds it, it is quite funny. I do agree with her statement that it’s the Coen brothers meets small town Texas meets gay comedy. As [...]



REVIEW: One Wrong Step by Laura Griffin

By Jayne • Jul 11th, 2008 • Category: C Reviews Category, C- Reviews, Reviews

Note: We usually have a first sale post Friday morning and I hope to still post one today.
Dear Ms. Griffin,
Your second book, “One Wrong Step” came to me in the form of an arc. An incomplete arc since the last bit of the story appears to be missing. However, the [...]



REVIEW: Not Another Bad Date by Rachel Gibson

By Jayne • Jun 19th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Gibson,
After Jennie did a review of “Not Another Bad Date,” I saw her grade and mentally wilted a little. In fact, I wasn’t sure I even wanted to read it at that point. But after starting, and stopping, a horrible historical - asshole hero plus virgin martyr widow! - [...]



REVIEW: Willow Spring by Jeannine D Van Eperen (9/07)

By Jayne • May 10th, 2008 • Category: C Reviews, C Reviews Category, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms VanEperen,
I hadn’t read a contemporary in a while and since I’d been meaning to try one of your books, I picked “Willow Spring.” The second-chance-at-love plot is also a favorite of mine, so with no vampires or werewolves likely to pop up anywhere, I fired this one up on the old Ipaq.
Overall, I [...]



REVIEW: Return of the Stardust Cowgirl by Marsha Moyer

By Jayne • Mar 11th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Ms. Moyer,
When I first read “The Second Coming of Lucy Hatch,” I was blown away by it. Loved the characters, loved the setting, loved the book. Since then, I’ve had my ups and downs with the Lucy Hatch series. But “Return of the Stardust Cowgirl” felt like coming home after a long time [...]



REVIEW: Satanta’s Woman by Cynthia Haseloff

By Jayne • Sep 21st, 2007 • Category: A Review Category, A- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms Haseloff,
Years ago I read the DIK review at AAR for this book. I was interested and purchased it. I read it and was blown away by it. I contacted you and you were gracious enough to email with me a little about this book and others you’d written. I’ve always meant to [...]



REVIEW: Looking for Lacey by Linda Francis Lee

By Jane • Sep 3rd, 2007 • Category: C- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Lee
Football season is right around the corner and I thought this book would be a perfect fit given that the hero is a football player. Unfortunately, the football aspects were merely window dressing for this average story.
Bobby Mac is an injured star quarterback for the Texas Lone Stars hoping to [...]



REVIEW: Heartbreak Town by Marsha Moyer

By Jayne • Aug 1st, 2007 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms Moyer,
When Jane told me that she’d received an advanced copy of your latest book, Heartbreak Town, I was thrilled. I love the first in the trilogy The Second Coming of Lucy Hatch” I really like The Last of the Honky-tonk Angels and was eager to see what’s in store next for Lucy, [...]



REVIEW: Men’s Guide to the Women’s Bathroom by Jo Barrett

By Jayne • May 17th, 2007 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Ms Barrett,
When I read the pitch for your book The Men’s Guide to the Women’s Bathroom, I was intrigued by the slight weirdness of it. Okay, who hasn’t laughed at bathroom humor at one point in their lives. But I wondered if the concept of what really goes on when women head to the [...]