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About Dabney

I loved romances when, back in the mid 70's, in junior high, I read every Barbara Cartland novel I could check out from the library. Then, thanks to a savvy babysitter, I got my hands on the hot stuff. To this day I can remember how astonishingly steamy I found Rosemary Rogers' Sweet Savage Love. I abandoned romance when I went to college and didn't pick one up again until 2007 when I got my first Kindle. Since then, I’ve read countless romances; loved many, liked more, hated some. Most of what I read is historical and contemporary romance, but I’m open to almost any genre. I like my books to have sizzle, wit, and plots that make sense. I’d take sexy over sweet any day. I’m a sucker for smart heroes and smart-mouthed heroines.
When not reading or writing about reading, or wishing I could rule the world, I'm meddling in the lives of my kids--I have four, ages 17 to 21--, managing my husband's practice, doing bossy volunteer work, and hanging out with Dr. Feelgood.

posts by Dabney Grinnan:

Uncommon Passion by Anne Calhoun
September 5, 2013

REVIEW: Uncommon Passion by Anne Calhoun

DabneyA Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary25 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Ms. Calhoun: Uncommon Passion is easily the best book you’ve written. The novel takes the strengths of your earlier works–strong characters, sensual sex scenes, believable redemption–and expands on them. Everything works: the lovers, their back-stories, the setting, the passage of time, the secondary characters, the plot, and the deft insights ... more >

Tempting Fate by Amber Lin
August 29, 2013

REVIEW: Tempting Fate by Amber Lin

DabneyC+ Reviews / FeaturedContemporaryComments Off on REVIEW: Tempting Fate by Amber Lin

Dear Ms. Lin: Novellas are often an unfortunate way to be introduced to a series. I’ve not read any of your Lost Girls series–Tempting Fate is book three. I think had I read the books that preceded it, I would have seen all three of the major characters in Tempting ... more >

Never Kiss a Rake by Anne Stuart
August 24, 2013

REVIEW: Never Kiss a Rake by Anne Stuart

DabneyC- ReviewsHistorical9 Comments

Dear Ms. Stuart: In 2010, you released two enjoyable historical romances in your The House of  Rohan series (not to be confused with the Kings of Rohan). The two books, Reckless and Ruthless, featured classic Stuart heroes: gorgeous, sexy men with power and wealth who nefariously seduce spinster heroines whom they ... more >

Undone Shannon Richard
August 17, 2013

REVIEW: Undone by Shannon Richard

DabneyD ReviewsContemporary romance6 Comments

Dear Ms. Richard: I confess I am not a great fan of Florida. My family moved there, from the Bay Area, when I was 15 and, to this day, the charms of the Sunshine State escape me. Your book, Undone, is set in the Floridian town Mirabelle. Mirabelle is my ... more >

Dark Waters by Toni Anderson
August 15, 2013

REVIEW: Dark Waters by Toni Anderson

DabneyBook Reviews / C+ Reviewsromantic-suspense3 Comments

Dear Ms. Anderson: I picked up Dark Waters because I’d read and enjoyed your 2010 release Sea of Suspicion. As I began to read Sea of Suspicion, I was struck by how much it reminded me of Anne Stuart’s Moonrise, albeit with a less wimpy heroine. Both books have a ... more >

The Duchess Hunt by Jennifer Haymore
August 3, 2013

REVIEW: The Duchess Hunt by Jennifer Haymore

DabneyC- Reviewshistorical romance1 Comments

Dear Ms Haymore: I’d hoped to like The Duchess Hunt. I enjoyed the first two chapters you released with your novella The Devil’s Pearl. And years ago, I read and liked your debut novel A Hint of Wicked. But The Duchess Hunt didn’t do it for me. The hero’s behavior was, ... more >

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