About Kelly
posts by Kelly:
This was my one chance to use “Polar Vortex” in a headline, so of course I took advantage. Next month’s installment will be titled “Yes, I’m STILL Coughing Like An 80-Year-Old Smoker And Whining About It Like A Two-Year-Old.” I did manage to read a boatload of books, and a ... more >
Dear Ms. Adams, Other readers might glance at the blurb and think, “A hero who’s a preacher? Really?” I, on the other hand, thought, “Sexy pastor, bring it on. A contemporary marriage of convenience? Yeah, right. Whatever. Good luck with that.” After years of dreaming, Jessica is finally getting married, ... more >
Dear Ms. Lawson, I finished Sonata for Scoundrel just as Robin’s Reading What You Know post set off an epic discussion of book-trance-killing pet peeves. As I read through all the replies, I realized that my inner red flags were at the ready when I started your story of a ... more >
Dear Ms. Robinson, It’s like there was a big neon sign on the blurb for this book that flashed “I wrote this just for Kelly.” Young, beautiful Italian mail-order bride Angelina D’Alessandro is married by proxy to an older man she’s never met-her only chance to escape the poverty of ... more >
I’m slacking off on writing a full review because I blew through these pretty quickly, and I already used up my snark quota for the month. All but Jeffries and Willingham were new-to-me authors. What the Duke Desires by Sabrina Jeffries If I didn’t own Jeffries’ entire backlist, I might ... more >
Dear Ms. Gracie, Despite the recent flail over the “death of the historical,” I’m ever-hopeful that unique and compelling Regencies are still being published. Unfortunately, The Autumn Bride falls short of my vague-yet-demanding criteria by quite a distance, landing squarely in the “wallpaper” and “cookie-cutter” pits of romance despair. Governess ... more >