posts by Willaful:
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsJamaica / marriage / marriage on the rocks / novella / sequel13 Comments
Dear Ms. Knox: If I’d read this a few weeks ago, news about the NSA would have come as no shock to me, since it’s obvious that someone has been spying on my marriage. “Spot-on” is a phrase that comes to mind for this novella — also, considering it’s a ... more >
A- Reviews / Recommended ReadsErotic-Romance / Hungarian tycoon23 Comments
Dear Ms. Stein: I see what you did there! I don’t think I’ve been so delighted by an erotic romance since — well, since the last time I read a Charlotte Stein book. This story takes the currently very popular set-up of wealthy, complicated, gorgeous BDSM aficionado and awkward, unawakened ... more >
B Reviews / C+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsHistorical / interracial-romance / Recommended Reads / Regency / Spain41 Comments
Dear Ms. Fraser: I wish I had read this on the Nook instead of the Kindle, because then I would have realized going in that it was less than 90 pages long, and been able to adjust my expectations accordingly. On the other hand, considering that when I looked down ... more >
B Reviews / Recommended Readsactivist / Chocolate / Contemporary / Paris17 Comments
Dear Ms. Florand: As I started this, wondering if it would grab me as much as the previous books in the series, I came across this line: “He had to form himself back up out of a puddle behind the counter after that laugh. He hoped he was subtle about ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsenvironmentalism / feminism / Historical / Old New York / Paris / Recommended Reads / The Adirondacks5 Comments
(This “Retro Romance” is an ebook reprint of a RITA finalist originally published in 1986) Dear Ms. Rawlings: I’m trying to decide whether this counts as a bodice-ripper or not. I know I started whimpering piteously about a third of the way through and didn’t let up until I reached ... more >
B Reviews / B Reviews Category / Recommended Readsbook 1 / Historical / lawyer / m/m / Regency / Scotland / Series / trilogy14 Comments
Dear Ms. Chambers: Provoked is considerably different from your first two books, and not just because it’s male/male. As I read it, I kept feeling a little off-kilter; it gradually became apparent that this story is not a traditional romance. Although it doesn’t exactly have a cliffhanger ending, it should ... more >