Book Reviews / Top Ten ListsBest of 20124 Comments
In thinking about it, I didn’t think that 2012 was a particularly bad reading year for me. But when I looked back at my reviews, I realized that I wrote only two A-grade reviews. And once I started compiling my list, I could only come up with six titles that ... more >
Book Reviews / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 2012 / Contemporary romance / erotica / historical romance / mystery / novella7 Comments
When Jane asked for lists of our “Best of 2012,” I got stuck on what best meant. Did it mean the best in terms of quality? The best in terms of most enjoyable? The best in terms of standouts? Did books I called best this year have to be as ... more >
B Reviews / B+ Reviews / B- Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / Anthology / historical romance / Regency England / self-published11 Comments
Dear Ms. Jewel, Ms. Milan, and Ms. Thomas, I’ve been waiting for this anthology since I first heard about it last spring. The authors are among the strongest writing historical romance today and the premise linking the three novellas is clever and unusual: each is set in the same location ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsBerkley / Historical / Recommended Reads16 Comments
Dear Ms. Thomas – You have the terrible tendency of ruining me for other books. What I mean is, I read a Sherry Thomas book, and then nothing else I read really satisfies me. This was the case for me with Tempting the Bride because it has within its covers ... more >
Book Reviews / Reading ListsReading lists12 Comments
Dedication by Janet Mullany My review is here. I liked this quite well, in spite of the fact that I rather embarrassingly didn’t remember that I’d read the original version. I Am Old. Lust Ever After by Rose de Fer My review here. Eh. The Dark Knight by Elizabeth Elliott My review ... more >
A- Reviewsfriends-to-lovers / reunited-lovers40 Comments
Dear Ms. Thomas: I knew by the end of chapter one, that this book would be one I would remember for a long time. In just that first chapter a well of emotion swelled up and closed the passage of my throat such that each subsequent page read triggered feeling. ... more >