February 5, 2013

REVIEW: Rush (The Breathless Trilogy) by Maya Banks

KatiB+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsBDSM / Berkley / Contemporary / friends-to-lovers / older / Recommended Reads34 Comments

Dear Ms. Banks: When I heard you were publishing a “50-esque” trilogy, I knew immediately that it would be on my reading list. Although I have hit-or-miss luck with some of your books, you write dandy alpha males, and I love nothing better than your dominant males, so I was ... more >

February 1, 2013

REVIEW: Addicted by Charlotte Stein

DabneyB+ Reviews / Recommended Readserotica / Recommended Reads / Repressed heroine / Writer11 Comments

Dear Ms. Stein: Addicted is the third work of yours I’ve read. (The other two are Sheltered (reviewed here by Jane and January) and Restraint.) I’ve enjoyed all three works–Restraint is my favorite–but, after I finish each book, I think, who the hell were those people? That’s not a bad ... more >

January 31, 2013

REVIEW: The Typewriter Girl by Alison Atlee

JennieA- Reviews / Recommended Readsexperienced heroine / Historical fiction / Victorian era25 Comments

Dear Ms. Atlee: Janine actually turned me on to this, your debut novel. I now owe her a big present, because I hate to think that this story would otherwise have escaped my attention. The book is marketed as historical fiction rather than romance, but I will go out on ... more >

January 30, 2013

REVIEW: How to Misbehave by Ruthie Knox

JanineB+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsCamelot series / Contemporary / Recommended Reads / traumatic-past27 Comments

Dear Ms. Knox, Your 30,000 word novella, How to Misbehave, charmed me to my toes. How to Misbehave takes place in the college town of Camelot, Ohio, in the year 1999. This then is Amber’s opportunity to flirt with Tony and see if he’s interested in her. Amber knows it, ... more >

January 28, 2013

REVIEW: Sold To The Enemy by Sarah Morgan

SunitaB+ Reviews / Recommended Readsfather issues / Greece / Harlequin-Presents / traumatic-past18 Comments

Dear Ms. Morgan: You’ve taken a number of standard fairy-tale and romance ingredients and turned them into something fresh and original in this book. I’ve always enjoyed your disadvantaged, yet plucky and intelligent, heroines, and in Selene Antaxos you’ve created a character that ranks for me with the heroines of ... more >

January 16, 2013

REVIEW: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

JanineB+ Reviews / Recommended Readsbigotry / dragons / Fantasy / murder-investigation / musician / prejudice / Recommended Reads / Renaissance setting / YA26 Comments

Dear Ms. Hartman, Your debut YA fantasy, Seraphina, set in a world based Renaissance Europe, is both a coming of age story and a tale of a clash between two species. Sixteen year old Seraphina Dombegh, the heroine of the novel, is the child of a human father and a ... more >