June 1, 2012

REVIEW: Easy by Tammara Webber

JaneB+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / Recommended Reads / self-published32 Comments

Dear Ms. Webber: Warning: Triggers ahead I was looking for a college set romance and author Julie Cross recommended this self published title. The minute I was done, I went and bought another Webber title. That’s how much I enjoyed “Easy”. I like college settings more than young adult because ... more >

May 31, 2012

REVIEW: The Understory by Elizabeth Leiknes

JanetB+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / Fairy-Tales / grief / Literary fiction / Recommended Reads / Satire14 Comments

  ETA: Bancroft Press is giving away copies of this book and The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns, which I also reviewed and recommended. Enter before tomorrow, June 1st, though! Dear Ms. Leiknes: After reading, reviewing, and greatly enjoying your debut novel, The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns, I was ... more >

May 30, 2012

REVIEW: A Gentleman Undone by Cecilia Grant

DabneyB+ Reviews / Recommended Readsgambling / historical romance / Recommended Reads / shame22 Comments

Dear Ms. Grant: As I read your novel A Gentleman Undone I brooded over words from one my favorite 18th century wordsmiths, the great Alexander Pope: “Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.” Here Pope asserts honor and shame are products of ... more >

May 29, 2012

REVIEW: Rescue Me by Rachel Gibson

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAvon / Contemporary / Rachel-Gibson / texas9 Comments

She’s 33, unmarried, and stuffed into a Bubble Yum pink bridesmaid dress. And the whole town wants to fix her up with anyone with a dental plan… Who’s going to rescue Sadie Hollowell now? Everyone in Lovett, Texas knows Sadie has always been a ‘notional’ kind of gal. She got ... more >

May 25, 2012

REVIEW: Dark Soul: Volumes 3, 4, and 5 by Aleksandr Voinov

SunitaA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsbisexual hero / LGBTQ / m/m / m/m/f / mafia / Riptide Publishing / short stories8 Comments

Dear Mr. Voinov, Your Dark Soul series has been a roller-coaster ride for me. It is not a genre romance, even though it has some very romantic moments. It features themes I rarely seek out, including menage, BDSM, and protagonists in organized crime. Purchasing all five volumes is not inexpensive. ... more >

May 25, 2012

REVIEW: Bring Him Home by Karina Bliss

JaneB+ Reviews / Recommended Readsfriends-to-lovers / grief / widow10 Comments

Dear Ms. Bliss: Your last few books have had a sort of a madcap adventure feel to them and so “Bring Him Home” is a change in tone and pace. It deals with grief and recovery and discovery and relies less on external conflict and more on the internal changes ... more >