B- Reviews / Book Reviewsbodyguard / fake relationship / romantic adventure / SFF / space opera4 Comments
Dear Jessie Mihalik, I loved Polaris Rising and Aurora Blazing so it was with great anticipation I requested Chaos Reigning for review. Unfortunately, the third and final book in the Consortium Rebellion series wasn’t as successful for me as the first two. What I can’t tell is how much of ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsbodyguard / Contemporary / found family / queer / rock and roll / romantic-suspense / stalker / trans manComments Off on REVIEW: Reverb by Anna Zabo
Dear Anna Zabo, I have a number your books on my TBR but this one is the first I’ve read. It definitely won’t be the last. Reverb is the third book in the Twisted Wishes series (named after the rock band to at least one of the main characters in ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsbodyguard / pop star / romantic-suspense2 Comments
Dear Anne Calhoun, Going Deep is the second full length novel in the Alpha Ops series. I hope there will be many more because I really enjoyed this one. It had all the elements I know and love from your work, including interesting and likeable characters, a tight suspense plot ... more >
C+ Reviewsbodyguard / contemporary mm romance / Military5 Comments
Just when the pieces begin to add up, danger blows them all apart… MA1 Iskander Ayhan’s orders are simple: stay with Admiral Dalton’s son as a plainclothes bodyguard while the kid attends university classes. So typical—a high-ranking officer abusing Navy resources for unnecessary security. It isn’t long before Iskander realizes ... more >
C+ Reviewsbodyguard / Harlequin Presents / multicultural / romantic-suspense6 Comments
Dear Ms. Harris, In a recent comment thread about reading and writing multicultural characters, you talked about your latest Harlequin Presents release, which features a half-South Asian hero. I was intrigued and interested to read about someone who was neither a Maharajah nor a Bollywood star. My reaction to your ... more >
Book Reviewsbodyguard / Bullet-Catchers / romantic-suspense / Roxanne-St.-Claire13 Comments
Dear Ms. St. Claire: I am a wary reader of Romantic Suspense, disappointed in either the romantic or suspense aspect of the story of too many books in the subgenre or frustrated by the amped up violence and gore that sometimes substitutes for suspense. But when Jane gave the first ... more >