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December 2, 2021

CONVERSATION: On Series

JanineConversationsanticipated hero/heroine / Cliffhanger / Contemporary romance / Easter eggs / families / Friends / historical romance / m/m / mystery / paranormal romance / sequel / Series / series conclusion / SFR / shared world / standalones / Urban-Fantasy33 Comments

DISCLOSURE: In addition to reviewing for DA, I am a writer of romance manuscripts. I wrote a standalone in the past and my current project is part of a series. -Janine Janine: A while back Rose, who was once a reviewer here at DA, suggested that “series vs. standalones” might ... more >

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August 27, 2019

REVIEW: Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews

KaetrinA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsCliffhanger / first in a connected trilogy / Hidden Legacy / Magic / Paranormal12 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Ilona Andrews, Like so many romance readers I know, I’ve been hanging out for Sapphire Flames. I loved Nevada and Rogan’s story (the latter two books in particular were excellent) and enjoyed the “bridge” novella Diamond Fire but ever since the magic trials, Alessandro and Catalina have intrigued. To ... more >

November 2, 2018

REVIEW: Archangel’s Prophecy by Nalini Singh

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsangels / Cliffhanger / death / Guild Hunter series / murder-investigation / Paranormal / POC author / prophecy7 Comments

Dear Ms. Singh, As a longtime reader of your Guild Hunter series, I was looking forward to this book. In one of the earlier books, snippets of a prophecy were revealed and it seemed to foretell the destruction of Lijuan, the horrific archangel of China who has gone to sleep, ... more >

August 1, 2014

REVIEW: A Date with Fate by Tracy Ellen

marykateB- ReviewsCliffhanger / Contemporary7 Comments

Dear Ms. Ellen: What happens when you take a woman out of her bookstore, throw in loved-ones with issues (ok, let me amend – some of these loved ones go past “issues” into the land of “subscriptions.”  And one of them, in fact, has a room dedicated to them in the ... more >

December 12, 2013

REVIEW: All He Wants | All He Needs by C. C. Gibbs

JaneC+ ReviewsCliffhanger / Contemporary romance / Fifty Shades8 Comments

Dear Ms. Gibbs: The All or Nothing trilogy (or in the UK Knight trilogy) is a series of erotic romance stories that feature the same couple–Katherine Hart and Dominic Knight.  Both stories end with some cliffhanger although the first is “worse” than the second. I’m reviewing the stories together but ... more >

Connected by Kim Karr
July 4, 2013

REVIEW: Connected by Kim Karr

JennieD ReviewsCliffhanger / Contemporary / Musicians / second chance at love10 Comments

Dear Ms. Karr: I picked this up as part of my continuing attempt to get into the NA genre. It’s a genre that appeals to me in theory, but in practice, my experiences have been mixed, at best. I’m doubting that Connected counts as NA, though, since the characters are ... more >

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