B- Reviews18th-century / American historical / Historical / Latino / Native Americans / western4 Comments
No, seriously. Pay attention to this warning. As the eighteenth century draws to a close, the Kwahadi Comanches seem to be making their peace with the settlers of the Spanish Colony of New Mexico. No one is as relieved as Marco Mondragón and his adored wife Paloma Vega, whose ranch, ... more >
B- Reviewscollege students / Contemporary / Latino / NA / New Adult / slut shaming4 Comments
Dear Ms. Bowen, Readers of The Understatement of the Year met Bella in that book. Bella is a senior at Harkness College and team manager for the school’s hockey team. Bella has also slept with several members of the hockey team. What I loved about Bella in The Understatement of ... more >
B Reviews18th-century / American historical / Historical / Latino / Native Americans / western2 Comments
The year is 1782. Marco Mondragón, brand inspector in Spanish New Mexico, and his wife Paloma Vega have settled happily into married life on the Double Cross. And yet Paloma is convinced their joy will not be complete until she has a child. She longs to give her husband a ... more >
B Reviews18th-century / Historical / Latino / Native Americans / Smashwords / western6 Comments
The year is 1780, and Marco Mondragón is a brand inspector in the royal Spanish colony of New Mexico. A widower and rancher, Marco lives on the edge of Comanchería, the domain of the fierce Comanche. Each autumn, he takes cattle and wool, and his district’s records of livestock transactions ... more >
C+ ReviewsBarbara J. Hancock / Harlequin Spice / Latino / Mexico6 Comments
Dear Ms. Hancock, After reading and reviewing your impressive novella, Ghost in the Machine, I was eager for more of your work and curious as to what your writing was like in other genres. Silent Surrender, your new Spice Brief, caught my attention and I decided to try it. Alexia ... more >
B ReviewsCalifornia / cops / interracial-romance / Jill Sorenson / Latina / Latino / law-enforcement / romantic-suspense / Serial-Killer / single mother8 Comments
Readers of this review should know that Jill Sorenson contributes f/f and f/f/m reviews to this blog on a once-a-month basis. Dear Ms. Sorenson, Contemporary romantic suspense is a genre I can enjoy a lot when a book is well-executed, but most of the time, I don't find myself drawn ... more >