June 2, 2010

REVIEW: The Best Man in Texas by Tanya Michaels

JaneB- Reviewsfamily relationships / Harlequin SuperRomance / Love-Triangle / Tanya Michaels3 Comments

Dear Ms. Michaels: I admit to being a little leery when I picked this book out to read. The story begins with the heroine engaged to a man not the hero. To make matters worse, the hero and the fiance are best friends. On the one hand this meant the ... more >

May 17, 2010

REVIEW: Steve’s Story by Jess Dee

JaneC ReviewsContemporary / Erotic-Romance / illness / Love-Triangle / Samhain-publishing6 Comments

Dear Ms. Dee: Thank you for sending me Steve’s Story.   I had purchased and read Ask Adam at the recommendation of other readers when I asked on Twitter for good erotic romance titles. Ask Adam didn’t work for me but you offered a second story and I jumped at the ... more >

March 18, 2010

REVIEW: A Chance Encounter by Mary Balogh

JanineB Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ ReviewsEngland / Love-Triangle / psychological insights / Regency England21 Comments

Dear Ms. Balogh, A friend loaned me A Chance Encounter, one of your earliest books. Given that the book is twenty-five years old and does contain a few elements that I associate with romances from that era, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I know some of ... more >

February 17, 2010

REVIEW: Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart by Beth Pattillo

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsBeth-Pattillo / Contemporary / Love-Triangle / Womens-Fiction10 Comments

Dear Ms Pattillo, I’d call this book a loose sequel to last year’s “Jane Austen Ruined My Life.” It’s not necessary to have read that one to jump right into “Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart.” I also love that while you take advantage of the current “Austen craze,” this book ... more >

December 24, 2009

GUEST REVIEW: Gentlemen Prefer Succubi by Jill Myles

Guest ReviewerC Reviews Category / C+ Reviewsangels / featured / Love-Triangle / Paranormal / succubus / supernatural / vampires10 Comments

FTC disclaimer: I won this ARC in the competition to write a review of Jane’s nonexistent weregerbil novel. Review disclaimer: I don’t read a lot of paranormals, so take my judgments of the worldbuilding, mythology, etc. with a grain of salt. Husband’s comment on the ARC cover: “‘Maybe bad girls ... more >

December 4, 2009

DUAL REFLECTIONS, PART 2: Black Silk by Judith Ivory (Judy Cuevas)

JanetA Review Category / A Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / adultery / Earl / good characterization / good-description / Good-Dialogue / lawsuits / Love-Triangle / rake / widow31 Comments

Black Silk was one of the first two Romance novels I read, and to this day it remains one of my absolute favorites. Submit Channing-Downs, the woman who deeply mourns the husband who was almost three times her age, is so unlike most Romance heroines. Her hair has the quality ... more >