B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Doctor / dysfunctional family / family relationships / Maine / Ugly Duckling / Womens-Fiction6 Comments
One step forward. Two steps back. The Tufts scholarship that put Nora Stuart on the path to becoming a Boston medical specialist was a step forward. Being hit by a car and then overhearing her boyfriend hit on another doctor when she thought she was dying? Two major steps back. ... more >
B Reviewsbipolar / bisexual / Contemporary / depression / Erotic-Romance / Maine / menage / mental illness / queerComments Off on REVIEW: The Theory of Deviance by Rebecca Grace Allen
Dear Rebecca Grace Allen, I was so excited when I read an early excerpt of The Theory of Deviance. I tweeted you to confirm that the story in fact was m/m/f menage (my favourite kind) and when you said yes and offered me a review copy, I snapped it up. ... more >
D ReviewsContemporary / Gothic / Maine / novelist / puppets30 Comments
Dear Ms. Phillips, I tried, I really did, but I just couldn’t get into this book at all. It seems to have been meant as a modern take on Gothic romances, but for me it didn’t work as either a Gothic or a romance. Annie Hewitt once dreamed of becoming ... more >
B- ReviewsBloomsbury / Maine / psychological thriller / Young-Adult1 Comments
Dear Ms. Miranda, I loved your first novel, Fracture. Part medical mystery and part psychological thriller, I admit it was the shifting relationship between Delaney and Decker that caught and held my attention. I adore the friends to lovers trope, and it was done so well in that book. Even ... more >
B ReviewsHarlequin / Harlequin SuperRomance / infidelity / Maine / second chances16 Comments
Dear Ms. Doyle: I believe that this is the first book of yours that I have read but now I’ll definitely be on the look out for more Stephanie Doyle books. Gabby Haines is a former host of Wake Up Philadelphia, the “hottest job on morning television in Philadelphia.” She ... more >
B+ ReviewsBloomsbury / friends-to-lovers / Maine / Recommended Reads / Young-Adult13 Comments
Dear Ms. Miranda, At first impression, your debut novel is a YA paranormal. It has a lot of the trappings. After a life-changing event, a girl develops unusual abilities. She has to choose between a couple guys. But I think applying that label and reducing it to those tropes does ... more >