B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsCanada / Contemporary / Marriage-in-Trouble1 Comments
Gillian Campbell is out of patience. Her husband is choosing his hobby over her. And the hobby in question? Live Action Role-Play, or ‘larp’. Larp involves dressing up as a character (be it medieval knight, banshee or centaur) and participating in imaginary battles for entire weekends. Gillian is not impressed. ... more >
C+ Reviewsamnesia / contemporary fiction / Marriage-in-Trouble / Womens-Fiction10 Comments
Dear Liane Moriarty: My neighbor invited me to join a new book club, and while I’m skeptical of book clubs I really like my neighbor and would like to spend more time with her and other women readers. The first book chosen was this one by Liane Moriarty, whose name ... more >
B- ReviewsDuke / England / heiress / historical romance / Late Victorian / Marriage-in-Trouble / marriage-of-convenience9 Comments
The following review contains some spoilers. -Janine Dear Ms. Weaver, Carina Press sent DA a review request describing three new releases, one of which was A Duchess in Name. The novel sounded intriguing, so I gave it a shot. When I got the email with the ARC, I clicked on the attachment to see ... more >
B+ Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Reads1980s / Advertising / category romance / Contemporary romance / Harlequin American Romance / lawyer / law related / Marriage-in-Trouble / Washington DC17 Comments
Dear Ms. Seidel, Your out of print 1984 novel, When Love Isn’t Enough (Harlequin American Romance #80), opens when three men return to the DC area from Texas, where they’ve been spending time on behalf of their legal firm. All three are lawyers who over the past ten months have ... more >
B- ReviewsContemporary / Marriage-in-Trouble / second chance at love / Texas4 Comments
To love, honor and betray… After surviving the painful disintegration of her marriage, Alexia is finally ready to follow her dream. When she applies for a patent on the product she’s invented, she discovers someone has beaten her to it—her ex Jesse, the man she once loved beyond measure. The ... more >
B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Readsdiplomat / Marriage-in-Trouble / marriage-of-convenience / Regency England / Wild Quartet series12 Comments
Janine: Rose and I read Lady Winderemere’s Lover, the third book in Miranda Neville’s Wild Quartet series, around the same time, so we decided to review the book together. Rose: On his 21st birthday, Damian inherited his late mother’s property Beaulieu – only to promptly lose it to his friend ... more >