B Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / DNF Reviews / Need A Rec!ancient-Rome / Biography / cooking / Historical / medicine / non-fiction / sociology22 Comments
Here’s a quick recap of some of my recent reads and ones I’m slowly working on. The Heart – Maylis de Kerangal (translation by Sam Taylor) Just before dawn on a Sunday morning, three teenage boys go surfing. Returning home, exhausted, the driver lets the car drift off the road ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsAthlete / Contemporary romance / medicine / Sports21 Comments
This book has been republished and is now available. Sorry readers! Dear Ms. Bowen: Your books have been one of the highlights of my 2014 reading year. Your character seem so genuine and real and I feel like they are people I would enjoy spending time with and I certainly enjoy ... more >
C+ ReviewsContemporary / female doctor / knitting / medicine / opposites attract / William Morrow14 Comments
Dear Ms. Herron, A few years ago it seems quilting in romance books was all the rage. Now it appears that knitting has taken over. I’ve resisted reading any of these books since I’m not a knitter but in my quest to expand my single title contemporary repertoire, I decided ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsAmber Quill Publishing / Darlene-Marshall / Historical Romances / medicine / Navy / privateer / Ugly Duckling21 Comments
Dear Ms. Marshall, Hello down there in hot, steamy Florida. Lots of authors might choose various contemporary locations in that state for their books but I love that you’ve staked out early 19th century Florida and sea captains, privateers and pirates for yours. Then you smooth on a layer of ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsFrance / Historical Romances / medicine / war / World War II10 Comments
Dear Mr. London, You promised us romance in the second book in the “French Letters” trilogy and you delivered. You promised us characters who are “Engaged in War” as the Allies liberate France and you delivered. You promised us answers to some of the questions posed in the first book ... more >
EssaysDoctor / Harlequin / Harlequin Medical Romance / medicine / nurse84 Comments
Recently Harlequin USA put out a call seeking novels for their Medical Romance line. Jessica at RRR noted this in a links roundup post and wondered who the audience for them was, because she didn’t know anyone who read them. Commenters, myself included, quickly replied that she did indeed know ... more >