C- ReviewsContemporary / New Adult / New-York2 Comments
Dear Ms. Jones: I read and reviewed the first book in this series, Escaping Reality. While I admired your writing in the first book, I was frustrated by the lack of understanding of why the heroine of the series, Amy Benson, is on the run. When I say this, I ... more >
C+ ReviewsFlux / New-York / Witches / Young-Adult1 Comments
Dear Mr. Tracey, I have a soft spot for witches. It stems from my traditional fantasy reader background. After all, a witch is often the urban fantasy equivalent of a mage. Though I’d heard lots of buzz about your debut, Witch Eyes, I haven’t had the chance to pick it ... more >
C+ ReviewsAthlete / Contemporary / friends-to-lovers / hockey / New-York / Parenthood / Single Parent9 Comments
Dear Ms. Martin: We are back with hockey! Yay! I wasn’t a fan of our walkabout to the tavern and then to Ireland and I really didn’t like the playboy hero of Breakaway. The male protagonist, Esa Saari, is a long time member of the NY Blades. Esa is from ... more >
B ReviewsNew-York / Penguin / Time-Travel51 Comments
Dear Ms. Williams: I read this book for one reason only. Lydia H, your publicist at Putnam, said I would love it. Lydia H, though, is not a romance reader (but we do share a love for the PJ Tracy series, Monkeewrench) and I’m always a bit leery of non ... more >
C ReviewsAdvertising / competition / Harlequin SuperRomance / New-York / opposites attract6 Comments
Dear Ms. Gaines: The book has a very original opening. Rachel Frye is trying to convince her stick in the mud boyfriend not to break up with her. The breakup is bringing out her least favorite trait, shrillness, and is being done in front of her biggest rival, Garret Calder. ... more >
C ReviewsEngland / Historical Romances / New-York9 Comments
Dear Ms. Guhrke: In a way I wish I had read Trouble at the Wedding before the first two books in the Abandoned at the Altar series. The Edwardian setting, pairing of the bourgeois heroine from the American South and the titled but impoverished English duke, and mixed cocktail of ... more >