B ReviewsBerkley Books / Regency England / revenge-plot / Scotland20 Comments
Dear Ms. Johnson, I haven’t read too many regencies lately because they were all beginning to smear together in a Duke/spy/fiesty heroine filled blur. I had Regency ennui. When I started this book, I kind of got the feeling that it was part of a series but nonetheless, I took ... more >
Film ReviewsFriday Film Review / macabre comedy / revenge-plot25 Comments
Ruthless People (1986) Genre: Crime Comedy Grade: B+ It’s hard for me to believe this film is 25 years old now. Time flies…But while the styles and fashions are (thankfully) long gone, I still laugh my head off at the funny lines, great performances and intricate plot. Most of the ... more >
C+ Reviewsadoption / Contemporary / Ebooks / interracial-romance / revenge-plot / self-published9 Comments
Dear Ms. Lee: I have talked with you on Twitter for several years now, and I even purchased another of your books from Amazon, but Carnal Secrets is the first of your books I sat down to read all the way through. For those people suspicious of self-published books, I ... more >
C ReviewsAsian-American / Contemporary / revenge-plot / Satire21 Comments
Dear Ms. Choi: I had been wanting to read Hello Kitty Must Die for a while, and when I found out it was free at the Amazon Kindle store, I enthusiastically acquired and read it. In some ways, it was precisely what I expected: a dark, biting, satirical revenge fantasy. ... more >
B+ Reviewsbetrayal / Harlequin Treasury / Marriage-in-Trouble / Michelle-Reid / revenge-plot20 Comments
Dear Ms. Reid: Romance is equated with porn quite often. Porn, of course, is traditionally labeled as a creative activity that has no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire. If romance is porn in any way, it is emotional porn in that the romance novel stimulates ... more >
B- Reviewsarranged-marriage / Colorado / Native Americans / revenge-plot / self-published / western49 Comments
Dear Ms. O’Connell: When I saw that Kristie J. highly recommended your self-published Western, Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold, I admit I was excited but also trepidatious. I’m always a bit wary of Romance novels featuring Native American protagonists, because the stereotypes seem so entrenched in the genre. The ... more >