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June 30, 2007

REVIEW: Don’t Forget to Smile by Kathleen Gilles Seidel

JanineB Reviews Category / B+ Reviewsbeauty-pageant / class-difference / Contemporary / divorcee / friends-to-lovers / Kathleen-Gilles-Seidel / real-people / Small-Town13 Comments

Dear Ms. Seidel, I've been slowly going through your backlist and have enjoyed most of what I've read so far. Your books aren't flashy, but down to earth. They take their time to get where they are going. There is however, a welcome realness to the characters, surroundings, and events. ... more >

September 19, 2006

REVIEW: Cover of Night by Linda Howard: second opinion

JanineB ReviewsLinda-Howard / Romance / romantic-suspense / Small-Town / widow10 Comments

Dear Ms. Howard, I've been reading your books since the days when you wrote for Silhouette and I don't plan on stopping. Few authors of romantic suspense deliver great chemistry between their main characters as well and as consistently as you do. There is something so satisfyingly thorough about this ... more >

July 27, 2006

REVIEW: Cross My Heart by Carly Phillips

JaneBook Reviews / D Reviewsreunited-lovers / Small-Town3 Comments

Dear Ms. Phillips: This book was a fairly average read until about page 145 or so when it turns into a complete wall banger for me. Probably you loyal fans will enjoy your latest installment, but I wasn’t won over. The tone, characters and plot were average and failed to ... more >

July 5, 2006

REVIEW: Cover of Night by Linda Howard

JaneBook Reviews / C- ReviewsC Reviews / Contemporary / Linda-Howard / Romance / romantic-suspense / Small-Town17 Comments

Dear Ms. Howard: It’s a good thing that you are going back to writing romances because Cover of Night is not a romance. It is a suspense book with a romantic theme. Frankly, it's a shitty not a very good suspense book. The setup, which pits the town of Trail ... more >

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