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February 9, 2015

REVIEW: Love and Punishment by Susan Mac Nicol

SiriusD Reviewscontemporary mm romance / serial killers / thriller/suspence / Violence12 Comments

  On the search for a serial killer, Detective Anthony Parglietto and Flynn Parker learn that every man must make a choice: to kill, to live, to love. FROM DARKNESS AND LIGHT Someone is leaving a trail of bodies throughout London, and Detective Anthony Parglietto is determined to end the ... more >

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September 5, 2011

What Janine is Reading 8/21/11-9/4/11

JanineReading ListsAbout-Us / Reading lists / Violence20 Comments

In the reading world I’m more of a turtle than a greyhound. During the past two weeks, I read two books. Here’s a recap: Archangel’s Consort by Nalini Singh I picked up this third novel in Nalini Singh’s Guild Hunter series in preparation for book four, Archangel’s Blade, which I ... more >

January 12, 2011

REVIEW: Slice of Cherry by Dia Reeves

JanineBook Reviews / C ReviewsAfrican American / Contemporary / good-description / POC / POC author / secret / sisters / Texas / Violence / Young-Adult14 Comments

Dear Ms. Reeves, Your debut YA novel, Bleeding Violet, was one of my favorite books of last year, so when you emailed me with an offer to review an ARC of your second book, Slice of Cherry, I jumped at the chance. Slice of Cherry is written in third person ... more >

July 7, 2010

REVIEW: Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves

JanineA Reviews / Book ReviewsAfrican American / Contemporary / good characterization / Good-Dialogue / good-narration / interracial-romance / mothers and daughters / Texas / Violence / Young-Adult16 Comments

Dear Ms. Reeves, I was casually perusing the Book Smugglers' blog when I came across this midyear list of their favorite books of 2010 and saw that Ana had given your debut, Bleeding Violet a grade of perfect 10. Since the book's genre (YA with a paranormal flavor) is one ... more >

November 14, 2007

DUELING REVIEW: Black Ice by Anne Stuart

JanineA Reviews / B- Reviews / Book ReviewsAgent/Spies/Undercover / France / good-description / Good-Dialogue / good-narration / joint review / Paris / romantic-suspense / Sherry Thomas / Violence16 Comments

Dear Ms. Stuart, Black Ice is my favorite of all your books — the ones I’ve read, that is. You have a huge backlist and I have not come anywhere near reading them all, but I’ve read several of your most popular titles, including A Rose at Midnight, To Love ... more >

October 30, 2007

REVIEW: Ice Storm by Anne Stuart

JanineB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAgent/Spies/Undercover / Good-Dialogue / good-narration / London / Morocco / romantic-suspense / Spain / terrorists / Violence23 Comments

Dear Ms. Stuart, The latest book in your Ice series, Ice Storm, opens with a bang. Literally. In a prologue set sometime in the past, we are introduced to nineteen-year-old the heroine this way: Mary Isobel Curwen had never shot a man before. She stood there, numb, unmoving. She’d never ... more >

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