B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsCommoner Aristocracy pairing / Contemporary / England / family relationships / opposites attract / screwball-comedy / shipboard / WriterComments Off on REVIEW: The Importance of Being Alice by Katie MacAlister
Nothing about Alice Wood’s life is normal right now. Her fiancé, Patrick, called off their wedding and relationship only days before their nonrefundable wedding trip. And though a luxurious European river cruise for one is just what she needs, it’s not what she gets…. Due to a horrible misunderstanding, Alice ... more >
B- Reviews / Book ReviewsChristmas / Contemporary / crime fiction / New York City / widower / Writer2 Comments
It will take a Christmas miracle for two very different souls to find each other in this perfectly festive fairy tale of New York! Hopeless romantic Eva Jordan loves everything about Christmas. She might be spending the holidays alone this year, but when she’s given an opportunity to house-sit a ... more >
C ReviewsContemporary romance / librarian / novella / Writer6 Comments
Dear Olivia Dade, I like books about librarians and the set up for Broken Resolutions looked fun and cute. Shy librarian, Penny Callahan, takes over New Year’s Eve singles event at the library at the last minute. Reclusive famous author, Jack Williamson, is dragged along by his widowed mother, Brenda. ... more >
B- Reviews / Book ReviewsAthlete / chick-lit / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / from enemies to lovers / humorous / Writer4 Comments
When a close encounter with an eighty-foot spruce steals Merry Manning’s dreams of Olympic gold, the former ski champ finds herself falling into a career she never expected — the life of a travel writer. Picturing glamorous trips to exotic places, Merry is speechless when her boss assigns her to ... more >
A- Reviews / Recommended Readsactor / Classic Review / Contemporary / epistolary novel / Love-Triangle / soap operas / Writer16 Comments
Dear Ms. Seidel, About a dozen or so years ago, I read your 1994 epistolary contemporary romance, Again, and fell in love with it. I went on to read most of your other books and while I was very fond of most of them, this one remained one of my ... more >
C- Reviewsm/m / multi-author series / Washington / Writer3 Comments
Dear Aleksandr Voinov and L.A. Witt, This is the sort of book I find very hard to grade, because although not in any way objectionable, it just didn’t do a lot for me. It came down to voice: the voice didn’t work, and so not much else did either. As ... more >
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