Like many published writers who have been writing a long time, JoAnn Ross has perfected her style of writing and it hasn’t changed much over the years. Though a favorite author of mine for a long time, lately I’m finding I have an uneasy time with the perfection of her characters and the lovefest ambiance…
The Kelley Legacy series may not be sheer romance genius, but I will say that it works as a marketing ploy. Two C-level books in, and for some reason I feel compelled to buy them all and find out how this ends. Go figure. Special Ops Bodyguard picks up where the first book in the…
Some storylines in romantic suspense novels are believable, are placed in a realistic universe. Others are, well, not. Edge of Sight falls somewhere in between these two. Regardless of whether or not the conspiracy around the suspense is likely, it’s plausible within the universe the author creates, and enjoyable. Three years ago, Sam Fairchild and…
What A Demon Wants is a hoot. I haven’t been so entertained in a long time, and I can definitely recommend this light, fun read. Ellina Kostova is a half demon, half human author who happens to write a successful fiction series about a cake decorator-turned demon hunter named Jenny Bell. Unfortunately, because her facts…
There are no shades of gray in Julie Garwood’s books of late. The villains twirl virtual mustaches and the good characters are nothing less than saintly. Still, the author remains one of the best storytellers in the business and the one she tells in Sizzle is largely a good one. Lyra Prescott is a breathtakingly…
Sometimes silly, sometimes serious, Take Me Tonight is a fun book that is happily more hit than miss. Sage Valentine is an investigative reporter living in Boston. Her roommate Keisha was found dead, supposedly from suicide, but Sage doesn’t believe it, suspecting instead that her death was connected to her participation on a Web site…
The promise of a truly strong heroine was all I needed to pick up Beverly Jenkins’s Sexy/Dangerous. Max Blake more than lived up to her billing in one of the more solidly enjoyable 2006 romances I’ve read. Dr. Adam Gary is on the verge of a landmark scientific breakthrough that has made him the target…
She was one of the McBride Menaces – three sisters known far and wide for their mischief making – could she ever live it down? Mari McBride just wanted to put her troublemaking ways behind her and become respectable. After all, she had plans and people needed to take her seriously. Possessing good business sense…
I love a good bodyguard novel. There’s something about all that forced togetherness that just racks up sexual tension. To The Edge is a bodyguard novel that begins very slowly, but picks up about the middle of the story and ended as a better than average read. Jillian Kincaid’s family are very prominent in Palm…
To a big degree, this new kick-butt heroine trend is not my thing. Or, rather, maybe a better way to put it is that I’m v-e-r-r-ry picky about my heroines and the way they kick butt. Susan Grant, for example, writes the kind of strong and capable heroines I adore, while the Bombshell style of…