There don’t seem to be too many people who feel lukewarm about Suzanne Brockmann; either you love her or you hate her. I love her; I think she’s the most consistently entertaining romance author around. That’s not to say that I think her books are flawless. Hot Target is a good example of a Brockmann…
Not all keepers are created equal. Some are simply wonderful overall, while others have something about them that make them special. Guarding Jane Doe fits in the latter category. I wouldn’t have called it a keeper the first time I read it, although I did remember it fondly afterward. Rereading it reminded me of just…
We meet Faris Nallaneen, the gawky eighteen-year-old duchess of Galazon, just as she arrives as a new student at Greenlaw College, a finishing school in northern France. Faris was sent to school against her will by her uncle Becker, who is ruling the independent duchy of Galazon in her absence. Faris is deeply annoyed at…
Doesn’t every girl, at least once, dream of what it would be like to be a princess? I know I did – usually when I was wearing my floor length, silky nightgown (the one that twirled). After reading Her Royal Bodyguard, though, I’m not quite sure if being a princess is a dream or a…
Laura Leone’s Fever Dreams is an expanded and updated version of a hard-to-find romance originally published in 1997. It reminds me strongly of some of Sandra Brown’s steamy and adventurous series novels. I don’t mean that in a backhanded way: when Brown is good, she’s very good. And so Leone, and so is this book….
River Road is the name of a trashy, outrageous nighttime soap opera whose bad girl is played by a beautiful actress named Julia Summers. (I’m guessing that the name of her character, Amanda, is a tribute to my own favorite trashy nighttime soap, Melrose Place.) Julia has just achieved the dream of a lifetime: she…
If I could get a bodyguard like Matt Hawkins, I’d say sign me up for trouble right now. Wowee!! Her Bodyguard was a welcome relief for me after reading a very bad suspense book and an “ehh” book of fiction. This was an actual romance with likable characters and an intriguing mystery. If only I…
I’m just crazy about Harry – Harry O’Dell, that is, the hero of Suzanne Brockmann’s latest blockbuster. He’s a foul-mouthed, rough-edged, rumpled FBI agent from Brooklyn, out to save a dead man’s former trophy wife from the mob. Before you start reading this book, make sure dinner’s cooked and the dishes are done. You won’t…
Though The Bride’s Bodyguard didn’t sell well, it’s one of those books I feel is a hidden gem. I hope you’ll do yourself a favor and search this one out; it’ll be worth the hunt. The Bride’s Bodyguard is the romance between Ross Trevenan, personal assistant to Alexandre Beaupre, and Tessa Lorimer, the nemesis of…
JoAnn Ross has written a nice little story here, with a very appealing hero. You just might want to give this book a read. Grace Fairfield is an enormously popular, best-selling romance author. She is also young. She is also pretty. She is also marked for murder. But, who’d want to kill this nice lady?…