One of the hardest books to rate is one filled with both mundane and magical moments. I found the latest release by Ms. Kleypas falls in this category. Fortunately, this book is my favorite of the three books that I have read in the series, making it very easy to recommend. Zoë Hoffman is a…
There are many reasons to celebrate the resurrected Loveswept line, but the republishing of classic romances is certainly one of the biggest. I’d somehow missed this Sharon and Tom Curtis classic when it was first published and I’m delighted I had the chance to read it without paying an exorbitant price for an out of…
Sunset Bridge, the third and final book in the Happiness Key series by Emilie Richards, concludes with an emotionally satisfying ending. Having read all three books, I became very attached to all the characters and their story arcs. As much as I hate series that go on far too long, it is difficult to say…
The title Stranded With Her Ex is rather sordid and suggests deserted tropical islands and bickering that turns into sex. The story, however, is not that at all. I was very pleasantly surprised to find a story with true heart and depth. Daniela Flores is a marine biologist signed on to a research project in…
Do opposites really attract? And if they do, what makes the couple stay together if each person in the relationship is so totally different? Susan Fox provides the best answers I’ve ever read in a romance novel to explain how this happens and how this fragile glue binds the lovers. Jenna Fallon is a true…
I’m always on the lookout for new romantic suspense authors. While I love the subgenre, I don’t like gruesome, graphic violence, nor do I like endless series about SEALs and other special ops, which kind limits the number of potential titles for me. I chose to review Jill Sorenson’s Set the Dark on Fire because…
I’ve liked every Lisa Kleypas book I’ve ever read, and even loved some of them, but somehow I don’t manage to keep current with her books. Until Smooth Talking Stranger, I hadn’t even tried one of her contemporaries. I suppose I’m saving them all for a rainy day (like Dreaming of You which I’ve never…
As someone new to Molly O’Keefe’s Mitchells of Riverview Inn series, I had problems with this as a stand-alone. Jonah Closky’s mother left his father and younger brothers while she was pregnant with Jonah. Now, 30 years later, she is developing a relationship with the two brothers and the father (apparently featured in earlier books)…
That I ended up reading Vermont Valentine was pure serendipity. I was rushing out the door to take my daughter to a Lemony Snicket booksigning, and the UPS man drove up right at that moment. I didn’t want to take the time to go back in the house, so I shoved the packages in my…
Rare Breed is a book I really wanted to like. It’s an adventure tale set in Africa with a heroine who’s a park ranger fighting to save the animals from poachers. Needless to say, this isn’t exactly the kind of story you come across everyday. But the more I think about it, the more I…