Marie Sexton is one of those authors who’s been on my radar for a while but whose books I haven’t yet read, so I was pleased when I found something on my Kindle that would fit this month’s TBR Challenge prompt. Winter Oranges is an emotional but impossible love story that kept me guessing – right up…
I’ve read a number of books by Jill Shalvis, and for the most part I’ve found them all to be solid, likeable books. All I Want continued that trend, and even if it’s not heading directly to my DIK shelf, I’d certainly recommended it as a decent read when you don’t have anything else grabbing…
Every time I get on an airplane, I take time to wonder a little about the person sitting next to me. Generally, I find myself next to a random stranger, someone whose path will never again cross mine after our flight together. Still, it’s fun to wonder. What if this is fate? What if I’ll…
Hearts Unbound is not your typical Eastern-lady-meets-frontier-doctor Western, unless you’re willing to all the way across the Atlantic to get your Easterner: the heroine is Basque. Despite historical details which sometimes interfere with the narrative, and a romance that is fine at best, I still recommend the book for its interesting perspective on a relatively…
It’s always tricky starting a series without reading earlier entries. Will I care about the hero and heroine? Will appearances by past heroes and heroines make sense? And most importantly, will the book work as a standalone? Fortunately, the answer to all three of these questions for me is a resounding “yes.” I thoroughly enjoyed…
I haven’t read anything by Robin Kaye since her debut, which I enjoyed very much. Call Me Wild is an enjoyable book, too; However, it fell victim to a number of authorial shortcuts that cheapened the overall quality of the story. Jessie James is a sports writer who, upon being laid off, relocates to Boise,…
According to the Orphan Train official Website, the trains ran in the United States between 1854 and 1929, placing “an estimated 200,000 orphaned, abandoned, and homeless children.” Felicia Brennan Kristoffersen, the heroine of Hatcher’s novel, is the middle of three Chicago siblings who were relocated on an orphan train. The story begins years later after…
Jill Shalvis has a reputation for writing light, funny, sexy romances. Her latest, Animal Attraction, blows that reputation to smithereens. Make no mistake, Animal Attraction is funny and hot as hell. But it’s not light… it’s moving, empowering, and engaging. I’ve read it twice in the past month and both times it’s made me smile,…
Robin Kaye’s book first book, Romeo, Romeo with it clever dialogue and scrumptious house cleaning hero was a definite winner for me, so I was very excited to have the opportunity to review Yours For The Taking. Disappointingly, this book wasn’t quite as enjoyable for me. Elegant, rich, and amusing, Ben Walsh seems to have…
Long-time fans will be happy to find that Jill Shalvis’ signature light tone and terrific sense of humor are alive and well in her latest novel. Those and a hot former soldier who melts the sidewalk wherever he goes and an irresistible, competent woman who lights up the lives of the people around her make…