I haven’t made a secret of the fact that Kathleen Gilles Seidel is one of my favorite authors. She may be my favorite author, period. You have to wait a while between books, but hers are always worth it. When I heard that she was coming out with a new book, I was, of course,…
Every autumn brings a plethora of holiday-themed romances to bookstores. Like most readers, I’ve read my share of them. M.J. Rodgers’s Heart vs. Humbug remains one of my all-time favorites. The third in her Justice, Inc. miniseries, it’s a marvelous blend of intelligent characters, razor-sharp dialogue, clever plotting and good emotion that makes for a…
Wow. What Do You Say to a Naked Elf? is one of the best surprises I’ve had in a long time. It’s hilarious, sexy, romantic, and inventive. The awful (but admittedly attention-grabbing) title caught my eye first; I couldn’t help thinking that romance had sunk to a tacky new low. Then I read the back…
Great books often come from an author’s personal experience. Dorien Kelly used to be an attorney, like the heroine of Do-Over, so maybe it shouldn’t be a surprise that the book is as good as it is. But for a short series book, it is a surprise, and quite good. With a distinct point of…
To Have vs. To Hold is one of the very best mysteries I’ve ever read in a romance novel. That may sound like faint praise as many romance authors try to write mysteries that often fail. But this book is a puzzle so clever and inventive it would hold up in any genre. It’s what…
Contemporary romances don’t get much better than Take A Chance On Me. It’s got the thinnest suspense plot in the universe, but the characters! Such wonderful characters! But wait there’s more. You want sexual tension? This book drips with it. How about a love scene that is everything that a love scene should be? There’s…
Calling Compromising Positions a great series romance really isn’t fair to it or most series romances. For one thing, there’s its length. This book has some of the smallest typeface I’ve ever seen in a Silhouette release (reset at the size of the average Avon release, the book would likely come in at 400 pages),…
Ever since I read Rachel Gibson’s Simply Irresistible, I’ve had a weakness for hockey player heroes. So when I found out Tori Carrington’s new Blaze, Fire and Ice, had one, I signed right up to review it. Tommy “Wild Man” Brodie is a hockey player, but he doesn’t see much ice action in the book….
Man at Work is a pleasant, entertaining contemporary romance with a message about snobbery. A good message, but one written with a heavy hand that almost got in the way of the story. Marcy Paglinowski is an up-and-coming young lawyer who has fought hard to get where she’s at. She grew up in terrible surroundings…
Her Secret Thrill by Donna Kauffman is everything I’ve hoped the Harlequin Blaze line would be. While the sex is hot (hot!), the characters face realistic conflicts; the result is an emotionally satisfying story along with the expected dose of risqué business. Natalie Holcomb is the character you’ve seen over and over in the Blaze…