We romance readers have certain perceptions of Jennifer Crusie – she’s witty and she’s a great story-teller to name only two. When I first read the excerpt of Tell Me Lies on her web page, I could barely wait for the book to come out. I finally found it on the book rack at Wal-Mart…
Leave it to Jennifer Crusie to take betrayal, murder, steamy romance, and small town secrets and somehow make it funny. Tell Me Lies, a 1998 release now available in paperback, defines the meaning of “having a bad day.” This is Crusie’s break-out novel, moving from series romance to hardcover, and it combines a complex plot,…
Please do not make the mistake of looking at the cover of A Perfect Hero with its picture of three adorable toddlers and a teddy bear with a Whose Child? blurb on it and say, “Oh no, another secret baby book!” Yes, there are secret babies in this book, but there is so much more!…
Ruth Wind is one author who is an automatic buy for me. I snatched Meant to be Married from an open box in the local Wal-Mart and went home to read it. I was glued to the book (with a few time outs to get fresh hankies) until I had finished, then I placed it…
Maggie Anderson is one of those women who’s never on the winning end. I feel that I know her, I feel that a lot of time she’s me. In her youth, she was blessed with poor skin, a figure that’s round and has always needed to lose 20 pounds. Really, nothing has hanged for her….
One True Love is a very good contemporary romance that gives the reader three love stories all blended into a fast-moving and often very emotional novel. The main story is the reunion of Nick Maddux and his former wife Lisa Alvarez. Nick and Lisa were married eight years ago and were deeply in love. When…
Some readers love books that are emotionally intense. I am not one of them, but if I were, Barbara Freethy would be on the top of my list. One True Love is a beautifully written book about two people who have been through an experience that any parent who loves his or her newborn has…