Witch Please by Ann Aguirre was the introduction to the author’s Fix-It Witches series, a fun romp into a paranormal world where cousins Danica and Clem run a repair shop using their witchy powers to fix equipment. While that story focused on Danica and mundane human baker Titus, there’s a point in the story where…
History has shown time and again that women have adopted male personae to answer a deep-rooted calling to be doctors, soldiers, priests, and other such jobs strictly restricted to men. Women were meant for house and hearth and babies, not to be striding out into the world dealing with problems and strangers. The heroine of…
Every book in Marguerite Kaye’s Matches Made in Scandal series has been an A grade read for me, which is rare. Kaye is clearly a superb storyteller and a careful craftsman. The tightly-knit plots and the multi-faceted characters make for a satisfying whole. The series has a central figure called The Procurer, a woman who…
Although The Secret of Flirting is the fifth instalment in Sabrina Jeffries’ Sinful Suitors series, it can easily be read as a standalone, as none of its storylines is related to the other books. Previous heroes and heroines make appearances within its pages, but they are brief cameos and no prior knowledge of their stories…
Under the Surface is an apt title for this suspenseful, dramatic, and sexy romance seething with emotional undercurrents. It’s part of the Alpha Ops series, though the first full length novel. The previous three were novellas featuring Navy SEALs, and the third one, The SEAL’s Second Chance introduced the character of Eve, a young woman…
This book is the sixth in Elizabeth Hoyt’s Maiden Lane series and in my opinion the strongest to date in this 18th-century storyline. Of course, I must confess I have not read Winter’s story yet, and if that novel is better than Duke of Midnight then it would deserve a solid A because it was…
A Passion For Him is the sequel to Passion for the Game. I haven’t read the first book in this series, but after reading this installment, I’ll be sure to pick it up. Amelia Benbridge is courting a longtime friend, the Earl of Ware, and one of London’s most eligible bachelors. She knows that it…
On the Scent is a thoroughly original and wonderfully different romantic mystery. It features M.J. Rodgers’s trademark intelligent characters and creative touches. Most of all, it’s just a lot of fun. Diann Torrey is the head chemist for the American perfume company Man to Woman. While in Paris for the International Fragrance Fraternity’s annual symposium,…
“Who was that masked man?” A dashing nobleman doing good for the populace while hiding his true identity behind a mask – what a romantic theme! In Jacquie D’Alessandro’s latest effort, Zorro meets Beau Brummell, but with decidedly mixed results. Having witnessed his parents’ unhappy union, and burdened with the knowledge of his sister’s miserable…
Intimate Fantasy is the third book in Harlequin Temptation’s Fantasies, Inc. mini-series. Each are penned by different authors and while each stand alone, the common thread among them is intriguing. Fantasies, Incorporated is a Fantasy Island-type resort that fulfills the wildest fantasies of their select clients. Injured firefighter Tony Moretti is running low on self-esteem…