What makes a good romance? In my opinion, it must have plenty of angst and emotion. If it stays on my mind after I read it, then I know the author created something special. And it must be about characters I can admire or at least come to admire. Is it perfect? Do the characters…
I don’t like characters who are silly airheads – not in real life and definitely not in books – unless the author of the book is Jennifer Greene. Greene can take a character who otherwise would be exasperating and make her endearing. The heroine of Blame it on Cupid, Merry Olsen, is a classic Jennifer…
Bethany Campbell is a three-time RITA winner – twice for her traditional Harlequin Romances, once for single-title romantic suspense – but it’s her books for Harlequin’s Intrigue line that are some of my favorites. I love all four of them for different reasons: Pros and Cons for its clever plot and the banter between its…
If you haven’t tried any of this author’s books yet, you just might want to get to it because The Pirate Next Door is, quite simply, a lot of fun. Watching proper widow Alexandra Alastair learn to let down her guard and actually enjoy falling for her rather unorthodox (to say the least) neighbor was…
As widowed Alexandra Alastair compiles a listing of possible second husbands, she wonders whether she should add the new Viscount Stoke to her list. When she hears, through a connecting wall, a villain attempting to hang him, Alexandra races to the rescue and begins an adventure that will turn her staid life upside down. Alex…
Wow. There’s really nothing more I can say that would convey my reaction to Kathleen Korbel’s Some Men’s Dreams better than that. It’s simply phenomenal, a book that manages to deliver more deep emotions, intense scenes, remarkable characters and beautiful writing than books twice its length. What Korbel accomplishes within its pages is truly incredible….
2002 has not been a good year for me when it comes to series romances. I have been cowboyed, secret babied and sheiked to the point where even my easy going self is about to scream “enough already!” One day at the used bookstore, I went on an extended browse and settled on Karen Templeton’s…
One thing that I am learning slowly, painfully slowly, as both a reader and reviewer, is not to limit myself. When I say “I don’t like (insert type) romances,” this pronouncement invariably comes back to bite me in the butt. I used to say I didn’t like “secret baby” romances, but then I read Everyday,…
The major conflict of And Mother Makes Three revolves around a deception, a well intentioned deception mind you, but a deception all the same. So, depending upon your tolerance for this plot device you may or may not enjoy this story. I did, but then I can forgive plenty if I enjoy the characters and…
To date, A Taste of Honey is the only book I have ever bought because of its cover. In this case, you can judge the book by it. There are no rearing horses in the background, and no one’s clothes are falling off. It just shows a man and a woman standing together by a…