Laura Moore’s Night Swimming is a fleshed-out retelling of the Ugly Duckling story, in which the metamorphosing swan must now face its final challenge, the ultimate test of whether its transformation goes more than skin deep. It’s a truly exceptional tale, comprised of breath-stealing romance, a mystery to be solved within a marine biologist’s ocean…
Never heard of Janet Chapman? That’s about to change, right now. If her debut novel, Charming the Highlander, is any indication, her name is going to soar quickly to the top of the discerning reader’s list of must-buy authors. Charming the Highlander is set in contemporary northwestern Maine, and tells the story of Greylen MacKeage…
Despite a few minor problems, Glenna McReynold’s River of Eden is a pulse-pounding thrillride, a sensual love story, and a surreal adventure into the mystical unknown, all rolled into one. And this page-turner will hold you in its thrall long after those minor problems are forgotten. Dr. Annie Parrish is an ethnobotanist on a mission…
Halfway to Heaven is a book I’ll not soon forget, not only because it was a good book, but because of the circumstances under which I read it. I read it during a time of national tragedy, when I was stuck in another state, without my family. When I couldn’t watch the news anymore, I…
Dr. Alicia Underwood is a top radiation expert working for a company called Envirotech in Seattle. The “Wipe Clean Project” is hers alone, and will, if this groundbreaking research is proven effective, create a bacteria that will ultimately “eat” radioactive waste at the earth surface, keeping it away from humans. Jason Kirkland is the new…
This was a pleasant enough read until page 175. Sure, the heroine had some problems, but what happened after page 175 was enough to throw me completely out of the book and say to myself, “the author isn’t really going to go there, is she?” Lord William Claridge, who is brother to a duke, has…
Midsummer Moon is one of the greatest, unacknowledged romantic comedy novels and a true Desert Isle Keeper. Of course, it’s written by Laura Kinsale, queen of the Dark, Tormented Romance, so a laff-out-loud book isn’t quite the first thing you’d expect from her. Ransom Falconer, Duke of Damerell, is looking for an eccentric, cranky old…
If you’ve ever been denied the chance to do what you love, you’ll empathize with Caroline Grayson. She’s a brilliant botanist and an accomplished mathematician. Unfortunately, she lives in Regency England, so her abilities make her an outcast. It isn’t seemly for a woman to study the sciences. Desperate to live her dreams, Caroline makes…
For those of you who love military suspense with romance mixed in, as much as I do, this is a must-read. In Call of Duty, Merline Lovelace combines both suspense and passion for a story I didn’t want to put down. Captain Jennifer Varga counts joining the Air Force as one of the two great…
Midsummer Moon is an intriguing read. Not a book to pick up and leaf through at odd moments, it requires some effort on the part of the reader to grasp what the author offers in the way of characterization, theme, and complexity of plot. <!– var browName = navigator.appName; var SiteID = 1; var ZoneID…