From the category archives:
Many readers have probably never even heard of this hard to find, out of print title, THE BLACK DUKE’S PRIZE by Suzanne Enoch. You can read the first chapter here.
THE BLACK DUKE’S PRIZE is a slim regency paperback dated 1995 with a teasing excerpt that I read online many years ago that made me go hunt for […]
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Contemporary romance writer, Jennifer Greene, who currently writes for Harlequin (last I checked), wrote quite a few category romances under the pen name of Jeanne Grant for two now defunct lines: To Have and To Hold which explored life past the marital vows and Second Chance At Love which is self-explanatory.
On the back of each category […]
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The Next Best Thing by Kristan Higgins (HQN 2010) is a paperback, 400 pages, contemporary romance. This review was written by fellow reader, Senetra.
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Kristan Higgins’ The Next Best Thing features pastry chef Lucy Lang Mirabelli, who has been widowed for almost five years. Her husband Jimmy, also a chef, died in a single-car accident following a trade show, and she […]
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Lead Me On (Harlequin 2010) by Victoria Dahl is a contemporary romance at 352 pages with a list price of $7.99 for paperback. Lead Me On is the third book in the Tumble Creek series. The other two titles are Talk Me Down and Start Me Up.
I’ve been finally introduced to a Victoria Dahl contemporary romance. The […]
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Continue ReadingWednesday’s Child (HQN 2005) by Gayle Wilson (384 pgs) is a romantic suspense novel. This TBR Challenge review was submitted by fellow reader Janet Webb aka @JanetNorCal.
This month’s TBR category is categories and as it happened, I spent most of the weekend organizing my book shelves. My keeper and TBR books are shelved together: I put little […]
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Continue ReadingA Candle For Nick by Lorna Michaels was going to be my December holiday TBR choice, but I got caught up in other things, so here it is, fresh for 2010. Good thing, because it’s not a holiday-themed book. Yes, the characters are lighting a menorah on the cover, and the Harlequin Holiday Red Ribbon™ is […]
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Continue Reading“Hard to Hold,” by Stephanie Tyler (Dell 2009) is a romantic suspense novel, the first in a trilogy featuring Navy SEAL’s. The first story in this series features Lieutenant Junior Grade Jake Hansen. I think this quote lifted from the prologue gives you a hint of what these stories are all about:
“We want to be in a situation under maximum pressure, […]
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Continue ReadingChildren of the Sea (vol.1) by Daisuke Igarashi and published by Viz Media, US $14.99, 320 pgs. Rated T for older teens.
“There are demons in the sea.”
What can I say, the cover was arresting and the story sounded promising but after reading this graphic novel I was left.. underwhelmed. I would add on bafflement and utter boredom, too.
The story alludes that […]
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Continue ReadingShadow Lover (1999) by Anne Stuart is a romantic suspense novel published by Onyx. It’s a standalone.
Anne Stuart is probably best known for her dark heroes. Heroes who enjoy skirting very close to or stepping over the line. I’d say the hero in “Shadow Lover” is one of the rare ones who doesn’t cross it completely.
The […]
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Continue ReadingThis review is a guest review written by fellow reader, Senetra.
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I chose to read Open Secret (2006) by Janice Kay Johnson, one of my auto-buy authors. This is the first book in a trilogy about siblings separated by adoption following their parents’ deaths in a car accident.
I started to read the book and was immediately confused […]
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Continue ReadingSandra Brown is one of my favorite authors. Tiger Prince #112 (SIM) was written under Brown’s pen name of Erin St. Claire for the Silhouette Intimate Moments (SIM) line.
I have a relatively good track record with Sandra Brown because I actually started with her romantic suspense novels Charade (1995) and The Witness (1996). Then I slowly made my […]
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Continue ReadingBOUND BY YOUR TOUCH by Meredith Duran is the follow-up to last year’s impressive debut, THE DUKE OF SHADOWS which was a story partly set in India and featured a hero who was caught between two worlds. The first half of that book captivated me.
While THE DUKE OF SHADOWS was somewhat darker in tone with a bit more angst, […]
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Continue ReadingThis is Senetra’s TBR challenge review. I was remiss in posting it on Wednesday due to real life events monopolizing my time but here it is folks.
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The book I pulled out of my TBR pile for this month is , one of my favorite Kimani authors. It’s an Arabesque novel, a line that was first published by […]
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Continue ReadingI read the first few pages of this comic book at the store and had to buy it when I couldn’t put it down. Manhunter: Street Justice vol.1 written by Marc Andreyko and illustrated by Jesus Saiz and Jimmy Palmiotti features a strong female character in the role of a crime-fighting vigilante.
Kate Spencer is a star prosecutor residing […]
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Continue ReadingSeducing an Angel by Mary Balogh (2009) is the fourth book in the Huxtable series released in hardcover and published by Dell. The following review was written by fellow reader and contributor, Senetra. Enjoy.
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Stephen Huxtable, the Earl of Merton, first appeared as a 17-year-old young man in First Comes Marriage, then aged a few years in each subsequent […]
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