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Nurse, Nanny…Bride!, Alison Roberts

Jun 24th

Posted by Senetra in Avid Musings

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I’m writ­ing about this book because I can’t get it out of my head since I read it a cou­ple of weeks ago, but this isn’t a review.  Nurse, Nanny …Bride! has one of the most ridicu­lous back­sto­ries I’ve ever read.  It’s a Har­le­quin Med­ical Romance set in New Zealand. The hero is E.R. con­sul­tant Dr. Andrew Bar­rett, while the

My Mother Made Me!, Sharon Brain

Jun 16th

Posted by Senetra in Book Reviews

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Once upon a time I read this book and remem­ber it as being hilar­i­ous, and remem­ber laugh­ing aloud as I read it.  I pur­chased it so I could re-read it.  Some­times it works out and the magic is recap­tured.  This time? Not so much.
The pro­tag­o­nist of My Mother Made Me! is Jane Tivik, a Cana­dian high schooler, and her friends Marna,

The Prodigal’s Return, Anna DeStefano

May 19th

Posted by Senetra in Grade D Reviews

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After many mishaps that involved miss­ing books and eye-rolling sto­ry­lines, I have reviewed The Prodigal’s Return (HSR1358) by Anna DeSte­fano.
Eight years ago on prom night, 16 year-old Jen­nifer Gard­ner tried to stop Bobby, her boyfriend’s best friend, from dri­ving drunk. She took his keys and he tried to kiss her, just in time for

Roman Dirge’s Lenore: Noogies

Nov 9th

Posted by Avid Reader in Book Reviews

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Lenore: Noo­gies (2009) is writ­ten, drawn and col­ored by Roman Dirge. It is a hard­cover graphic novel (also avail­able in paper­back), pub­lished by Titan, retails for $17.95 list price and has 128 pgs.
Accord­ing to the author’s greet­ing page, the hard­cover col­lects the first four “orig­i­nal” issues of “Lenore.” The sto­ries have been given a updated, fresh

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The Wrong Wife by Jule McBride, Review by Senetra

Oct 21st

Posted by Avid Reader in Book Reviews

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The Wrong Wife by Jule McBride (1994) is a Har­le­quin Romance #546. This TBR review was writ­ten by fel­low reader, Sen­e­tra. Can’t say that I’d add this one to the stock­pile.
Lord Nicholas West­hawke is a wid­owed earl liv­ing in his remote cas­tle in Corn­wall with his daugh­ter Rose­mund. She’s grow­ing up wild and friend­less, needs a woman’s

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REVIEW: I’ll Bury My Dead by James Hadley Chase

Oct 8th

Posted by Avid Reader in Book Reviews

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Harle­quin has decided to re-release their Vin­tage col­lec­tion of crime nov­els with the orig­i­nal cover art. I had no idea that Har­le­quin, which is syn­ony­mous with romance, pub­lished hard boiled mys­ter­ies.
Any­way, the cov­ers are all quite arrest­ing to look at and made me sali­vate to read one. I didn’t know who to start with first so

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REVIEW: The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu

Jul 2nd

Posted by Avid Reader in Book Reviews

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The Iron Hunt (2008) by Mar­jorie M. Liu is the first in a new series fea­tur­ing demon hunter, Max­ine Kiss. By day she has demonic spir­its liv­ing on her body, mak­ing her immor­tal by pro­vid­ing their bod­ies for her armor and at night, they awake and peel away from her skin to be her body­guards against

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REVIEW: The Billionaire Who Bought Christmas by Barbara Dunlop

Oct 8th

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The Bil­lion­aire Who Bought Christ­mas (Sil. Desire) by Bar­bara Dun­lop is a Novem­ber 2007 release that has been released early in ebook for­mat at ehar​laquin​.com. Here is the book’s description(really nice cover!):
Wife to the High­est Bid­der
To save the fam­ily for­tune, bil­lion­aire Jack Osland had to marry a woman he barely knew. Get­ting strug­gling cloth­ing designer Kristy Mahoney to a Las Vegas

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REVIEW: Tough Enough by Michele Albert

Apr 3rd

Posted by Avid Reader in Book Reviews

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Tough and Enough by Michele Albert, copy­right 2007. I’m afraid that me and Ms. Albert will have to part ways. The plot and theme of the story seems to fall under the umbrella of a rekin­dled love story with an art heist. Sigh. I guess this is a pop­u­lar theme for roman­tic sus­pense nov­els. It was tough enough to

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REVIEW: The Devil and Via by Marie Treanor

Aug 24th

Posted by Avid Reader in Book Reviews

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Where does one even begin? The Devil and Via by Marie Tre­anor started off sooooo well but towards the end, the story com­pletely fell apart.  I advise to not read any fur­ther if you don’t want to be spoiled. I hold noth­ing back and it isn’t pretty.
The story opens with a Satanist rit­ual. Our hero­ine, Via, is the unlucky vic­tim, lead­ing her pursuers

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