From the category archives:
This month, I chose Scandalizing the Ton by Diana Gaston, an author I have read and enjoyed before. Events from a previous book, The Vanishing Viscountess set up the plot, but it’s not necessary to have read it as an early explanation is made.
Lydia, Lady Wexin is very recently widowed and due to the scandalous circumstances surrounding her […]
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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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This review is apart of the TBR Challenge 2010 that was established to help readers focus on those buried treasure reads that they’ve yet to discover from their massive tbr piles. The following review was submitted by fellow reader, Senetra. Please, make sure to visit the other participants in the challenge.
Kathryn Shay’s The Wrong Man […]
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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 ReadingManhunting (1993) by Jennifer Crusie, 288 pages, list price: $6.99 (B&N). That cover is of a reprint. I have in my hands the original, Harlequin Temptation #463 from September 1993. Just what is up with boxer shorts on the cover,huh?
Crusie’s contemporary romances are quite good. I say that only because I’ve had success with quite a few of […]
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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 ReadingWhen Love Isn’t Enough by Kathleen Gilles Seidel (1984) is a category romance apart of the Harlequin American Romance line, #80, paperback published by Harlequin, 254 pgs. Theme is “marriage in trouble.”
Who doesn’t love seeing two people find their way back to each other again? Exploring and reexamining the path or conflict(s) that led them to […]
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Continue ReadingI’m currently going through a few of my categories right now and I remember enjoying Beverly Bird’s category romance, Compromising Positions. Since then I’ve collected a few of her titles. Today I decided to tackle “Ten Ways To Win Her Man”, a Silhouette Romance written in 2001.
So, it’s a battle of wills. Danielle Dempsey Harrington is a corporate princess who’s looking forward […]
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Continue ReadingTrust Me On This was found at a resale shop several years ago. It’s been sitting in my TBR pile for just about that long. The price tag of it has skyrocketed since it’s been OOP. Sorry that this is not one where you can rush out and get. I know: it’s annoying and it sucks. […]
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Continue Reading Brace yourselves. I’m actually reading the categories I bought several years ago. This is not a reread. If you have read this book and have fond memories of it, then hit the back button because you’ve been warned.
I’ve only read _one_ other Diana Palmer and it was Coltrain’s Proposal. It was such a good read that I went out […]
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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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