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Oh, this was excellent. Shortcomings is a graphic novel written and illustrated by Adrian Tomine, published October 2007 by Drawn and Quarterly, 108 pages for $19.95, hardcover novel. Shortcomings is a novel that focuses on two people who have more or less fallen out of love with each other.
The graphic novel touches on several issues that relate to race and […]
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Continue ReadingThe Bone Gardenby Tess Gerritsen is more of a historical mystery that is told alternately between the present day and the past. The story opens with a missive from O.W.H. referring to the events in 1830 regarding the West End Reaper, a killer who terrorized South Boston during that time.
The author decides to transport the reader back to 1830 to see how […]
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Continue ReadingFlirting in Cars by Alisa Kwitney is a smartly written contemporary romance novel. Read excerpt here. Here is the plot description:
An accomplished journalist, Zoë Goren can’t drive and she doesn’t cook. But that’s never been a problem in Manhattan, where the streets are filled with taxis and takeout restaurants, and a busy single mother can find everything she […]
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Continue ReadingWhat the Heart Knows by Kathleen Eagle features one of my least favorite themes in romance: the secret baby. Yet, it features a secondary theme that is a favorite of mine: the younger man/older woman theme. There’s a tertiary theme of reunited love now that think of it. You don’t have to worry about the secret baby theme in […]
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Continue ReadingKathleen Eagle is one of my very favorite contemporary romance writers. One might say she is a natural born storyteller. Her stories have kept me up late at night. Reason To Believe is no exception. It’s a story of a marriage in trouble which is one of my favorite themes. The story is described this way:
Young lovers from starkly different lives […]
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Continue ReadingThe Bronze Horseman (2002) by Paullina Simons is one of those rare novels that leaves it’s mark on you. A novel featuring a powerful lovestory set within a WWII backdrop. Captivating. Engrossing. Touching. Moving. Memorable. All adjectives that accurately describe one of the best fiction novels I’ve had the pleasure to read and recommend.
The story is thus:
Leningrad, 1941: The European war seems far away […]
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Continue ReadingIt’s been years, YEARS since I read a Dean Koontz novel. I haven’t read any of his current books in quite sometime. Maybe someone can give me a rec or two of his work? Of all the three books I’ve read by him back to back to back, I remember Lightning quite fondly. Do you like time travel? Adventure? Action?
The book is shelved in horror […]
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Continue ReadingI am a huge LaVyrle Spencer fan. Imagine my surprise to learn that not many Spencer fans that I know enjoyed Small Town Girl. I loved this book and I’ll tell you why: it has another favorite plot devise that I love and that’s childhood friends who unexpectedly turn into lovers. Nothing unrequited here. It’s the case of the kid who […]
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Continue ReadingRemember the Time by Annette Reynolds is so far the only book she has written. I’ve read this book several times and it still leaves me with a stupid smile on my face when I close it. As a debut novel, this book was a winner. Do you enjoy unrequited love? Best friends to lovers? Well this story has […]
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Continue ReadingFever Dreams by Laura Leone could be best described as a adventure story with a steamy, hot romance. I loved it. You had a bad ass yet sensitive hero paired with a heroine who was straight-laced in public but with the hero, she is able to just be herself.
Book description:
SHE’s RICH, SOPHISTICATED, AND DEDICATED TO THE FAMILY BUSINESS.
HE’s RUGGED, SEXY, AND INTO RISKY […]
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