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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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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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Continue ReadingŌoku: The Inner Chambers(Viz Signature 2009) is written & illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga, 205 pages, paperback, rated M for mature audiences (18+ for explicit content). Fact: the author has been nominated for the Eisner award in 2008 for best writer and artist. This review covers volume 1 in a planned 10 volume series.
I first read about this […]
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Continue ReadingVampire Knight (vol.7,8) with story and artwork by Matsuri Hino (Viz Media 2009) is about aristocratic vampires secretly co-existing with humans in a private school created for the purpose of peace and understanding. Vampire Knight has beautiful vampires romanticized in a continuing story that is chock full of action, romance and drama. I love it.
Overview of the Vampire […]
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Continue ReadingRainwater (2009) by Sandra Brown is a historical fiction novel, set in a tiny town in Texas during the Depression. I realize what today is but this book will have to suffice. It’s the only book I’ve managed to finish in the last two weeks. Moving on.
Brown states that “Rainwater” is different from anything she’s ever written before. […]
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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 ReadingMake Me Yours by Betina Krahn is my first Blaze Historical. That cover screams contemporary doesn’t it? Moving on. This also marks my first time reading Betina Krahn as well and I’m happy to say that this light historical romp was a pleasant surprise and a joy to read.
This Victorian tales starts off with a bunch of rowdy nobleman […]
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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 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 ReadingOverheated by Barbara Dunlop is apart of Harlequin’s NASCAR line. This review was submitted by fellow reader and contributor, Senetra.
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A couple of years ago, when I saw that Harlequin had a new line that would focus on families in the NASCAR world, I pretty much ignored it. I’m not a fan, and I’ll even admit to having some […]
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Continue ReadingA Bride Worth Waiting For (1999) by Cara Colter, Sil. Romance #1388 was first brought to my attention by Linda Mowery’s review of it at The Romance Reader. This is a story of second chances where you have three childhood friends –Mark, Adam and Victoria, who grew up together and were inseparable. Well, both boys fall […]
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