For Love & Liberty; Untold Love Stories of the American Revolution was recommended to me on Twitter. Overall, it was a good suggestion. Four different novellas make up the collection with a very attractive ebook price. I did not love it enough to recommend it at the print price. Each author… Read more »
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True Spies by Shana Galen
True Spies is my second attempt at Shana Galen’s recent series. I need to give up. Galen was once a reliable read for me but the new direction is incompatible with my tastes. True Spies starts off strong, combining a faltering marriage and a heroine who has had enough of holding… Read more »
Talk Sweetly To Me by Courtney Milan
Well, it had to happen. I found the Courtney Milan book I went completely meh for. Is it bad? No. In fact, Milan’s Talk Sweetly to Me reminded me of Edith Layton’s beloved holiday novellas, despite having not a hint of holiday about. (For reasons I won’t enumerate, I was pleased… Read more »
Lord Carew’s Bride by Mary Balogh
You’ve probably noticed that we’ve been pretty bad at posting reviews lately. We’ve all either got stuff going on or we bought new videogames we just can’t seem to stop playing and reading books and writing reviews has just not been happening. I didn’t want to go a full week… Read more »
Lie By Moonlight by Amanda Quick
I thought I’d bring back another review, this time from 2005. I’m reasonably certain it’s Amanda Quick’s Lie By Moonlight. The original version of this had far more profanity with no title or character names. Jayne Ann Krentz / Amanda Quick / Jayne Castle / Jayne Taylor / Jayne Bentley / Stephanie James… Read more »
The Game and The Governess by Kate Noble
Two strikes and we’re out. Something about Kate Noble’s voice doesn’t work for me at all. The Game and The Governess is my second Kate Noble attempt. Previously I failed to love The Summer of You. Although The Game And The Governess uses two of my least favorite tropes (exchanged identities and bets… Read more »
When A Stranger Loves Me by Julianne MacLean
(I’m tired of writing DNF reviews and tired of hating everything but it’s one of those weeks. Instead of running no content today I thought I’d bring back a post from one of my now-deleted former blogs. Welcome to 2009.) Julianne MacLean has been doing a series about four brothers who… Read more »
The Luckiest Lady In London by Sherry Thomas
I admired The Luckiest Lady In London. I admired it because Sherry Thomas took some risks that will pay out big for readers who are not me. I admired it because this is the exceedingly rare book where the sex is necessary to the story and not pages of skippable… Read more »
My Beautiful Enemy by Sherry Thomas
My Beautiful Enemy is a book possibly better without it’s prequel. The Hidden Blade was so exceptional that My Beautiful Enemy is left with shoes it can’t fill. Yet My Beautiful Enemy is an excellent story on it’s own merits. Catherine Blade is the heroine of her own life. She’s capable,… Read more »
Three Weeks With Lady X by Eloisa James
Three Weeks With Lady X was not only a DNF read for me, but a Kill It With Fire experience. Yes, James and I have been in the process of a very difficult breakup, and yes, I wish I had read this USA article before trying just one more time… Read more »
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