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Title: Wilde Side Author: Jannine Gallant Series: Born to be Wilde #2 A touching story that threw me a loop I would like to thank Jannine Gallant, Lyrical Press, and Kensington Publishing Corp., for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. Devin Lockhart and Sawyer Wilde are drawn to each other the moment the lay eyes on each other. He’s the guide on a rafting trip she’s taken with her boss, a congressman seeking good …
Title: Lady Lost Author: Jane Goodger Series: Lost Heiresses #2 A sweet story buried under bland exposition I would like to thank Jane Goodger, Lyrical Press, and Kensington Publishing Corp. for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. Thought to have murdered the Duke of Weston, Lady Lilian Martin flees with little more than the clothes on her back. Lord Granton, aka Marcus Dunford, discovers her, weak and mostly unconscious, and reluctantly takes her to …
Title: Because I’m Watching Author: Christina Dodd Series: Virtue Falls #3 Faith restored in Dodd, who now writes more suspense than romance I was really worried about Dodd after Obsession Falls, but Because I’m Watching restored my faith in her storytelling capabilities. I wonder now if I was simply jarred by her switch in genre, because I can see her talent and skill, but these kind of books just aren’t what I associated with Dodd in my head. I do …
Title: Frost Line Authors: Linda Howard and Linda Jones Series: n/a Fascinating, heartwarming story but unfocused; also, Elsa much? When seven-year-old Elijah Tilley accidentally asks the tarot entity Strength for help, Lenna Frost is pulled from her world onto Earth. She’s completely out of her depth, but she vows to keep Elijah safe, receiving aid from Caine, a Hunter sent to fetch Lenna back to her world. I had to ruminate on this book for a little while after I …
Title: First Star I See Tonight Author: Susan Elizabeth Phillips Series: Chicago Stars #8 first half is SEP at her best. tone and agenda change in second Piper Dove owns a struggling detective agency. She becomes involved with Cooper Graham, freshly retired quarterback of the Chicago Stars, when she’s hired to investigate him. Not long after they meet, he’s hiring her himself for a whole list of reasons, one of which happens to be figuring out who is mugging him …
Title: Lost Among the Living Author: Simone St. James Series: n/a Not as spooky or creative as previous work, but I enjoyed it 🙂 I would give this a solid four stars, except Alex wins that entire fifth star himself. I loved Alex. He was a complicated guy, torn between his duty, his pride, and his love for his wife. This book wasn’t as spooky as some of her other books–not nearly as spooky as An Inquiry Into Love and …
Title: Darkness Author: Karen Robards Series: n/a Interesting original story, lots of beautiful detail, a solid win for Robards This book was fantastic! I have only three or four-ish problems with it, and honestly, they’re nitpicking, because it was overall a solid piece of work, in my opinion. I may reveal a few spoilers. First and most inconsequential, the cover design. It’s beautiful, I absolutely love it–hot pink is my favorite color!–but it 100% clashes with the content and the …
Title: Obsession Falls Author: Christina Dodd Series: Virtue Falls #2 good kind of weird. more thriller than romance. pain and insanity in many forms… Where. To. Start. Before Virtue Falls last year, I hadn’t read a Dodd novel for several years. She had a period where she published novellas that weren’t printed and reissues of old books that I already own and have read, and since I don’t have an ereader and don’t really like sitting at my computer for …
Title: The Liar Author: Nora Roberts Series: n/a Oh, Nora. Take a break, honey. I’ll wait for you. I love Nora’s books. Love them. But I was thoroughly disappointed with this one. This was a good book, mostly because of the name on the cover. Not the best Nora Roberts I’ve read–I was able to put it down and go to bed–but it wasn’t horrible. The characters were the tip of the iceberg, but I’ll start there. No one, aside …