Contemporary Romance
Rumor Has It
I’ve read all of Ms. Shalvis’s Animal Magnetism series and her Lucky Harbor series. So, whatever criticisms I have of her latest, it’s clear, on some level, her work is…
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Glitterland
It would be easy label Alexis Hall’s debut novel Glitterland as literary fiction masquerading as romance. The language he uses – his metaphors are often show stoppingly gorgeous – and…
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Flirting with Disaster
I am a fan of Ruthie Knox’s works. Her books are filled with characters it’s easy to care for, zingy conversations, smoking love scenes, and realistic relational conundrums. Thus I…
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Taste for Trouble
The last Susan Sey book I read, Money Shot (2011) was set on a remote island in Lake Superior and had deadly money laundering villain, pagan ceremonies, and a smokin’…
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Exposed to You
The first chapter of Exposed to You is so wildly erotic and intriguing I’d recommend it to anyone who wants to see how great erotica is written. The rest of…
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Under the Mistletoe
Ms. Shalvis’s very brief novella Under the Mistletoe gives fans of her Lucky Harbor series Mia’s story. Mia, the birth daughter of Ford and Tara (the leads in The Sweetest…
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A Royal Pain
A Royal Pain is Megan Mulry’s debut novel and it’s liked by many… just not me. I thought the heroine was a brat; the hero, a bath mat; and the…
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Down for the Count
Ms. Bell’s racy book Down for the Count begins with a bang… one Lacey Garrity wishes she’d never seen. Because, really, out of all the things a bride hopes for…
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The Accidental Bride
So, if I’d had a heart attack at twenty-seven and had been told by my physicians I needed to decrease the stress in my life, and if my three closest…
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Sultry with a Twist
Here are the things I want in a contemporary romance: A hot hero who genuinely cares for the heroine, a strong heroine who can hold her own in the bedroom…
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Lucky in Love
I always enjoy reading a Jill Shalvis book. She’s a consistently elegant, bold, clever writer. Her latest, Lucky in Love, the fourth in her Lucky Harbor series, is a sweet,…
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Breakaway
Many a romance novel features an adorable small town, filled with people and places a reader might love to experience. Ballycraig, Ireland, the fictional setting of Ms. Martin’s latest New…
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