I’d like to start by applauding a series about mature adults finding romance – Gen-X adults even! As a woman who falls into that category I wholeheartedly approve. And if you can get past the crazy-sauce goofiness of the underlying book, you’ll probably enjoy it. Our hero, Lawson Monroe, or Law for short, is a chef looking for a restaurant. He makes a deathbed promise to Jake, the man who saved him on many occasions, … Continue reading Barefoot at Midnight by Roxanne St. Claire →
I just couldn’t with this book. Maybe it’s not fair that I’m calling it a DNF at the 23% mark, but god, I just cannot bring myself to open it again. It may very well be a personal problem. Sometimes, when I am insanely stressed out, I just can’t sit and READ – as in “eyes on a page” reading. So, I bought the audiobook, thinking that might help. Except the narrator was one of … Continue reading Barefoot at Midnight by Roxanne St. Claire →
Francesca “Chessie” Rossi always has a plan. Though she works as an investigator at Guardian Angelinos, her family’s security and investigation business, she stays behind her computer in Boston. She doesn’t do field work. But children can’t be loaded onto laptops. So when she finds evidence that her brother Gabe’s lover bore him a child before dying on the run in Cuba, Chessie knows someone will have to investigate in person. Malcolm “Mal” Harris is … Continue reading Barefoot with a Stranger by Roxanne St. Claire →
Barefoot with a Bodyguard by Roxanne St. Claire is made of my own personal catnip all over the place. Bodyguard crush? Check. Sweet hero with a dark and troubled past he’s trying to escape? Check. Damsel who refuses to stay distressed? Check. Two people who aren’t romantically involved going undercover as a couple? Check. The list goes on and every trope was extremely well written. The basic set-up is that Kate Kingston is fresh out … Continue reading Barefoot with a Bodyguard by Roxanne St. Claire →
Given how much I disliked Barefoot with a Bodyguard, one might be surprised to see that I am reviewing the next installment in the Barefoot Bay Undercover series. Why, do you ask? Because I liked all the other Barefoot Bay books except Barefoot with a Bodyguard and I thought I’d like this one more than I did. What attracted me to this book? I liked Francesca Rossi in the previous books. Malcolm Harris is a wounded … Continue reading Barefoot with a Stranger by Roxanne St. Claire →
This book is part of a series. Roxanne St. Claire has written a lot of “Barefoot” titles: Barefoot Brides, Barefoot Billionaires, and now Barefoot Bay Undercover. Is it just me or is it getting crowded in Barefoot Bay? They are all loosely connected and each can be read as a stand-alone, including Barefoot with a Bodyguard. Although it really does help if one reads the prequel to Barefoot with a Bodyguard so one knows why … Continue reading Barefoot with a Bodyguard by Roxanne St. Claire →
This RITA® Reader Challenge 2013 review was written by SisterSadie . This story was nominated for the RITA® in the Best Contemporary Single Title category. The summary: When a hurricane roars through Lacey Armstrong's home on the coast of Barefoot Bay, she decides all that remains in the rubble is opportunity. A new hotel is just what Mimosa Key needs, and Lacey and her teenage daughter are due for a fresh start. And nothing, … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: Barefoot in the Sand by Roxanne St. Claire →
This RITA® Reader Challenge 2013 review was written by Gennghis Mom This story was nominated for the RITA® in the Best Contemporary Single Title category. The summary: When a hurricane roars through Lacey Armstrong's home on the coast of Barefoot Bay, she decides all that remains in the rubble is opportunity. A new hotel is just what Mimosa Key needs, and Lacey and her teenage daughter are due for a fresh start. And nothing, … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: Barefoot in the Sand by Roxanne St. Claire →
RECOMMENDED: Head Over Heels is book 3 in the Lucky Harbor series, and is one of the best in the series. I remember reading this book at a conference and not wanting to leave my room so I could finish it. It's hard to beat life-threatening asthma as a reason why the hero and heroine don't get down and dirty. This book is one of this month's Kindle deals at Amazon and is on sale … Continue reading Books on Sale: Contemporaries from Jill Shalvis, Roxanne St. Claire and Brenda Novak →
This RITA® Reader Challenge review was written by Kathleen. Edge of Sight is nominated for the RITA in the Romantic Suspense category. Plot Summary: When Samantha Fairchild witnesses a murder in the wine cellar of the restaurant where she works, the Harvard-bound law student becomes the next target of a professional assassin. Desperate for protection the authorities won’t provide, Sam seeks help from Vivi Angelino, an investigative reporter who recruits her brother, Zach, to protect … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge Review: Edge of Sight by Roxanne St. Claire →
Here are some words that should never, ever begin a review: I am not a romantic suspense fan. It’s true. I’ve said it many times. I’m not a big romantic suspense reader because when I try suspense novels, they let me down. Too much running around in nightgowns, too much violence and not enough romance and sexual tension—or what tension there is gets resolved so quickly that I have to wait for Baddy McBugfuck to … Continue reading Hunt Her Down by Roxanne St. Claire →
