This RITA® Reader Challenge 2013 review was written by PamG. This story was nominated for the RITA® in the Best Romantic Suspense category. We've published a second RITA® Reader Challenge 2013 review of this book as well. The summary: Lieutenant Eve Dallas is no party girl, but she's managing to have a reasonably good time at the celebrity-packed bash celebrating The Icove Agenda, a film based on one of her famous cases. It's a … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: Celebrity in Death by JD Robb →
Sky Riders is the first in a m/m science fiction romance series. Its sequels, Sky Runners and Sky Hunter, are coming out in June and July, respectively. Why am I reviewing Sky Riders now, and not the newest release? Because I was intrigued by the series' premise, and I have new policy to start at beginning of series, so my reviews will not consist entirely of phrases like “I don't know how much world-building happened … Continue reading Sky Riders by Fae Sutherland →
This RITA® Reader Challenge 2013 review was written by Elizabeth G. This story was nominated for the RITA® in the Best Romantic Suspense category. The summary: Lieutenant Eve Dallas is no party girl, but she's managing to have a reasonably good time at the celebrity-packed bash celebrating The Icove Agenda, a film based on one of her famous cases. It's a little spooky seeing the actress playing her, who looks as though she could … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: Celebrity in Death by JD Robb →
This RITA® Reader Challenge 2013 review was written by Pam. This story was nominated for the RITA® in the Best Paranormal Romance category. The summary: Shadow's Claim features Prince Trehan, a ruthless master assassin who will do anything to possess Bettina, his beautiful sorceress mate, even compete for her hand in a blood-sport tournament—to the death. He won't be denied… Trehan Daciano, known as the Prince of Shadows, has spent his life serving his … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: Shadow’s Claim by Kresley Cole →
As a fantasy novel in general, Touch of Power is great. As a romance, or even as a fantasy novel with romantic elements, it goes horribly wrong. Touch of Power is the story of Avery. She is a Healer, a woman who is able to heal people by touching them. When she does this, her own body takes on the illness or wounds of the sick or injured person, but because Healers are able to … Continue reading Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder →
The Host is a movie about a person trapped in a body that has been taken over by an alien (it's also a story about an alien trapped in the body of a loud, irritating person). In a similar manner, The Host is a really great movie trapped inside a really bad movie. To carry the analogy one step farther, I went to the movie with the full intention to snark mercilessly and within minutes … Continue reading The Host: A Movie Review by CarrieS →
Be Mine is a Harlequin anthology containing three novellas. The one by Jennifer Crusie (Sizzle) is a re-release and Too Fast to Fall (by Victoria Dahl) and Alone With You (by Shannon Stacey), are new. Since the plots are lighter than air, I shall sum them up in just one run-on sentence each, followed by a mini-review of each story: Sizzle: Marketing Executive falls for the new guy who oversees her budget. Too Fast to … Continue reading Be Mine: by Jennifer Crusie, Victoria Dahl, and Shannon Stacey: A Guest Review by CarrieS →
While the Kowalski novels are rapidly becoming comfort re-reads for me, especially the first and third ones, and while I'm always happy to go visit all the characters and see that they retain as much personality as they had in their own novels, this book ended up being more of a visit for the sake of everyone else. I didn't keep reading because I was transfixed and drawn to the lead characters. There wasn't anything … Continue reading All He Ever Dreamed by Shannon Stacey →
I usually don't gravitate toward books that sound like they are more about an issue than a character, but the description of this book grabbed my brain in a “You wanna read this now” kind of way. Seth and Owen have been together for a few years, and the story opens as they're driving through a horrible snowstorm to visit Seth's family in Brunswick, Maryland. (Brunswick is a real place. It's on the border between … Continue reading I Don’t: A Christmas Wish by Kari Gregg →
I received an email about this book from Kate who wrote: I found this series by accident. I glommed. I felt compelled to review it, so that someone else would read it and love it too. It is the “Elemental Mysteries” series of 4 books by Elizabeth Hunter. It is REALLY good. Seriously. I have no dog in this hunt, no ax to grind, no one paid me, I just have to find someone else … Continue reading A Hidden Fire: Elemental Mysteries Book 1 by Elizabeth Hunter →
After reading the book cover copy, I thought this book was going to be fascinating. Have a look at said copy: Locked away by her reclusive and intensely protective father, the recently deceased “Mad Lord of Northumberland,” Melissa is beautiful and educated but painfully naive about the real world – and the dark secrets of her birth. Now in the care of her uncle, the Earl of Braddock, she must prepare to enter London society … Continue reading The Mad Lord’s Daughter by Jane Goodger →
