RETRO REVIEW: Nightfire by Lisa Marie Rice
Veena’s review of Nightfire (Protectors Trilogy, Book 3) by Lisa Marie Rice
Romantic Suspense published by Avon Red 7 Feb 12
Nightfire is the concluding story in the Protectors Trilogy from Lisa Marie Rice. Sam Reston (Into the Crossfire), Harry Bolt (Hotter than Wildfire) and Mike Keillor (Nightfire) forged their friendship and became” brothers” at the foster home where each of their personal life tragedies brought them to. The story starts with them having completed their stint in the special forces (Delta Force, SEAL, Marine), they’ve now opened a successful security business and also run an underground railroad to help abused women and children disappear and set up new lives. Sam and Harry found their HEA in Books 1 and 2, leaving Mike struggling with his darkness and feeling alone in the midst of his brothers’ happiness.
RETRO REVIEW: Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb
Veena’s review of Celebrity in Death (In Death Series, Book 34) by J.D. Robb
Futuristic Romance published by Putnam Adult 21 Feb 12
J.D. Robb is the nom de plume under which Nora Roberts writes her futuristic mystery thrillers. Celebrity in Death is the 34th book in a series that started in 2005 with two books being published every year. In this book the author delves into the dark underbelly of jealousy and insecurity that lurks behind Hollywood’s glamorous facade. J.D. Robb manages to keep murder fresh by introducing new and creative ways of death and the persons who deliver it in her series.
RETRO REVIEW: The Earl Takes All by Lorraine Heath
Sandy M’s review of The Earl Takes All (Hellions of Havisham, Book 2) by Lorraine Heath
Historical Romance published by Avon 26 Apr 16
This! This is how a romance should be written. The reader should care about the main characters immediately, so pulled into their lives you feel their pain, their joy, their love, their every emotion. Those characters should be so very likable while at the same time are sympathetic. Their conflict should be so great that you just know there is no way out for them, but then they – and the reader- realize it’s their love that will pull them through, give them everything to live for, so that happily ever after isn’t so elusive after all. Lorraine Heath, with her immeasurable talent, does this for readers every single time she releases a book.
RETRO REVIEW: Just What I Needed by Lorelei James
Sandy M’s review of Just What I Needed (Need You, Book 2) by Lorelei James
Contemporary Romance published by Signet 2 Aug 16
I had a difficult time starting this review. Why, you ask, since Lorelei James is one of my favorite authors? Because I’ve used every superlative known to man, and probably a few I made up myself along the way, in writing my reviews of her books over the years. There’s umpteen ways to describe characters, story, love scenes, etc. over and over again, and I think I’ve hit my limit. So this time around? Lorelei James is just damned good!
RETRO REVIEW: White-Hot Hack by Tracey Garvis-Graves
Sandy M’s review of White-Hot Hack (Kate & Ian, Book 2) by Tracey Garvis-Graves
Contemporary Romance published by Amazon Digital Services 07 Jun 16
It definitely bears repeating that Tracey Garvis-Graves is a favorite author of mine, since I read her first book, On the Island, which released back in 2012. Every book she’s written since then has been terrific, and now Kate and Ian have become a favorite couple in romance for me.
REVIEW: The Girl Who Belonged to the Sea by Katherine Quinn
Young Adult Fantasy published by City Owl Press 28 Sep 22
Soooooo good. Pirates, ancient sea monsters, battling sea gods, a hot swoon worthy king with the sea in his blood. Yes, yes, YES.
REVIEW: Storm Echo by Nalini Singh
Paranormal Romance published by Berkley 09 Aug 22
Another winner for Ms. Singh. Against the backdrop of Ivan and Soleil’s love story, we finally get some answers regarding the scarab queen and the future of the Psynet and the Psy people. The Psy have always been arrogant and superior, while the changelings have quietly crept up on them and shown their claws and teeth, but it’s the puny humans who might surprise everyone yet. Can’t wait to see what new adventures the author has in store for us next. I just wish we didn’t have to wait a full year for the next chapter.
REVIEW: The Secret of Bow Lane by Jennifer Ashley
Stevie‘s review of The Secret of Bow Lane (A Below Stairs Mystery, Book 6) by Jennifer Ashley
Historical Mystery published by Berkley 02 Aug 22
Kat Holloway has always been more open with her readers than with those around her as to the events of her past, particularly her ‘marriage’ to a man who turned out to already have a wife and the beloved daughter from that relationship. Now she has to face up to more of the events around that past relationship and revisit her old haunts when her late husband’s actual widow recruits her to track down his killers, in the hope of also finding the fortune that he was allegedly concealing when he died. This scenario gives us not only an intriguing mystery, but also the opportunity to see more of the less-explored parts of late Victorian London, as Kat’s investigations take her back to her old home on Bow Lane and into the shops owned and managed by her former neighbours.
REVIEW: That Cowboy of Mine by Donna Grant
Contemporary Western Romance published by St. Martin’s Paperbacks 26 Apr 22
Cal Bennet wakes up out of a drunken stupor with a cocked gun pointed at him. He doesn’t know how he got here, the sun is baking hot, and alcohol is gurgling in his stomach looking for a way out. Not the best way to make the acquaintance of a drop-dead gorgeous woman. One who might be dead in actuality – without Cal’s quick reflexes that got her out of the path of bullets aimed at her.
REVIEW: Hook, Line and Sinker by Tessa Bailey
Contemporary Romance published by Avon 1 Mar 22
She did it again, Tessa wrote another man I irrevocably fell for. Fox was just as perfect as Brendan in It Happened One Summer, maybe even more so. I wanted to hug this man and tell him how wonderful he was throughout the whole book. And Hannah was great. Her character was so strong and tenacious. Big fan.
