REVIEW: From Friend to Father by Tracy Wolff

Wendy the Super Librarian's review of From Friend to Father by Tracy Wolff
Contemporary romance released by Harlequin SuperRomance 9 Jun 09

When I read Tracy Wolff's debut Harlequin SuperRomance late last year I had some issues with the heroine. Now, with this second book for SuperRomance, I find myself having issues with the hero. I'm thinking by the time her third SuperRomance comes out that I'm going to love the hero and heroine so much that I'm going to want to have a menage a trois with them. Read more

Tags: 2009, Contemporary Romance, From Friend To Father, Grade B, Harlequin SuperRomance, June 2009, Review, Tracy Wolff, Wendy The Super Librarian

REVIEW: A Not-So-Perfect Past by Beth Andrews

Holly's review of A Not-So-Perfect Past by Beth Andrews
Contemporary Romance released by Harlequin SuperRomance 14 Apr 09

Beth Andrews is a fairly new Harlequin author, this being her second release with them. I liked the blurb so figured I'd give it a try. I think I may have suffered a bit for not reading her debut novel, Not Without Her Family, since I believe it probably offered quite a bit of backstory on the hero that was absent in this one. Read more

Tags: 2009, A Not So Perfect Past, April 2009, Beth Andrews, Contemporary Romance, Grade C, Harlequin SuperRomance, Holly, Review

REVIEW: A Holiday Romance by Carrie Alexander

Wendy the Super Librarian's review of A Holiday Romance by Carrie Alexander
Contemporary romance released by Harlequin SuperRomance 9 Jun 09

I tend to get a bit bitchy defensive in regards to my Harlequin reading. Oh, I'm used to dealing with the slings and arrows of the non-romance reading set. What I tend to resent is when I have to justify my Harlequin love to other romance readers. Carrie Alexander's latest SuperRomance is just the kind of book I love to throw out at these non-believers. No babies (secret or otherwise) and no tycoons (Greek or otherwise). Just two healthy adults who fall in love after being thrown together by circumstance. And no, that's not boring. Read more

Tags: 2009, A Holiday Romance, Carrie Alexander, Contemporary Romance, Grade B, Harlequin SuperRomance, June 2009, Review, Wendy The Super Librarian

REVIEW: Summer At the Lake by Linda Barrett

Holly's review of Summer At the Lake by Linda Barrett
Contemporary Romance released by Harlequin SuperRomance 12 May 09

I've read countless romance novels that feature abuse victims - almost always the heroine - but I think this is the first where the victim is a young girl. This was definitely hard to read at times because of the content, but I thought it was a good story. Read more

Tags: 2009, Contemporary Romance, Grade B, Harlequin SuperRomance, Holly, Linda Barrett, May 2009, Review, Summer at the Lake

REVIEW: A Not So Perfect Past by Beth Andrews

Wendy the Super Librarian's review of A Not So Perfect Past by Beth Andrews
Contemporary romance released by Harlequin SuperRomance 14 Apr 09

Some of my favorite types of books are those I don't fall in love with during Chapter One. Those books that might even start out a little bumpy, but over the course of the story the author weaves her magic, casts a spell, and has me falling in love hook, line and sinker. Beth Andrews' second book for Harlequin SuperRomance is just such a story. I'll be honest, I was more than a little concerned about the doormat heroine, but for readers who have the patience? A Not-So-Perfect Past hits all the right emotional notes. Read more

Tags: 2009, A Not So Perfect Past, April 2009, Beth Andrews, Contemporary Romance, Grade A, Harlequin SuperRomance, Review, Wendy The Super Librarian

REVIEW: Someone Like Her by Janice Kay Johnson

Wendy the Super Librarian's review of Someone Like Her by Janice Kay Johnson
Contemporary romance released by Harlequin SuperRomance 14 Apr 09

After reading last year's, and now RITA-nominated, The Man Behind The Cop, I knew I would be reading more Janice Kay Johnson. While I didn't flat-out love this latest book, it still packed quite an emotional punch. Reading portions of this story I had my heart in my throat, and tears misting at the corner of my eyes. Read more

Tags: 2009, April 2009, Contemporary Romance, Grade B, Harlequin SuperRomance, Janice Kay Johnson, Review, Someone Like Her, Wendy The Super Librarian

REVIEW: Pictures of Us by Amy Garvey

Wendy the Super Librarian's review of Pictures Of Us by Amy Garvey
Contemporary women's fiction released by Harlequin SuperRomance 1 Jan 09

I bought Amy Garvey's debut Harlequin SuperRomance strictly out of curiosity. She's written a handful of books for Kensington Brava - fluffy, light contemporary affairs, some of which feature a hint of mystery. The SuperRomance line? Yeah, about as far away from fluffy and light as a person can get. Frankly, I was curious to see if Garvey could pull off a story with a more serious tone and, for the most part, I believe she does. Read more

Tags: 2009, Amy Garvey, Contemporary Romance, Grade B, Harlequin SuperRomance, January 2009, Pictures of Us, Review, Wendy The Super Librarian, Women's Fiction

REVIEW: A Man She Couldn’t Forget by Kathryn Shay

Wendy the Super Librarian's review of A Man She Couldn't Forget by Kathryn Shay
Contemporary series romance released by Harlequin SuperRomance 1 Jan 09

I'm indifferent about amnesia story lines. I can take them or leave them. But love triangles? For the record I hate love triangles with the passion of a thousand burning suns. Yeah, that much. So why exactly did I pick up a book that not only features amnesia, but a big honking love triangle? Because it's Kathryn Shay. She's my very favorite SuperRomance author, and I have several of her books housed in my keeper stash. For her, I was willing to wade into love triangle territory. I wish I could say this book changed my mind about love triangle plots, but sadly no. While it wasn't a terrible book by any stretch of the imagination, I found myself wishing for a different outcome. Read more

Tags: 2009, A Man She Couldn't Forget, Contemporary Romance, Grade C, Harlequin SuperRomance, January 2009, Kathryn Shay, Review, Wendy The Super Librarian

REVIEW: A Christmas Wedding by Tracy Wolff

Sandy M's review of A Christmas Wedding by Tracy Wolff
Contemporary Romance released by Harlequin SuperRomance 11 Nov 08

I really enjoyed this book because the hero and heroine are older characters; he's in his 60s and she's 49.  They meet when she's 16 and we get to see the relationship and the characters develop over the years through reminiscing, journal reading, and sparked memories, all the ways you do think back over time when something momentous is happening in your life.  For Jesse and Desiree, their story is not only momentous, it's near disastrous. Read more

Tags: 2008, A Christmas Wedding, Contemporary Romance, Grade B, Harlequin SuperRomance, November 2008, Review, Sandy M, Tracy Wolff

REVIEW: A Christmas Wedding by Tracy Wolff

Wendy the Super Librarian's review of A Christmas Wedding by Tracy Wolff
Contemporary romance released by Harlequin SuperRomance 11 Nov 08

Romance is the story of courtships. It's about those heady, first days of falling of love. When the excitement is fresh, the couple is giddy with discovering each other, and the future looks rosy and bright. The novel is over before the real "fun" begins. Before the couple starts arguing about the kids, money, and before the hero can start resenting the fact that he's working 40+ hours a week at a job he hates. Maybe it was this desire to explore conflict, post-happily-ever-after that led to the birth of the marriage in trouble plot? It's an idea that Tracy Wolff explores in her debut Harlequin SuperRomance with mixed results. Read more

Tags: 2008, A Christmas Wedding, Contemporary Romance, Grade C, Harlequin SuperRomance, November 2008, Review, Tracy Wolff, Wendy The Super Librarian

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