C2′s review of One Reckless Summer (Destiny Series, Book 1) by Toni Blake Contemporary Romance published by Avon 26 May 09 One Reckless Summer is the first book in the Destiny series.  I read the second book first (I hate going out of order but Ms. Blake was new to me), but I must say [...]

Gwen’s reviews of The MacCarrick Brothers Trilogy by Kresley Cole Historical romances released by Pocket April 2005 – May 2007 Rowrrr! Can you say “alpha males”? I knew you could! This is a very fun, very sexy historical series from one of my fav authors. It features three brothers who think they’re cursed to be [...]

Gwen’s reviews of three completely different books by Eloisa James, Noelle Mack, and Kresley Cole Historical Romance, Contemporary Erotica, and Contemporary Paranormal Romance I read books all the time, squeezing a couple of pages in every chance I get – eating lunch, in line at the bank, while I’m on hold – but I don’t [...]

Liviania’s review of Karma Girl (Bigtime #1) by Jennifer Estep Paranormal romance released by Berkley 1 May 07 Shannon C. told me I should read Jennifer Estep when I admitted to be a comics sort of girl. I believe I now owe her, because Karma Girl is fabulous and impossible for me not to like. [...]

Sandy M’s review of Satisfaction Guaranteed (The Goddard Project, Book 1) by Lucy Monroe Contemporary Romance published by Brava on 1 May 2007 All it takes is another man sniffing around his home turf and Ethan Crane sits up and takes notice. Much to Beth Whitney’s delight — and consternation. She’s had all kinds of [...]

Shannon C.’s review of Immortals: The Calling (Book 1) by Jennifer Ashley Contemporary paranormal romance released by Love Spell 1 May 07 I knew about the Immortals multi-author series by Jennifer Ashley, Robin T. Popp and Joy Nash for quite some time, but I’ve been hesitating to read the books for one major reason. I’m [...]

Lawson’s review of Curveball by Kate Angell Contemporary romance single-author anthology released by Lovespell 29 May 07 Ah, the Boys of Summer. America’s Pastime and sexy men in uniforms. Curveball has that in threes, with Psycho, Romeo and Chaser. Baseball players have some strange nicknames, don’t they? Not that it takes anything away from this cute [...]

Sandy M’s review of Immortals: The Darkening (Book 2) by Robin T. Popp Contemporary Paranormal Romance published by Love Spell on May 29, 2007 Two books down, two to go. And I’m still very happy with this series. Even with a different author this time around, the intensity of the characters and the storyline are [...]

Sandy M’s review of Immortals: The Calling (Immortals, Book 1) by Jennifer Ashley Contemporary paranormal romance released by Love Spell 1 May 07 I love a book that gives me a little bit of everything and a lot of romance thrown in between. Therefore, I love this book. And if the rest of the series [...]

Finn’s review of Beg Me (Teresa Knight, Book 2) by Lisa Lawrence Erotica released 29 May 07 by Delta Beg Me is the second book of the adventures of Teresa Knight, a female private detective with a thing for kink. This book takes you from Bangkok, to New York, to Africa, and back to New [...]

Sandy M’s review of Long Hard Ride (Rough Riders, Book 1) by Lorelei James Contemporary erotic romance eBook released by Samhain 1 May 07, paperback release 1 Feb 08 It’s so nice to finally find an eBook that I enjoyed so much I finished in fairly short order.  I’ve had a string of disappointments in [...]

Lawson’s review of Karma Girl by Jennifer Estep Paranormal romance released by Berkley 1 May 07 I had not realized how remiss the the duckies were when I did a little digging through the reviews and saw we have not, in fact, posted a review of Karma Girl. Which is a travesty (since I read [...]

Gwen Reviews some truly bad, or truly so-so, books Various types of romances from three different publishers As most of you bloggers know, writing a review post is a labor of love.  It’s time-consuming and requires no small effort.  It’s a true pleasure to write a review post for a book you love, or a book [...]

Gwen’s review of Passion For the Game by Sylvia Day Historical romance published by Brava (Kensington) 29 May 07 This historical romance is set largely amongst the aristocracy in Georgian England. The heroine, Maria, Lady Winter is a beautiful, strong woman who is in a very real fix. The hero, Christopher St. John, is a [...]

Gwen’s review of Paradise by Meljean Brook, short story in the anthology Wild Thing by Brook, Marjorie Liu, Alyssa Day** and Maggie Shayne Paranormal contemporary romance released by Berkley Trade 1 May 07 This short story is part of the Guardians continuum. I can’t tell you where it lies in the chronology, as I haven’t [...]