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Review: Forbidden Temptation (book 2)
2008-03-17 05:15:00
Forbidden Temptation by Paula GravesHer secrets became his passion...Hot-shot criminal profiler Daniel Hartman was looking for a man called Orion. Leading a manhunt through Birmingham for the killer, Daniel was trying to put old ghosts to rest. But this time Orion’s target was Rose Browning, a matchmaking wedding planner with a gift for predicting true love. Tempted by secrets she couldn’t reveal, Daniel insisted on offering some very personal protection. He would get her to open up, but at a price. Would he be able to safeguard this raven-haired beauty before his desires for revenge become an obsession?Forbidden Temptation was a book I couldn’t wait to read. I loved the previous book in the “Forbidden” series by Paula Graves and was ready to be sucked in to another great romantic suspense.I absolutely enjoyed this story. The suspense was very well written and, though I thought I had it figured out about halfway through, I was only partly correct—so that made me very happ...
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Review: Ordinary Me
2008-03-16 17:26:00
Ordinary Me by June SproatWhile behind the wheel during driver's ed, high school sophomore Kate Sterns inadvertently foils an escaped convict's getaway. When her heroic actions land her face on the front page of the Wainscott Gazette, she thinks her life is over, and it is, at least her life as an ordinary anyway. Overnight she is plucked from the ordinaries and plopped into the "in crowd." At first Kate is in denial of her status change, but then she likes it, that is until she's labeled a snob, her locker gets trashed and one other minor thing-- she's being stalked.In Ordinary Me, June Sproat introduces the incredibly likable and hard-to-ignore main character, Kate. Kate is a little ordinary, but she's frank, funny and a little quirky. And, she has an amazingly familiar voice, maybe even like your own. Sproat's use of the first person point of view, her character's self-doubt, tiny hopes, and (sometimes minor) disasters, all make her as familiar as a voice in your own head....
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Review: Forbidden Territory (book 1)
2008-03-16 05:19:00
Forbidden Territory by Paula GravesWalking away wasn’t an option...“Help me!”For Lily Browning, there was no escaping the visions that had haunted her all her life. And now a little girl’s desperate cry for help had brought enigmatic, disturbingly masculine Lieutenant McBride to her door…McBride didn’t have time for psychics. He had a kidnapper to catch. But the woman with the golden eyes seemed to see things no one else could—including his own tragic secret. With a child’s life at stake, he had to trust Lily…even as each step plunged them deeper into danger and into the uncharted territory of irresistible desire….Forbidden Territory was the first category romance I’d read in some time that hooked me from the moment I picked it up and made it difficult to put down. Action, suspense, sexual attraction, intrigue… this book had it all.Ms. Graves did a bang up job with her debut novel. Lily Browning is a wonderful heroine. She’s strong, yet vulnerable. Determine...
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Review: Desert Dreams
2008-03-15 18:35:00
DESERT DREAMSby Gracie McKeeverA centuries old djinni betrayed ... A modern career woman and wife bereft ... Can this thoroughly mismatched couple find comfort and vindication in each other's arms? More importantly, can their love survive the ancient vendetta of one unforgiving and powerful demon djinni? Find out that anything is possible when a devout mystical being from the old world joins forces with an urban-reared spitfire from the new. Kane is a decided study in contrasts in any place and time, but being set free in a world where a woman's place is not necessarily in the kitchen barefoot and pregnant, throws this thoroughly quaint and devout Muslim for a loop. Longing motherhood and pursuing a burgeoning curatorship at a niche art museum in Brooklyn after suffering a miscarriage three years previously, Therese Hunter is an ambitious thirty-something wife at an emotional crossroad. Not usually one to wallow in self-pity, the loss of their child left a huge rift between Theres...
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Review: Considering Lily: An Orchard Hill Romance
2008-03-15 05:45:00
Considering Lily : An Orchard Hill Romance by Kara Lynn RussellOrchard Hill Residents – lock up your hearts!Pansy Parker and Misty Green are rivals in romance. Each believes she is the town’s best matchmaker. Now, they’re going to settle the question for once and for all. They’re keeping track to see who can make the most matches in a year’s time.No heart is safe in Orchard Hill – not even their own.No one in his right mind would want to date salon owner Lily Robinson. Since her messy divorce, she has a chip on her shoulder the size of Mt. Rushmore. However, veterinarian Ian O’Neil can’t help considering Lily as a potential girlfriend, even though, she is determined not to let any one get close enough to hurt her again…But, with Easter coming, Lily is reminded that the Lord makes all things new, and she wonders if that includes her shattered heart.With Ian’s help, can she learn to trust again?The Parker-Green matchmaking feud continues in this third installment of ...
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Review: Second Chance
2008-03-15 05:27:00
Second Chance by Christina HoltA strange and emotional journey begins for Samantha Perdue when she wakes in an unfamiliar place -- a hospital room. To her horror, she's told she attempted suicide. Nearly succeeding brings on goose bumps. Now, what she thought was real, no longer exists! Living in a fog between life and death, Samantha discovers many reasons to return home to live, but also several reasons to stay. She must accept a painful lesson. Her actions hurt the people she loves most. Forced to choose between true love or the love of her family, Samantha must make adult decisions, that will impact her life forever.Samantha Perdue is about to embark on a strange journey, one that begins with her attempted suicide. After waking up in a strange hospital, suddenly everything Samantha thought was real, no longer exists, and nothing can prepare her for what she is about to discover.I found this short Young Adult novel entertaining despite its sometimes awkward and clichéd writing. ...
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Review: Dream By The Fire: Winter Magic
2008-03-14 05:56:00
Dream By the Fire : Winter Magic An anthology of winter shorts ranging from sweet to tangy.DREAM BY THE FIRE: WINTER MAGIC snuggles in close and takes the reader to Ireland, to Germany, to England, to Colorado, to an enchanted forest, to a castle back in time, and many other places. In all these places, whether a cold cellar or a glitzy resort, the reader meets characters who have the never-ending need for love.Steeped in romance with intrigue, danger, mystery, grief, humor, fear, predestination, and déjà vu woven into fabric of these tales, they work their magic. The reader can almost hear the howl of the wolves, feel the softness of the bed made of furs, and see the decorated tree in the forest glade.“A Love Rewritten” by Esmerelda BishopGabrielle Stone transcends time, albeit unintentionally. She finds herself with Devlin McCalister, the hero of her favorite romance novel. Can their love and unswerving devotion to each other change an already written story? Sensual love plus...
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Review: Sweet Petunia
2008-03-14 05:55:00
Sweet PetuniaBy: Mia RomanoI can’t wait for you to read about the big adventure Ritzy and I went on this past summer. The cruise ship was a new experience for me. Let me tell you, I didn’t think I’d ever set foot on land again!What started out as a vacation ended up being everything but. Ritzy learned a thing or two about love, and I learned it was never too late to follow my dreams. We made these little discoveries after nearly losing our lives!And who would have guessed Ritzy likes a little kink in the bedroom. Just don’t tell her I told you that little tidbit of information if you see her out and about.Sweet Petunia was the most fun I've had reading a book in a long time. Every chapter had a surprise, or a twist or a revelation that kept me wanting to read more and more. Have you ever read a summary like the above written by a secondary character? You have now. I found Mia's choice of style quite different and a breath of fresh air. Actually, most of this story, even ho...
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Review: Strikes Don't Matter
2008-03-14 05:11:00
Strikes Don’t Matter by Denise PatrickGina Taylor left God behind after high school. A paralegal in a large, prestigious law firm in Salt Lake City, she's settled and content with her life. So – why does she have the feeling something is missing?The last place Adam Wilson would choose to live is Utah. Packed off to an out-of-state college after turbulent high school years, he's established himself and is on track to achieve his dream of becoming a partner in the law firm he works for.God, however, has other plans, and bringing Gina back into the fold with Adam's help will force them both to decide where their futures lie.Gina Taylor, a successful paralegal, hides hurts that not even her close family members know about. She has ignored God after her young brother’s death and has been happy to live her life with her friends, family and job. But lately, she has been feeling discontent with her life and she feels a need to change. However, she has no idea what needs to be change...
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Review: Meet Your Mate
2008-03-13 05:53:00
Meet Your Mate by Donna MichaelsEx-Army Ranger Capt. Jack ‘Dodger’ Anderson would rather run naked through a minefield in the Afghan desert than participate in a reality television show, but when his brother Matthew begins to receive threats, Jack quickly becomes Matthew’s shadow. As if the investigation isn’t baffling enough, he has to contend with the addition of a beautiful and vaguely familiar new contestant.Security specialist, Brielle Chapman reluctantly agrees to help her uncle by going undercover as a contestant on the Meet Your Mate reality show. Having nearly failed on a similar assignment, she wants to prove she still has a future in this business. But when the brother of the groom turns out to be Dodger, the object of her secret desire from an embarrassing prior undercover case, her job becomes harder. Does he recognize her? And how can she investigate with their sizzling attraction fogging her brain? Determined to finish the job, she brings the case to a surprisi...
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Review: Farragut Square
2008-03-13 05:10:00
Farragut Square by Bette McNicholasFarragut Square is a small plot of real estate in the heart of Washington, D.C.’s financial district. A crime took place there eight years ago and remains unsolved. Lindsay McCallister is searching for her missing sister. She swaps her tutu for a policeman’s standard blue uniform and her ballet shoes for a 9mm Glöck.She’s about to meet the one man capable of exposing her secrets and ruining her mission, Sergeant Joseph Dragani, the newly appointed head of the Unsolved Mystery Task Force.One evening, Lindsay finds Douglas Bly, hiding in her closet. He’s an escaped murderer who not only kidnapped her sister, but also has a perverse obsession with virgins.But Joey Dragani, the street-smart detective, has other plans for Lindsay and is not about to let this murderer strike again…Very enjoyable story. I had trouble leaving it and would stop reading and try to do something else only to drift back and continue reading.The main character, Lindsay...
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Review: Hotter After Midnight
2008-03-12 05:48:00
Hotter After Midnight by Cynthia EdenEmily Drake is a psychologist with a very special talent—thanks to her empathic power, she can touch the thoughts and emotions of her patients. And Emily’s patients, well, they aren’t exactly typical either; they’re Other—vampires, demons, all of the creatures that humans fear in the darkness of the nightWhen one of the Other starts killing humans, Emily is pulled into the investigation. Colin Gyth, the lead detective on the case, doesn’t trust her, and, since Emily senses he’s a Shifter, a being born with the ability to transform into an animal, the feeling is pretty mutual. Never trust anything born with two faces … that was Emily’s motto. However, she and Colin are forced to put aside their misgivings and work together once Emily officially joins the investigation as a profiler.While Emily and Colin search to unmask the killer, an unexpected passion grows between them. Burned in the past by those he’d trusted, Colin had neve...
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Review: Vampire Interrupted
2008-03-12 05:02:00
Vampire InterruptedBy Lynsay SandsIT WAS A CASE SHE COULD SINK HER TEETH INTO . . .After seven hundred years of life, Marguerite Argeneau finally has a career. Well, the start of one, anyway. She’s training to be a private investigator, and her first assignment is to find an immortal’s mother. It seemed simple enough, until Marguerite wakes up one evening to find herself at the wrong end of a sword. Now she realizes she’s in way over her head.Julius Notte wants to protect Marguerite, and not because someone just tried to take her head off. She doesn’t know it yet, but she’s his lifemate and he’s determined to woo her. It’s been over five hundred years since he last courted a woman, but surely the techniques haven’t changed. Now if only he can keep her alive – so to speak – so they can have that happily-ever-after.If you love the family feeling of a series, then Vampire Interrupted has more than its share during this exciting and long awaited tale. If you've been...
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Review: Black Rock - A Time For Love
2008-03-11 17:51:00
Black Rock – A Time for Love by E. G. ParsonsImagine discovering that your entire life has been a lie, that you’d been kidnapped as a toddler and sent back to the 1800’s. Roxanne makes this discovery from Collin, the rudest man she’s ever met. A man who’s determined to take Roxanne into a future that terrifies her. Despite his fear of commitment, Collin can turn her brain to mush and set her soul afire with just a look. While struggling to remain the lady she was raised to be, Roxanne must deal with another man—handsome, charming, obsessed. Brad will stop at nothing to gain ownership of Black Rock Ranch and make Roxanne his wife, including murder.Black Rock – A Time for Love is an original treatment of the popular time travel romance genre. Roxanne, having actually been born in 1979 but thrust back in time as a toddler to the late nineteenth century, has to deal with the reality of her circumstances. It is clever how Ms. Parsons weaves the elements of the story together...
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Review: Lady of the Knight
2008-03-11 05:50:00
Lady of the Knight by Tori PhillipsSir Andrew Ford was nobody’s fool. He knew that looks could be deceiving. And though his friends warned him that Rosie would be nothing but trouble, there was something very special about the woman beneath the tangled mane of hair and the dirt-smudged face.Indeed, something so special that he brazenly wagered he could teach the seemingly ordinary strumpet to be a lady fit to meet the king in less than a fortnight. But little did the jaded knight suspect that Rosie would be the first woman to teach him the meaning of true love!This Pygmalion adaptation is the second book in the Cavendish Chronicles series by Ms. Phillips, and it’s another entertaining tale set in sixteenth century England. Andrew Ford is a middle-aged knight, a known ladies’ man who accepts his friends’ challenge to buy a prostitute at auction and turn her into a lady in less than ten days. Rosie is a young, scared orphan, raised by a tyrannical foster father and turned over ...
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Review: The Bodyguard and the Rockstar
2008-03-11 05:46:00
The Bodyguard and the Rockstar by Christy Tillery FrenchProtection specialist Natasha Chamberlain thinks guarding popular English rock star Giki during a tour of the Southern states will be easy and fun. She couldn’t be more wrong.In no time at all she finds herself bogged down in Giki’s crazy world of sex, drugs, shoplifting, and an uncontrollable sweet tooth. If that’s not bad enough, Giki is being hunted by a ruthless cyberstalker, intent on putting an end to her career.When Natasha gets shot after the first concert, her fiancé, Jonce Striker, steps in. Determined to keep Natasha safe, he sends his best men, Pit and Bigun, to watch over her. Striker wants Natasha to marry him and give up her dangerous line of work, but he’s having trouble convincing her of that fact.Natasha’s torn between her love for Striker, and her desire to do her job. Will she give in to Striker’s demands and forget about her profession? Or will she stay with Giki and do whatever it takes to prot...
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Review: Compromising Positions
2008-03-10 05:44:00
Compromising Positionsby Dara EdmondsonMeet Crystal, Patsy and Maureen – three friends in their forties trying to run the obstacle course of mid-life.Crystal thinks she has the perfect marriage until she starts fantasizing about a handsome coworker. But when she suspects her husband is having more than fantasies about another woman, she digs in her heels and fights for what’s hers.Patsy discovers her Neanderthal husband Bud having sex with his bowling buddy and wearing women’s underwear. When Bud tries to take more than his fair share in the divorce, Patsy sets out to humiliate him into submission.Maureen has enough trouble trying to survive life with her rebellious teenaged daughter Rhianna. When she starts dating the teacher Rhianna has a secret crush on, the fur flies.Compromising Positions by Dara Edmondson is an earthy look at three women and one teen as they face difficult moments in their lives. Divorce, infidelity, temptation, casual teen sex and drug use, cross-dressi...
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Review: Ten Fantasy Wishes
2008-03-10 05:42:00
Ten Fantasy Wishes by Linda Caroll-BraddNew in San Antonio, Ali Conrad is determined to find an intellectual man. When her dates turn out less than exciting, she emails her sister a list of ten wishes her fantasy man could provide. Her wishes start appearing but anonymously.Ali caught apartment manager Cole Hayden's eye the day she rented the apartment. Through his computer support business, he spotted her wish list and hopes by fulfilling them he'll convince Ali to accept a date. Life gets in the way and he's not present when the wishes arrive, and Ali believes they are from another man. How far will Cole go to convince Ali he's her secret admirer?I absolutely adored this story. What girl wouldn’t fall for a man who tries to make all her fantasies come true?The time Ali is spending as a single gal and the reason behind it reminded me so much of myself a few years ago that I completely related to her every thought. She is very much a hopeless romantic with her list of wishes, a...
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Review: Shadow On the Moon
2008-03-08 09:33:00
Shadow on the Moon Rhodes End Series, Book Oneby Barbara EdwardsIn SHADOW ON THE MOON, Police Officer ‘Mel’ Petersen investigates a death only she believes is murder. By disobeying direct orders from the Rhodes End Chief, she risks her career to follow clues that twist in circles to her backyard and lead the killer to her.Her neighbor Stephen Zoriak is a prime suspect. Steve worked for a major pharmaceutical company where he discovered a weapon so dangerous he destroys the research. He is exposed to a dangerous organism. He suspects he is the killer and agrees to help her find the truth when another corpse is discovered.More deaths happen. Mel is injured confronting the suspect. A small group of Mel’s friends band together to hunt the killer.In the course of their investigation Mel and Steve find the real killer and a love that defies death.Small-town police don’t like newsworthy crime. But Officer Mel Petersen doesn’t believe in giving in to pressure when all the clues poi...
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Review: Hands Off
2008-03-08 09:32:00
Hands Offby Sharon CullenWhen the former fat girl and the former geek meet at their high school reunions, past desires are tossed aside as new ones ignite. But when Mia's old insecurities return, can Jack convince her she's deserving of his love?Jump into the class reunion of your dreams. "Hands Off" by Sharon Cullen is a celebration of self, of personal victory, even of sexual victory, while it mingles with the rediscovery, recognition of others. This is the exhultant reunion everyone wants, with the kind of sexual relationship one couldnt't even imagine in high school.Stunner Mia Sutherland remembers a lot of unkind fellow students from her high school years. Mia, 'former fat girl' as she thinks of herself, plans to sweep victoriously into the high school crowd. In a way, this is kind of predictable ; the classic envy of the popular doll, the crush on the captain of the football team. Still, Cullen has no trouble bringing her lively main character Mia out of the cliched backg...
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Review: Strangers In Death
2008-03-07 21:35:00
Strangers In Death by J.D. RobbTechnology may be different in 2060 New York, yet the city is still a place of many cultures and great divides. But as ever, some murders receive more attention than others-especially those in which the victim is a prominent businessman, found in his Park Avenue apartment, tied to the bed-and strangled-with cords of black velvet.It doesn't surprise Lieutenant Eve Dallas that Thomas Anders's scandalous death is a source of titillation and speculation to the public-and of humiliation to his family. But while people in the city are talking about it, those close to Anders aren't so anxious to do the same. With some help from her billionaire husband, Roarke, Eve's soon knocking on doors-or barging through them-to find answers.But the facts don't add up. Physical evidence suggests that the victim didn't struggle. The security breach in the apartment indicates that the killer was someone known to the family, but everyone's alibi checks out. Was this a c...
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Review: New Life Incognita
2008-03-07 10:04:00
New Life Incognitaby Gracie C. McKeeverA young black man is shot down in the streets in a drive-by. But a mistake has been made. Kelly shouldn't have died. So he's returned to Eart... in the body of a young comatose white woman married to a hot looking Latino narc cop. Can Kelly resolve the questions surrounding his death? What will happen to Amire, the woman he loved in his previous life? And, most important, can he resolve his marriage - now that he's a woman named Dagny - to another man?New Life Incognita has a little something for everyone. Suspense, romance, humor, with a Wicca theme - reincarnation. The plot is fast paced with plenty of sharp curves to keep the readers interest. However, this is not a book for someone seeking a typical romance. The romantic relationship between Tyler and Kelly/Dagny was definitely outside the ’normal’ boundaries. Ms. McKeever did a wonderful job establishing their relationship. When Kelly wakes in Dagny’s body the marriage is over, he...
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Review: Doorway To the Stars
2008-03-07 09:31:00
Doorway to the Stars by Marly MathewsDoorway to the Stars, tour guide, Freya Kirkland is a veteran of the last great war that was waged across Earth and its many planets that it has colonized. The new government has been in power for ten years now, and Freya is still struggling to come to terms with the strange new world Earth has become. Thrust back into an archaic age where slavery and other barbaric practices are now in use, she must fight just to get through another day.Rumors of Outlanders that have infiltrated the star traveling system start to run rampant throughout Earth's many media outlets. Knowing that she must continue her job as a tour guide, she knowingly places herself in danger just so she can continue to earn her much needed paycheck. Her world is turned upside down when she meets Gaian Warrior, Aries D'Halen. Will their love be able to mend a broken world and lead her people and his people into a bright future for all?"Doorway to the Stars," features a very origin...
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Review: Entertaining Angel: An Orchard Hill Romance
2008-03-06 23:11:00
Entertaining Angel : An Orchard Hill Romance by Kara Lynn RussellOrchard Hill Residents – lock up your hearts!Pansy Parker and Misty Green are rivals in romance. Each believes she is the town’s best matchmaker. Now, they’re going to settle the question for once and for all. They’re keeping track to see who can make the most matches in a year’s time.No heart is safe in Orchard Hill – not even their own.Artist Angel Marcell is on her own for the first time in her life. If only her brother would stop treating her like a child! He’s asked one of his college friends to watch over her while she’s in Orchard Hill visiting cousin, Misty Green. Jeff Bradley is working day and night to make his real estate business a success. He doesn’t have time to entertain his friend’s little sister – no matter how cute she is when she blushes. Besides when she’s around, his life turns into chaos and he starts longing for things that aren’t compatible with his business plan. When An...
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Review: Better Than Chocolate
2008-03-06 09:29:00
Better than Chocolate by Brieanna RobertsonYears ago Van Marshall, lead singer and guitarist of the metal band Bleeding Passion, let the love of his life get away because he lacked the courage to tell her how he felt about her. He has been plagued by the memory of her ever since then, unable to fully commit to another because of the love he still held for her in his heart. Now, she is thrown unexpectedly back into his life, bringing with her all of the feelings he has hidden inside for so long.Because of a brutal assault, Kat Vauss hates men and trusts no one. She is a martial arts master and devotes all of her time to her work and her training. The only person to ever come close to her heart was a shy, awkward boy she knew in high school who she thinks is gone forever.When Kat is given an assignment to shoot a DVD for Bleeding Passion, she is not prepared for the way her body and heart react to the sensual singer, who coincidentally helped her out of a sticky situation some years be...
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Review: Oh Brother, You're Not My Keeper
2008-03-06 07:25:00
Oh Brother , You're Not My Keeper by Kimberlee MendozaBeing a teenager is hard enough without a sister trying to control one's life.Sixteen year old Nick Russell falls in love with high school outcast Sherry Park. After losing her in a tragic car accident, he decides to never love again. But when an unlikely foe captures his heart, he begins to change his mind. When his sister Melena finds out her brother is hanging out with her professor's wild child, she puts on the brakes. Can Nick find happiness despite his sister's encumbering efforts? Will his heart ever heal?This is the second book in the Russell Family Series by Kimberlee Mendoza. I didn't have the privilege of reading the first one in the series, but you can bet I'll be looking it up.Why? because this one was so compelling!Mendoza has clearly mastered the art of a well executed plot. She launches the book with an unlikely but very sweet and successful romance between two very dissimilar teens - a lithe and popular surfe...
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Review: Whiskey Shots Volume 13
2008-03-06 01:13:00
WHISKEY SHOTS VOLUME 13by Isabelle KaneThe Thought of YouSeveral months after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, Second Lieutenant Ruth Johnson of the Army Nurse Corps attends a British officers’ party. At first, saddened by memories of a lost fiancé, Ruth cannot get into the spirit of the evening. Then, a certain British officer captures her eye and fires her imagination. Where will the magic between them lead?Ransom for a VikingWhen she was a Viking slave, Astrid came to love Egil Wolfslayer, the young warrior who saved and protected her. But now he is the prisoner, and she is tending to him. Wounded and betrayed by his own brother, Egil faces the fight of his life to save himself and the woman he could never forget.The two stories in this anthology are from vastly different eras. “The Thought of You” is set in the time of World War II while “Ransom for a Viking” is set around 740A.D. The settings are not too far apart. One is set in England and other in the Orkney Islands...
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Review: Dance With Deception
2008-03-06 01:09:00
Dance with Deception by Tracy GoodwinDuty can be a curse. No one knows this better than Sebastian Montgomery, Ninth Duke of Davenport. Groomed at a young age to inherit his father's tarnished title, Sebastian has vowed never to fall in love or marry, certain that both lead to disaster. Gwendolyn MacAlistair longs for love; however her ruthless father has arranged for her to marry a man she despises. The very man who destroyed her family. Duty be damned, neither Sebastian nor Gwen can deny the fiery passion between them. Soon, they find themselves embroiled in a maze of family secrets and dangerous deceptions. Can love survive such a deadly dance?Dance with Deception, a historical romance set in rural England in 1845, is the debut novel from author Tracy Goodwin. As suggested by the title, the novel’s theme is deception and the hero and heroine must confront truths hidden behind generations of lies, and discover how dishonesty can corrupt and lack of forgiveness can distort a perso...
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Review: Oblivious MARCH 4
2008-03-04 22:00:00
Obliviousby Cyndia Depre Eccentric Olivia Chatham has found her life's calling. Crime buster. Tucker Monroe, the small Wisconsin town's mysterious new resident, discovers he, too, has a mission. Keeping up with her.Cyndia Depre has created a fun, humorous, and yet suspenseful book in Oblivious.Her main character, Olivia (named January, before her parents thought better of it), has a unique look on the world that this reader found very refreshing. She and her best friend, Josie, made me laugh at times. They seemed to be blondes trying for the "blondest award," but there is a lot of hidden depth under those blonde roots. Olivia also has a trouble with being accident prone, which comes into play as she and Tucker Monroe seek to solve a mysterious death.Ms. Depre had created a murder mystery that will have you wondering until the last moment "who done it" and she does so while also making you wonder about the romance developing between Olivia and Tucker. See, Olivia has standards. She...
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Review: Jayna Incarnate
2008-03-04 13:07:00
Jayna Incarnateby Jane ShoupDuring an experimental procedure to treat Samantha Bennett’s clinical depression, her heart stops momentarily and her soul travels 250 years back in time, to 1745, to the last moments of her former incarnation, Jayna Conroy’s, life. The influx of Samantha’s energy allows Jayna to survive and continue her escape from captivity with the infamous ‘pirate’ Shoale.Jayna finds her way to the MacAndrews clan in the Highlands and into the heart of Mackenzie MacAndrews, but Mac has a full-time struggle to keep his clan out of civil conflict as bonnie Prince Charlie tries to reclaim the throne of Scotland. The darkly compelling Shoale continues his search for Jayna, and there is another, unseen threat—-medical technology of the future, where Samantha has been languishing in a coma since the surgery. Love, a home and happiness are finally within Jayna’s reach, but will she find a way to keep them against all odds?Jayna Incarnate has all the best elemen...
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