Once a Ferrara Wife by Sarah Morgan Contemporary Romance January 24, 2012 Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: Slowly, she turned her head and looked at him. He turned his head too and his eyes fixed on hers. Both should have looked away but neither of them did. The inevitability of it was as sweet and sharp as the desire that stabbed through her body. Laurel Ferrara is going back to the one place in the world she has no desire to be – Sicily. And she is going to see the Continue Reading
Review: Sugar Rush by Donna Kauffman
Sugar Rush by Donna Kauffman Contemporary Romance December 27, 2011 Brava Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: I made cinnamon rolls, then needed something to occupy me until Tyler Florence. Ultimate cheesecakes today. Tyler. And cheesecake.” Charlotte took a moment, hand to chest, sighed. “It’s the closest I’ve been to multiple orgasms since February.” Lani moved away from her career as a head pastry chef in New York to a small island off the coast of Georgia called Sugarberry Continue Reading
Review: Twisted Up by Lissa Matthews
Twisted Up by Lissa Matthews December 20, 2011 Samhain Publishing Contemporary Romance EBook Reviewed by Helyce Justin and Ella are already a couple when this story begins. Justin wasn’t looking for anything when he walked into that bar, that night. A group of women were there, playing some sort of Trivia game and they were short a player. He figured, what the heck, and sat down next to a gal to start the game. She looked up at one point and smiled and that small, simple thing was Continue Reading
Review: Rocky Mountain Haven by Vivian Arend
Rocky Mountain Haven by Vivian Arend (Six Pack Ranch # 2) Contemporary Romance January 10, 2012 E-book Samhain Reviewed by Helyce Rocky Mountain Haven is the story of Daniel Coleman and Beth Danube. We met Daniel in the first book, Rocky Mountain Heat. Daniel is the middle Coleman son and we learn enough about him to know that he is the calm one, the peacemaker in the family. We learned that he’d been in a relationship with a woman, one he thought he’d marry, but it didn’t work Continue Reading
Review: A Facebook Affair by Tara Chevrestt
A Facebook Affair by Tara Chevrestt Contemporary Romance December 9, 2011 Breathless Press Reviewed by Mandi Kelly Littleton has had a hearing impairment her entire life. As a child, life was very difficult for her because she was different and in a public school. She had to wear hearing aids over her ears and talked a little different than everyone else. In her second and third grade years though, there was a boy, Brandon, who always had a gentle smile for her amid all the mean Continue Reading
Review: The Rocky Road to Romance by Janet Evanovich
The Rocky Road to Romance By Janet Evanovich Contemporary Romance Originally Published 1991, Reissue 11/29/11 Harper Collins Reviewed by May Elsie pulled a .45 magnum long-barrel out of her pocketbook and leveled it at Steve’s zipper. “I’d shoot him in the privates. Some people aim for the heart, some people like to gut-shoot a man, but I always aim for the privates. Word gets around when you shoot off a man’s privates. People get to be real careful of you.” Steve owns a radio Continue Reading
Review: Destiny by Carly Phillips
Destiny by Carly Phillips (Serendipity #2) January 3, 2012 Contemporary Romance Berkley Reviewed by Helyce Nash Barron’s teenage years were tough, to say the least. At 15, both his parents were killed when their car was hit by a drunk driver. His older brother, Ethan, left town leaving Nash and their younger brother, Dare, to the foster care system. Nash was placed with an affluent family in Serendipity while Dare was placed in a home that already had too many foster children. Continue Reading
Review: Assume the Position by T.C. Lee
Assume the Position by T.C. Lee Erotica December 15, 2011 Firefly & Wisp Publishing Reviewed by Mandi I’m not sure why I accepted this review request. Maybe because it was the start of a new year and I was feeling adventurous. The title made me snort, and I liked the idea of an erotic book involving a police officer. I tried to go into this book just expecting crazy sex (which there is) and go with the erotica. But the non-sex scenes are weak. There is a murder storyline which just Continue Reading
Review: Dirty Beautiful by Jodie Becker
Dirty Beautiful by Jodie Becker Contemporary Romance November 18, 2011 E-Book Ellora’s Cave Dylan has moved from LA to a small town in Georgia to start his life over. Many years ago, with a cancer-ridden mother and no money to pay for her treatments, he moved to LA to pursue a career as an adult entertainer. He became “Drake” and made it as a big time porn actor. But he never felt comfortable in that role, and eventually fled to the small town for a fresh start. He buys an older Continue Reading
Review: Hidden Summit by Robyn Carr
Hidden Summit by Robyn Carr (Virgin River #17) Contemporary Romance December 27, 2011 MIRA Reviewed by Helyce Sometimes doing the right thing just doesn’t seem worth it. That’s how it seems, anyway, for Danson Connor. One night, he’s innocently taking out the trash behind his hardware store when he witnesses a cold blooded murder. The kicker, he recognizes the killer. After the body is dumped, Danson calls 911 and before he knows it he’s in the middle of a very high profile murder Continue Reading