Serendipity by Carly Phillips (Serendipity #1) Contemporary Romance September 6, 2011 Paperback Berkley Reviewed by Helyce Faith Harrington has moved back to Serendipity. She’s hoping to start an interior design business but she knows it won’t be easy. For one, her father was convicted of running a Ponzi scheme which affected many families and businesses in the town causing them to lose their life savings. If that wasn’t enough, she’s recently divorced having caught her husband in Continue Reading
Review: Never Enough by Lauren Dane
Never Enough by Lauren Dane (Brown Siblings #4) September 6, 2011 Erotic Romance Berkley Heat Trade Paperback Reviewed by Helyce Never Enough is book four in Lauren Danes Brown Siblings Series. It focuses on Adrian Brown, who is a well known and very successful rock star. Adrian does not portray the typical rock star image, however. He’s very much a family man at heart; he cherishes his family, his brother Brody and his sister Erin and their extended families as well as their Continue Reading
Review: Haunted Heart by Carolyn Rosewood
Haunted Heart by Carolyn Rosewood Contemporary Romance/Suspense July 1, 2011 E-Book Etopia Press Reviewed by Mandi Rowena is back home to Ohio after a very messy and public divorce. Right after high school, she moved to LA and soon after that, met actor Brett Fontaine. They married, but it ended very badly. A designer, she is now blackballed from working in LA because Brett slandered her name. But she has at least had some revenge – she sued him, and he lost, owing her a very Continue Reading
Review: Don’t Mess with Texas by Christie Craig
Don’t Mess with Texas by Christie Craig Contemporary Romance September 1, 2011 Paperback Forever Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: "You still can't get her to sleep with you? Did you tell her you were hung like a racehorse?" Former Cop Dallas O’Connor was framed for murder, along with several of his friends. Now they’re out of jail, names cleared, and making a difference with their PI business (Don’t Mess with Texas) by helping out those who are innocent as well as Continue Reading
Review: To the Moon and Back by Jill Mansell
To The Moon And Back by Jill Mansell Contemporary Romance Paperback September 1, 2011 Sourcebooks Landmark Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Logically you knew it wouldn’t happen, but there is always that deep down niggling feel that you might gaze into the camera and start shouting, “Fuck, fuck, bastard-bollocks, fuck!” When Ellie Kendall lost her husband Jamie in a car accident, she thought her life was over. Her father in-law, a famous actor, moves her to a posh London Continue Reading
Review: Something to Talk About by M.J. Fredrick
Something To Talk About by M.J. Fredrick Contemporary Romance Ebook June 20, 2011 Lyrical Press, Inc. Reviewed by Tori When Ellie Morgan breaks up with the town’s football coach, all she hears is the old refrain, “She’s just like her mother-never happy.” Ellie doesn’t know exactly what she wants in a relationship but she does know she wants more than a self absorbed man who puts her second to his career. So Ellie cuts him loose after a year (a personal best for her) and attempts Continue Reading
Review: Good Girls Don’t by Victoria Dahl
Good Girls Don’t by Victoria Dahl (Donovan Brothers Brewery #1) Contemporary Romance August 30, 2011 Paperback Harelquin Reviewed by Mandi and May Mandi: Oh I love Victoria Dahl’s contemporaries and when I heard she had a new series coming out about siblings who own a brewery, it was a double win. Beer and smut wrapped up into one book? Along with many laughs and a little mystery, this book is definitely one I can recommend. Before we discuss let’s do a little set-up. Tessa Continue Reading
Review: Paying Her Debt by Emma Shortt
Paying Her Debt by Emma Shortt Contemporary Romance July 11, 2011 E-Book Evernight Publishing Reviewed by Mandi Andy Jones suffered many injuries as a result of a bad car accident a year ago. She also lost her business and has fallen into debt. Working two jobs, fifteen hours a day doesn’t leave her much time for sleep or anything else. Which is why she falls asleep while working at the very fancy Fine Foods company while sorting through boxes. And it is not her lucky day. The owner of Continue Reading
Review: The “What If” Guy by Brooke Moss
The “What If” Guy by Brooke Moss Contemporary Romance E book August 5, 2011 Entangled Publishing, LLC Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “This town isn’t perfect, but it’s home. The people here love you, and they helped raise you, no matter what you think.” Everyone has a “what if” guy in their past. The one person whose soul spoke to yours but fate plays with your destiny and you both go your separate ways. In Brooke Moss’s romantic contemporary, our heroine is given a chance to Continue Reading
Review: Liam’s Perfect Woman by Beth Kery
Liam’s Perfect Woman by Beth Kery (Home to Harbor Town #2) July 19, 2011 Contemporary Romance Paperback Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi Liam Kavanaugh is done with the high stress police force in Chicago, and has decided to return to the small town of Harbor Town, Michigan to become the police chief. And while he wants to spend a few weeks relaxing before he takes his new position, Natalie Reyes has a proposition for him. Sixteen years ago when Liam was only 15 and Natalie even Continue Reading