Hot, intense passion and suspense combine to create one of the best romantic suspense novels of the year Fifteen years ago, Claire O’Toole’s mother disappeared. Last year, Claire’s husband David was shot dead in a freak hunting accident. And today, as Claire begins to investigate the disappearance that’s haunted her since she was a teenager,… Continue reading Review: In Close by Brenda Novak
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Review: Real Men Will by Victoria Dahl
One of the best contemporary romances I’ve read this year. Six months ago, uptight Eric Donovan went to a business expo and had a steamy night of passion with the manager of a local erotic boutique. Problem? He used his bad-boy younger brother’s name. For one night, he wanted to be someone else, without all… Continue reading Review: Real Men Will by Victoria Dahl
What’s your definition of a keeper?
We bookworms often talk about which novels deserve space on our keeper shelf. For some, it’s a symbolic expression referring to books we adore, whether we own them or not. For others, the keeper shelf is an actual shelf or bookcase with a finite amount of space. In my case, it’s two plastic containers under… Continue reading What’s your definition of a keeper?
May-December romance
Back in the early 90s, when I first started reading romance, I remember reading a few books where there was a big age difference between the hero and heroine. Of course, the hero was always the older one. In one book, the hero was in his late 30s and ended up with a 19-year-old woman.… Continue reading May-December romance
The world’s worst dates
When I was 20, a random guy on campus asked me to go to dinner with him. Being a suspicious girl living in LA, I told him I’d pick him up—why give a potential serial killer your address, right? On our first date, I found out he had a son. I won’t lie—it was a… Continue reading The world’s worst dates