Have you ever felt lucky? Like really, really lucky?

It’s no secret that I am a squeeing fangirl for certain authors. And in the past month or so I have been lucky enough, through no fault of my own, to receive ARCs of eagerly awaited upcoming books from three of my favorites: Toni Blake, Karen Rose and Julie Anne Long. Three wonderful authors, three completely different sub-genres.

Since, for me, part of the deal with receiving an ARC is writing a review (only if it’s positive though–I don’t do reviews for books I dislike, mostly because I am a writer … Read More »

This latest installment in Julie Anne Long’s Pennyroyal Green series, I KISSED AN EARL is Violet Redmond’s book. If you’re familiar with the series, you’ll remember Violet as a key player in LIKE NO OTHER LOVER. When she is introduced at a ball to the newly elevated sea captain, the Earl of Ardmay, and his first mate Lord Lavay, Violet is intrigued. After all, hadn’t the gypsy girl said the name Lavay to her? And hadn’t she foretold that Violet would go on a long journey over water? But what intrigues her more is the fact that Ardmay has been … Read More »

Karen Rose delivers another page-turning blend of gut-churning suspense and bone-melting romance in SILENT SCREAM, which finally gives her fans the story of David Hunter, who has played a secondary role in several of her previous books. Having moved to Minneapolis in the previous book I CAN SEE YOU, the sexy firefighter’s company is called to the scene of what looks to be an environmental arson case, where he is unable to rescue a young woman from the burning building. As luck would have it, the homicide detective assigned the case is Olivia Sutherland, whom David has been admiring from … Read More »

Wonderful, sexy read. I loved how Toni Blake breathed new life into the opposites attract trope, pairing up ambitious city girl, Rachel Farris, with straight-arrow small town cop, Mike Romo. Alongside Rachel and Mike’s story, Rachel’s grandmother, Edna (who is hilarious, BTW), tells the story of how the Farris/Romo feud started, and how the Farris family ended up with the Romo apple farm. Watching Mike and Rachel reveal themselves to one another, layer by layer, secret by secret was surprisingly poignant. And the chemistry between these two sparks off the page. By the end of the book I was cheering … Read More »