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Review: The Indy Man by Janet Dailey

by Keira 03.26.2010

This wasn’t a bad book per se but it wasn’t all that interesting either. It’s not an average read, more of a ho-hum read. A good time filler, but nothing spectacular. Now that the dithering it out of the way… I’ll tell you more about what is actually in the book. The hero, Mitch Braden, [...]

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Review: The Measure of a Lady by Deeanne Gist

by Keira 03.21.2010

I really wanted to like this novel. In fact, I would have if it hadn’t been for the ending. It did not give me what I wanted. The only person in the Van Buren family to grow was Rachel, the heroine, and that really irked me as it was the younger sister, Lissa, who flouted [...]

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Review: Sexiest Man Alive by Diana Holquist

by Keira 01.31.2010

I picked this up from the library because it was recommended in the AAR forums as a book about heroines who have low self-confidence. The heroine in Sexiest Man Alive has panic attacks around men, especially good looking men. On the whole it’s a semi-cute read, but it’s very campy in a bad way, like [...]

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Review: The Italian’s Secret Child by Catherine Spencer

by Keira 01.24.2010

Matteo De Luca is one prideful, stubborn man. He was stubborn at twenty-five and he still is at thirty-five. He’s very wealthy and comes from a blueblood Italian family but chooses not to share this with anyone, especially our heroine until after she is staring gobsmacked at his house in Tuscany. Stephanie Leyland-Owen married Charles [...]

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Movie Review: Morning Glory (1993) starring Christopher Reeve and Deborah Raffin

by Keira 01.17.2010

I remember watching this a long time ago. Now I know why I haven’t seen it since. Four people make this movie: Christopher Reeve (Will Parker), Helen Shaver (Lula Peak), and the two kids who play Baby Thomas and Donald Wade. Nina Foch (Miss Beasley) could have been utilized better and would have been great [...]

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Movie Review: Did You Hear About the Morgans? starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant

by Keira 01.11.2010

Meryl Morgan (Sarah Jessica Parker) is a TSTL heroine. The woman witnesses a murder, goes into protective custody and decides calling New York is a good idea. Is the woman crazy or does she just have a death wish? Seriously. Jackie Drake, her assistant, is just as stupid because when the adoptive agency in New [...]

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Review: Lord of la Pampa by Kay Thorpe

by Keira 11.21.2009

MOC + second suitor + jealousy = win! Or… maybe not. When a tour mixes up dates, Lian is stranded in Argentina with a minimum of Spanish. She takes a job as a hostess at a club only to find to her horror that a hostess is really just a polite word for prostitute. Help [...]

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Review: This Rake of Mine by Elizabeth Boyle

by Keira 09.18.2009

This was definitely not one of my favorite novels. Not only did Boyle use hair color to give stereotypical traits to the heroine, but the big reveal didn’t feel so big! Major bummer! As Susan would say thank goodness I’m FF (finally finished)! A kiss can change the fates of nations. It certainly changed the [...]