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Review: Getting Familiar with Your Demon by Jodi Redford

by Susan S. 01.21.2012

Reviewed by Susan S. Please hold. Flip. Flip-flip. After a quick scan of my mental rolodex, Samael Gorasola is the baddest hero I’ve ever encountered. He’s sexy bad and you’ll hate loving him. Or is it, love hating him? Either way works! Summary: That Old Black Magic, Book 4 Samael (Sam) Gorasola is a dirty-mouthed [...]

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Review: Ten Things I Love About You (Bevelstoke, Book 3) by Julia Quinn

by Keira 01.18.2012

Heroine: Annabel Winslow, eldest sister of 8 siblings, is soon to be engaged to an overweight, short-tempered nobleman as old as her grandmother. She must agree or risk her family’s future happiness. If she does, she loses her own. But she still has time before the Earl of Newbury asks, perhaps there is another way? [...]

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Review: Maximum Witch by Jodi Redford

by Susan S. 12.27.2011

Reviewed by Susan S. Summary: Book Three in That Old Black Magic Series Maxwell Truitt (hero) is a shark-shifting sheriff. And for reasons unbeknownst to me, I want to sing that to the tune of Bob Marley’s song, I Shot the Sheriff. All right, let’s move on. Max is patrolling the Atlantic one night when [...]

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Review: Until There Was You by Kristan Higgins

by Keira 12.15.2011

Heroine: (Cordelia) Posey Osterhagen might be the plain adopted daughter, but she’s well-loved both at work, at home, and by her Little Sister (from the youth mentoring organization). If only that translated into her love life, but the boyfriend she’s got doesn’t want to go to the next level, preferring to have sex dates instead [...]

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Movie Review: Boys Over Flowers starring Hye-sun Koo, Min-ho Lee, and Hyun-joong Kim

by Keira 12.13.2011

What You Need to Know: Boys Over Flowers is a Korean TV romantic drama. It runs for two seasons with a total of 25 episodes. The series is based on a Manga series of the same title which I have not read. There’s been other adaptations of the Manga besides this one with differences. Recommended: [...]

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Review: The Forbidden Wife by Sharon Kendrick

by Keira 11.26.2011

Before you start: Have you read Jane Eyre? Did you like it? Well The Forbidden Wife followed Jane Eyre to a Tee, which is great if you love Jane Eyre (which I do) but awful if you’re looking for new surprises (I was and there wasn’t any). Heroine: 18 year old Ashley Jones is an [...]

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My Favorite Tropes: Physical Disabilities

by Carla F. 11.23.2011

Guest Post by Carla F. I love stories in which the hero or heroine have a physical disability (blindness, deafness, unable to walk, etc.). The H/H has an additional barrier (a large one) to reaching their one true love. Sometimes he/she will use their impairment as shield to keep the love of their life away [...]

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Review: Dark Sins and Desert Sands (Mythica Series, Book 5) by Stephanie Draven

by Lynn Reynolds 11.13.2011

Reviewed by Lynn Reynolds Stephanie Draven’s Dark Sins and Desert Sands is book 5 of the “Mythica Series”. Main characters: Rayhan Stavrakis, he’s a military man with some very special abilities. One side effect from his abilities is that he gets bloody noses (think Firestarter). Dr. Layla Bahset is an American Psychologist. Or is she? [...]