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Review: Lucky in Love by Carolyn Brown

by Keira 09.11.2011

Lucky in Love is a riot. Brown had fun putting phrases together that read like classic stereotypical western and modern feisty romance rolled into one. You’ll find expressions like: “my hide tacked to the smokehouse door,” “she belongs like a horse apple in a church social punch bowl,” and “heartache bigger than Dallas” to name [...]

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Emotional Payoff: Why Angst is Awesome

by Keira 04.26.2011

What makes a novel memorable? Is it the characters? The sex? The plot? The setting? The writing? The angst? All of the above play a part, but for me angst is king. What is angst? Angst is moving, and emotional, and evocative. It is 100% relatable. Everyone has doubts, fears heartbreak, has experienced pain. In [...]

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Review: Frederica by Georgette Heyer

by Sasha Muradali 04.15.2011

By: Sasha Muradali, guest reviewer Frederica is a stylish and witty Regency novel by Georgette Heyer. The novel centers around a young girl named Frederica who brings her younger sister and the rest of their siblings to London. She is determined to secure a fabulous marriage for her astoundingly beautiful, cherub-faced sister named Charis. If [...]

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Review: What Would Jane Austen Do? by Laurie Brown

by Keira 03.22.2011

WWJAD is quick fun read. The story is flirty and cute just like the hero, Lord James Shermont. Read it in the bathtub, on the beach, while waiting in line at the post office, wherever, it’s sure to make you smile and leave you eager to turn the page. Eleanor Pottinger (yes it is unfortunate [...]

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Review: Crimson Rapture by Jennifer Horsman

by Keira 03.13.2011

I first heard about Crimson Rapture from a HaBo post over at Smart Bitches: Trashy Books. I can’t remember now if this book was the actual book or just one of the suggestions, but I guess it hardly matters. It sounded cool and I got it immediately from Paperback Swap. It was originally published in [...]

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Review: Some Like it Wicked by Teresa Medeiros

by Keira 02.25.2011

Some Like It Wicked by Teresa Medeiros is truly an exceptional read. She’s done it again creating characters that I love and a story line that makes me laugh and close the book with a happy sigh. The sex was tantalizing, decadent, and sizzling hot. The end has a bit of a cliff hanger as [...]

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Review: Firestorm by Brenda Joyce

by Marcia 12.22.2010

By: Marcia, guest reviewer Firestorm is the second installment in the Bragg series and is now in reprint. It takes place primarily in 1858, San Francisco. Storm Bragg is a rambunctious 17 year old who can ride, shoot and fight as well as any man, having been brought up in West Texas with two brothers [...]

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Spanking Alphas in Older Romances

by Keira 11.19.2010

Why is spanking prevalent in older romances? I kid you not the hero gets upset then he takes heroine and bends her over his knee to end an argument. Is it supposed to be sexy? It just comes across as daddy issues gone wrong. My recent read had such a scene and it was very [...]