When I started reading Loretta Chase’s latest, Last Night’s Scandal, I had a little bit of trouble. The character set up relies heavily on what happened in Lord Perfect and her other Carsington family books. So, it was slow going at first, as I oriented myself in this universe and figured out how everyone was related. What… Read More Last Night’s Scandal, by Loretta Chase
Anna Campbell made her romance debut with quite the splash in 2007, with the release of Claiming the Courtesan. It was a book that stirred up quite a bit of controversy, a lot of discussion about returning to old school tropes of forced seduction, etc. She has published several books since, but I never got… Read More My Reckless Surrender, by Anna Campbell
It’s yet again time for me to make a list of what to read! A lot of things are coming out this fall/winter and I’m perpetually behind! When the Stars Go Blue, by Caridad Ferrer (releasing in November) Butterfly Swords, by Jeannie Lin In the Dark of Dreams, by Marjorie M. Liu (releasing in November)… Read More The TBR Pile for September/October
My Lord Jack, by Hope Tarr — This Carina Press re-release stood out to me for the concept alone, because the hero is a hangman…and a redhead! Definitely two things I’ve never encountered in a romance novel before. In fact, the whole book proved to be a great departure from the norm. There’s one other… Read More A week in reading: quick hits
I read A Ring of Endless Light, by Madeleine L’Engle around twice a year…particularly when I’m in need of a little soul soothing. It’s a timeless book about family and loss, and when there was a death in my personal circle recently, it was this book I turned to for comfort, for the tools to… Read More A deep but dazzling darkness
I read some positive reviews of Neesha Meminger’s Shine, Coconut Moon last year on a few book blogs, so when I recently found it at the New York Public Library, I decided to give it a shot. The novel is a post-9/11 coming-of-age tale about Samar “Sam” Ahluwahlia, whose entire life changes when, just a… Read More Shine, Coconut Moon, by Neesha Meminger
Kelley Armstrong is the one author I will insta-buy in hardback. Whenever I do it, I brace myself, thinking, “Okay, this time I’m going to regret it.” And, knock on wood, I never do! Waking the Witch, Armstrong’s 11th Women of the Otherworld book, is just as captivating as her previous works. Followers of Armstrong’s books… Read More Waking the Witch, by Kelley Armstrong
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