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Title: Monster in the Closet Author: Karen Rose Series: Baltimore #5 Happy Valentine’s Day, Rose fans I’ll warn you now, I’m fangirling all over this. If you’re new to Karen Rose and want to start with this one, please, PLEASE, read Watch Your Back first, at the very least. To truly appreciate this one to its fullest extent, read Nothing to Fear, then skip to You Belong to Me and read that as well as every successive novel, even the …
Title: The Woman Who Couldn’t Scream Author: Christina Dodd Series: Virtue Falls #4 Two well-written stories that don’t belong together I would like to thank Christina Dodd, St. Martin’s Press, and NetGalley for allowing me to read an ARC in exchange for an honest review. From the very start of The Woman Who Couldn’t Scream, I was hooked, and I could not bear to stop reading for any reason, because I had to know what happened next. I had to …
Title: My Fair Lover Author: Nicole Jordan Series: Legendary Lovers #5 Got halfway, decided I had better things to do I would like to thank Nicole Jordan, Ballantine Books/Penguin Random House, and NetGalley for allowing me to read an ARC in exchange for an honest review. I didn’t finish the book. I started it two weeks ago (three weeks ago? I don’t remember) and kept telling myself I needed to read it and get it over with (not what a …
Title: So I Married a Sorcerer Author: Kerrelyn Sparks Series: Embraced #2 Stupid title, great book I would like to thank Kerrelyn Sparks, St. Martin’s Press, and NetGalley for allowing me to read an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Brigitta is on her way to visit the oldest of her adopted sisters when she’s kidnapped by pirates! Turns out she’s not simply a poor orphan—she’s the princess of Tourin, thought dead these twenty years. When she was a …
Title: Indigo Lake Author: Jodi Thomas Series: Ransom Canyon #6 Not entirely bad but hardly satisfying To my astonishment, the leftover sense of disappointment I had from the last installment in the Ransom Canyon series, Wild Horse Springs, tempted me to not only skip reviewing this one, but to skip reading it at all. But my curiosity, a small sense of duty, and years of loving Thomas’ work combined into a force I couldn’t deny, so I read it. My …
Title: Seeing Red Author: Sandra Brown Series: n/a Not super exciting but still brilliant I would like to thank Sandra Brown, Grand Central Publishing/Hachette, and NetGalley for allowing me to read an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Twenty-five years ago, the nation was rocked by the tragic bombing of a prominent Dallas hotel. The culprit confessed and the case was quickly closed, but for John Trapper, the repercussions had only begun. As one of the few survivors of …
Title: Beautiful Tempest Author: Johanna Lindsey Series: Malory Family #12 Utterly charming! Only a few issues Jacqueline “Jack” Malory has been obsessed with getting revenge on the man who stole her away from her family two months ago with the objective of luring her father to his death. She can’t believe her luck when he shows up in London and tries to bait her to come to him again. She goes—she can’t resist going—but she goes prepared, armed to the …
Title: Wired Author: Julie Garwood Series: Buchanan/FBI #13 Not the best Garwood I’ve read, but not a terrible book This book doesn’t seem to have been received very well. While the majority of its ratings are four- and five-stars—the percentages on Amazon and Goodreads are almost identical right now—the reviews are mixed. My personal opinion is that this is a good book, not a great one—but I have certainly read far, FAR worse. It’s been a few years since Garwood …
Title: Blackthorne’s Bride Author: Joan Johnston Series: Mail-Order Brides/Bitter Creek Historical #4 Flawed upon closer inspection…only a fraction of a larger world I would like to thank Joan Johnston, Dell at Penguin Random House, and NetGalley for allowing me to read an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Josephine Wentworth despises the Duke of Blackthorne. He’d saved her life, nursed her back to health, and promised to return her to her family—then shut her up in one of his …
Title: Phantom Pearl Author: Monica McCabe Series: Jewel Intrigue #3 Wasn’t what I thought it would be I would like to thank Monica McCabe, Lyrical Press, and Kensington Books for allowing me to read an ARC in exchange for an honest review. I didn’t finish reading this book, and I’m not proud of it. I tried for two weeks to get myself to finish it, but for some reason I just couldn’t justify taking the time. My attention and interest …