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Title: Dangerous in Diamonds Author: Madeline Hunter Series: Rarest Blooms #4 I couldn’t finish it I couldn’t finish it. I almost forced myself to reach the end just to see if we’d get to meet Sebastian and Audrianna’s baby, but I just couldn’t do it. It was so boring and so bizarre that after a few hours I couldn’t stand it anymore and switched to a Dorothy Garlock to listen to as I finished mowing the lawn. Because I didn’t …
Title: Sinful in Satin Author: Madeline Hunter Series: Rarest Blooms #3 the good does not outweigh the bad I cannot tell you how many times I checked to see how close to the end I was, and how often I let out a bored groan when I saw how much was left. It…plodded…along…saving the “big” reveal for about three-quarters or perhaps two-thirds into the book. And either the reveal wasn’t all that exciting in itself or the time it took …
Title: Provocative in Pearls Author: Madeline Hunter Series: Rarest Blooms #2 read for the interesting plot, “hero” is no hero This book was bittersweet. On one hand, the plot that Verity (aka quiet Lizzie) was, lo and behold, Hawkeswell’s runaway bride presumed dead was exciting to me. Perhaps it’s somewhat of a cliché, but I didn’t mind. When Hawkeswell discovered her, I was like, Ohhhhhh….snap. While running away as a solution to a problem smacks of cowardice, it’s dramatic and …
Title: Ravishing in Red Author: Madeline Hunter Series: Rarest Blooms #1 a little cliche, otherwise fantastic! worth reading This book had just about everything—a plucky heroine, a down-to-earth hero (or at least in the last three books he’s the most reasonable of the four), a scene involving a gun, an original reason for how the women knew each other (at least to my knowledge), steamy love scenes, intrigue, a wealth of historical detail (though the extent of my knowledge cannot …
Title: Wicked Charms Authors: Janet Evanovich and Phoef Sutton Series: Lizzie and Diesel #3 A fun action-adventure-comedy (with a pinch of romance) that will make you laugh out loud 🙂 YAAAY AN EVANOVICH BOOK!! WHOOP WHOOP! There was quite a long hiatus between the last book of this series and this latest installment, but it was worth the wait. Only Janet Evanovich (and whichever co-writer she’s got tagging along at the moment) can pull off something this fantastically ridiculous. Her …
Title: Shadow in Serenity Author: Terri Blackstock Series: n/a In some ways masterful, in other ways amateurish. Overall worth reading. I’d never read Blackstock before, and borrowed it from my library because the cover, title, and synopsis made it seem like a romantic thriller or suspense novel, and I’d gone into it hoping for some action. While I wasn’t immediately curious about the plot, I thought it would be worth my time if there were plenty of shady deals gone …
Title: By Starlight Author: Dorothy Garlock Series: n/a A Wonderful Read — Audiobook Recommended! I really enjoyed this book! And while I’m sure I’d have liked it just as much if I’d read it in print, I have to say, the woman who read the audiobook version was a genius. Rebecca Gibel, I believe. A true master of voice acting. She did regional dialect, she did accents, she did male voices well, she varied tones and speech patterns and brought …
Title: The Liar Author: Nora Roberts Series: n/a Oh, Nora. Take a break, honey. I’ll wait for you. I love Nora’s books. Love them. But I was thoroughly disappointed with this one. This was a good book, mostly because of the name on the cover. Not the best Nora Roberts I’ve read–I was able to put it down and go to bed–but it wasn’t horrible. The characters were the tip of the iceberg, but I’ll start there. No one, aside …