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2000 Kisses (SEAL and Code Name, Bk 1)
2000 Kisses (SEAL and Code Name, Bk 1)
Author: Christina Skye
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
 135
Review Date: 10/2/2006


Cute twist on the doomsday predictions of the new millenium.


Angel Bride (Western Weddings, Bk 2) (Simply the Best) (Harlequin Romance, No 3451)
Review Date: 10/2/2006


Romantic fun.


Angels and Outlaws (White Star, Bk 1) (Harlequin Blaze, No 230)
Angels and Outlaws (White Star, Bk 1) (Harlequin Blaze, No 230)
Author: Lori Wilde
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 30
Review Date: 10/2/2006


A fun romantic romp.


Autumn Lover (Only, Bk 5)
Autumn Lover (Only, Bk 5)
Author: Elizabeth Lowell
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 148
Review Date: 10/2/2006


One of the best story-tellers around, and her regencies and historicals are her best genres. This is entertaining.


Blessings of the Heart (Love Inspired, No 206)
Blessings of the Heart (Love Inspired, No 206)
Author: Valerie Hansen
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 54
Review Date: 10/2/2006


Typical romance story, with some extra depth.


Born To Be Wild
Born To Be Wild
Author: Catherine Coulter
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 438
Review Date: 10/21/2006


Catherine Coulter is a very good writer. She uses humor, good characterization and interesting plots and this adds little less-known facts for our edification. I enjoyed her protagonist -- and wish I could have her for a friend.


Bound and Determined (Sexy Capers, Bk 1)
Bound and Determined (Sexy Capers, Bk 1)
Author: Shelley Bradley
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 65
Review Date: 10/2/2006
Helpful Score: 1


Steamier than I prefer, with less emphasis on the story-line and character-developement, but light romance is typically that.


By Design
By Design
Author: Madeline Hunter
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 133
Review Date: 10/2/2006


Historical romance better than most of the genre.


The Camel Club (Camel Club, Bk 1)
The Camel Club (Camel Club, Bk 1)
Author: David Baldacci
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 680
Review Date: 10/2/2006


He is a great writer. I believe, he is better in story-telling than Tom Clancy, although Baldacci does not have the grasp of technology that Clancy has, perhaps not as well-researched, a strength Clancy himself holds. Baldacci's plots are intriguing and his characterizations well-drawn.


The Charm School (Calhoun, Bk 1)
The Charm School (Calhoun, Bk 1)
Author: Susan Wiggs
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 208
Review Date: 3/4/2013


An enjoyable read, because the heroine is growing into a more confident gal and the hero is learning about life while the author keeps the pace of the romance real with conflicted emotions that the situation warrants. An interesting locale combines with characters you like and want to know. Some extra words padded which I always skip. For the sexual act, I prefer only dialogue and character advancement with sensual mystery, rather than overt descriptions of the physical process, not being a voyeur.


Curtain of Death (Clandestine Operations, Bk 3)
Review Date: 9/17/2018


If you like light military reading, with engaging heros, then read W.E.B. Griffin and his son, William E. Butterworth IV. Be warned of serial affairs and rough language, however.
This _Curtain of Death_ is part of a newer series. There are now 4 out, and all are worth reading.


Digital Fortress (Audio Cassette) (Unabridged)
Digital Fortress (Audio Cassette) (Unabridged)
Author: Dan Brown, Paul Michael (Narrator)
Book Type: Audio Cassette
  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
 1
Review Date: 6/21/2007


7 cassettes of fast-paced listening. While Dan Brown is weak on reality -- things are irrational, inconsistent and not making sense or not being completed in the work, so one is left hanging, Brown is a fascinating story-teller. So if you can suspend your intelligence for a brief while, you can have an enjoyable time with his work.


Everything and the Moon (Lyndon Sisters, Bk 1)
Everything and the Moon (Lyndon Sisters, Bk 1)
Author: Julia Quinn
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 312
Review Date: 10/11/2006
Helpful Score: 3


An earlier effort from a budding good writer. Simply-plotted. Lacking in understanding of the difference between romance integral to plot and extraneous padding of graphic imagery. Characterizations less mature than her later books, but the humor is fun - an enjoyable read.


From the Heart: Tonight and Always / A Matter of Choice / Endings and Beginnings
Review Date: 10/5/2006


This collection of three is typical Nora Roberts early Romance. Good characterizations, clever language, some light development of characters to be less self-oriented, so they are open to the hero. The first is the best.


Full Disclosure
Full Disclosure
Author: Dee Henderson
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.6/5 Stars.
 7
Review Date: 7/17/2018


Dee Henderson has written a few of my favorite books of all time. This is one of them. Full Disclosure is well-crafted writing as peeling layers of mystery are revealed - with an unexpected twist and a heart-warming romance.


Heat Wave (Nikki Heat, Bk 1)
Heat Wave (Nikki Heat, Bk 1)
Author: Richard Castle
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 168
Review Date: 4/16/2013


I read the second book first and enjoyed it as fluff. Then I looked up the author and saw the TV series, then read this one. _Heat Wave_ fell flat, comparatively. I like the characterizations of the TV series better than those of the novels, but they both could dispense with the illicit sex, as the dialogue interplay of the main two is better writing than the flagrancy of the blatant description of the act itself.


Imagine Love
Imagine Love
Author: Katherine Stone
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 27
Review Date: 1/20/2007


Ups and downs and the heart-warming changes of mistakes, losses, and moving on.


In the Balance (Worldwar, Bk 1)
In the Balance (Worldwar, Bk 1)
Author: Harry Turtledove
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 88
Review Date: 10/2/2006


Harry Turtledove is an historian with a marvelous twist of curiosity as to what would happen if something had gone differently. That has inherent lessons for us to learn about our future actions.


Jezebel
Jezebel
Author: Katherine Sutcliffe
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
 16
Review Date: 1/20/2007


A bit unrealistic, but romance strikes in a weird manner - with even her parents proving that love wins out.


The Kissing Game (Escapade, Bk 2)
The Kissing Game (Escapade, Bk 2)
Author: Kasey Michaels
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 62
Review Date: 1/28/2011


Improbable, but so much fun that one hardly notices in laughing at the high-jinks. 5* Mostly fun as the author weaves her plot, some romance, a bit of mystery, and a smidgen of evil characters out to get the protagonists.


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