REVIEW: Not Another Bad Date by Rachel Gibson
Dear Ms. Gibson, After Jennie did a review of “Not Another Bad Date,” I saw her grade and mentally wilted a little. In fact, I wasn’t sure I even wanted to read it at that point. But after starting,...
View ArticleREVIEW: Game for Anything by Bella Andre
Dear Ms. Andre: I’ve often wondered why sports stars are not the subject of more romance books. The men fit the standard mold: aggressive, wealthy, dominant, ambitious, usually in possession of totally...
View ArticleREVIEW: Bloody Confused, A Clueless American by Chuck Culpepper
Dear Mr. Culpepper, Yours was a book lingering in my Fictionwise wish list (love, love, love that feature) for a few weeks after the title caught my eye during one browsing session. I’ve grown used to...
View ArticleFriday Film Review: Bend it Like Beckham
Bend it Like Beckham (2003) Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance/Sport Grade: A- Jess: Anyone can cook aloo gobi, but who can bend a ball like Beckham? What better time to post this review then during the World...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Perfect Play by Jaci Burton
Dear Ms. Burton: Your book first came to my attention when you posted the cover on your blog. I am not a huge fan of the man titty but even I, a scoffer, could not help but be impressed with the...
View ArticleSunita’s 2011 TBR Challenge Review: Huddle With Me Tonight by Farrah Rochon
Dear Ms. Rochon, When I decided at the last minute to join Wendy the Super Librarian’s 2011 TBR Challenge, I was relieved to see that the first month’s reading was category romance. When it comes to...
View ArticleREVIEW: Dance With Me by Heidi Cullinan
Dear Ms. Cullinan I’m going to apologize up-front that this review will not do justice to this book. I don’t think anything can do justice to this book except reading it AGAIN. It’s just…brilliant. Not...
View ArticleREVIEW: Rush Me by Allison Parr
Dear Ms. Parr: I get the sense from the various internet reviews that people either love this book or hate it. I fall into the latter category. It’s not that I didn’t hate it so much as I wasn’t...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Striker’s Chance by Rebecca Crowley
Landing the PR contract for North Carolina’s new soccer team could take Holly Taylor’s career to the next level. Her task? Make Kepler “Killer” de Klerk, an athlete with a party-hard reputation, a...
View ArticleREVIEW: Wild Cards by Simone Elkeles
Dear Ms. Elkeles, Despite being a diehard fantasy and paranormal reader, I find myself gravitating more and more towards contemporary YA novels these days. Something different, I guess, that won’t...
View ArticleREVIEW: Straight from the Heart by Kimberly Gardner
Dear Ms. Gardner, I read and enjoyed your previous book His Fair Lady, which Jayne reviewed here, so when I saw you had a new book out, requested it for review. I found Straight from the Heart hard...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Friend Zone by Kristen Callihan
Dear Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up was one of my favourite reads of 2014 and ever since, I’ve been looking forward to the next book in the series. At the end of The Hook Up, Gray Grayson (yes, that’s...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Game Plan by Kristen Callihan
*Warning: series spoilers follow* Dear Kristen Callihan, The Game Plan takes place two years after the events of The Friend Zone; Ivy and Grey are married and settled in San Francisco and have a new...
View ArticleREVIEW: Homecoming by Shannon Stacey
They were the golden boys of fall: Stewart Mills High School’s legendary championship football team. Fourteen years later, they’re back to relive their glory, save the team—and find themselves again ....
View ArticleREVIEW: First Star I See Tonight by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Dear Ms. Phillips: My book log tells me I haven’t read one of your novels in a while – the last one I read was in 2010, Call Me Irresistible. I ended up giving it a B+ but noting in the log that it had...
View ArticleREVIEW: First Step Forward by Liora Blake
Dear Liora Blake, First Step Forward is the first book in your new Grand Valley series. Even though it is not New Adult, it is written in the same kind of style, with alternating first person present...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Hot Shot by Kristen Callihan
Dear Kristen Callihan, I’ve been a fan of the Game On series from the beginning. The books never disappoint me. I know I’m going to get snappy banter, sexy heroes and amazing heroines, with lots of...
View ArticleREVIEW: Down By Contact by Santino Hassell
Dear Santino Hassell, I recently listened to Illegal Contact, the first book in your Barons series and *loved* it. Down By Contact is the second book in the series. I *think* it would stand alone okay...
View ArticleREVIEW: Love Game by Maggie Wells
She’s earned her position Kate Snyder is at the top of her game. She scored her first national championship at Wolcott University in her undergrad days, and now she’s the coaching legend of the #1...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Striker’s Chance by Rebecca Crowley
Landing the PR contract for North Carolina’s new soccer team could take Holly Taylor’s career to the next level. Her task? Make Kepler “Killer” de Klerk, an athlete with a party-hard reputation, a...
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