Reviews + Articles

Royal Valentine by Jenn McKinlay

Can you tell I really only had time to read a couple novellas this week? But, Jenn McKinlay's Museum of Literature books fit the bill. In fact, the first in the series, Royal Valentine, was even better than the second. It's hard to beat a romance with New York City...

The Attraction Distraction by Jenn McKinlay

Let's start the review of Jenn McKinlay's romcom, The Attraction Distraction, by saying that cover has absolutely nothing to do with the storyline, except there's a man and a woman in the book. There are serious Classics scholars on a hunt for a treasure on a...

The Choice by Nora Roberts

What can I say? Nora Roberts' The Choice is a magnificent conclusion to The Dragon Heart Legacy trilogy. It's light versus dark, good versus evil. It represents every final battle in fantasy literature. Breen Siobhan Kelly, Daughter of Dragons. "Daughter of the...

Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire

There's a meme going around on Facebook that mentions words often used in mystery reviews, and then says what those words "really" mean. When I say that Ann Claire's first Christie Bookshop Mystery, Dead and Gondola, is charming, I mean that the cozy mystery has...

Nothing

I have several reasons I have nothing to post today, although Sandie Herron would tell me I could have used one of her archived reviews. Nope. I had good intentions, and then my device wouldn't Sync when I needed the title I wanted. And, it's cold here. Instead of...

Winners and a Christmas Book Giveaway

Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Dede W. from Pearland, TX won Dewey Decimated. Marla B. from Las Vegas, NV will receive Crime for the Books. The books will go out in the mail tomorrow. I always end the book giveaways around Thanksgiving, and...