Thanks to Katie and Patty’s inspiring review and JR Ward, I miss Kresley Cole. All three of you should go stand in the corner and THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID! Paranormal romance is the portion of the genre with the most primal stories. There are strong tribal elements and the tropes tend towards traditional roles. Men are warriors, god-like iron-thewed lords capable of both shocking violence and macho tenderness. The women are fertility goddesses, sensual and beautiful, but with a core of steel. The mythological […]
A romance with a blind man
So plane flights are the perfect time to load up one’s kindle app on one’s phone and plow through all of those romances you just hadn’t gotten around to reading. AKA those ones that you heard were meh, but you’re on a plane and have nothing better to do! Thankfully my library celebrates all of Tessa Dare’s back catalog so this time up is an incredibly mediocre and really kind of odd Romancing the Duke. This is the story of Isolde Goodnight, daughter of famed […]
A Lovely and Sincere Carla Kelly Historical Romance? Shocking!
The Wedding Journey is another lovely and highly recommendable Carla Kelly Regency romance about genuinely kind and likable people falling in love against the backdrop of war. I really enjoyed it at the same time as I realised that I have read too many of her novels too close together. All of Kelly’s best elements can be found here, as well as her one besetting sin minor shortcoming. Profoundly shy, Doctor Jesse Randall has loved Nell Mason for years. She and her family have followed […]
Naughty by Nature
Meh. I finished this book but will not be continuing with the series. I was pretty excited about a female protagonist, but my excitement was tempered pretty quickly. Tiny, bird-like, beautiful, damsel in distress needing protection from the big bad. I probably should have known better, but I am an optimist. Kiara Zamir is a famous dancer and the daughter of her planet’s president. She and her mother were kidnapped when Kiara was very young, tortured and made to witness the murder of her mother. […]
There’s Something About Mary
Gentle reader, We’re baaaack… At the request of reader/commentator Alexis, we’re going to talk about Lover Eternal, the second book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward. Note: For some reason my gifs are not working. ARGH. For maximum viewing pleasure, click on them and they should open in a new tab. Some ARE just memes, though. Patty: Rhage (get it? Rage but with an “H”, so like, RHAGE. It’s Vampire for rage. SO MANY LEVELS), or Hollywood – a nickname his vampire buddies […]
“Who the hell is that?! Some call her Satan. Others, Beelzebub. She goes by many names.”
Natural Born Charmer is a book that I ended up reading based on reviews I saw here at the Cannonball (Malin? Mrs. Julien? Emmalita? ???). I don’t remember exactly what about the review caught my eye, but I added it to my to-read list and requested it from the library. The story hangs around Dean Robillard, quarterback of the fictitious Chicago Stars (this is the 7th book in a series tied around this organization). He’s on his way to his new property in Tennessee (where […]
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