Book Review: Kelly McClymer’s The Fairy Tale Bride

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Fairy Tale Bridein Paperback edition on October 1, 2000 and has 319 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon First in the Once Upon a Wedding historical romance series. This installment is set in England in 1832. The couple focus is on Miranda Fenster and Simon Watterly. My Take Cute idea, but never make me read this melodramatic claptrap again. Talk about taking liberties with the time period. The heir would never have been in the military. That was always the second son’s career path with religion set aside for the third son. Oh, please. The almost-scandal “forces” Miranda’s mother to remove her from Society?? While I appreciate McClymer’s creating an emancipated female in this post-Regency tale, I wish it weren’t so dorky. Although, to be fair, there is very much a sense of the fairy tale merged with historical romance. Now if only McClymer had done some research and put some effort into making this a more believable tale. She certainly isn’t lacking in imagination and a sense of the dramatic. WTF? […]

Posted April 6, 2013 by Kathy Davie in / 0 Comments

Book Review: Lauren Dane’s Lush

Damien Hurley, bad-boy rock star, will have to prove his worth to the tempting, sweet tasting Mary Whaley, if he wants more than a one-night stand.

Posted April 6, 2013 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Book Review: Shelly Laurenston’s Wolf with Benefits

I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: NetGalley Wolf with Benefitsby Shelly LaurenstonIt is part of the Pride #8 series and is a paranormal romance in eBook edition that was published by Brava on March 26, 2013 and has 400 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books in this series include [books_series] Other books by this author which I have reviewed include The Mane Event, The Mane Event, The Mane Squeeze, The Mane Attraction, Beast Behaving Badly, Big Bad Beast, Here Kitty, Kitty!, Hunting Season, Pack Challenge, Go Fetch!, When He Was Bad, Everlasting Bad BoysS, Bear Meets Girl, Howl for It, The Unleashing, The Undoing, The Unyielding, Hot and Badgered, In a Badger Way, Badger to the Bone, Breaking Badger, Bite Me, The Undoing, Born to Be BadgerEighth in the Pride paranormal romance series revolving around the Smith Pack — family and friends. The couple focus in this story is on Ricky Lee Reed and Toni Jean-Louis Parker. I received an ARC from the publisher, and that “3” is generous. My Take I just got dumped […]

Posted April 5, 2013 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Book Review: Cindy Gerard’s To the Limit

I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library To the Limitby Cindy Gerard romantic suspense in Paperback edition that was published by St. Martin Paperbacks on September 2005 and has 352 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Deadly Promises, Show No Mercy, Take No Prisoners, Whisper No Lies, Feel the Heat, Risk No Secrets, With No Remorse, Last Man Standing, To the Edge, To the Brink, Over the Line, Under the Wire, Killing Time, The Way Home, Running Blind, Taking FireSecond in The Bodyguards romantic suspense series revolving around members of the Garrett family in West Palm Beach. The couple focus is on Eve Garrett and Tyler McClain. My Take It’s the poor little rich girl, although Gerard does give it an interesting twist with how Tiffany has gotten herself into trouble. You can’t help but feel for her even as you can’t believe how stupid she is. Lucky for her, she has a few good friends. It’s an interesting subplot as well with someone after […]

Posted April 5, 2013 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Book Review: Gini Koch’s Alien Diplomacy

Newlyweds, new parents, Jeff and Kitty Martini, are also newly political when an assassination plot and a new set of anti-alien conspirators crop up.

Posted April 5, 2013 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Book Review: Simon R. Green’s For Heaven’s Eyes Only

After the murder of the Drood Matriarch, the family finds itself vulnerable to evil. A Satanic Conspiracy that could throw humanity directly into the clutches of the Biggest of the Bads…

Posted April 5, 2013 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Capitalization Issues: Eastern, Northern, Southern, Western

Context is critical in determining if compass directions – east, north, south, west – should be capitalized or lowercased in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.

Posted April 5, 2013 by Kathy Davie in Author Resources, Editing, Self-Editing, Word Confusions, Writing / 0 Comments

Book Review: Gini Koch’s Alien Proliferation

I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library Alien Proliferationby Gini KochIt is part of the Katherine “Kitty” Katt #4 series and is a romance, science fiction in Paperback edition that was published by DAW Books on December 6, 2011 and has 458 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books in this series include [books_series] Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Touched by an Alien, Alien Tango, Alien in the Family, Alien Diplomacy, Alien vs. Alien, Alien in the House, Alien Research, Alien Collective, Universal Alien, Alien Separation, Alien in Chief, Alien Nation, Camp Alien, Alien Education, Aliens AbroadFourth in the Katherine “Kitty” Katt science fiction-romance series revolving around a former advertising manager and her alien husband. My Take It’s like reading the comics in text form without the graphics! I have to confess, as much as I loved my comics as a kid, I do prefer this format. Whoa, lots of changes in this one with an emphasis on Chuck’s strengths — detecting conspiracies. And reading this story just makes […]

Posted April 2, 2013 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Book Review: Jaye Wells’ Blue-Blooded Vamp

Sabina Kane is on the hunt. Her prey: Cain, the father of the vampire race and the one who murdered her family and her friends. Unfortunately, Cain is hunting Sabina, too.

Posted April 2, 2013 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Book Review: Shoshanna Evers’ Enslaved

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Enslavedin eBook edition on April 8, 2013 and has 160 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon The first in the Enslaved Trilogy BDSM erotic romance series. The couple focus is on Elisabeth Anderson and Trevor Brooks. My Take This feels more like a wannabe BDSM with more of a slant toward the romantic à la Harlequin. It’s cute enough, but no great dramas or tension other than the one towards the end. There’s not a lot of real life in this. Well, yeah, it does involve billionaires, so that does put paid to most of that, but what I’m talkin’ about is Elisabeth’s experience with Gregory and no romance there, so why is she thinking she’ll get a romance with Trevor? Evers forgot that she needs to build that reality into the story. This probably tells ya how little I know/understand of this subculture, but when Elisabeth feels better because Gregory orders her to try Trevor out, to live with him, she claims to feel better now that she has a game plan?? […]

Posted April 1, 2013 by Kathy Davie in / 0 Comments