Brilliantly developed characters, solid world-building, sizzling appeal, and a refreshing change from the usual urban fantasy fare
Xpress Reviews: E-Originals | First Look at New Books, February 8, 2013
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Xpress Reviews: E-Originals | First Look at New Books, February 1, 2013
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A serial ebook to “Tempt” readers, a horror tale to satisfy one’s “Hunger,” and a twisty mystery to engage readers
A Valentine’s Day Sampler | Romance Readers’ Advisory
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This brief list of Valentine’s Day–themed romances has something for everyone. However, it is just a taste, a sweet morsel for romance lovers
Fiction Previews, Jul. 2013, Pt. 4: Susan Choi, Matt Haig, Karin Slaughter, & More
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Adler, Elizabeth. Please Don’t Tell. Minotaur: St. Martin’s. Jul. 2013. 384p. ISBN 9781250019899. $25.99; ebk. ISBN 9781250019905. WOMEN’S FICTION One stormy night on the California coast, elegant 58-year-old Fenny Dexter opens her door to a blood-soaked man claiming to have been in an accident. He departs after a cozy night (they feel a spark), and [...]
Xpress Reviews: E-Originals | First Look at New Books, January 25, 2013
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A multicultural romance that bridges more than different backgrounds, complications in steampunked 19th-century England, claws are bared in Nantus’s second installment in her series about shape-shifters
Romance Reviews | December 2012
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Reviews of Kate Cross’s Touch of Steel, Julia Quinn’s The Lady Most Willing…, and Marilyn Pappano and Linda Conrad’s Christmas Confidential, plus a full list of romance reviews from the Dec. issue.
Xpress Reviews: E-Originals | First Look at New Books, December 21, 2012
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SF and paranormal romance lead the way, including “A Galactic Holiday” trio, plus an erotic romance from McKade
Xpress Reviews: E-Originals | First Look at New Books, December 14, 2012
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A Dom and a sub find their way in Aicher’s erotic romance, steamy cowboy love permeates “Rocky Mountain Angel,” the “new adult” trend hits with “Losing It,” and a 1914 historical has impressive details
Fiction Previews, Jun. 2013, Pt. 2: Great Book Club Books from Upcoming Writers
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Brown, Eli. Cinnamon and Gunpowder. Farrar. Jun. 2013. 272p. ISBN 9780374123666. $26. HISTORICAL Evocative title, and the plot sounds like a hoot. In 1819, the pirate Mad Hannah Mabbot kills the lord of a booming tea concern but will spare his chef, the famous Owen Wedgwood, as long as he manages to serve her an [...]
Xpress Reviews: E-Originals | First Look at New Books, November 30, 2012
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Bachar paints a harder edge to her Bad Witch, d’Abo’s sex club owner is “Calling the Shots,” a new twist on an old fairy tale, and Louellen’s latest tugs at the heartstrings
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