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A Certain Darkness
by Anna Lee Huber
"WWI British Intelligence agent Verity Kent captures evidence of treason, dodges death"
Posted August 26, 2022

A CERTAIN DARKNESS continues Anna Lee Huber's historical mystery series, Verity Kent.  This is book number six in the WWI historical series, featuring the intrepid former British Intelligence agent Verity Kent and her war hero husband Sydney.  This series Read more...

Killers of a Certain Age
by Deanna Raybourn
"Old-school lady assassins must survive targeting by their former agency"
Posted August 22, 2022

KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE is a standalone mystery thriller from the indomitable Deanna Raybourn, whose writing I adore.  She has written the Lady Julia Grey historical mystery series, which is an absolute joy, and is currently providing us Read more...

Ruby Fever
by Ilona Andrews
"Fierce action as magic Primes Catalina and Alessandro must find who attacked the invincible Warden"
Posted August 19, 2022

Ilona Andrews brings the Catalina Baylor trilogy to an epically wild closing with RUBY FEVER.  RUBY FEVER is book six in the urban fantasy Hidden Legacy series overall and the third book in a row to focus on the Read more...

Eclipse the Moon
by Jessie Mihalik
"Rocket-like action in this space opera of found family amidst war"
Posted August 5, 2022

Space adventure meets romance in book 2 of Jessie Mihalik's Starlight's Shadow series, ECLIPSE THE MOON.  ECLIPSE THE MOON takes off like a rocket from the point where the Read more...

You Were Made to Be Mine
by Julie Anne Long
"A spymaster tracks an earl’s escaped fiancée and discovers his own true love"
Posted August 5, 2022

YOU WERE MADE TO BE MINE is the fifth story in The Palace of Rogues series by the marvelous Julie Anne Long.  Long is a very favorite historical romance author of mine Read more...

Dance with the Devil
by Kit Rocha
"Band of mercenary librarians and supersoldiers decide the time for a revolution is here"
Posted August 5, 2022

Book three in the post-apocalyptic urban fantasy Mercenary Librarians series by Kit Rocha is the delightful DANCE WITH THE DEVIL.  I will happily devour anything that Kit Rocha (the writing duo of Bree Read more...

What Moves the Dead
by T. Kingfisher
"Delectably disturbing tale of rot, madness, and exquisite tension"
Posted July 6, 2022

T. Kingfisher blows my socks off with her retelling of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” in WHAT MOVES THE DEAD. I am not normally a fan Read more...

Remember Love
by Mary Balogh
"NYT bestseller’s new Regency romance series is classic Balogh goodness!"
Posted July 6, 2022

New York Times bestseller Mary Balogh starts a new Regency romance series, Ravenswood, beginning with REMEMBER LOVE.  This book feels more like the old Balogh that I knew and loved in years Read more...

Soul Taken
by Patricia Briggs
"Shapeshifters must defeat a soul reaper wielding a lethal fae artifact"
Posted June 17, 2022

It’s a toss-up whether the Mercy Thompson series or the Alpha and Omega series by Patricia Briggs is my very favorite Read more...

Kiss Hard
by Nalini Singh
"Two athletes turn fake dating into a real romance"
Posted May 21, 2022

International bestseller Nalini Singh has now dropped book 4 in her contemporary romance series Hard Play.  KISS HARD brings us a rugby player and a paralympic runner.  I love how inclusive Read more...

The Emma Project
by Sonali Dev
"Indian-American rom com brings competing philanthropists together"
Posted May 20, 2022

I am sad that THE EMMA PROJECT is the last in The Rajes series by Sonali Dev.  Fourth in the series, these Read more...

Something Wilder
by Christina Lauren
"A second chance at romance, IF they can survive the dangers in the desert!"
Posted May 20, 2022

Writing duo Christina Lauren (long-time writing partners and best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings) bring us a new romance that is different from their typical rom com writing.  SOMETHING WILDER is more Read more...

The Lost Summers of Newport
by Karen White, Lauren Willig, Beatriz Williams
"Three mysteries entwine over time with love, murder, and family lies"
Posted May 20, 2022

THE LOST SUMMERS OF NEWPORT is a typical sparkling jewel of a book from some of my favorite historical fiction authors. Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Read more...

Dark Class
by Michelle Diener
"Kidnapped Earthling and Grih captain battle against Tecran rogues"
Posted May 6, 2022

Michelle Diener’s DARK CLASS is book 5 in the Class 5 sci fi series.  This is a science fiction novel with romantic elements Read more...

All the Duke I Need
by Caroline Linden
"Family scandal keeps an heiress and an estate manager’s love imperiled"
Posted April 23, 2022

Caroline Linden brings us the third full novel, ALL THE DUKE I NEED, in her Desperately Seeking Duke series, which also has two novellas.  The Duchess of Carlyle is desperately seeking an heir to backstop her invalid son who Read more...

When Blood Lies
by C.S. Harris
"Lush historical setting and tightly complex mystery are a delight!"
Posted April 2, 2022

Author C.S. Harris brings us another marvelous historical mystery in book #17 of the Sebastian St. Cyr series, WHEN BLOOD LIES.  This Napoleonic era series is an absolute delight, with a wealth of historical details and many real Read more...

A Perilous Perspective
by Anna Lee Huber
"Murders stalk a Highlands estate"
Posted April 2, 2022

I can’t believe we are up to book 10 in the Lady Darby mysteries by historical mystery author Anna Lee Huber!  A PERILOUS PERSPECTIVE and the others in this series straddle, to me, the line between historical Read more...

Crowbones
by Anne Bishop
"Humans pitted against Others in a remote barricaded village"
Posted March 4, 2022

Oh glorious day- CROWBONES from the marvelous Anne Bishop is hitting the shelves!  This is the eighth book in The Others series and book three Read more...

Abandoned in Death
by J.D. Robb
"Gritty homicide cop tracks a murderous “Mommy” kidnapper"
Posted February 8, 2022

Lieutenant Eve Dallas continues to prove she's the best homicide detective around in ABANDONED IN DEATH,  in the NY Times bestseller J.D. Robb (aka Nora Roberts) series In  Death.  This is book number 54 in Read more...

Hunt the Stars
by Jessie Mihalik
"Twisty action in new sci fi romance series"
Posted February 8, 2022

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2 comments posted.

Re: The MacGregor's Lady (12:44pm February 11, 2014):

Oh yes, I LOVE Scottish accents! That's why Sean Coonery is so beloved,
I think. nd Ewan McGregor totally does it for me too

Re: Everlasting Enchantment (9:26am December 11, 2013):

I'd want a cat shapeshifter, something sleek and sexy. Maybe a panther?