The best romantic suspense villains exhibit which of the following traits:
Shadowy, mushy goals and motivations which make sense only because the author says they do.
The ability to hide their thoughts so well that the reader is more often perplexed than not.
Violent, sometimes sadomasochistic tendencies that have appeared for no good reason.
Clear, well-defined goals, motivation, and [...]
Since making her move to romantic suspense (I know, HK, I know), Garwood has also been name-checking two previous series – the “Roses” series and, for lack of a better name, the “Medieval” series. To achieve this feat, she has brought together a descendants of the Claybornes from the Roses series, and the Buchanans (see [...]
I’m also sure that you’ve noticed that even when I swear off a series, I sometimes relapse. For me, breaking up really is hard to do, and sometimes I realize that it wasn’t the series, it was me. Like when I thought I was done with the J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts – the secret was [...]
I digress. So, being a good citizen (I have a badge in Book Buying), I read the back cover. Okay, this was mostly because I never know who might be reporting back to my husband, and I wanted to create the impression that thought went into this purchase. And I’m reading and I’m thinking and [...]
One of the worst-kept secrets at Paperback Reader is that we love to force our personal favorites on each other. I won’t bore you with the behind-the-scenes process, but somehow this is one of HelenKay’s favorites…so it makes sense that L.J. and I are reviewing the book.
But Wesley is the least of Carlotta’s problems. There’s the return of her ex-fiancee, the murder of the ex-fiancee’s now-wife, a mysterious detective, a hot former doctor who gives Wesley a chance and Carlotta more than one look, a questionable female attorney with a shady link to Carlotta’s father and a probation officer who [...]
Carnal Innocence is your basic small-town mystery: someone’s killing the fast and loose women of Innocence, Mississippi in particularly brutal ways. Caroline Waverly, a world-renowned violinist comes to Innocence after inheriting her grandparents’ home. Her goal: peace and rejuvenation. Of course, with a serial killer on the loose, peace is tough to come by. Enter [...]
