Romance Reviews Archive
Blood on the Harvest Moon by Stella and Audra Price
Closed Published by Scarlet February 10th, 2008 in Paranormal, Contemporary, Romance Reviews
Author: Stella and Audra Price
Price: Free
Length: Short Story
Temperature-Gauge: Warm
Enjoy-O-Meter: 4 out of 5
Danica has been warned to stay away from the old oak tree at the end of her grandmother’s estate. An innocent, but with a defiant spirit, she normally rejects her grandmother’s advice. Not so with the oak tree. For years she avoids going near it.
One day a young boy appears. She sees him sporadically and […]
Wonder Witch, Queen of Wands by Ashlyn Chase
Closed Published by Scarlet January 8th, 2008 in Romance Reviews
Author: Ashlyn Chase
Buy the Book: Wonder Witch, Queen of Wands
ISBN: 9781419910425
Publisher: Ellora's Cave
Price: 5.20
Length: Novella
Temperature-Gauge: Hot
Enjoy-O-Meter: 5 out of 5
It’s not everyday that a book comes along that makes you giggle because it’s just pure fun, but that’s what Wonder Witch by Ashlyn Chase does for the reader.
Part of Ellora’s Cave Torrid Tarrot series(Queen of Wands), Ashlyn Chase takes you on a hot, rocking , erotic adventure that features a group of women with […]
Gamenet: Into the Jaws of the Dragon by Michael Barnette
Closed Published by Scarlet December 25th, 2007 in Romance Reviews
Author: Michael Barnette
Buy the Book: Gamenet: Into the Jaws of the Dragon
ISBN: 1--60180-033-9
Publisher: Mojocastle Press LLC
Price: 1.99
Temperature-Gauge: No Explicit Sex
Enjoy-O-Meter: 2 out of 5
Every once in a while there is a story you purchase with high hopes of being something more. Gamenet: Into the Jaws of the Dragon by Michael Barnette was not that story.
The plot leaned heavily toward mediocre. Laredo, a bad ass who wants to kill the hero, Jason, sets a trap, using Jason’s wife as […]
The Collector 7: This Time Forever
Closed Published by Athena October 19th, 2007 in Romance Reviews
Author: Lucynda Storey
Buy the Book: The Collector 7: This Time Forever
ISBN: ISBN 978-1-59632-473-2
Publisher: Loose Id
Price: $5.99
Length: Novel
Temperature-Gauge: Hot
Enjoy-O-Meter: 4 out of 5
Skylar Creighton is diagnosed with stage four cancer and told that she has a mere one to two months to live. She prepares herself to leave the world on her own terms. If the pain should grow too strong to bear, she has a gun to end her own suffering. Into a bag it is […]
Charmed Magic by Raine Delight
Closed Published by Athena August 11th, 2007 in Romance Reviews
Buy the Book: Charmed Magic
ISBN: 978-1-934329-46-7
Publisher: Mardi Gras Publishing
Price: $3.99
Length: Novella
Temperature-Gauge: Hot
Enjoy-O-Meter: 2 out of 5
Hailey Meredith has all but given up in the search for her true love. The depth of her desperation to find him even has her trying a special brew from her Aunt Tabby. It is a concoction that is supposed to allow her soulmate to find her.
This magic drink, as well as, a beautiful Fabergé […]
Across a Crowded Room by Tom Knutson and Cara Preston
Closed Published by Scarlet July 15th, 2007 in Uncategorized, Contemporary, Romance Reviews
Author: Tom Knutson and Cara Preston
Length: Anthology
Temperature-Gauge: No Explicit Sex
Enjoy-O-Meter: 4 out of 5
Across a Crowded Room by Tom Knutson and Cara Preston is a slightly different take on romantic poetry. Together they form a him and her stimulus/response/action/reaction sort of flow to a variety of topics of interest to new lovers.
This ying and yang flow gives a nice balance of his and her perspectives. My favorite of […]
Stocking Stuffer: Santa’s Bag by Alexis Fleming
Closed Published by Dutchess July 15th, 2007 in Erotica, Paranormal, Romance, Romance Reviews
Author: Alexis Fleming
Buy the Book: Stocking Stuffer: Santa's Bag
ISBN: 978-1-59596-578-3
Publisher: Changeling Press
Price: 1.99
Length: Short Story
Temperature-Gauge: Hot
Enjoy-O-Meter: 4 out of 5
Santa’s Bag by Alexis Fleming is one of several books in Changeling Press’s yearly Winter Holiday stories, 2006’s series titled Stocking Stuffers. No matter what time of the year that the reader reads a winter read, Alexis Fleming gives one hot read that’s worth a read year round!
The hero Jake, doesn’t believe in the Christmas Spirit […]
Tender Lightning by Audrey Godwin
Closed Published by Sarine July 15th, 2007 in Erotica, Paranormal, Fantasy, Romance, Romance Reviews
Author: Audrey Godwin
Buy the Book: Tender Lightning
ISBN: 1-934055-00-X
Publisher: Silk's Vault
Price: $4.50
Length: Short Story
Temperature-Gauge: Hot
Enjoy-O-Meter: 4 out of 5
Modern woman and advertising executive, Dana Perrin is a strong woman with a good career in the corporate world. She wheels and deals with best of the most influential men in her field. However, one night while on her way to the airport, fate intervened in the form of a bolt of lightning and the […]
Feel My Heart by Barbara Harrison
Closed Published by Dutchess June 10th, 2007 in Paranormal, Suspense, Romance, Contemporary, Romance Reviews
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ISBN: 1-60168-013-9
Publisher: Aspen Mountain Press
Price: 5.99
Length: Novel
Temperature-Gauge: Hot
Enjoy-O-Meter: 5 out of 5
FEEL MY HEART by Barbara Harrison is a Romantic Suspense with paranormal elements. Set in Wyoming in a small town, where historically there has been a land and history feud between the Montgomery’s and the Dancer’s. Jessie Montgomery, the town’s librarian and Alex “Spirit” Dancer, are bound together by heart but fear togetherness from history.
Jessie […]
Christmas Magic by Marianne LaCroix
Closed Published by Scarlet June 9th, 2007 in Romance Reviews
Author: Marianne LaCroix
Publisher: Love You Devine
Length: Novella
Temperature-Gauge: Hot
Enjoy-O-Meter: 5 out of 5
David Bradley has become a work-a-holic and in the process has alienated himself from the woman he loves. But, he’s working hard to give Mary the things she deserves, and besides, its been so long since he’s touched her, no way would she want to make love to him now. Too much water has passed […]
The Earl’s Enchantment by Sara Freeze
Closed Published by Scarlet June 7th, 2007 in Paranormal, Historical, Contemporary, Romance Reviews
Author: Sara Freeze
Buy the Book: The Earl's Enchantment
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Price: 3.00
Length: Short Story
Temperature-Gauge: No Explicit Sex
Enjoy-O-Meter: 4 out of 5
Caitlyn has left America after the end of a disasterous relationship. Armed with faith and good-will, she takes a position at a book store located within Hogarth castle. Working as a clerk, she meets Adrian, the castle’s ghost.
One evening as they work recording the store’s inventory, she hears his tale of how he was cursed […]
Super Hero by Diane Merlin
Closed Published by Scarlet June 7th, 2007 in Science Fiction, Contemporary, Romance Reviews
Author: Diane Merlin
Length: Novella
Temperature-Gauge: Hot
Enjoy-O-Meter: 3 out of 5
Chloe Bridges is delayed in Okinawa due to a terrorist attack in Japan. When inspectors search her luggage they find several vials and sound the alert, detaining Chloe as a potential terrorist. No matter how hard she tries, the fear as well as the language barrier keep her captors from understanding the vials contain vital […]
Desert Guardian by Karen Duvall
Closed Published by Athena June 7th, 2007 in Romance Reviews
Buy the Book: Desert Guardian
ISBN: ISBN 1-60154-014-0
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Price: Price $5.00
Length: Novel
Temperature-Gauge: Warm
Enjoy-O-Meter: 5 out of 5
Sam Reed is a cult intervention specialist doing his job when he sneaks into the nomadic Star Mother cult’s camp in search of Jake and Kelly Bancroft. He and his coyote helper, Cody, have successfully handled many such situations though he has a more personal aversion and drive regarding this particular group. After all, his […]
Betrayal of a Mistress by Destiny Blaine
Closed Published by Sarine May 13th, 2007 in Romance Reviews
Author: Destiny Blaine
Buy the Book: Betrayal of a Mistress
ISBN: 1-934329-50-9
Publisher: Mardi Gras Publishing
Price: 3.99
Length: Short Story
Temperature-Gauge: Hot
Enjoy-O-Meter: 4 out of 5
He’s a married physician without any immediate plans of divorce…
She’s his cute mistress with a hot boss paying her way too much attention…
Hope’s boss takes advantage of every minute. He proudly flaunts his romps in front of the good doctor who is ready to fight for what he wants even if it means giving up […]
Lipstick and Stilettos by Tarra Young
Closed Published by Scarlet May 5th, 2007 in Romance Reviews
Author: Tarra Young
Buy the Book: Lipstick and Stilettos
ISBN: 1-934329-47-9
Publisher: Mardi Gras Publishing
Price: 2.99
Length: Short Story
Temperature-Gauge: Hot
Enjoy-O-Meter: 3 out of 5
Unemployed Jena Taylor is tired of pounding the pavement when she sits on a park bench and opens a copy of Lipstick and Stilettos. Buried in the magazine, Jena finds an advertisement for a resort club that caters to the sexual desires of its clientele.
Convincing her roommate and best friend, Stacy Patterson to go to […]