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Thursday, August 20, 2009
Best Romance Novel Reviews
The newest romance novels rated 5 stars (or hearts, books, etc.) from The Wild Rose Press are listed here.
Click title to find the book, or stars to read the review. For a description of ratings, please click here.
NEW POLICY: Well, the day has come…I knew I could not continue this blog indefinitely as I’ve done for over a year, for it simply takes too much time. Unfortunately, I’ve been neglecting several important things, including my website, Best Romance Novels Today, because I don’t have time to keep up with it. Starting next week, I’ll post only books (from any publisher) that meet Best Romance Novels Today’s criteria (see "New Policy" in the sidebar). This will accomplish two things—I’ll actually start keeping up with my website, and my blog posts here will get considerably shorter, which is what I need, for sanity’s sake.
It is hard for me to admit I can’t do everything I want to do! I love The Wild Rose Press, and all of its wonderful authors, and I wish I could continue to solely promote this fantastic press, but I can’t. I will still continue to post Wild Rose Press books, of course, but only those which meet BRNT’s criteria. If an author has a book that meets these criteria, please feel free to email me at reviewfinders@yahoo.com, and I will be happy to post it.
God bless,
Jennette
Best Book
Familiar Strangers, by Allie Standifer ☆☆☆☆☆
Suspense, spicy
Louisiana born and bayou bred Galen Matthews doesn’t usually care about other people’s problems, but when one of his few friends calls needing a favor, against his better judgment he agrees. He had no idea the favor was going to be protecting the feisty and slightly flighty Regin Neff, without her knowledge. Little did he know how far accepting this new job would send his world careening out of its perfectly ordered existence. More…
Read Long and Short’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Top Pick
Fire Eyes, by Cheryl Pierson ☆☆☆☆☆
Historical (Western), hot
Beaten and wounded by a band of sadistic renegades that rules the borderlands of Indian Territory, U.S. Marshal Kaed Turner understands what the inevitable outcome will be for him: death. But Fate and a war party of Choctaw Indians intervene, delivering him instead to a beautiful angel with the skill to heal him. Jessica Monroe has already lost a husband and a brother to the outlaws who tortured Marshal Turner. As the rugged lawman lies bleeding on her bed, she faces a difficult decision. More…
Read PNR’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Reviewer Top Pick
Meant to Be, by Donna Marie Rogers ☆☆☆☆☆
Contemporary, spicy
She's running from her past, he's unsure about his future. Maybe together they can figure out what was MEANT TO BE. … Officer Garrett Jamison is at the lowest point in his life. He’s lost faith in his ability as a police officer after unwittingly setting his sister up with a dirty cop. Garrett ended up getting shot, and his sister's son kidnapped right out of his own bed. He takes a leave from the force, in need of some time to make a decision about his future. Too bad he can't get a decent night's sleep thanks to his sexy new neighbor and her howling cat. More…
Read Night Owl Romance’s Review…
Also Read Long and Short’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Ashton’s Secret, by Liana Laverentz ☆☆☆☆☆
Suspense, spicy
From the moment he’d caught her snooping on his property, Meghan Edwards knew Nicholas Hawkinson was the man she’d been looking for. But would this dark, secretive stranger help her solve the mystery of her sister's death? More…
Read Debra Gaynor’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Dancing with Dragons, by Tiarie Vaughn-Lazzar ☆☆☆☆☆
Inspirational, sweet
When Dorothy agreed to go fix up her grandmother's family home she decided to try and solve the old family murder mystery. She is determined to discover who killed her grandmother's twin. She just didn't expect to fall in love with the grandson of the main suspect, or that the killer was still alive, gaining her trust little by little.
Read The Romance Studio’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Babies in the Bargain, by Mona Risk ☆☆☆☆☆
Contemporary, spicy
With only one year left to complete her medical training in Neonatology, Dr. Holly Collier vows not to let anyone mess up her sacrosanct schedule. Especially not the drop-dead gorgeous Dr. Marc Suarez who broke her heart seven years ago. More…
Read Long and Short’s Review...
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
The Dance Lesson, by Jocelyn Saint James ☆☆☆☆☆
Contemporary, sweet
Caught in the throes of middle age and balancing life's responsibilities, Doreen never imagines that a trip to her daughter's dance studio would be the start of an adventure. When she reluctantly joins Andrew's ballroom dance class, she realizes that ballroom dancing isn't all she has to learn. Can she trust her heart to follow her feet and make the right moves?
Read WRDF’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Enter the Parrot, by Kiki Lon ☆☆☆☆☆
Young Adult, sweet
Meet Jade, the White girl in the Wong family. On the surface, Jade fits in perfectly. But just below the surface lurks the fragrance of ginger, ginseng, and a secret kung fu society. When her crazy grandpa’s deluded parrot goes missing, Jade must dive deep into the seedy underbelly of Chinatown to find him, keeping secrets from her best friends and her cute eco-mentor, Cedric: aka the hottest guy in school. More…
Read WRDF’s Review...
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Getting Personal, by Diane Amos ☆☆☆☆☆
Contemporary, spicy
Sometimes good intentions aren't enough. No one knows that better than Monique St. Cyr, parochial school dropout, dieter extraordinaire, and sucker for wounded animals. By day she writes obituaries for the local newspaper. By night, this investigative reporter wannabe with pit bull tenacity has a habit of leaping headlong into things, with both eyes closed. To liven up things a tad, her mother, an erotic fiction author, enlists Monique's help with research for her next book about online dating. More…
Read WRDF’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Marrying Minda, by Tanya Hanson ☆☆☆☆☆
Historical (Western), spicy
Mail-order bride Minda Becker arrives in Paradise, Nebraska and eagerly marries the handsome man who meets her stagecoach. His wedding kiss melts her toes. Too bad he's the wrong bridegroom. Having honored his brother's deathbed request to marry Minda, Cowboy Brixton Haynes can't deny he'd like a wedding night with the eastern beauty. But the last thing he needs is to be saddled with a wife and the three children his brother left behind. First chance he gets, he'll be back point riding along the Goodnight. More…
Read WRDF’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Mayhem, Marriage, and Murderous Mystery Manuscripts, by JL Wilson ☆☆☆☆☆
Suspense, sensual
Bea Emerson has finally married the cowboy of her dreams, but her honeymoon with L.J. Remarchik is cut short when Bea finds the body of an aspiring writer on Halloween, killed by a trick-or-treater. She and L.J. are soon pulled into a deadly search for a killer who is hiding among authors, agents, and publishers at a writing conference in a remote resort in Minnesota’s North Woods. Will their dreams of a life together be cut short before it can begin?
Read WRDF’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Miner in Petticoats, by Paty Jager ☆☆☆☆☆
Historical (Western), spicy
Shouldering the burdens of his family and the mining community, Ethan Halsey devotes himself to providing for the growing families of his brothers. However, Aileen Miller, a widow, also looking out for her family’s interests, refuses to part with the land he needs. As they battle—one to push his dream to reality and the other to prove no man will hurt her again—their lives become enmeshed and their hearts collide.
Read The Romance Studio’s Review...
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
More than Great Riches, by Jan Washburn ☆☆☆☆☆
Inspirational, sweet
Tracy Dixon is an unwitting suspect in a high-profile jewelry theft. The NYPD warns her not to leave town. But Tracy gets word that her beloved brother, Jeff, is barely clinging to life, seriously burned in an automobile accident. Although she had vowed never again to set foot in her hometown, Tracy throws caution to the wind and rushes back to Allerton. More…
Read Debra Gaynor’s Review...
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Noble Blood, by Linda J. Parisi ☆☆☆☆☆
Paranormal, spicy
A Law Broken:
Tamara Duncan has just been made into a True Noble and left with no memory of her former self. Nicholai Valentin accuses her of trying to kill his brother and destroy his House by using the Water. Is she part of a plot, or simply a pawn in something bigger than either of them can imagine? More…
Read Long and Short’s Review...
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Summer Lovin’, by Dara Edmondson, Laurie J. Edwards, Mona Ingram, Kimberlee R. Mendoza, Sydney Shay, and June Sproat ☆☆☆☆☆
Contemporary (Anthology), sweet
From a rich Southern country club to a Midwest ranch and all the way to the cool beaches of the Pacific Northwest, this sweet collection of summer love stories revels in the magic of first love.
Read The Romance Studio’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
A Summer’s Hope, by Amber Leigh Williams ☆☆☆☆☆
Contemporary, sensual
Briar has spent half her life upholding the family business. As another summer rolls around, it looks like her luck is running dry and she’s dangerously close to losing the only thing that matters, Hanna’s Inn, her late mother’s bed and breakfast. Amidst deep financial difficulty, a shaky relationship with her estranged father, and a non-existent social life, hope is all she has left. Enter Cole, a new guest at Hanna’s. Fresh from the turmoil of a bitter divorce and haunted by his mistakes, he’s desperate for escape. More…
Read WRDF’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Taking Advantage, by Larry Hammersley ☆☆☆☆☆
Vintage, sweet
Zack Thompson has been crazy about Gloria Garner ever since she came to Sheffield High in their freshman year. She's been elected basketball queen four years running and only dates the three top athletes. How can Zack compete for Gloria's hand when he's no good at sports and lacking in the looks department? And as if that weren't enough, Gloria has a super strict mother who has to approve her daughter's every date. Does Zack's excellence in academics and his gentlemanly conduct count for anything?
Read WRDF’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Click title to find the book, or stars to read the review. For a description of ratings, please click here.
NEW POLICY: Well, the day has come…I knew I could not continue this blog indefinitely as I’ve done for over a year, for it simply takes too much time. Unfortunately, I’ve been neglecting several important things, including my website, Best Romance Novels Today, because I don’t have time to keep up with it. Starting next week, I’ll post only books (from any publisher) that meet Best Romance Novels Today’s criteria (see "New Policy" in the sidebar). This will accomplish two things—I’ll actually start keeping up with my website, and my blog posts here will get considerably shorter, which is what I need, for sanity’s sake.
It is hard for me to admit I can’t do everything I want to do! I love The Wild Rose Press, and all of its wonderful authors, and I wish I could continue to solely promote this fantastic press, but I can’t. I will still continue to post Wild Rose Press books, of course, but only those which meet BRNT’s criteria. If an author has a book that meets these criteria, please feel free to email me at reviewfinders@yahoo.com, and I will be happy to post it.
God bless,
Jennette
Best Book
Familiar Strangers, by Allie Standifer ☆☆☆☆☆
Suspense, spicy
Louisiana born and bayou bred Galen Matthews doesn’t usually care about other people’s problems, but when one of his few friends calls needing a favor, against his better judgment he agrees. He had no idea the favor was going to be protecting the feisty and slightly flighty Regin Neff, without her knowledge. Little did he know how far accepting this new job would send his world careening out of its perfectly ordered existence. More…
Read Long and Short’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Top Pick
Fire Eyes, by Cheryl Pierson ☆☆☆☆☆
Historical (Western), hot
Beaten and wounded by a band of sadistic renegades that rules the borderlands of Indian Territory, U.S. Marshal Kaed Turner understands what the inevitable outcome will be for him: death. But Fate and a war party of Choctaw Indians intervene, delivering him instead to a beautiful angel with the skill to heal him. Jessica Monroe has already lost a husband and a brother to the outlaws who tortured Marshal Turner. As the rugged lawman lies bleeding on her bed, she faces a difficult decision. More…
Read PNR’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Reviewer Top Pick
Meant to Be, by Donna Marie Rogers ☆☆☆☆☆
Contemporary, spicy
She's running from her past, he's unsure about his future. Maybe together they can figure out what was MEANT TO BE. … Officer Garrett Jamison is at the lowest point in his life. He’s lost faith in his ability as a police officer after unwittingly setting his sister up with a dirty cop. Garrett ended up getting shot, and his sister's son kidnapped right out of his own bed. He takes a leave from the force, in need of some time to make a decision about his future. Too bad he can't get a decent night's sleep thanks to his sexy new neighbor and her howling cat. More…
Read Night Owl Romance’s Review…
Also Read Long and Short’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Ashton’s Secret, by Liana Laverentz ☆☆☆☆☆
Suspense, spicy
From the moment he’d caught her snooping on his property, Meghan Edwards knew Nicholas Hawkinson was the man she’d been looking for. But would this dark, secretive stranger help her solve the mystery of her sister's death? More…
Read Debra Gaynor’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Dancing with Dragons, by Tiarie Vaughn-Lazzar ☆☆☆☆☆
Inspirational, sweet
When Dorothy agreed to go fix up her grandmother's family home she decided to try and solve the old family murder mystery. She is determined to discover who killed her grandmother's twin. She just didn't expect to fall in love with the grandson of the main suspect, or that the killer was still alive, gaining her trust little by little.
Read The Romance Studio’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Babies in the Bargain, by Mona Risk ☆☆☆☆☆
Contemporary, spicy
With only one year left to complete her medical training in Neonatology, Dr. Holly Collier vows not to let anyone mess up her sacrosanct schedule. Especially not the drop-dead gorgeous Dr. Marc Suarez who broke her heart seven years ago. More…
Read Long and Short’s Review...
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
The Dance Lesson, by Jocelyn Saint James ☆☆☆☆☆
Contemporary, sweet
Caught in the throes of middle age and balancing life's responsibilities, Doreen never imagines that a trip to her daughter's dance studio would be the start of an adventure. When she reluctantly joins Andrew's ballroom dance class, she realizes that ballroom dancing isn't all she has to learn. Can she trust her heart to follow her feet and make the right moves?
Read WRDF’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Enter the Parrot, by Kiki Lon ☆☆☆☆☆
Young Adult, sweet
Meet Jade, the White girl in the Wong family. On the surface, Jade fits in perfectly. But just below the surface lurks the fragrance of ginger, ginseng, and a secret kung fu society. When her crazy grandpa’s deluded parrot goes missing, Jade must dive deep into the seedy underbelly of Chinatown to find him, keeping secrets from her best friends and her cute eco-mentor, Cedric: aka the hottest guy in school. More…
Read WRDF’s Review...
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Getting Personal, by Diane Amos ☆☆☆☆☆
Contemporary, spicy
Sometimes good intentions aren't enough. No one knows that better than Monique St. Cyr, parochial school dropout, dieter extraordinaire, and sucker for wounded animals. By day she writes obituaries for the local newspaper. By night, this investigative reporter wannabe with pit bull tenacity has a habit of leaping headlong into things, with both eyes closed. To liven up things a tad, her mother, an erotic fiction author, enlists Monique's help with research for her next book about online dating. More…
Read WRDF’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Marrying Minda, by Tanya Hanson ☆☆☆☆☆
Historical (Western), spicy
Mail-order bride Minda Becker arrives in Paradise, Nebraska and eagerly marries the handsome man who meets her stagecoach. His wedding kiss melts her toes. Too bad he's the wrong bridegroom. Having honored his brother's deathbed request to marry Minda, Cowboy Brixton Haynes can't deny he'd like a wedding night with the eastern beauty. But the last thing he needs is to be saddled with a wife and the three children his brother left behind. First chance he gets, he'll be back point riding along the Goodnight. More…
Read WRDF’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Mayhem, Marriage, and Murderous Mystery Manuscripts, by JL Wilson ☆☆☆☆☆
Suspense, sensual
Bea Emerson has finally married the cowboy of her dreams, but her honeymoon with L.J. Remarchik is cut short when Bea finds the body of an aspiring writer on Halloween, killed by a trick-or-treater. She and L.J. are soon pulled into a deadly search for a killer who is hiding among authors, agents, and publishers at a writing conference in a remote resort in Minnesota’s North Woods. Will their dreams of a life together be cut short before it can begin?
Read WRDF’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Miner in Petticoats, by Paty Jager ☆☆☆☆☆
Historical (Western), spicy
Shouldering the burdens of his family and the mining community, Ethan Halsey devotes himself to providing for the growing families of his brothers. However, Aileen Miller, a widow, also looking out for her family’s interests, refuses to part with the land he needs. As they battle—one to push his dream to reality and the other to prove no man will hurt her again—their lives become enmeshed and their hearts collide.
Read The Romance Studio’s Review...
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
More than Great Riches, by Jan Washburn ☆☆☆☆☆
Inspirational, sweet
Tracy Dixon is an unwitting suspect in a high-profile jewelry theft. The NYPD warns her not to leave town. But Tracy gets word that her beloved brother, Jeff, is barely clinging to life, seriously burned in an automobile accident. Although she had vowed never again to set foot in her hometown, Tracy throws caution to the wind and rushes back to Allerton. More…
Read Debra Gaynor’s Review...
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Noble Blood, by Linda J. Parisi ☆☆☆☆☆
Paranormal, spicy
A Law Broken:
Tamara Duncan has just been made into a True Noble and left with no memory of her former self. Nicholai Valentin accuses her of trying to kill his brother and destroy his House by using the Water. Is she part of a plot, or simply a pawn in something bigger than either of them can imagine? More…
Read Long and Short’s Review...
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Summer Lovin’, by Dara Edmondson, Laurie J. Edwards, Mona Ingram, Kimberlee R. Mendoza, Sydney Shay, and June Sproat ☆☆☆☆☆
Contemporary (Anthology), sweet
From a rich Southern country club to a Midwest ranch and all the way to the cool beaches of the Pacific Northwest, this sweet collection of summer love stories revels in the magic of first love.
Read The Romance Studio’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
A Summer’s Hope, by Amber Leigh Williams ☆☆☆☆☆
Contemporary, sensual
Briar has spent half her life upholding the family business. As another summer rolls around, it looks like her luck is running dry and she’s dangerously close to losing the only thing that matters, Hanna’s Inn, her late mother’s bed and breakfast. Amidst deep financial difficulty, a shaky relationship with her estranged father, and a non-existent social life, hope is all she has left. Enter Cole, a new guest at Hanna’s. Fresh from the turmoil of a bitter divorce and haunted by his mistakes, he’s desperate for escape. More…
Read WRDF’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
Taking Advantage, by Larry Hammersley ☆☆☆☆☆
Vintage, sweet
Zack Thompson has been crazy about Gloria Garner ever since she came to Sheffield High in their freshman year. She's been elected basketball queen four years running and only dates the three top athletes. How can Zack compete for Gloria's hand when he's no good at sports and lacking in the looks department? And as if that weren't enough, Gloria has a super strict mother who has to approve her daughter's every date. Does Zack's excellence in academics and his gentlemanly conduct count for anything?
Read WRDF’s Review…
Buy from The Wild Rose Press
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