Victoria Alexander 'What A Lady Wants'

Felicity wishes upon a star for a man, not just any man, but a man '...who will make the rest of my days an adventure.' Then she spies Nigel climbing down from a married neighbor's window and into her garden. Well, obviously they're meant for each other. Nigel can't seem to keep off her balcony where he finally gets caught (in one of the truly funniest moments I've read recently), predicating a quick marriage. While Nigel liked Felicity well enough before the marriage, resolving his feelings about being trapped keep us busy for the last third of the book.

Great characters, good sex, okay plot and terrific dialog. And let's face it, these books are all about dialog.

2007 Historical Romance: 4.5 out of 5

Jayne A Krentz 'All Night Long'

Okay despite the terrible title, I liked this book. After seventeen years, Irene goes back to the small lakeside resort town in Northern California where her parents had been murdered when an old friend contacts her out of the blue. She meets Luke Danner, ex-marine who has bought a set of small cabins on the water that Irene rents.

This set up is as standard as it gets from JAK. But while some of her recent books have felt a little tired, this one made me laugh out loud. You have to love the heroine's tall black boots and long black coat, this woman knows how to handle herself or is willing to learn. And any hero who can live down a discussion of his Erectile Dysfunction in front of his family has to have a sense of humor.

Contemporary Mystery Romance 2007: 4 out of 5 stars

Brenda Joyce 'Dark Seduction'

HOLD THE PRESSES! Check out this awesome 'movie trailer' of this book! Wait for it to load, it's worth it.

Okay, first, this author is a very successful writer and I am not. That having been said, there's a place for porn and as a long time romance reader, I'd like to defend the genre by saying, romance novels are not the place. I can't add much to this quote, "This was how she wanted to die...while riding his huge hardness into eternity" I use the term porn instead of erotica to emphasize the incredible silliness of this novel. I will admit I usually dislike a modern heroine and a historical hero; the resulting clashing slang is terribly distracting; but when you find yourself snorting out-loud at a book, things aren't going well.

Claire is a modern day rare bookseller. Her shop gets broken into by a demoness named Sibylla who is looking for a page out of an ancient manuscript. Next Malcolm stops by and gets into a little sword fight with another Highland Master in her kitchen. Malcolm decides Claire is in some danger and takes her back to 1400's Scotland. This could all be promising but the execution is lacking. Beyond the over the top super-sexed nature of the 'Masters,' Claire (and the plot) keep taking these little jaunts in different directions that seem to serve no purpose and are very jolting and distracting. The interaction of our hero and heroine are pretty much limited to sex, sexual longing and sex. Terrible, terrible book.

So why did I finish the book. Did I mentioned porn has it's place?

2007 Paranormal Historical: 0 out of 5