The Grand Hotel by Various Authors
This one is built on the strength of two remarkable stories. The rest are pretty average to awful.
The Erotic Edge by Various Authors
Intellectual erotica? Oh please, the average romance author does this so much better.
Soft Touch by Maeve Haran
Oh look, a rare chick-lit novel that does not make me feel like eating bunnies.
By Arrangement by Madeline Hunter
This is a good debut effort. I don’t love it, but I like it enough.
Agnes Browne (1999)
This heartwarming drama is going so well until it contradicts itself in its last leg.
The Return by Dinah McCall
This one is over the top silly that it’s almost funny. Almost.
East of Peculiar by Suzann Ledbetter
Should we blame Janet Evanovich for the proliferation of dotty old people in mystery stories?
Someday Soon by Joan Wolf
The hero is an ass but that’s okay, he’s Scots and Scots can’t do anything wrong!
What’s New, Pussycat? by Alexandra Potter
This one isn’t much in terms of substance, but it’s so much fun.
A Promise of Roses by Heidi Betts
Western romances are quite scarce these days, and I guess, so is innovation. Or originality.