Play for Today by Saskia Walker

Play for Today (novella)

A free installment

Saskia Walker

Contemporary Romance/Erotica

Published in 2007

H/h - Max/Toni

Setting: Present time.

Read in Feb, 2012.

My rating:

                                                       

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Another Saskia Walker novella and another not-so-good one. Sex was hot and all that but what I didn’t feel in this one (again) that the H/h had any future together or that they even gave a thought about it. I just read The Devil You Know a few days ago (review is posted here) and had the same impression. Maybe I’m being unfair since it’s a novella but it’s just that I’ve read other novellas where I was convinced that the H/h are meant to be together. I do like SW’s sex scenes but what I don’t like is a relationship which is obviously nothing but casual sex. So much for asking for something different!

Her Lover’s Touch by Allen Dusk

Her Lover’s Touch

A free installment

Allen Dusk

Contemporary/Horror/Erotica (?)

Published in 2012

H/h - William/Katelyn (really, were they?)

Setting: Present time.

Read in Feb, 2012.

My rating:

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Eww! Really. WTF was that I just read? Ewwwwwwwww! If I knew what was inside this short story I wouldn’t have read it, at all. Yep the blurb fooled me, again, and so did the cover.

Not So Innocent by Laura Lee Guhrke

Not So Innocent

Laura Lee Guhrke

Historical Romance/Paranormal

Published in 2002

H/h - Inspector Michael Dunber/Sophie Haversham

Setting: London, 1897.

Read in Feb, 2012.

My rating:

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Gah, I really wanted to love this book but alas! Such a bummer after Conor's Way! It had a promising plot and all but the execution of that left much to be desired. So yes, I am disappointed and a bit unhappy.

Conor’s Way by Laura Lee Guhrke

Conor’s Way

Laura Lee Guhrke

Historical Romance

Originally published in 1996

H/h - Conor Branigan/Olivia Maitland

Setting: Northern Louisiana, 1871.

Read in Feb, 2012.

My rating:

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Currently I’m going through this odd crush on the names Connor and Daniel which is actually why I picked up this book by Laura Lee Guhrke. I heard her name of course but somehow, never got around reading one before. I would say I was dumb. After reading a few reviews of Conor's Way, I HAD to read this book and now I’m SO glad that I did. I loved LLG’s writing along with the background (as flashbacks) of Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) around the time of American Civil War and their failed revolution. It was a painful read, the torture of the British army on them which had me thinking over and over again, yes, things such as this happened before and happening even today. After reading this book, I ended up reconsidering my concept of a ‘tortured hero’ because I wouldn’t wish what Conor went through on anyone! :(