Finished Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas. It’s the last book in her “Wallflower” series. It’s about Daisy Bowman, the last unmarried wallflower. She’s a whimsical, fun-loving woman, so you can imagine her horror when her father decides to marry her off to Matthew Swift, his business associate. But Matthew has secretly been in love with Daisy for years, and →

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Finished reading All U Can Eat by Emma Holly. It’s about Frankie Smith, a diner owner whose boyfriend leaves her for another woman. Soon after, a body is found behind Frankie’s diner, and she becomes a suspect in the murder — and catches the eye of police chief Jack West. To say that this book is steamy is a major understatement. There’s a lot of →

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I’m on a reading roll. Just finished Hundred-Dollar Baby by Robert Parker. It’s his latest Spenser book and finds the intrepid private investigator trying to help a madam manage her upscale, call-girl business. Like all of Parker’s books, it’s heavy on dialogue and light on description with very short, easy-to-read chapters. I can read one of his books in about →

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Finished The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann. It’s the first book in her popular “Troubleshooter” series about U.S. Seals. I got a booklet on the series at the RWA conference this year, so I thought I would check it out. It’s about Tom Paoletti, a Navy SEAL lieutenant who goes back to his hometown to rest after a severe head injury. →

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Finished Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas. It’s the third book in her “Wallflower” series. This read brings me within striking distance of reading my 800th book by the end of the year. Yeah! 🙂 It’s about Evie, a shy, stammering heiress who’s so desperate to get away from her abusive family that she approaches Sebastian, a roguish lord who’s fallen →

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