I read all kinds of romance books, and this slow-burn historical western caught my attention because the heroine is more interested in creating a name for herself as a newspaperman than she is in finding a man.
Also, she’s an excellent gambler and gives her winnings to the impoverished people of her community, almost like Robin Hood. For a woman to thrive in a male-oriented workplace and to gamble, which is strictly a pastime only for men, well...this had me hooked!
I was so worried for Everleigh, the heroine, because her scandalous actions could lead to her downfall, but I cheered for each of her successes. This is a great story about female empowerment and finding love with someone who respects you for who you are.
Everleigh Camden has upset her mother. She has chosen a profession over marriage. But Everleigh intends to get hitched someday. She just wants some experiences before she settles down, which includes being the secretary to an attorney, and using her winnings from nightly poker games to form the anonymous, charitable persona, "Bets Gamble".
However, when a new partner joins the law office, he brings his unwelcome ideas and shocking orders to help him catch the Shooter Creek Bandits.
Wade Bennett, sour on marriage and orderly to a fault, moves to Houston with the intent of catching the…
I love steamy shifter romances, but I’ve rarely read any featuring house cats. Tom the Cat was such a compelling character, and the pain he endured at the hands of an evil sorceress was heartbreaking.
I have two kitties of my own, and just thinking about them being bespelled and tortured makes me want to fly into a rage. I will do anything to protect my cats, and Shaina, the heroine from the book, was just the same. I sympathized with her in her pursuit to save Tom, and when the sorceress got what she deserved, I relished it!
Trust your heart. Follow your dreams. Shaina Williams' grandmother bequeathed her that wisdom, along with an old pendant from the Islands, carved from an ocelot's tooth. When instinct tells Shaina to visit the feral cat trap she's set in Central Park, she listens to that inner voice. She discovers she's caged a magnificent black tom, but the cat inexplicably vanishes after she tends to his wounds. Seeking the errant feline, Shaina encounters instead a handsome stranger whose slightest touch sets her body on fire. As the day dawns after a night of ferocious passion, her mysterious lover is forced back…
I’ve always loved romantic suspense books, so I was eager to read this one. It turned out to be more thriller than romance, but it was so compelling with interesting, flawed characters that I didn’t mind.
Jessica and Jon, the main protagonists, are trying to outwit a serial killer, but the bad guy is always one step ahead. I couldn’t put the book down. The mystery, the danger, the fear—it jumped off the page and dragged me in.
Jessica opens her bedroom window in the middle of the night to catch a breeze, but instead, she witnesses something that will change the course of her life forever-her neighbor, David, loading his wife's body onto the back of his truck. She soon learns David knows what she saw and will stop at nothing to eliminate the only witness to his crime. With her young son Bryce in tow, Jessica flees across the border to Montana. She discovers her first love, Jon Kent, is back in town after an early retirement from the FBI. But he isn't the only one…
After his father’s stroke, Derek Weston returned home to help his parents with the family business, Oak Landing Apartments. Now living on the premises as the handyman, he never expected the girl he’d secretly crushed on in high school to move into a unit right before Christmas or stir up desires he thought were long gone.
Krista Hartley needs a fresh start away from her overbearing parents, but falling for the tattooed hottie who ignored her back in school wasn’t in the plans. Despite old hurts, Derek’s hot kisses and strong arms offer the shelter she craves. When another woman sets her sights on Derek, they’ll have to decide if their relationship is real or just a winter fling.
