So after a frustrating last romance I needed a palate cleanser. Something that didn’t make me think, that was literally a book version of a cheesy romantic comedy. Ms. Julie James, ladies and gentlemen, author of the good to very good mindless candy that is her FBI/US Attorneys series. I’ve read a couple in the series (never in order), so when one pops up on sale I’ll grab it. Special Agent Vaughn Roberts is a fancy FBI undercover guy working “white collar” crimes. Sidney Sinclair […]
A Surprisingly Sweet Romance
Last year, Malin sent me a bunch of books. Among those books were several Julie James books. They were fine, but there was an element to her FBI/US Attorney series that didn’t quite gel with me. A couple of weeks ago I was looking through the books Malin sent, trying to find something to strike my fancy, and there was It Happened One Wedding. I thought it would be a reasonably enjoyable, non-brain taxing couple hour read. And it was. Except that it was a […]
A contemporary romance with panic attacks
Divorce lawyer Victoria Slade has a cynical view of romance and relationships. She’s seen enough bitter divorces and custody battles to really believe in happily ever after. She’s certainly not looking for anything permanent herself. Not that she’d mind something casual, she just needs to find the right guy. Who certainly isn’t her new next-door neighbour, who while he seemed hot when their eyes met across a bar, appears to have a veritable cavalcade of women in and out of his apartment at all hours […]
Catching Up on my Vacation Romance Reading
I feel the need to apologize since I read these books over a month ago and am only now getting around to posting reviews. I’m sure I would have remembered more details and more of my feelings about the books if I’d been more on the ball. Now they’ve all sort of melded together in my head, but I wrote down what I could: A Lot Like Love by Julie James It Happened One Midnight by Julie Anne Long Just the Sexiest […]