Last week was terrible for the PTA I run. The event coordinator for one of our biggest fundraisers of the year quit, and the event coordinator for the annual talent show also quit. By Friday, I was ready to curl up on the coach with a bottle of rosé and a book, so I drove over to the library and hit the romance section hard. My first selection — and the novel I’m reviewing here — was called Agnes and the Hitman. This book was […]
The spinster, the rake and the chicken marsala
This is the story of Min and Cal, a contemporary romance that has a lot of parallels to historical romance, in my mind. It’s the spinster bluestoking and the rake with a heart of gold, updated to current models. First we have Minerva Dobbs – she’s single and doesn’t have much luck with relationships. I don’t know if she’s a virgin, that point isn’t mentioned, but overall she doesn’t have much experience. She’s been dumped by her latest boyfriend and is reluctant to try again, […]
Must Love Dogs
Oh Jennifer. You’re so fluffy and light and fun and innocuous. Sometimes, that’s just what a girl needs. Nina Askew has just moved in to her new apartment on the second floor of a three flat building. She’s left her dolt of an ex-husband, and she’s forty and fabulous. Well, fabulous on the outside, but as any woman of a certain age knows, sometimes it’s hard to be fabulous on the inside. But Nina’s giving it the old college try, and even goes so far […]
Waffles and Ice Cream for Breakfast
Wild Ride was my least favorite Jennifer Crusie romance until I realized it is not a romance. I read this when it was first released in 2010. I picked it up again a couple of weeks ago because I couldn’t remember much about it other than it wasn’t a great romance, and one other thing I’ll discuss later in the review. Crusie and Bob Mayer co-wrote three romance-adventures/adventure-romances, Don’t Look Down, Agnes and the Hitman, and Wild Ride. They made for an interesting writing pair, but […]