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Book Review: Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt

Thief of Shadows was unutterably boring and mundane. How is a book set in London’s slums featuring child kidnappers/exploiters so dull? It takes talent, honestly. True talent to have so much going on in your plot and still have such a snoozefest.
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Book Review: Undeniably Yours by Shannon Stacey

I picked up Undeniably Yours because it was the next in a series, so…I didn’t realize it was an “oops, I’m pregnant after a one-night stand” type of book. To be honest, that’s not my favorite plot-line. I just don’t like babies, okay—all the ...
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Book Review: Sleepless in Manhattan by Sarah Morgan

Oh dear. Aside from a few chapters in the middle that were truly unputdownable, Sleepless in Manhattan was actually more of a snooze than anything else. Primarily, Sarah Morgan’s prose and storytelling are haphazard and graceless. Also, the bare ...
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Book Review: Slightly Scandalous by Mary Balogh

This was, by Mary Balogh’s standards, a fairly poor book. Which isn’t exactly a bad book by general standards, but still. I get that any author who’s written dozens of novels is likely to redo certain themes or tropes, to a certain extent. But ...
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Book Review: Scandalous Desires by Elizabeth Hoyt

Ah, finally. It took three books, but the Maiden Lane series has finally delivered a hit. Scandalous Desires is exactly what I think this series was supposed to be doing all along—sexy romance featuring heroes and heroines who live outside of ...
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