FICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2004
"Trite, plotless, self-absorbed debut from a former writer of Seventeen's advice column."
FICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2004
"Brittle romance laced with bitchy asides."
FICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2004
"Dopey first outing by Sophie Kinsella's sister."
Top stories in today's news: to meet a hungry world's growing demand for chick-lit plots, scientists have announced the cloning of an embryonic heroine who is cute, fluffy, clueless, and never grows up . . . .
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FICTION
Released: Jan. 5, 2004
"Four trite plots for the price of one, from the ever-popular author of Light In Shadows (2002, etc.)."
FICTION
Released: Jan. 1, 2004
"Employing the melodramatic clichés we've come to expect after 90 bestsellers, Cookson (1907–98) was a natural successor to the great English writers of the Romantic era. Vivid, emotionally stirring: one of her best."
FICTION
Released: July 30, 2002
"Morbid and rather depressing."
Ghosts infest a Massachusetts village in this new romance from the author of
Cameo Lake (2001) and other tales of heartbreak.
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FICTION
Released: Dec. 5, 2000
"Adler (All or Nothing, 1999, etc.) makes this tangled plot seem plausible without even breaking a sweat. And, as always, her direct, razor-sharp style doesn't waste a word--or anybody's time."
A complex mystery adroitly interwoven with an appealing romance, courtesy of a seasoned pro.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2000
"Robards does a steamy, creditable job for those who don't mind all those charred bodies."
Robards reprises elements of her successful
Ghost Moon (1999): a southern setting, lovers with children, a serial killer, and enough graphic violence to appeal to the Hannibal Lecter fan club.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 1, 2000
"Delicately sensual East-meets-West historical romance."
The forbidden world of 19th-century China opens its gates to a wandering Scottish lord and the beautiful Eurasian girl who serves as his guide.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 1, 2000
" Uninspired, sometimes plain clunky prose, but, as the story's mysteries unfold, Malarkey raises intriguing questions about the actions that passions drive us to--with profound or searing consequences. "
Malarkey's debut has the elements of a romance novel--chiseled hero, headstrong heroine, tropical island--but its curiosity about love, both Eros and agape, raises it a teeny notch above formula fiction..
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 1, 2000
"Heartfelt and homespun, with a believably gallant hero who (sigh) never asks stupid questions."
A good man is hard to find, but a romance by Eagle (
What the Heart Knows, 1999, etc.) is a good place to start.
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FICTION
Released: July 1, 2000
"For those with a lower melting point than Rosamond's, scenes like this should induce many pulse points of pleasure."
