Escape to Venice in ‘The Lady Travelers Guide to Larceny with a Dashing Stranger’ [REVIEW]

Venice, Italy
A cunning art collector in Venice holds the key to Lady Wilhelmina Bascombe’s life and she must travel to Italy to get it back. (Photo by noirESTblanc, Flickr)

When a young woman becomes a widow, her entire existence is threatened. Now she must go to great lengths to salvage the life she’s become accustomed to, even if that means traveling to a distant country on the arm of another man. Readers are going to revel in Victoria Alexander’s latest misadventure, The Lady Travelers Guide to Larceny with a Dashing Stranger.  Continue reading “Escape to Venice in ‘The Lady Travelers Guide to Larceny with a Dashing Stranger’ [REVIEW]”

B.J. Daniels’ ‘Cowboy’s Legacy’ is a Race Against the Clock [REVIEW]

B.J. Daniels' COWBOY'S LEGACY
When the woman he loves is abducted, a rugged sheriff will do anything to save her in B.J. Daniels’ Cowboy’s Legacy. (Photo courtesy HQN Books)

After narrowly escaping a bad marriage, a rugged cowboy is finally starting to believe happiness may be possible. But then the woman he loves disappears and it is up to him to find her before it is too late. Will he get to her in time? Find out in B.J. Daniels’ latest novel, Cowboy’s Legacy. Continue reading “B.J. Daniels’ ‘Cowboy’s Legacy’ is a Race Against the Clock [REVIEW]”

♦ The Magic In ‘The Trick’ Is How It Wins Our Hearts [REVIEW]

Hope and wisdom
In the hopes of saving his parents’ marriage, a young boy who still believes in the impossible elicits the help of a cranky old stage magician in Emanuel Bergmann’s debut novel, The Trick. (Photo by Todd Baker, Flickr)

Diamond Review BannerOnce in a great while, a book comes along that so completely captures my heart and imagination I can’t wait to tell others about it. Emanuel Bergmann’s marvelous debut novel, The Trick, is one such story. In it, we meet a charming little boy who sees the world with such wide-eyed wonder we can’t help but fall in love with him. After his parents deliver an announcement that will shatter his world, he forges an unlikely alliance with a cynical old man who has lost the ability to see all of life’s dazzling possibilities. Their friendship changes both of them in powerful and unexpected ways.  Continue reading “♦ The Magic In ‘The Trick’ Is How It Wins Our Hearts [REVIEW]”

Old Money Brings New Threats in ‘Close Contact’ [REVIEW]

Pesadelos Inconstantes
When doubt and uncertainty enter a woman’s life, she turns to the only man she knows she can trust in Lori Foster’s Close Contact. (Photo by Edward Zulawski, Flickr)

Soon after a woman comes into money, her life gets complicated. New threats loom on the horizon. Old acquaintances suddenly resurface. And the man she’s seeing wants more than she planned on offering in Lori Foster’s delicious new novel, Close Contact.  Continue reading “Old Money Brings New Threats in ‘Close Contact’ [REVIEW]”

At the End of the World, Hope Resides in Nora Roberts’ ‘Year One’ [REVIEW]

Crow
In Nora Roberts’ apocalyptic novel Year One, crows watch over mankind as a deadly contagion spreads across the globe with devastating speed. (Photo courtesy Paul King, Flickr)

Queen of romantic suspense, Nora Roberts, begins a captivating new chapter in her career with the publication of Year One, the first installment of the Chronicles of The One series. Here she weaves together a dark and startling tapestry of chaos, fear, survival, and hope. This is a novel that feels all too real, which tears at our core values and resonates with our worst nightmares. After all, how many of us hold our breath every time we watch the news, expecting the last shoe to drop? But no one could ever foresee the world ending quite like this.  Continue reading “At the End of the World, Hope Resides in Nora Roberts’ ‘Year One’ [REVIEW]”