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Last dance at Jitterbug Lounge by Pamela Morsi (MIRA)

Bronwyn Jameson — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:00:16 -0400

Women’s fiction from MIRA told through two story threads. One is the married couple who’ve drifted apart due to life pressures and who finally face what’s gone wrong when they return to his family home because his grandfather is dying. The second is the grandfather’s story, told through flashbacks of his romance and marriage and the toll WWII took on him and his generation. Very readable. Very real. Reminds you about priorities and balance.

Say Goodbye, by Lisa Gardner

Bronwyn Jameson — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:42:36 -0400

In the notes at the end of the book, Gardner describes this as her most violent book yet. She isn’t kidding. But as challenging as the material is, I could not stop turning the pages until the chilling finale.

3 Men and a Body, by Stephanie Bond, MIRA 2008

Bronwyn Jameson — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:52:40 -0400

Third in the six-book BODY MOVERS series: “Carlotta Wren works at Neiman Marcus in an upscale Atlanta mall by day…and helps her brother move bodies from crime scenes by night!”

DUET by Kimberley Freeman

Bronwyn Jameson — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:32:35 -0400

This book won the 2008 Romance Writers of Australia Romantic Book of the Year Award (judged by readers), the back cover copy sounded intriguing, and I launched in with high expectations which, unfortunately, led to disappointment.

Back Cover Blurb:

Two Women, Twenty Years, One Guilty Secret.

Odd Mom Out

Bronwyn Jameson — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:54:11 -0400

Blurb:

Marta Zinsser grew up in a conservative, old Seattle suburb and couldn't wait to leave for New York, where she thrived as an independent woman with no need for men -- even when she decided to have a baby.

Ten years later when her mother becomes ill, Marta realizes that this may be her daughter's last chance to get to know her grandmother and returns to Seattle, taking up residence on the affluent, technology-drenched Eastside, filled now by snobby old money families and even snobbier nouveau riche.

Your Scandalous Ways

Bronwyn Jameson — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:40:37 -0400

Blurb:

James Cordier is all blueblood and entirely dangerous. He's a master of disguise, a brilliant thief, a first class lover--all for King and country--and, by gad, he's so weary of it. His last mission is to “acquire” a packet of incriminating letters from one notorious woman. Then he can return to London, and meet sweet-natured heiresses--not adventuresses and fallen women.

Francesca Bonnard has weathered heartbreak, scorn, and scandal. She’s independent, happy, and definitely fallen; and she's learned that “gentlemen” are more trouble than they're worth. She can also see that her wildly attractive new neighbor is bad news.

Sugar Daddy

Bronwyn Jameson — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:26:20 -0400

We meet Liberty Jones at 15, in her Texas trailer park home, where she meets and falls into deep infatuation with bad-boy Hardy Cates. (We're told he's a badass, but through Liberty's eyes he's all blue-eyed kindness.) Although there's a connection, Hardy won't allow himself to get involved. He has ambitions, and soon after he leaves town Liberty's mother is killed and she takes over guardianship of her baby sister. A beauty shop apprenticeship takes her to Houston where she meets the powerful Travis family. A coincidence or something more? Eventually she accepts a job as PA to the family patriarch. People -- including his eldest son, the enigmatic and very alpha Gage -- assume he's her Sugar Daddy but there's more to this relationship than meets the eye.

Natural Born Charmer

Bronwyn Jameson — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:00:41 -0400

Blurb:

When Dean Robillard meets Blue Bailey, she couldn't be more down on her luck; her ex has stolen all her money and she's got no place to go. A football hero, Dean is taking a holiday while recovering from a career-threatening injury. He'd planned a solo road trip to get his head together. The last thing he needs is a damsel in distress tagging along for the ride. However, despite Dean's misgivings the two find themselves thrown together and soon Blue has moved into his home and is merrily turning his world upside down. Their attraction is mutual but can their relationship really survive when the only other thing they have in common is their distrust of love?

High Noon

Bronwyn Jameson — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:42:59 -0400

The blurb:

Police Lieutenant Phoebe MacNamara found her calling at an early age when an unstable man broke into her family's home, trapping and terrorizing them for hours. Now she's Savannah's top hostage negotiator, defusing powderkeg situations with a talent for knowing when to give in and when to jump in and take action. It's satisfying work and sometimes those skills come in handy at home dealing with her agoraphobic mother, still traumatized by the break-in after all these years, and her precocious seven-year-old, Carly.

The Stolen Princess

Bronwyn Jameson — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:32:31 -0400

Blurb: