Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Book Review - The Desert Lord's Bride by Olivia Gates

The Desert Lord's Bride is the second in a series of three books authored by Olivia Gates. The "Throne of Judar" series revolve around the lives of three brothers who are the Princes of Judar. The Desert Lord's Baby was the first in the series featuring the eldest brother, Farooq. This first book unravels the story of how Farooq was destined for the throne and why it was ultimately given up to his younger brother Shehab. The last book, The Desert King ends the series with the youngest brother, Kamal. The Desert Lord's Bride picks up with Kamal taking his rightful place as the heir to the throne.

FULL REVIEW OF THE DESERT LORD'S BRIDE
http://www.helium.com/items/1255093-book-reviews-the-desert-lords-bride-by-olivia-gates

Book Review - Prairie Bride by Julianne MacLean

Prairie Bride, authored by Julianne MacLean, places readers into the harsh living of Kansas during 1882. In this territory, one had to be strong to survive the conditions. Arthur Brigman, the main character from the novel, turns to a stranger to help him survive these conditions. That stranger would turn his life and heart upside down.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1254698-book-reviews-prairie-bride-by-julianne-maclean

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Book Review - Once a Princess by Veronica Sattler

A beautifully written historic novel, Once a Princess is filled with love and heartache. The characters are full of life with extraordinary personalities. Princess Leonie, born crippled, overcomes obstacles that she never imagined possible. More than just a historical romance, Once a Princess comes to life with amazing characters and thrilling life or death situations.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1249776-book-reviews-once-a-princess-by-veronica-sattler

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Book Review - A Whole New Light by Sandra Brown

Author Sandra Brown has published over 70 books thus far during her long writing career. A Whole New Light is one of the novels from Brown's early career, published in 1989. A romantic, face-paced novel with love, seduction and humor, A Whole New Light takes an old plot idea and adds twists and turns to the characters.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1246735-book-review-sandra-brown-a-whole-new-light

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Book Review - The Desert Lord's Baby by Olivia Gates

The Desert Lord's Baby is the first of three books in the "Throne of Judar" series. Authored by Olivia Gates, this series of romance novels involves the lives of three brothers, the Princes of Judar. Farooq, the eldest of the brothers begins the series and is followed by the The Desert Lord's Bride, the story of Shehab and ending with the tale of the youngest brother Kamal in The Desert King.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1242454-book-reviews-the-desert-lords-baby-by-olivia-gates

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Book Review - The Other Bride by Lisa Bingham

"The Other Bride" by Lisa Bingham has everything a historical romance should contain and a lot more. This thrilling tale has many twists and turns while two strangers are thrown together by fate. Life-changing secrets keep the two main characters from fully opening up their hearts to each other but when fate plays its' hand, Phoebe and Gabe have no choice but to let go and share everything including their hearts.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1226698-book-reviews-the-other-bride-by-lisa-bingham

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Book Review - The Teheran Operation by Devora Omer

Author Devora Omer tells the remarkable story of David and Rachel who embark on a journey through Poland, Russia and Germany before and during the invasion of Poland. David Laumberg (later changed to David Laor) was a rambunctious Jewish child growing up in a Jewish-hating society in Poland. He endured ridicule and ignorance because of his Jewish heritage.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1101729-teheran-operation

Book Review - Song of the Trees by Mildred D. Taylor

Getting just a glimpse of a young black girl and her family growing up in Mississippi, "Song of the Trees" is based on an actual story that occurred in the author's family. Cassie Logan along with her three brothers, youthfully unaware of the harshness that white men placed on their family, will soon learn lessons of a cruel and unreasonable world just because of the color of their skin. The author, Mildred D. Taylor, guides the reader into a period of our history that some may not understand or that some have chosen to forget.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1118854-song-of-the-trees-mildred-d-taylor

Book Review - Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

Cassie Logan, young and maybe somewhat naive learns in an exceptionally short time that hate and animosity can spread like a demon just because of the color of someone's skin. Early 1900's in Mississippi, the Logan family has an uncommon advantage of being one of the few black families to own their land and not be at the mercy of white land owners. A piece of their own America to raise crops on, the same land that their ancestors were once slaved to.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1118945-roll-of-thunder-hear-me-cry-mildred-d-taylor

Book Review - Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Daphne du Maurier's novel "Rebecca", a classic masterpiece overflowing with romantic suspense, encumbers the mind with questions from the beginning of the opening pages. The second Mrs. De Winter is thrown into an exclusive world that is foreign to her. Before her marriage, her life consisted of being a travel companion for a wealthy woman, but never allowed to socialize with the affluent crowd.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1121778-rebecca-daphne-du-maurier-review

Book Review - Coma by Dr. Robin Cook

Susan Wheeler, a third year medical student, enters a career field that many consider a man's world. She becomes obviously aware she has to prove herself worthy to be called Dr. Susan Wheeler and not be seen only as an attractive woman in a white doctor's coat. Her first day as a medical student at Boston Memorial Hospital will prove to be challenging and could also cost her the dream of becoming a doctor.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1125403-coma-robin-cook

Book Review - Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Prince Charming must marry before his twenty-first birthday. The prerequisite for the new princess must be beauty beyond compare. Love will not be the priority of the Prince for he has been trained to only see beauty that will be passed on to his children. The King and Queen hold a ball at the castle for every young maiden in the land in order for the Prince to choose his Princess.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1127867-just-ella-book

Book Review - A Taste of Sin by Connie Mason

A TASTE OF SIN authored by Connie Mason, will have the reader enthralled with every twist and turn. The novel filled with excitement, heartache and passion from start to finish, you will be taken on a wild adventure with Sinjun and Christy. With their unorthodox start in marriage, deceit that brought them together and love that keeps bringing them back together, A TASTE OF SIN has everything to keep a reader entranced with every page.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1128812-a-taste-of-sin-connie-mason

Book Review - Blind Promises by Diana Palmer

"Blind Promises" shows how love can truly be blind in many ways. The heartbreaking story of Dana's family, the divorce, the accident and her loneliness will make you wonder if she will ever triumph through her struggles. Gannon van der Vere lived a lonely life in a different way. He may have had friends and a beautiful woman always at his side, but the life was empty. The author Diana Palmer tells a remarkable story of two people who lived different lives and how fate can make you see life on a different level, even if you're blind.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1140348-blind-promises-by-diana-palmer

Book Review - To Love a Stranger by Connie Mason

"To Love a Stranger" will keep your heart racing through every scene of passion and scrapes with death. The author Connie Mason has written an "on the edge of your seat" novel with words so passionate that you learn about each character in depth and feel the bonds these families have with each other. A true love story with every twist and turn possible, you wonder if these two will ever learn to love unconditionally.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1140375-to-love-a-stranger-book-review-by-connie-mason

Book Review - Pure Temptation by Connie Mason

"Pure Temptation" is another passionate love story written by the author Connie Mason. Ms. Mason has always brought strange bedfellows together and leaves the reader clinging on page after page. "Pure Temptation" is no exception, the book is filled with fiery obsession that keeps you from putting the book down until the conclusion.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1143647-pure-temptation-review-by-connie-mason

Book Review - Winter Roses by Diana Palmer

The books I have read by the author Diana Palmer are usually short and to the point, wonderfully written stories without the distracting characterizations. "Winter Roses" is no exception. From beginning to end, the story keeps moving without any boring or unneeded descriptions-only what the reader needs to know to become completely involved and wanting to read more. Ms. Palmer is able to bring the characters and environment to life without adding all of the fluff that is found any many novels. "Winter Roses" is a beautifully written romantic story with an amazing ending that leaves the reader content with the ending.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1143696-winter-roses-book-review-by-diana-palmer

Book Review - Forever Summer by Nigella Lawson

"Cooking is not just about applying heat, procedure, method, but about transformation of a more intimate kind."-Nigella Lawson

English food writer and host of the award winning cooking show "Nigella Bites", Nigella Lawson is an accomplished author of the books "Feast", "Nigella Bites", "How To Be a Domestic Goddess", "How To Eat", "Nigella Express" and published in 2003, "Forever Summer".

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1145311-nigella-lawson

Book Review - Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz has authored at least a dozen top best-sellers which takes the readers on amazing journeys while getting up close and personal with amazing characters. "Fear Nothing" is another one of those remarkable stories by Koontz that includes brilliant characters and a trusty dog at the side of the main character.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1159018-fear-nothing-by-dean-koontz-book-review

Book Review - Changes of Heart by Paige Lee Elliston

"Changes of Heart" by Paige Lee Elliston is the first book in The Montana Skies Series, a series of inspirational books that are depicted around characters in Coldwater, Montana. The plot and the characters depicted in this first story are amazingly represented with personalities that the reader will fall in love with.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1184844-book-review-changes-of-heart-elliston

Book Review - The Outlaw Bride by Sandra Chastain

Sandra Chastain who is also the author of "The Runaway Bride" has written another riveting book, "The Outlaw Bride". A western romance that actually contains two stories combined into one book. Page after page of excitement, beautiful characters, and passion.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1190690-book-review-the-outlaw-bride-sandra-chastain

Book Review - The Fulfillment by LaVyrle Spencer

LaVyrle Spencer will have you laughing and crying in her book "The Fulfillment". The story of love between a husband and wife and the bond they both share with the brother that shares his home with them. The closeness between the two brothers and the one woman who cares for both of their daily needs becomes a story of heartbreak and keeping the bonds that holds a family together.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1192337-book-reviews-lavyrle-spencer-the-fulfillment

Book Review - A Father's Affair by Karel Van Loon

Author Karel Van Loon has written a witty yet heartbreaking story in "A Father's Affair". The book is not the typical betrayal of the heart and lost love story but takes an in depth look at the bonds of relationships from father to son to a man and woman. Every word leads to the fulfillment of accepting what life has dealt and understanding the roles of human nature within relationships.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1194878-book-review-a-fathers-affair-karel-van-loon

Book Review - The Ranger's Woman by Carol Finch

"The Ranger's Woman" by Carol Finch is an extraordinary adventure of two people that had been raised in two different circles of life. One lives on the edge, fighting injustice and taking life as it is thrown his way, the other could be sitting pretty with her fortune but yearns to be free and make her own choices. Fate and deception would throw these two wild hearts together to find their own adventure together in the wilds of Texas.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1195969-book-review-the-rangers-woman-carol-finch

Book Review - Merry Widows Sarah by Theresa Michaels

"Merry Widows Sarah" is the third book in the "Merry Widows" series written by author Theresa Michaels. The series follows a short period in three widows' lives (Mary, Catherine and Sarah), how they struggle, how they cry, how they learn to love again. Mary and Catherine have left Sarah to start their new families, with new husbands and true love. Sarah vows to her cousin Mary and dear friend Catherine that she doesn't need a man to be fulfilled and wraps herself into her home, land and horses.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1197111-book-reviews-merry-widows-sarah-theresa-michaels

Book Review - Outlaw Love by Judith Stacy

"Outlaw Love" by Judith Stacy has all of the makings of a historical western romance, rugged and handsome U.S. Marshall, beautiful young girl, outlaws, shootouts, stagecoach robberies and the wild west. The book is filled with exceptional characters, some lovable and a few that are not so likable. The story has many unique twists but all lead to families coming together and taking down the richest man in town.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1202451-book-reviews-outlaw-love-by-judith-stacy

Book Review - Less of a Stranger by Nora Roberts

"New York Times" bestselling author Nora Roberts has sold more than 250 million copies of her books, over the last 25 years she has been intriguing readers with some of the best written stories in print. "Less of a Stranger" published in 1984 is one of the earlier books published that show Ms. Roberts talents.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1203326-book-reviews-less-of-a-stranger-by-nora-roberts

Book Review - A Breath of Scandal by Connie Mason

"A Breath of Scandal" takes readers back into the lives of the Thorntons. The first book "A Taste of Sin" brought to life Sinjun Thornton which gave us just a glimpse of his brother, Lord Julian Thornton. The second tale of the brothers allows readers into the secretive and dangerous world of Julian, the Earl of Mansfield.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1205573-book-reviews-a-breath-of-scandal-by-connie-mason

Book Review - Texas Vows by Cathy Gillen Thacker

Author Cathy Gillen Thacker has inspired readers with another novel set in Laramie, Texas. Her books have included stories on the Lockharts and the McCabes and "Texas Vows" is one of these unforgettable stories surrounding Sam McCabe, nephew of John and Lilah McCabe. "The McCabes of Texas" allowed readers into the world of John and Lilah, focused on the four McCabe sons. When Sam McCabe returns to Laramie after the death of his wife, he must learn to do right by his five sons and it would take one woman to teach him how to move on after grief.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1206851-book-reviews-texas-vows-by-cathy-gillen-thacker

Book Review - A Long Tall Texan Summer by Diana Palmer

Author Diana Palmer has had a string of western romantic novels with amazing characters that readers cannot get enough of. For this reason, Ms. Palmer put together a collection of short love stories which include these favorite characters and packed them into "A Long Tall Texan Summer". Three separate stories about three different men and how they finally came to grips with the past and found inseparable love.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1208717-book-reviews-a-long-tall-texan-summer-by-diana-palmer

Book Review - The Scout by Lynna Banning

Historical romance writer Lynna Banning uses her knowledge in history to bring stories to life with amazing visualizations and accuracy. "The Scout" published in 2003 is one of those dramatic stories that she has given to readers to enjoy with every turn of the page. Set in the 1860's, the travel west for families looking for new lands to discover would prove to be long and grueling, especially for two young sisters upholding their father's dying wish.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1209697-book-review-the-scout-by-lynna-banning