January 13, 2008
· Written by Sheridan Sakura Carlotta
· Filed under CONTEMPORARY, Julie Garwood, Julie Garwood (contemp)
“Shadow Dance” by Julie Garwood
Dear reader, I am confused. I have been confused about this book ever since I finished it a couple of days ago while lying by the fireplace sipping my mug of hot cocoa, and I am confused now, seated at my desk writing this review. I really liked this book and didn’t put it down once I started but yet I didn’t like it. I love Noah Clayborne (have secretly loved him since “Heartbreaker” and was quite eagerly anticipating his story), but I swear to the Almighty that there were times I wanted to organize a search party for his missing set of Alpha Male balls.
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May 18, 2007
· Written by Sheridan Sakura Carlotta
· Filed under CONTEMPORARY, Julie Garwood (contemp)
“Heartbreaker” by Julie Garwood
Contrary to popular belief (mostly propagated by ourselves here at ripmybodice.com HQ), we, or at least I, Sheridan Sakura Carlotta, don’t despise *all* murder-mystery-thriller Romance novels. Nono, our dear readers, I am here to tell you today, that I actually liked one. Yes! One! “Heartbreaker” by Julie Garwood. (PS: this is also when I say to Julie Garwood and Ms Judith McNaught: Don’t think this review means you can keep on doing what you were doing and ignore our most ardent (and wise) pleas to ditch the murder-mystery-thriller Romance novels like a mound of bat guano wrapped in pleather. That’s right! You heard me!! P-L-E-A-T-H-E-R.)
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