by Gwyn Cready
When snobbish book critic Ellery Sharpe screws up at Vanity Place magazine, her boss assigns her the ultimate punishment: write an ode to romance novels, a genre she considers the literary equivalent of word search puzzles. To make matters worse, he hires her former party-boy ex, Axel Mackenzie, to ...
A this point I ask myself why did I wanted to buy this book in the first place. Why didn’t I take the first geolock warning as a sign and just forget it? Why did I go through the trouble of getting another online ebook shop account to spend money on this? Oh, right. It was the cover. The premise...
3-3.5 starsThis is a HOOT of a book, especially if you're an "Outlander" and/or "Twilight" fan. (I must admit, I'm not a Twilight fan, so my knowledge of that story and its characters is limited to my friends' discussions.)Ellery is a literary critic/editor/writer working for a top NY magazine. She'...
A romance novel is so much more than just a romance novel. It is an escape, a way to explore, a history lesson, imagination at its finest, a description of the values we want our men to have, relationship advice and even sometimes what you need to get your blood pumping.All of that and so much more ...
I really wanted to like this book. I love romance novels, so what would be better than a story about a book critic who is forced to write an article on the merits of romance? From looking around, I can see that this got great reviews, but I did like it, I didn't love it. For some reason, I had a ha...
Ellery sticks her literary foot in her mouth when she writes a review dumping on the latest it book about vampires and romance in general. The biggest problem is that her boss and editor is having an affair with the author of the vamp book she just lambasted. He ex hottie, photographer Axel, take...
Blue Ribbon Rating: 3.5 out of 5Original Review LinkTo snobby book critic Ellery Sharpe romance novels are at the bottom of the literary barrel. But when she gets in trouble for trashing the biography of a well-known romance publisher, Ellery is forced to choose between keeping her job and writing ...
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Ellery Sharpe is head of the literary section at Vanity Place magazine. She's trying to get on as editor of another prestigious magazine, and her next assignment is going to be her piece de resistance. The only problem? Her most recent article, a piece on the uber-popular book "Vamp" lambastes th...
drey’s thoughts:I was really in the mood for something light and heartwarming when I picked up A Novel Seduction. And how could I go wrong with a half-nekkid dude in a kilt? (Yes, even though I can tell this half-nekkid dude isn’t wearing his kilt like a true Scots! Anyway. Ellery is stubborn and op...
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