I've been studying category romances with a formal genre study group and have discovered some lovely ones. Nice quick romances and a romantic suspense one, too. So here are some brief reviews.
Yours, Mine...Or Ours? by Karen Templeton
Two families come together by circumstances and finances, to help restore a battered inn in New Hampshire. The heroine is a local with two small kids, and our hero is an ex-cop with a teen-age daughter who is taking a chance on his dream of owning a B&B. A good story that mixes realism with the romance.
In Safe Hands by Linda Conrad
A fast paced romantic suspense tale. She's trying to find the relatives of the child she has fostered. He is trying to find his brother who is missing. Their quests collide and they team up to find the answers. It takes place in southern Texas near the border, and has a paranormal element in the "second sight" that runs in her family.
Once Upon a Valentine's by Holly Jacobs
She meets him when she sets her ex's couch on fire in her backyard. He is one of the first responders. She has to do community service with his fire department outreach team. She's trying to finish her nursing boards, take care of her kids, and plan the next PTA party which happens to be for Valentine's Day. A nice group of characters who take the time to get to know each other. A good mix of realism with the romance.
The Right Mr. Wrong by Cindi Myers
She is a recovering skiing champion, so what is she doing on ski patrol? He's the foreign playboy of the patrol who never dates the locals. While she's recovering trying to figure out what to do with the rest of her life, they get to know each other past the dubious first impressions. Nice details about the skiing community and their co-workers. A good story about people who have been hurt who are slowly working out a relationship.
And speaking of snow, Winter's Heat is a fun anthology with stories from Vicki Lewis Thompson, Jade Lee and Anna DeStefano. It asks the question - just what happens to people who win a free all expenses paid romantic weekends to a brand new skiing resort? Especially if they entered as a joke, don't have anyone to come with them, or bring their gay best friend since they don't have a boyfriend. Problems arise when the press and a guest celebrity complicates matters. Will this weekend be fun? Or just a disaster?
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