Dana Dietrick
There's nothing like a good book to
inspire a snappy review -- I'm one to
accentuate the positive wherever I
can. A romance reader since 2001.
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Reviews
Covenants
by Barbara Karmazin
"Science fiction futuristic suspense--not your standard romance"
Courtesy Sensual Romance Reviews
Posted November 21, 2003
"It's not your standard romance," she told me -- and she
was right! But a delightful indulgence nonetheless. It may
start slow, but it spins rapidly through an unusual
plotline to an unexpected finish.
It is the year 2042, and young doctor Bridget O'Keefe has
agreed to do a three year Read more...
The Lifetime Love and Sex Quiz Book
by Pepper Schwartz, PhD
"Love-life illuminating romance and sex quizzes"
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted September 8, 2003
"Who hasn't been drunk or dizzy with the prospect of
romance? Put your love to the test! For anyone who wants to
be kissed by Cupid's arrow or is already in a relationship,
these quizzes are a fun and provocative way to
discover how much you know about love."
For most Read more...
Why Should Guys Have All the Fun?
by Cindy X. Novo
"Do 'em and Lose 'em for Women"
Posted May 26, 2002
This is an outlandish and funny piece, written as an advice
manual on how to sleep around while avoiding those
bothersome emotional-attachment behaviors. Sort of a
parallel to a rake's handbook, much of the advice seems to
be from the evil doppelganger of (Sex and the City's)
Samantha, who disrespects Read more...
Jill
by Jay Hughes
"Sex in a Different Color"
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted March 25, 2002
Maybe I am just getting acclimated to what Jay Hughes
refers to as his "blue collar" romance style, or maybe this
down-to-earth story was just too appealing to put down.
Aside from being rather loaded with sex, they are colorful,
amusing, sharp-edged stories. All of it becomes the Jay you Read more...
Company Ink
by Jay Hughes
"Sexy and satisfying murder mystery in easy, film-noir detective style from the 40s."
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted February 28, 2002
Erotica, in a smooth, sexy, sensual style. Written in an
easy, film-noir detective style from the 40s, this murder
mystery is a story worth savoring.
I think I "get" why the guy in the book has the same name
as the author. It's kinda like the story actually happened
to him, Read more...
Beckon
by Jenesi Ash
"Romantica 'Sex-slave" Love Story"
Posted March 19, 2002
Pale blonde Belinda has a D/s (dominant/submissive)
contract with a wealthy man named Amir Khan, known to her
only as 'Sahib'. She is the sex slave, he gets to call the
shots. The rules of engagement include anonymity of true
names and lives, and no falling in love. She professes Read more...
Thief of Hearts
by MaryJanice Davidson
"Contemporary sensual romance with lots of action. A recommended read."
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted January 5, 2002
It's no medical mystery to me why doctors are so often cool
and sterile on the outside -- I dated enough med schoolers
to know they had too much homework for too many years to be
properly socialized. But there were always the exceptions,
with their exceptional bedside manners. And Read more...
Shopgirl
by Steve Martin
"Dream-like, sweet, detached romance"
Posted May 15, 2002
This is a sweet, detached romance between an isolated 28-
year-old and an older, self-absorbed man. Written in first-
person, present-tense, the book seems to glide along with a
dream-like quality, touching and absorbing the lives of
these quirky characters who seem to be adrift in life.
Mirabelle works at the glove counter Read more...
Zig/Zag
by Robert Paul Miller
"A summer sizzle book, the antics of 20th century rich and famous"
Posted May 15, 2002
THE ZIG: Summer is the time for a money/sex/power novel to
sizzle along with in the sun. This is an "incredible story
of careful social/political history and historical figures,
bigger-than-life fictional characters . . . *and the best
sex you have ever read.*"
And the gauntlet was dropped!
The many flashbacks and Read more...
Raven's Black, Robin's Not
by Jay Hughes
"Politically incorrect, hard-hitting sleazy hard-boiled detective"
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted December 28, 2001
Contemporary Hard-Boiled Detective / Windy & cold,
fictional location.
I never read any Mickey Spillane, but I imagine this is
what they're like. I DID watch Mike Hammer on TV, though,
and the same voice-over was right here in this book! If
this is an example of "sexy" from a manšs Read more...
Choices
by Bonnie Hamre
"Spotting a past love bites her right in the heart!"
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted January 16, 2002
That's the trouble with the past -- it hangs around to
haunt you, then the minute your life seems to be OK, it
jumps up and bites you! That's what happens to romance
writer Laura one afternoon, when she spots a past love in a
hotel lobby. Bites her right Read more...
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