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ice_of_dreams) wrote2009-12-06 11:25 am
ice_of_dreams) wrote2009-12-06 11:25 am
Free Harlequin Books
It's Harlequins 60th anniversary and they're giving away free ebooks. I haven't been a fan of the Harlequin books since... well a long time, but they're still nice fun romance reads if you're looking for a no brainer and wanting to waste a bit of time. And of course, there are the gems.
I tried a couple of the books,here :: Harlequin Celebrates.
If you're not tempted to read anything, I honestly think Price of Passion by Susan Napier is worth a try. It's a good short contemporary piece (labelled "traditional romance" waay back in the 1990's), worthy of a RITA award compared to some of the others I've actually read. It's a pregnancy story. I really liked the characters, the way they came together at the start was slow and not someting that would endear you to them, but it's still a good read. I loved the beach setting, the author-writing-a-book and the lovable supporting characters. I loved it enough to see if Susan Napier wrote any other books that I might enjoy.
Just stay away from Harlequin Nocturne Kiss me Deadly, (it's more like... uhm... Hmm... an extremely sucky version of Kim Harrison's The Hollows. Just don't. The characters are not really all that bright and they act like teenagers than centuries old species.
They also try their hand at something akin to Romantica, and though the sex is all right, the plot is nothing new and the characterization needs a bit of fleshing out, because they're utterly unreal... but hey if it's romantica that you're after... (and let me remind you it's a give-away) Irresistible Forces by Brenda Jackson is all right. Not a keeper, and not the best out there. And if you liked that book for a) the plot then you'd enjoy looking at SEP's Nobody's Baby But Mine later, or B) the hot steamy scenes then I still think that Jasmine Haynes' Fortune Hunter or a tamer Robin Schone book is worth a look-see after.
I haven't tried the others, but will probably look at Homespun Bride and the other baby stories.
Happy reading.
I tried a couple of the books,here :: Harlequin Celebrates.
If you're not tempted to read anything, I honestly think Price of Passion by Susan Napier is worth a try. It's a good short contemporary piece (labelled "traditional romance" waay back in the 1990's), worthy of a RITA award compared to some of the others I've actually read. It's a pregnancy story. I really liked the characters, the way they came together at the start was slow and not someting that would endear you to them, but it's still a good read. I loved the beach setting, the author-writing-a-book and the lovable supporting characters. I loved it enough to see if Susan Napier wrote any other books that I might enjoy.
Just stay away from Harlequin Nocturne Kiss me Deadly, (it's more like... uhm... Hmm... an extremely sucky version of Kim Harrison's The Hollows. Just don't. The characters are not really all that bright and they act like teenagers than centuries old species.
They also try their hand at something akin to Romantica, and though the sex is all right, the plot is nothing new and the characterization needs a bit of fleshing out, because they're utterly unreal... but hey if it's romantica that you're after... (and let me remind you it's a give-away) Irresistible Forces by Brenda Jackson is all right. Not a keeper, and not the best out there. And if you liked that book for a) the plot then you'd enjoy looking at SEP's Nobody's Baby But Mine later, or B) the hot steamy scenes then I still think that Jasmine Haynes' Fortune Hunter or a tamer Robin Schone book is worth a look-see after.
I haven't tried the others, but will probably look at Homespun Bride and the other baby stories.
Happy reading.