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jennieadams

jennieadams

I live in Australia and am an avid romance reader. I'm always looking for 'recommended reads'. I've discovered some of my favourite books this way. I write romance novels for Harlequin Mills & Boon. A list of my books can be found at my website at http://www.jennieadams.net where I also have a blog page.
  • Australia
  • member since July 17 2007

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  • The Dangers of Deceiving a Viscount
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    “I enjoy a rolicking good historical novel. Phoebe and Will and their
    cast of supporting characters provided a great story. The hero's
    sisters were just the right edge of awful to be truly entertaining and
    it was fun watching Lady Phoebe act out her alter ego of Madam Dupree.

    One thing I wasn't really able to buy into was the hero's utter
    abhoration for deceit of any kind. Maybe I missed something vital in
    the early part of the story, but I wondered just what movitated him to
    feel so strongly in that respect, even in the face of behaviour that
    had honorable if misguided reasions.

    Even so, I really enjoyed this story and will continue to look for more by Julia London.

    Jennie ”

    jennieadams wrote this review Saturday, March 29 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Chosen (Guardians' League, Book 3)
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    “Amelia Elias creates a strong, entertaining take on the vampire world. Gareth showed the kind of strength that will appeal to readers who enjoy an alpha hero with an edge.

    I struggled to suspend disbelief in some places but I think that's a very individual thing. If you decide to check out this story you'll have to decide about that aspect for yourselves! The sensual scenes were seamlessly in keeping with the characters and in truth some of the most well-crafted I've read. I would have finished the book for those alone.

    Amelia writes romance and erotica and I will certainly keep an eye out for some of Amelia's other romance titles.

    Jennie”

    jennieadams wrote this review Saturday, March 22 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Classified Christmas (Harlequin Intrigue Series)
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    “Classifed Christmas by BJ Daniels

    I've been a fan of BJ Daniels' stories for ages. I greatly admire the way BJ manages to litter her books with twists and turns and red herrings so that even if you're all but certain you've worked out 'whodunnit', you can't be totally sure and there's usually a twist at the end that you couldn't have anticipated.

    Classified Christmas had a huge cast of secondary characters, all with possible ties to the mystery elements and the odd murder or three. There was a secondary family that I didn't like one bit, and I'm guessing they'll have a role to play in upcoming story or stories in the series. I enjoyed reading about Montana and ice fishing - to me coming from where I am in Australia and having only seen snow a couple of times in my life, the setting was very exotic. It made me long for winter.”

    jennieadams wrote this review Saturday, February 23 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Vows & A Vengeful Groom (Silhouette Desire)
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    “Last night -- and today during my lunch break -- and tonight in one 'ignore everything else' sitting, I read Bronwyn Jameson's 'Vows and a Vengeful Groom'. This book leads off the series 'Diamonds Down Under' written by a number of Australia and New Zealand Silhouette Desire line authors.

    Reunion stories aren't usually my first reading choice, I can't really explain why, but Kimberley and Ric's story captivated me. They had a lot of history, yet so much they needed to learn about each other. He was tough, sometimes arrogant, but with a core of goodness that convinced me from the first page he wanted Kim in his life to stay. She was angsty about her family relationships, carrying some scars Ric didn't even know about. I identified with Kim. A lot. I think most people who've enjoyed/endured the ups and downs of family relationships would feel the same way. I loved the glitter and glamour of the setting, the descriptions of the jewellery and some of the fabulous dresses Kim wore - which cut Ric's knees right out from under him - of course!

    Most of all I loved the character growth from page one to the happy ever after, for a man and a woman who really were meant to be together. Kudos to Bronwyn Jameson for kicking off this big, glittering series with a great opening book.

    Jennie”

    jennieadams wrote this review Friday, February 22 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Best Friend...Future Wife (Harlequin Romance)
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    “I've had a busy few days. Tonight I gave myself some time out to finish reading Claire Baxter's 'Best Friend...Future Wife' which I pulled out of my To Be Read pile last week.

    I really enjoyed Della and Luke's story. It was lovely to read an Adelaide setting, and I found Luke's choice of profession interesting. His family were lovely, in fact all the relationships in the book were very believable. It's so easy for friends to hurt each other sometimes, isn't it, when what they want is quite the opposite. The resolution brought tears to my eyes, and a very firm conviction that Della and Luke would go on together, and that it would only get better for them as the years rolled by. Thanks, Claire, for a lovely satisfying read!

    Jennie”

    jennieadams wrote this review Wednesday, February 20 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • A Bride Worth Waiting For (Harlequin Romance)
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    “I think each Harlequin Romance author brings something a little different to the line. One of the things I enjoy about Caroline Anderson's books is the particular flavour of the wry bits of humour she litters in here and there. In this one, there's a line by a secondary character. They're discussing the heroine trying out new soup recipes for her small restaurant and she is throwing out ideas to her close friends.

    'What about carrot and orange?' Annie suggested.

    'In stick-in-the-mud old Suffolk? They'll hate it, too weird,' Jackie said, instantly damning the entire county.

    That just made me grin.

    Michael was a great wounded hero and it was nice to read a book where the hero is madly in love with the heroine from the start of the story. That gave it a different texture as well.

    If you're an aspiring writer, this is also a really good book to look at for the way the cast of secondary characters is handled. There were quite a few of them, and they all played pivotal roles in the hero and heroine's emotional story arc. Very nicely done.

    Jennie ”

    jennieadams wrote this review Sunday, February 10 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Her Parenthood Assignment (Harlequin Romance)
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    “I'm tending to save up book reviews for the weekends when I have time to get them up, and I should probably confess at this stage that a) I have no self control when it comes to buying books, b) I have three bags of books sitting upstairs beside my sofa that comprise my print version To Be Read pile and about a dozen more on my PDA in eBook format, all that I plan to read sooner or later and some that I've ignored for far too long. This book falls into that category and I'm kicking myself for not reading it sooner.

    Fiona Harper's 'Her Parenthood Assignment' Was an April 2007 release in Australia. It's the story of Gaby, a professional nanny, and Luke, a man with a terrible past who has a big journey of healing to make before he can reach out for love for the second time. I'll tell the truth. Some of his behaviour towards his daughter saddened me, even though I could see there were good reasons for it. There were a couple of occasions when I didn't like him much.

    But oh, did I get sucked into this story. The text was lovely, so appealing. Gaby was sweet and kind and practical and dreamy all at once and Luke's daughter was delightful. Partway through I had the tissues out. At the end I had them out again and I just HAD to see this couple get their HEA which they did, in spades. Great job, Fiona!

    Jennie ”

    jennieadams wrote this review Friday, February 8 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Lover Awakened
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    “This is the third book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. I'm starting to realise I really, really like reading books in series. When they're done well, there's an added richness to being able to revisit characters who've appeared in previous books, or will appear as the main characters in upcoming books.

    Lover Awakened features Zhadist and Bella. The realtionship between Zhadist and his twin bothered me at times. It made me sad, I think, because there seemed to be so much pain. Both Zhadist and Bella had suffered horribly in their pasts and it felt particularly great to see this hero find someone to love. He'd been so lonely for so long.

    I've already decided I'll be re-reading these books at some point in the future. They could do with savoring a second time around.

    As an aside, I don't think writers ever get sick of studying what makes for appealing characterisation in books. I don't think I ever will, anyway.

    Jennie ”

    jennieadams wrote this review Friday, February 8 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Caine's Reckoning
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    “Caine's Reckoning was one of the first books I bought in e-format to read on my PDA and I bought it on the strength of the blurb I read on the eHarlequin website. I was really intrigued by the 'Hell's Eight' idea and it sounded like a book I would enjoy.

    This is a Spice novel, the first I've read and though I read across a broad range of sub-genres I admit there were a couple of parts that were a bit outside my comfort zone but the story was so good and the characters, Caine and Desi, just sucked me right in. If you like hot, hot, hot stories with great characterisation then I think you'll enjoy this. I will probably go looking for more of Sarah McCarty's books in the Hells Eight series - I can always skim any bits that make me blush.

    Jennie ”

    jennieadams wrote this review Friday, February 8 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Lover Eternal
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    “This is Rhage and Mary's story. He's a completely over the top alpha warrior male, and she is a fabulous human heroine and a great match for him. The moment he heard her speak, I was in his corner hoping he could find a way to be with her, and I felt the story really delivered. I found it a fabulous entertaining read that kept me turning the pages right to the end. I'll be reading more books in this series. ”

    jennieadams wrote this review Monday, February 4 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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