I never read Harlequin Presents anymore so I’m not sure how I ended up buying this for my Kindle but what a pleasant surprise to find this funny novel. A recommended contemporary romance for those looking for a few laughs along with their HEAs.

I’m also not a big fan of the – little woman realizes there is the big bad angel/vampire world out there – it’s been done many, many times and I haven’t found a version that I like.

The best stories I have found in any genre tend to be the tightest written ones. Reasonable, plausible, possible, adult (I have children, whining doesn’t fly), as another person mentioned on Goodreads books that tell you how hard it is to raise children (for those of us in disability land of all stripes… suck it up), and mysteries/suspense where the big reveal revolves around the “assume the reader didn’t notice the hero/heroine didn’t do”… b/c I noticed. Probably spent too much time reading Jen Crusie’s “how to write” blog a few years ago.

I remember picking up Jill Shalvis but not finishing the book so maybe I’ll give that one another go. I’ve never tried Michelle Rowan or Jillian Hunter and appreciate reader recs!

Rosario: It’s so difficult with humour to know whether you’re going to enjoy something. There’s no way of knowing whether it’s going to resonate with you until you actually read the book. Even excerpts don’t completely work: I thought the one quoted above was fabulous and was ready to add the book to my list, until you mentioned the author is a pseudonym for Shelley Laurenston. Unfortunately, I tried Laurenston a while back and couldn’t even finish the book, mainly because the humour really, really annoyed me. Weird.

Humour is personal. Many of the “regulars” that are listed above I don’t enjoy. I don’t find SEP funny but many do. I like Aiken/Laurenston for it’s crassness and that she writes shifters that feel like half human/animals. Nalini Singh does the same. They are serious in plot but snarky in humour. They follow the KISS rule that I enjoy.

I am going to try some of the new ones on Mark’s list. Unlike Victoria I find most romance boards/blogs claim to have “new” authors but most people stick with the “who they knows” and don’t branch out and try new things. AAR’s review shelf does have an excellent variety of old and new authors.

One of the many things I love about this site, are the new authors I am introduced to; Judith Ivory, SEP, Lisa Gardner,Julie Garwood and Candace Camp come to mind as writers I had never heard of until a review at this site caught my eye. Now, vikings and pirates I don’t read at all, but funny…well that’s a different thing all together. So I’m gonna take the Dragon Kin and Viking series for a spin. And after checking out the author’s websites I discovered that should I like them, there is an extensive back list to choose from with each of these series.

Along with great reviews, this is why I come everyday to AAR site. I get great reviews, interesting blogs and info on new-to-me authors. What more could a romance reader want? Other than a open-ended gift certificate to Amazon, that is…hear that Santa?