Patricia MacDonald- "Secret Admirer"

This is the second Patricia MacDonald novel I have read. I can honestly say that she has become one of my favorite authors. Both times I have been racing to get done with the book. Not because it is bad, but because the story is so awesome I wanted to know what happens.

Laura Reed's husband is murdered during a supposed robbery. She is soon suspected and she is trapped in the town labeled as a murdering widower. One day she meets a man named Ian Turner and soon marries him. After that secrets get exposed and all hell breaks loose.

This book was awesome. I couldn't put it down. I wanted to know who did it and as soon as I thought I had it solved, things changed. I had my suspicions as to who it could be, but it kept me guessing. I seriously recommend this book. It was the bee's knees, the cat's pajamas, the elephant's golden tusk. It was a slice of fried gold.

Virna DePaul- "Shades of Temptation"

I should have gotten an idea of how the book was when I read the blurb. Anytime the words sparks fly and special agent are used together, it is going to be a doosey.Why is it so hard to find romantic mysteries these days?

In this Harlequin romantic suspense, two special agents, who have the hots for each other try and chase a serial killer. That is it. They have the hots for each other, fight it for maybe a day, then have dirty hot sex,then try and catch the killer. Seriously this is the book.

I found that I just didn't care about the characters. I didn't care if they ended up together or even if they caught the killer. The end is terribly cliche and predictable, to me at least. I know what was going to happen in the end because the author gave away a huge hint early on in the book. At times I found myself with a sliver of hope that it was going to pick up and then it would be clouded up by just me not caring about what was going on.

Is this a horrible book? Probably not, it got great reviews on good reads. I am just not the type to get into books that are 90% what are they feeling and 10% actual story and mystery. It is why I hate Grey's Anatomy.

Carol Ericson- "Intuition"

This was one of many Harlequin Intrigues that my Nanny got in the mail. They come in a medium sized package that is too small for the mailbox and yet the mailman finds a way to shove it in there and I end up pissed off. I always find these books to be "piddley" and easy to read. If they are really bad, it's not really maddening because they don't take up a lot of time to read.

Let me throw you down the stairs!

In this Intrigue, a psychic named Kylie Grant returns to her hometown to find out what happened to a girl who disappeared three years earlier. When she gets there, she finds a high school crush named Matt Conner investigating the same disappearance. Together they try and track down what happened to the girl.

I found this book to be one of the alright books of the Intrigue collection. It follows all of the same Harlequin guidelines, but still manages to be somewhat enjoyable. The supernatural psychic aspect is refreshing and Kylie and Matt are likable characters. All in all this book is cute, but still not anything that shakes the ground in modern day literature, but who the hell expects that in an Intrigue anyway?