Futuristic Romance

Review: Naked in Death by J. D. Robb

03/10/2013 Mikaela

The Particulars: Futuristic Romance, Putnam, available as e-book and in Print The Source: Used copy ( Swedish edition) The Grade: B The Blurb: It is the year 2058, and technology now completely rules the world. But New York City Detective Eve Dallas knows that the irresistible impulses of the human heart are still ruled by just one thing-passion. When a senator’s daughter is killed, the secret life of prostitution she’d been leading is revealed. The high-profile case takes Lieutenant Eve…

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Review: Beyond the Night by Joss Ware

05/09/2013 Mikaela

Beyond the Night by Joss Ware: The Particulars: Post Apocalyptic Romance, HarperCollins, available in print and as e-book The Source: Bargain from Books On Board The Grade: C+ The Blurb: A man with no future . . . When Dr. Elliott Drake wakes from a mysterious fifty-year sleep, the world as he knew it is gone. Cities are now desolate, and civilization is controlled by deadly immortals. Stranger still is Elliott’s extraordinary new “gift”—he has the power to heal, but…

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Book recommendation: Heart Secret by Robin D Owens

02/07/2012 Mikaela

Click on the Cover to pre-order it from Amazon On the faraway planet Celta, there are some things you can never tell—until someone discovers your Heart Secret… When a virulent disease killed the woman he loved and her baby, Garrett Primross was left alive, a reluctant survivor. Now, as a private eye, he strives to banish the memories of his past and rebuild his life. The Healers of Celta have something else in mind: Discover why he survived. He is…

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Book recommendation: Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh

26/04/2012 Mikaela

Adria, wolf changeling and resilient soldier, has made a break with the past. Now comes a new territory, and a devastating new complication: Riaz, a SnowDancer lieutenant already sworn to someone else. For Riaz, the primal attraction he feels for Adria is a staggering betrayal. For Adria, his dangerous lone-wolf appeal is beyond sexual. It consumes her. It terrifies her. It threatens to undermine everything she has built of her new life. But fighting their wild compulsion toward one another…

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Review: HeartMate by Robin D Owens

02/02/2012 Mikaela

The Particulars: Futuristic Romance, Berkley, available as e-book and in printThe Source: My bookshelfThe Grade: B+ The blurb: All his life, Rand T’Ash looked forward to meeting his HeartMate, with whom he could begin a family. Once a street tough but now a respected nobleman and artisan, he has crafted the perfected HeartGift, which, in the custom of the psychically-gifted population of the planet Celta, is the way a man finds–and attracts–his wife… Danith Mallow is irresistibly drawn to the…

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Review: Silent Blade by Ilona Andrews

16/09/2011 Mikaela

Silent Blade by Ilona Andrews My rating: 4 of 5 stars The blurb:On Meli Galdes’ home planet, the struggle for power is a bloody, full-contact sport—in business and on the battlefield. For years her lethal skills have been a valuable asset in advancing her family’s interests. She’s more than earned her right to retire, but her kinsmen have one last favor to ask. Kill the man who ruined her life. The Review:Since Silver Shark was released today, I decided to…

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Review: Heart Search by Robin D.Owens

30/07/2011 Mikaela

Heart Search by Robin D. Owens My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Particulars: Futuristic Romance, Berkley, available in print and as e-book The blurb: Latest in the long-running series from the award-winning author of Heart Journey. Noble Laev T’Hawthorne must rebuild his life after marrying a woman he believed was his HeartMate, only to fall victim to her greed. Abandoned at fifteen, Camellia Darjeeling values her independence above all-even as her father and uncle emotionally scourge her and extort…

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