The Heir from Nowhere
I liked it. I would like for her ex to have been run over by a porta-john cleaning truck, but you can’t have everything.
The Italian's Unexpected Baby
Dude had some baggage, but didn't use it as an excuse to be a psychopathic a**hole. I also liked the fact that he looked after his employees and his clients without trying for a Santa Clause image, preferring to be a little distant from everyone. It's a rare trait, and I noticed in my time in the military that people with that trait made the best commanders.
Lost To The Desert Warrior
I really liked this one. The plot isn't new, of course, but the author and mangaka did a really good job.
The Spaniard's Marriage Demand
I liked it. Weaving the story into the pilgrimage was well done and gave it additional interest. My only caveat was that the ML was pretty insensitive to other people's feelings while overly sensitive to his own. Showing up after a year and a half and making it clear that sex was the uppermost thing on his mind was, shall we say, a bit clod-like. He might as well have greeted her with, "I'm horny. Oh yeah, I guess I missed you, also." That was definitely the impression. And when he decided she should come with him to Spain the next day, he couldn't wait five minutes for her to consider. A loving relationship of equals doesn't square well with "I want what I want when I want it!" He reminds me of myself when I was barely into my twenties: I knew it all and was always right. My father told me that if I kept the "my way or the highway" attitude any relationship with a woman was going to fail. Thank goodness I took his words and example and got rid of my arrogant delusions! (Mostly, at least.)
The Italian's Passion
I really enjoyed this one. It beat the tar out of the others that were posted the same day. It was great not feeling that the ML would be improved after a physical encounter with a baseball bat or that the FL had all the judgment of a high school student on crack. The characters were fun and they acted like real people - real sane people, that is!
A KISS FOR MR. SCROOGE
I liked it. The story line was good, and I really enjoyed it. The FL rocked, and the little girl from the orphanage was adorable.
Don't Play Games
I liked it, and it was well-written. Unlike most Harlequins, the characters weren't black and white, nor were they stereotypes or cliches. There were a number of flawed individuals, but none of the ghastly psychopaths HQ authors are often so fond of depicting. As a character study, it was quite something and well worth reading.
Two Sisters
I enjoyed it. The main characters didn't make me want to go postal, and that's been rare considering the latest crop of Harlequin's showing up recently. For some reason, it's hard for me to root for a real jerk's romance. Beats me how this ML got published in an Harlequin, as he was a class act compared to almost every other HQ ML out there.
Scarlet Woman