Rom-com meets action-adventure spy novel in The Blonde Identity. It’s full of danger, chase scenes, and action sequences, but it’s also funny and sexy and frothy in all the right ways. And it hits some familiar romance and spy novel tropes in ways that somehow feel comfortingly familiar and fresh at the same time.
Amanda Quick’s books are always fun, and I plowed through Wait Until Midnight in two sittings. I particularly enjoyed Caroline’s career as writer of serialized “sensation novels,” which were extremely popular in the Victorian era. Adam has an interesting backstory as well, though to my regret, it wasn’t really developed as well as it could have been.
I enjoyed Hideaway just as much as I did the first time I read it. However, it doesn’t quite rise to the “favorites” level, in part because Hideaway is lighter on both romance and suspense than my favorite NR books.
Fun, but not memorable
I enjoyed Flash, but I don’t think it’s going on my list of favorite Krentz books. I had read it 12 or 15 years ago, and had forgotten literally everything about it, which tells you something right there.
Identity by Nora Roberts Published by St. Martin’s Press on May 23, 2023 Genres: Romantic suspense Pages: 448 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Audible | Chirp Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Dark Witch, Shadow Spell, The Collector, Night Moves, Whiskey Beach,… April 28, 2023 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 5 ★★★★
When She Dreams by Amanda Quick Series: Burning Cove #6 Published by Berkley on May 3, 2022 Genres: Historical Mystery, Historical romantic suspense Pages: 315 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible | Chirp Add to Goodreads Also in this… Read more »
Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart Published by Hodder and Stoughton on orig. published 1958 Genres: Romantic suspense Pages: 480 Format: Kindle or ebook Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Chirp Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Airs Above the Ground, This Rough Magic, The Gabriel… October 25, 2021 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 4 ★★★★½
The Forbidden by Heather Graham Series: Krewe of Hunters #34 Published by Harlequin MIRA on July 27, 2021 Pages: 336 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Audible | Chirp Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Phantom Evil, The Hidden, Heart of… July 28, 2021 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 12
The Vanishing by Jayne Ann Krentz Series: Fogg Lake #1 Published by Berkley on January 7, 2020 Genres: Paranormal romantic suspense Pages: 320 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Copper Beach, Dream Eyes, River… January 6, 2020 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 5 ★★★★
The Unholy by Heather Graham Series: Krewe of Hunters #6 Published by Harlequin MIRA on June 26, 2012 Genres: Paranormal romantic suspense Pages: 366 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: the library Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Phantom Evil,… December 16, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 4 ★★★½
