Janice Bennett
Janice is a native Californian who
began
reading voraciously at an early age.
She
kept the local librarian busy with
finding her reading material that
could
compare to THE BLACK STALLION. Even
then
she had a TBR pile, she just didn't
know
the correct terminology for it! When
she was about 10 she discovered the
alluring and addictive world of
Georgette Heyer and fell in love with
romance. In her teens she found that
she
also enjoyed reading science fiction.
Janice is now a dog groomer who is
married and has two (gulp) teenagers.
She is a member of a readers/reviewers
group that meets twice a month at The
Book Barn in Folsom.
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The Best Reviewer's Favorite Reads For 2001
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St. Raven
by Jo Beverley
"A wonderful Regency Historical from Jo Beverley"
Posted January 26, 2003
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When Tristan Tregallows, Duke of St. Raven poses as the
infamous highwayman Le Corbeau, and holds up a coach on a
country road he suspects something is not right with the two
occupants. The man, Viscount Crofton, has a reputation for
debauchery and Tris cannot see any good reason why he should
be in the Read more...
A Taste of Fantasy
by Isabel Sharpe
"Can a Man To Do turn out to be a Man to Marry?"
Posted January 31, 2003
Divorced lawyer Samantha Tyler is disillusioned with
marriage and men. She and her online friends, Erin and Tess
have decided that the best thing is to find Men to Do
instead of a man to marry. Samantha is the last to be
ready to put this idea in to action, Read more...
Valentine's Change of Heart
by Elisabeth Fairchild
"A beautifully told Regency tale."
Posted February 13, 2003
Valentine Wharton is fighting his way back up from the rock
bottom he reached in a downward drunken spiral that ended
with him shot by his best friend, cost him the love of his
life, and left him with a young daughter he didn't know how
to care for. Now every day is a Read more...
Under Siege
by Catherine Mann
"Family life in the Air Force"
Posted December 6, 2002
Lieutenant Colonel Zach Dawson takes his responsibility to
the men in his squadron seriously. So seriously that when
one of the pilots under his command is killed in a crash,
Zach takes it upon himself to help his pregnant widow get
through the ensuing hard times. He knows that no amount of
help from him Read more...
All a Man Can Ask
by Virginia Kantra
"There's trouble in this small town!"
Posted January 6, 2003
ALL A MAN CAN ASK is the second in Ms. Kantra's "Trouble In
Eden" mini-series set in the small lake side town of Eden,
Illinois.
Chicago high school art teacher, Faye Harper, has come to
her aunt's cottage in Eden to regroup after a harrowing
experience involving a student and his parents. All she
wants to Read more...
Game for Anything
by Cara Summers
"Fun, Games and Danger!"
Posted December 15, 2002
We first met Tracker McBride, the head of security at
Wainwright Enterprises, and Sophie Wainwright in Ms.
Summers' INTENT TO SEDUCE when Sophie led him on a merry
chase, and Tracker ended up having to rescue her from
kidnappers. She has been having erotic dreams about him ever
since. She knows he has been Read more...
What a Man's Gotta Do
by Karen Templeton
"A hero to give you that warm fuzzy feeling."
Posted January 15, 2003
Single Mom, Mala Koleski has her hands full raising her two
young children ever since her husband walked out on them and
disappeared from their lives. She is just managing to keep
their heads above water. She is surprised to run into Eddie
King at her friend Galen's restaurant. She hasn't seen Eddie
since High Read more...
Reality Check
by Leslie Carroll
"A timely comedy"
Posted March 26, 2003
Told in first person format, REALITY CHECK is the story of
what happens when Liz Pemberley and her two beautiful NYC
roommates compete for a chance to win a million dollars and
a trip to Paris on a new reality-based TV game show called
"Bad Date" All they have to do is join eleven Read more...
Broken Wings
by Shadoe Simmons
"Entertaining but violent fantasy world."
Posted January 5, 2003
When the bodies of brutally murdered Clan members are
discovered, Dearn, the King of the Winged Clans, vows
vengeance on whoever is guilty of committing these
atrocities. When more bodies are found and many other
members of the clans are discovered to be missing, certain
evidence points to the guilt of the once presumed extinct
rogue Read more...
Midnight Sunshine
by Kelvin L. Reed
"The pitfalls and rewards of long distance, bi-racial relationships."
Posted January 6, 2003
MIDNIGHT SUNSHINE follows the story of Nathan Patterson, a
successful African American businessman and his pen pal
courtship of an impoverished woman from the Philipines named
Marife Velasquez who is 11 years his junior.
Nathan, the adopted son of a Minister, had not had good luck
finding a woman to share his life with among Read more...
Wolfe's Hope
by Lora Leigh
"Whew! Now That's a Quickie!"
Posted December 13, 2002
Evil doctor Delia Bainesmith has been working in a secret
lab doing genetic experimentation in order to breed a race
of savage soldiers who posses animalistic instincts. The
Doctor is so cruel and devoid of feeling that she attempts
to force her daughter Hope to mate with Wolfe, an
imprisoned male, who Read more...
Dayspring Destiny
by Jeanine Berry
"A wonderfully imaginative fantasy."
Posted November 26, 2002
DAYSPRING DESTINY concludes the tale of Elinna, a Master of
the House of Lohenrin, and her race to save her planet from
destruction which was begun in Ms. Berry's DAYSPRING
DAWNING. Elinna and other inhabitants of Gaea who are gifted
with khi power have dedicated their lives to learning to
develop their talents under the Read more...
Premeditated Marriage
by B. J. Daniels
"Exciting Intrigue"
Posted November 18, 2002
Mechanic and garage owner Charlie Larkin has a reputation
around the small town of Utopia, Montana, for being unlucky
and somewhat of a jinx in love. Or is it not a matter of
luck, but a matter of evil intent, as the relatives of her
deceased high school boyfriend maintain? Did she murder him
and Read more...
The Spider's Touch
by Patricia Wynn
"Court intrigue abounds in this historical sequel!"
Posted March 26, 2003
THE SPIDER'S TOUCH continues the story begun in Ms. Wynn's
THE BIRTH OF BLUE SATAN of Gideon Fitzsimmons, Viscount St.
Mars who has been wrongly accused of his father's murder,
and Mrs. Hester Kean, the impoverished woman who has
befriended him. Gideon has escaped to his estate in France
to avoid being hanged. Even though Read more...
Heaven Above
by Sara Jarrod
"A touching contemporary ghost story"
Posted October 15, 2002
After her most recent miscarriage and unwilling to risk the
health of his beloved wife Glenna, Blake Tanner reluctantly
agrees when she presses him to go along with her plans to
use a surrogate mother to have "their" baby. Greg Halpern,
her obstetrician, and Blake's childhood friend, agrees to
find the right woman. His secretary Read more...
Taking Cover
by Catherine Mann
"An exciting military romance"
Posted October 2, 2002
Captain Tanner "Bronco" Bennett and flight surgeon Captain
Kathleen O'Connell have experienced animosity and had a
power struggle ever since she was his training officer at
the Air Force Academy. They were both too stubborn and
opinionated to get along then and they both are now. Not
even the memory of the kiss they shared Read more...
Protecting His Own
by Lindsay McKenna
"A tender romance grows despite danger"
Posted November 13, 2002
PROTECTING HIS OWN is part of a series written around the
premise that a devastating earthquake has hit the Los
Angeles area, causing unimaginable danger and loss to
millions. The only way in or out is by helicopter. A rogue
survivalist group named The Diablos is terrorizing the
victims and the military personal who have Read more...
What A Woman Wants
by Tori Carrington
"Love, loss, and new beginnings in a small town"
Posted November 13, 2002
Once upon a time, John Sparks had a crush on pretty Darby
Parker, but before he could act on his feelings, his best
friend,Erick Conrad, made her his own and John had to
replace his romantic feelings with ones of friendship. He
was even happy for Erick and Darby, and loved their
six-year-old twin Read more...
The Ultimate Seduction
by Janelle Denison
"A Sizzling new Blaze!"
Posted October 14, 2002
Noah Sommers has spent months flirting with the newest
waitress at Murphy's Bar and Grill in an attempt to get her
to go out with him. But Natalie has always refused his
advances.
Hiding from an abusive ex-boyfriend named Chad, Natalie has
no interest in trusting a man again. She hasn't told anyone
about her Read more...
Contact
by Susan Grant
"Another satisfying aviation romance from Susan Grant"
Posted October 6, 2002
When United Airlines Flight 58 runs into what they believe
is a thunderstorm out over the Pacific, nobody on board
suspects that their lives are about to take a drastic turn,
not even First Officer Jordan Cady. But Jordan is the first
to realize that this was no storm, and that their plane has
been Read more...
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