Dangerous Lover by Maggie Shayne

When Selene Brand cast a spell to find the love of her life, she never believed he’d literally fall at her feet. Bleeding and near death, her mysterious stranger, Selene brings him back to life with the help of a healing spell and a call to 911. Unfortunately, Selene learned three things about her new lover that evening. One, he lost his memory and can’t remember who his is. Two, someone wants him dead. And three, the police think she is the killer. Now they’re both on the run, trying to stay alive long enough for mystery man to recover his memory and capture the real killers.

I loved the way that Maggie developed the characters and the way Selene slowly helped her soon-to-be lover to regain his memory. There was also a lot of depth in the story as it had a lot more secondary characters than I had expected to see. A great book by a great author. I’m planning on reading more Maggie Shayne books in the future.

Score: Great

Details: Intimate Moments #1443, December 2006 (The Oklahoma All-Girl Brands)

Secret Santa by Janelle Denison, Isabel Sharpe, and Jennifer LaBrecque

It’s Christmas time at Connoisseur Magazine where hundreds of workers are ready to celebrate Christmas. Each department in the magazine has its own secret Santa gift exchange where three lucky women will open the gift of a lifetime.

In He’d Better Watch Out! by Janelle Denison, Amanda Creighton gets advice from two imaginary advisers, Devilish Desiree and Angelic Angie regarding the gift she should get for the office hottie, Christian Miller.

In The Nights Before Christmas by Isabel Sharpe, Cathy Ann Johnson receives a special gift from her secret Santa, but when she drops by to show her appreciation, but afterward she learns that she thanked the wrong Santa.

In Mistletoe Madness, by Jennifer LaBrecque, Tatiana Allen finds herself forced to play secret Santa to Cole Mitchell, her arch rival plus learns that she has four days to review four restaurants with him too. Now can Tatiana save herself or will she find herself trapped under the mistletoe with Cole?

With three steamy romances by three talented authors, this Blaze is a very nice Christmas present from the editors and writers at Harlequin. Read it and enjoy

Score: Very good

Details: Blaze #292, December 2006