Star Quality
Lori Foster, Lucy Monroe & Dianne Castell

"Once in A Blue Moon" by Lori Foster. Since moving to Delicious, Ohio six months ago, Stan Tucker has fancied widow Jenna Rowan, owner of The Book Nook. Since she shows no indication of reciprocity, he has hidden his feelings and blocked out his paranormal ability to read minds especially hers. However, the blue moon enhances his skills so when he enters her store during such a lunar moment, Stan is pleasently surprised to find that Jenna does indeed have feelings for him.

"Moon Magnetism" by Lucy Monroe. Every full moon, hotel manager Ivy Kendall turns into a magnet, who devastates electronic devices. Her boss Blake Hawthorne visits Delicious to insure the installment of a computerized system that Ivy has avoided installing. Ivy expects to lose her job except that she and Blake have an attraction much more powerful than magnetism.

"Moonstruck" by Dianne Castell. Leaving the Delicious courthouse following her divorce from a philandering spouse, Julia Simon wishes the rat would fall into the town fountain, which he does. Next Julia wishes that private investigator Marc Adams would ask her out on a date - this occurs. Other wishes come true too. Julia concludes that the blue moon is granting her wishes, but now knows what it is like to get what you wish for; can she keep using the magic to hang on to Marc?

Fans of heated fantasy romance will not want to wait for a full moon to read these wickedly delicious tales containing STAR QUALITY protagonists. Readers could not wish for a better collection than these three entertaining yarns.

Brava, May 2005, $14.00
ISBN: 0758210043

Harriet Klausner