Enchanted review by Layla Manning

Enchanted by Elizabeth Lowell

FIC ROB paperback (Hilton Head)

"The heroine in this book is almost too damaged...it takes until the last 100 pages or so for the couple to finally start coming together but the story is still enjoyable. It makes me want to find out all the stories of the side characters."

Pretend You Don't See Her review by Tina Malphrus

Pretend You Don't See Her by Mary Higgins Clark

FIC CLA (Beaufort, Bluffton, Hilton Head, Lobeco)

Audiobook: FIC CLA (Beaufort)

DVD: FIC CLA (Hilton Head)

"This is a very good book. It is well written and has a good plot. There is just one main plot and no subplots which can make a novel wordy and long. Therefore, this book is entertaining and interesting to read."

Gentleman and Players review by Fran Hays

Gentleman and Players by Joanne Harris
FIC HAR Large Print (Beaufort and Bluffton)
FIC HAR Adult Shelves (Beaufort, Bluffton, Hilton Head, and St. Helena)

"Set in St. Oswald's, a private English boys' school, the novel traces the development of a sociopath from childhood to adulthood. The novel is structured in terms of a chess match with the sociopath as an advancing pawn attempting to destroy the elitist school. The King is an eccentric, elderly Latin teacher who brings a keen intelligence to the puzzle of why his beloved school is falling apart. the conclusion will surprise and even shock you!"

A Wicked Gentleman review by Layla Manning

A Wicked Gentleman by Jane Feather
FIC FEA (Lobeco)
FIC FEA Large Print NEW BOOK (Beaufort, Bluffton, Lobeco)

"Feather's an accomplished author but this isn't one of her better books. The heroine is too mired in her problems to be a romantic figure and the hero is almost too pushy and underhanded in parts making him a little callous despite the nobility of his motives."

The Duke and I review by Layla Manning

The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

"This is one of a series of books chronicling the love lives of the Bridgerton siblings in Regency England. The courtship phase of the book is charming. Quinn does a good job of bringing a likable couple and the girls' overprotective- but endearing- brothers to life. "

Bedding the Heiress review by Layla Manning

Bedding the Heiress by Cathy Maxwell
FIC MAX (Lobeco Branch)

"The book spans a short amount of time in a great deal of pages. The pace isn't ponderous, but I wish the author had given more detail rather than gloss over so much. Also, some parts are repetitive. It wasn't unenjoyable but I probably wouldn't read it again."

The Bridge Groom review by Layla Manning

The Bridegroom by Joan Johnston

"The hero in this book takes his vengeance so seriously-and so far-that when he gives it up, in the end it seems too easy a way out. Despite that, I found myself rooting for him and the heroine".

Review by: Layla Manning