Case File #: 00022
The Perp: Ward, J. R.
The Crime: Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood Book 1)
Classification: Paranormal Romance (Vampire)
The Weapons: Lust, bloodlust, dense vampire lore, the evil dudes, bad-asses and mass quantities of black leather.
The Victims:
Elizabeth ‘Beth’ Randall: The plucky, well she’s disenchanted enough to not really be plucky, journalist who lives a rather [...]
Case File: #00021
The Perp: London, Julia
The Crime: The Dangers of Deceiving a Discount
Classification: Historical Romance (Regency)
The Weapons: False identity, wild horses, blonde hair
The Victims:
Phoebe Fairchild / Madame Dupree: the artistic, dreamy Fairchild girl, (and allegedly the prettiest) who is forced to take a job (gasp!) in order to avoid scandal. She is a talented dressmaker, [...]
Series Profile#:00002
The Perp: Meyer, Stephenie
The Crimes: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn
Classification: Young Adult Romance
The Weapons:
Painfully slow plot progression (at times)
Alternating lethal doses of sickeningly sweet love and devastating, incurable heartbreak
The beauty of Edward’s cold, hard Being, with which we are endlessly bludgeoned
All-around ridiculousness
The Victims:
Bella, the reluctant human: we identify with her because [...]
Case File #: 00019
The Perp: James, Eloisa
The Crime: Desperate Duchesses (Book 1 of 6 in the Desperate Duchesses sextet)
Classification: Historical Romance (Georgian)
The Weapons: A Love triangle (or a engagement of convenience plus a man who knows what he wants), and a girl looking to get rid of something her fiance just happens to not [...]
Case File #: 00017
The Perp: London, Julia
The Crime: The Hazards of Hunting a Duke
Classification: Historical Romance
The Weapons: Painfully proper ladies
The Victims:
Ava Fairchild - an innocent, blond beauty who is determined to marry well in order to save her sister and cousin from being married off carelessly by their evil stepfather.
Jared Broderick - a.k.a. Marquis of [...]
Case File #: 00016
The Perp: Sands, Lynsay
The Crime: Single White Vampire (Argeneau Book 3)
Classification: Vampire Romance
The Weapons: Introverted SWV meets extroverted SWF. Plus, there’s a convention.
The Victims:
Lucern Argenaeu: 600-year-old Mr. Isolation lives in Toronto and spends his evenings playing video games and writing vampire romance novels.
Kate C. Leever: Ms. Leever is Lucern’s new editor and [...]
Case File #: 00009
The Perp: Guhrke, Laura Lee
The Crime: Secret Desires of a Gentleman
Classification: Historical Romance
The Weapons: Class unsuitability, repression of feelings and sibling rivalry.
The Victims:
Maria Martingale: the blond hair, hazel eyed daughter of a chef who was going to elope with Lawrence Hawthorne some 12 years ago, only to be sent packing by [...]
Case File #: 00007
The Perp: Kleypas, Lisa
The Crime: Suddenly You
Classification: Historical Romance
The Weapons: Spinsters and rogues and mistaken identity! Oh my! Don’t forget the unplanned pregnancy…
The Victims:
Amanda Briars: the steadfast spinster (just turned 30) novelist who’s a bit plump, a dash too pragmatic and a tad too set in her ways.
Jack Devlin: the maverick [...]
Case File #: 00004
The Perp: Dahl, Victoria
The Crime: To Tempt a Scotsman
Classification: Historical Romance
The Weapons: Scandal! Scandal! Scandal! Oh, don’t forget, people who can’t seem to say what they feel and all the crap that goes along with that nonsense.
The Victims:
Lady Alexandria ‘Alex’ Huntington: the dark-haired, blue eyed fallen sister of a Duke who figures–hey, [...]
Case File #: 00002
The Perp: Kleypas, Lisa
The Crime: Seduce Me at Sunrise
Classification: Historical Romance
The Weapons: Class unsuitability and repression of feelings.
The Victims:
Kevin ‘Kev’ Merripen, tall, dark, and brooding Gypsy with a mysterious tattoo who is super-over-protective of the fragile Win.
Winnifred ‘Win’ Hathaway, the strong willed invalid who miraculously gets better after a few years exercising [...]