That's the thing about Harlequin - or any line of 'genre' books, though. Most of them are what you'd expect: formulaic and not exactly memorable. But every so often an author will come along who just makes you want to devour every word and look for more when it's over. They're my keepers, and they're the reason I pick up Harlequins and similar books at my local second-hand bookshop every so often. Because every now and then I'll come across an author who does leave me awed.
That's where I encountered Kathryn Shay; although she writes full-length novels for Berkley now, she also writes for Harlequin. The depth of emotion and character development in her firefighter quartet had me so gripped that I actually ordered the one book I was missing. She's now a must-buy for me, one of the very few in contemporary romance I'll say that about.
Wendy
