[LMB] Krentz, again: Light in Shadow

[Lois McMaster Bujold]

Ah ha, I've finally found a Krentz (Jayne Ann, contemporary romantic 
suspense) that I can recommend unreservedly and without caveat: the 
somewhat uninformatively titled _Light in Shadow_.  Attractive features 
for my taste are just the right blend of humor, and a hero who feels 
like a very real person.  (Some of her heroes are a touch too 
fantasy-man for me; my suspenders of disbelief get pretty stretched.  
Not that one cares, exactly, when signing up for the ride.)  Unusually 
for romance, it has an equally charming sequel, _Truth or Dare_.

Testing reveals my one non-negotiable reader requirement in romance is 
intelligent humor, or rather, sense of humor.  The book need not be a 
comedy or a farce, but I find the completely humorless ones quite 
unreadable.

In case anyone is wondering, the copy edit of _Passage_ went back to New 
York this week.  The cover art should be completed soon.  On evenings 
and weekends, which is the only time editors actually get to edit, mine 
is presently working on TSK#4, and I expect to get the line edit from 
her next in the week or so.   So my work queue for December is bespoke.

Ta, L.  (Waiting for the next Crusie, the point-woman who first broke my 
resistance to her genre).