Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary

Dear Ms. Morrow:
I didn’t expect anything of this book except that the excerpt intrigued me, so to discover a gem like this was a wonderful surprise. I love how you played with both the Cinderella fairytale and the old skool Harlequin Presents tropes and came up with something so powerful and good.
Tom is an auto-mechanic. [...]

Dear. Ms. Willig,
I kind of lost track of this book earlier in the year when it was released in hardback. Now, I can make up for that at the trade paperback release. Since it’s been almost two years since I read book 4 (Crimson Rose), it took me a little while to get back into [...]

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Laura Kinsale writes historical romances and her latest release, Lessons in French, is in stores now.
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First sale, huh?  It was a looong time ago.  But one doesn’t forget that sort [...]

This is kind of incredible, but if you want the digital backlist titles of Janet Evanovich, Sue Grafton or Lora Leigh for free, this is how you do it.  Go to Fictionwise and open an account.  Buy one of the Evanovich or Grafton titles and pay for it with a credit card or paypal.  Once [...]

Back in December of 2008, I wrote about the ebook tax or the surcharge that Macmillan and other publishers were placing on ebooks by charging more for the digital version of the print book. At the time I said this:
The more that I look at ebook pricing and the way that NY runs their [...]

Dear Ms. Donald:
This is a very recognizable storyline within the Harlequin Presents line. The hero, Kain Gerard, believes that the heroine, Sable Martin, is a no good gold digger out to seduce his cousin’s fortune away. Kain is summoned by his aunt to check out this woman for whom the cousin, Brent, has [...]

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously.
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Prologue
1810 – Scotland
The stone was hard and cold. Light in the church came from flickering candles next to the altar and [...]