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Dear Ms. Grant, I admit, with a certain amount of chagrin, that there was a time when I would gobble up any romance or story with romantic elements that was set in space. I think I once told someone “A hero farts in space? I’m there and A+!” and I meant every word. But that [...]

Dear Ms. Stuart, Recently, I reviewed your book Ruthless and have been given the honor of doing the same for the second book in your House of Rohan series—Reckless. If I may be so bold, I would like to address this particular review to you hero, Adrian, Viscount Rohan. Ahem! Adrian, Adrian, Adrian. I can’t [...]

If my friend Elle hadn’t mentioned, when she read Tabitha King’s novel One on One earlier this year, that Deanie Gauthier, the heroine of the book, reminded her a bit of Lisbeth Salander from Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, I might not have paid as much attention to the similarities between the [...]

Welcome to Ace and Roc’s fabulous fall forthcoming books giveaway. Thanks again to Dear Author for giving me this opportunity to let you know about some of our terrific upcoming titles. As always, there are too many great books for me to mention all of them, so you can look at our site (http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/specialinterests/scifi/index.html) to [...]

Dear Ms. Jacks, It was the excerpt you supplied – authors please note this really helps us to decide if we’re going to take a chance on reading the review requests submitted to us – that swayed my decision to read your novel, “All the Good Men.” The title, while not as cringe worthy as [...]

Publishers Weekly is one of the more democratic mainstream review publications and has been reviewing romance for quite some time. PW has decided to eliminate the mass market review section and replace it with dedicated genre sections. Romance will have its very own space edited by Rose Fox, a journalist who reads and appreciates romance. [...]

Dear Ms. Lin: As I understand this, The Taming of Mei Lin is a prequel of sorts to Jeannie Lin’s Butterfly Swords.  Mei Lin is an orphaned girl who lives with her uncle and aunt.  The uncle and aunt play little role in the story and while not kind they are not cruel either.  Mei [...]

We have a lovely op ed piece by Janine due for tomorrow so this morning we are going to run a poll instead.  I recently read a blurb for a story that featured the heroine working for a tabloid and  was trying to write a tell all story. It appeared, by the blurb, that she [...]

Thanks to Berkley and Executive Editor, Cindy Hwang, we hosted a giveaway of 110 books that are being released or will be released in the coming months. It appeared that over half of you requested the much anticipated steampunk release by Meljean Brook, The Iron Duke. I don’t think you will be disappointed. You can [...]

Dear Ms. Eagland, I came across your debut novel while perusing the selections at NetGalley. The cover caught my eye, and the description piqued my interest. A young adult Victorian novel? About a young woman falsely committed to an asylum? Sign me up! Louisa Cosgrove is on a journey to her new position. Her brother [...]