May 19 2013
Needle in the Blood by Sarah Bower. $ 1.99 From the Jacket Copy: His lust for power gave him everything. But it might cost him the love of his life. The Bishop hired her for a simple job: embroider a tapestry. It is an enormous work, a cloth trophy of the conquest of England. But(…)
May 19 2013
Dear Ms. Chase: Tangled is narrated Drew, a horrible person. He says horrible things. Thinks horrible things. Half the time he comes off slut shaming and half the time he comes off misogynistic. Yet, every time that I think he’s gone beyond the pale, I’m drawn back in. At the end of the book I’m(…)
May 19 2013
Amazon introduced Amazon Coins last week. Everyone with a Kindle Fire was offered 500 Amazon Coins which equaled $5.00. The coins can be used for apps and games. By using Amazon Coins, Kindle Tablet owners will save 10% automatically on apps and games because you receive a 10% discount when you purchase more coins. But(…)
May 19 2013
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. You can submit your own First Page using this form. They had warned us that we might feel strange at(…)
May 18 2013
Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill. $ 2.99 From the Jacket Copy: First in a brand new series about a Chicago graduate student’s introduction into a society of vampires. Sure, the life of a graduate student wasn’t exactly glamorous, but it was Merit’s. She was doing fine until a rogue vampire attacked her. But he(…)
May 18 2013
Dear Ms. Kent: At first, I was a little distressed because the hero is a lawyer and the heroine is a legal assistant (not at the same firm, though). It’s fairly hard for me to get lost in the world of make believe when the characters are so familiar to me. However, there was not(…)
May 18 2013
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. You can submit your own First Page using this form. London—September 1, 1861 Agent Julia Richardson prided herself on her(…)
May 17 2013
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman. $ 2.99 From the Jacket Copy: Read Beth Hoffman’s blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. Steel Magnolias meets The Help in this Southern debut novel sparkling with humor, heart, and feminine wisdom Twelve-year-old CeeCee Honeycutt is in trouble. For years, she has been the caretaker of her(…)
May 16 2013
Yours for the Taking by Robin Kaye. $ 2..99 From the Jacket Copy: He might be too good to be true… Ben Walsh shouldn’t be single. Handsome and wealthy, Ben is equally at home in Idaho where he grew up and in Manhattan where he’s now an art dealer. Suave and successful with impeccable taste,(…)
May 16 2013
Dear Ms. Goodman: I love your books. I particularly love the slow way that they unfold, like a scroll unfurling as you toss it down a long set of red carpeted steps and then slowly wind it back up as you read each word and each sentence. Your books are for savoring. Alas. True to(…)
May 15 2013
The Big Kiss-off of 1944 by Andrew Bergman. $ 2.99 From the Jacket Copy: Searching for a chorus girl’s stag film, Jack LeVine stumbles on a sinister political plot Like all chorus girls, Kerry Lane yearns to get her name on the marquee. After years of high-kicking, she lands a bit part in a Broadway(…)
May 15 2013
Dear Ms. Evers: I think my expectations played a part in my dissatisfaction with this story. I was expecting something a little more serious and perhaps dark and angsty; but instead the relationship between the two came off as more flippant. Marc Wilde and Mistress Lauren are very good friends. They play at the same(…)
May 15 2013
1) New Adult is exploding right now. Why do you think that it’s resonating with readers? I think it’s resonating with readers because it bridges the gap between YA and traditional romance. It’s about the pivotal point in life where for the first time ever there is no parental supervision, and the choices made have(…)
May 15 2013
If you look at the top selling New Adult books on the market, you may be surprised to learn that they are almost all created by the same cover designer, one Sarah from Okay Creations. Sarah is so identifiable and that there is a goodreads list designated just for her. Her client list reads like(…)
May 15 2013
Note: The comments are closed for this review. I’d direct you to the Dear Author Book Club pick for May for centralization of comments. Dear Ms. McCarthy: Rory does one thing really well – school. Everything else, particularly the social scene and the interpersonal relationships with the opposite sex, she can’t quite grasp the nuances.(…)
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