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.(…)
May 14 2013
North and South by John Jakes . $ 3.99 From the Jacket Copy: The first volume of John Jakes’s acclaimed and sweeping saga about a friendship threatened by the divisions of the Civil War In the years leading up to the Civil War, one enduring friendship embodies the tensions of a nation. Orry Main from(…)
May 14 2013
Dear Ms. Bailey: I enjoyed your debut book, Protecting What’s his, quite a bit and I was told that this novella would feature a hero cut from the same dirty talking clothe. They weren’t wrong, but this novella suffers from length related problems. Troy Bennett is a homicide cop for the NYPD, recently transferred from(…)
May 13 2013
The Iron King by Julie Kagawa. $ 1.99 From the Jacket Copy: Meghan Chase has a secret destiny—one she could never have imagined… Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan’s life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school…or at home. When(…)
May 13 2013
Dear Ms. Graham: This book was re-released by Harlequin Presents to look less Harlequin Presents-y and more upscale contemporary romance. The inside however, is classic Harlequin Presents. A young, down on her luck waitress slash potter spends a torrid evening with a wealthy Spanish billionaire only to find herself pregnant because neither of them use(…)
May 13 2013
This month we are weighing heavily on the contemporary side of the romance genre with a few categories and full length novels. We are trying to add more paranormal and historical reviewers so as to provide good balance to the review selection here at DA. An Invitation to Sin by Sarah Morgan, recommended by Sunita(…)
May 12 2013
Along Came Trouble by Ruthie Knox | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo | ARE | iBooks A Kiss To Die For by Claudia Dain | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo | ARE | iBooks The Seduction Hypothesis by Delphine Dryden | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo | ARE |(…)
May 12 2013
Yesterday marked the last performance of the symphony in my town. This year my family went to four events. It wasn’t the first time that I’ve been to a symphony but it was the first time that we did so as a family on a semi regular basis. I confess that while I was amazed(…)
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