Jun 18 2013
Dear Ms. Dee, I enjoyed your book New Life and the premise of this book intrigued me so I volunteered to review it. Unfortunately, The Au Pair Affair did not have the easy flow or the charm of the earlier book. Hollywood producer Dan Krefman and his ex-wife, actress Crissi Jondalar have two children (Cara,(…)
Jun 8 2013
Dear Ms. Sexton: When Sarah Frantz stopped reviewing for Dear Author and took a new position as editor at Riptide Publishing (where she is now Acquisitions Editor), we instituted a one-year moratorium on reviewing books from Riptide. The moratorium ended earlier this month, and a Tucker Springs book seemed like a great way to reacquaint(…)
May 29 2013
Dear Ms Dee: I knew going in that this was a novella and for the past year or so, I’ve kind of sworn off novellas because I rarely find them emotionally fulfilling. The premise of this story was so good, however, that I could not resist. In this friends to lovers story, our heroine, Lucy Lawson,(…)
May 27 2013
Dear Ms. Worrell: In the past year and a half I’ve spent deep diving into the self publishing ranks, I’ve read my share of really poorly written books but for the most part, I think the quality has improved. I think what caught me off guard about this book, however, was how much I wanted(…)
May 17 2013
the “Cliff Notes” version of my review Dear Ms. Morgan: I did not like this book. For starters the heroine, Whitney Vidra, is a nasty piece of work: self-absorbed, manipulative, bitchy, and oh so superior to all the lesser beings around her. I endured page after page of her being a she-dick, waiting in vain for her(…)
Apr 28 2013
Dear Ms. Seasons: This is one book wherein I think the grade looks harsher than it really is but I had so many problems with this book, I felt like it was the best reflection of my interaction with the story. Others may have had a much different experience. The story begins with Lorelei Littleton spying(…)
Apr 18 2013
Dear Ms. Camden: One of my favorite romances is The Nekkid Truth, a novella in the anthology “Big Guns Out of Uniform.” For the longest time, that novella was the only published thing to your name and I’ve recommended it frequently. I’ve even told people that the novella was worth the entire price of the(…)
Apr 8 2013
Dear Shelley Laurentson: Dear Ms. Laurentson: Your trademark humor and lively set up was evident in this story but the overwhelming cast of characters and slow development made this book a chore for me to read. Toni Jean-Louis Parker is a jackal shifter born into a family of prodigies. Her mother is a world famous(…)
Mar 23 2013
Dear Ms. McBain, I bought this after reading Club Justice and unfortunately it didn’t leave a very positive taste in behind. While Club Justice was flawed, the interesting storyline and voice powered over those issues. In this book, the very thin plot was beset by misogyny, casual racism, and poor storytelling. Mox and his brother,(…)
Mar 22 2013
Dear Ms. Rice, I bought this book several weeks ago after another of your books was featured in one of our daily deals. I’ve always meant to get back to your trad regencies after enjoying “Mad Maria’s Daughter” and the description of this one made it look like slightly madcap fun. The positives of star(…)
Mar 20 2013
Dear Ms. Hall: There were moments in this book I was really captivated by the pain felt by the hero of the story but in between those emotionally charged spaces, I felt that you asked the reader to make too many jumps and that there may have been too many issues included that were never(…)
Mar 11 2013
Dear Ms. Sullivan: Let’s file this under “setups matter” or at least they do to me. Nick was an absent husband and absent father, doing all he can to make more and more money. His ex father in law and owner of the business that Nick runs comes to him and tells him that Emily,(…)
Mar 8 2013
Dear Ms. Stephens: This book seemed like it was written for the fans rather than an organic story of its own. Clocking in at over 400 pages, Reckless, takes the reader into Kellin and Kiera’s happy ever after. They’ve not grown much from previous books. Kiera is still beset with agonizing uncertainty over Kellin’s fidelity(…)
Mar 8 2013
The bitch had done her work well the day she’d convinced Baron Townsend that Quentin was the father of her bastard child. It had set Townsend off in a wild frenzy to avenge his youngest daughter’s so-called honor. Almost overnight, the man had set out to take from Quentin as much of the Devlyn fortune(…)
Feb 28 2013
Dear Ms. McQuiston: My problem with this book is that it took until Chapter 16, or 46%, for the main couple to actually meet. The preceding pages were all spent with the two trying to discover what exactly happened the night before ala The Hangover. Georgette Thorold wakes up naked, hungover, and next to an(…)
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