December 30, 2013

Jayne’s Best of 2013

JayneA Review Category / A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Need A Rec! / Reading Lists / Top Ten ListsBest of 2013 / best of list21 Comments

The last few years I’ve done these year end lists, I’ve come up short of 10. I’ve realized either I’m not reading the right books for me, I’m too picky a reader or I’m totally out of touch with what’s popular right now. So when my list kept growing all ... more >

December 30, 2013

REVIEW: Teatime for the Firefly by Shona Patel

SunitaC- Reviewscolonialism / Historical fiction / India16 Comments

Dear Shona Patel: When this book appeared on Netgalley I was intrigued. I’m always looking for unusual historicals, and a book set in 1940s India certainly qualifies. Moreover, it is written by an author of Indian origin, telling the fictionalized story of her parents and larger family. That is more ... more >

December 29, 2013

REVIEW: The Contract by Zeenat Mahal

JayneB Reviews / F Reviewsarranged-marriage / Indireads / novella / Pakistan / second chances3 Comments

“…I’ll pay you a monthly salary to behave and appear for all practical purposes as my wife…If you agree, the marriage vows can be taken on the phone on Saturday, since I have an hour free in the morning.” Circumstances have forced the young divorcée, Shahira, to accept Hussain’s unusual ... more >

December 28, 2013

REVIEW: King of Threadneedle Street by Moriah Densley

JaneD Reviewsfriends-to-lovers / reunited-lovers / social / Victorian7 Comments

Dear Ms. Densley: Historical romance reviews are hard to come by not just at Dear Author but around the internet. In an email exchange with Jayne, we joked about putting a bounty on historical reviews meaning we’d pay extra for every historical review that appeared in our inbox. But change ... more >

December 27, 2013

REVIEW: Broken Trails by D. Jordan Redhawk

JayneB ReviewsAlaska / alcoholism / Bella Books / Contemporary / f/f romance / LGBTQ / sports romance7 Comments

Scotch Fuller has already run the Iditarod three times and is preparing for a fourth attempt. Her single-minded focus on the rigors of training allows her to forget the shocking loss of her lover in a tragedy for which she blames herself. The only race Lainey Hughes runs is away ... more >

December 26, 2013

REVIEW: A Righteous Kill by Kerrigan Byrne

JaneB- Reviewsromantic-suspense2 Comments

Dear Ms. Byrne: Mandi from SmexyBooks recommended this book to me an even though it was a fairly expensive self published book at nearly $6.00, I’m happy to spend money on a book I’ll enjoy. The book was as Mandi said. It featured a gruff, reluctant hero, a self possessed ... more >