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Amazon, Paranormal, San-Francisco
Dear Mr. Moore, God I love this book. I think this is about the third or fourth time I’ve read it and it just gets better each time. OK, I could spend an hour coming up with a plot description… more
Book Reviews/ C Reviews/ C Reviews Category
Lora-Leigh, Navy SEALs, romantic-suspense
Dear Ms. Leigh: My friends love you. Generally, I love things my friends love. Unfortunately, the categorical syllogism ends there. While this story features a stronger, more emotionally secure heroine than I have seen in previous Leigh books, the implausability… more
Book Reviews/ DNF Reviews
India
Dear Ms. Nichols, Since I only read 148 of the 443 pages that comprise your first novel, Sunburst's Citadel, there are a number of things I'm not qualified to say about it. I can't say, for example, how much the… more
B Reviews Category/ B- Reviews/ Book Reviews
Great-Fire-of-London, Harlequin Historical, Historical Romances, Restoration
Dear Ms. Thornton, After attempting the first book in this trilogy, “The Defiant Mistress,” I was pretty sure I wouldn’t go any further with the series. Then I read a good review for this book. That coupled with Laura’s positive… more
Book Reviews/ C Reviews Category/ C+ Reviews
ancient-Rome, marriage-of-convenience
Dear Ms Randal, Wow, Harlequin really seems to be getting the message that romance readers want something other than Regency set romances to read. Will wonders never cease? In the past year I think I’ve read more books set during… more
B Reviews Category/ B+ Reviews/ Book Reviews/ Ebooks
Fantasy Romance, Threesome, Urban-Fantasy
Dear Ms. Bast: Tempted by Two is a sequel and features Miranda and Theo who appeared in Seduced by Twilight. Miranda is a counselor at a local woman’s shelter. This is not just a career for her, but a driving… more
B Reviews/ B Reviews Category/ Book Reviews/ Ebooks
Dear Ms. David, Some people can’t write short stories and some can. Count yourself among the “cans.” You pack a full story into 36 pages giving us enough information about the characters, crime and town of Lottawatah (where did you… more
Book Reviews/ C Reviews Category/ C+ Reviews
Dear Ms. Arthur: Kissing Sin is the second book in the Riley Jensen series. Riley Jensen is a half breed: vampire and werewolf. She is working with the Directorate of Other Races to eradicate a lab that is experimenting with… more
B Reviews/ B Reviews Category/ Book Reviews
Debra Webb, FBI, teacher, terrorists
Dear Ms Webb, I’m sorry but I can’t get the Bee Gees’ song (“Ah, ah, ah, ah Staying Aliiiiiiiiiiiiive!”) or visions of John Travolta in a white suit, striking a pose out of my head. OK, I’ll stop that now… more
Dear Ms. Green: Vampire Bablyon is the start of a new vampire hunting series featuring a female stunt expert, Dawn Madison. The story is fast paced and filled with enough gory fight scenes to please the hard core urban fantasy… more
B Reviews/ B Reviews Category/ Book Reviews
England, Georgian, Historical Romances, Jo-Beverley
Dear Mrs. Beverley, Book three of the Malloren series takes up right where book two left off. With the Mallorens neck deep in intrigue and sophisticated plots. Lady Elfred Malloren has been pampered and over protected for all her 25… more
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Manga, Romance
For a long time, I have been badgering a friend of mine who reads manga to do reviews for us at DearAuthor. Manga is one of the fastest growing genres and is read by a broad audience of young girls… more
B Reviews
Boston, Civil-War, War / Military
Dear Mrs. Cummings, I read your novel “My Rebel Belle” (TBH, I still cringe at that title) and quickly bought the rest of your published books. I had a feeling that “An Affair of Honor” might tie in with it… more
B Reviews Category/ B+ Reviews/ Book Reviews
Paranormal, Patricia-Briggs, shapeshifters
Dear Ms. Briggs, Mercedes Thompson is a funny name for an auto mechanic, but then Mercy, the narrator and heroine of Moon Called is not your usual auto mechanic. She's a walker, not only capable of shifting into coyote shape… more
B Reviews Category/ B- Reviews/ Book Reviews
Dear Ms Steffen, Despite your extensive backlist, I’ve never had the pleasure of reading one of your books. I think based on the characterization that I’ve been missing a lot by this and it’s something I’d like to rectify. While… more