Jun 16 2013
We are big fans of Nalini Singh’s works here. I’ve been following her Pys Changeling books since 2006, when the first title Slave to Sensation was released. Seven years and twelve books later, we learn some secrets and find ourselves on the cusp of a civil war. It has been an amazing journey. The following(…)
Jun 16 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. Neither the press nor any other media network heralded the(…)
Jun 16 2013
I have a friend whose tastes in books are somewhat similar to mine. She would frequently ask me what I purchased and I found so many times that our tastes overlapped. Why not share an ebook account, I proposed. We both have multiple Kindle devices and so I signed us up for a joint gmail(…)
Jun 15 2013
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce. $ 1.99 From the Jacket Copy: The book that inspired the Academy Award–winning short film, from New York Times bestselling author and beloved visionary William Joyce. Morris Lessmore loved words. He loved stories. He loved books. But every story has its upsets. Everything in(…)
Jun 15 2013
Dear Ms. Dark: I had high expectations for this book after reading the Recommended Read review from Sunita of In His Eyes. Unfortunately the magic of that resonated in In His Eyes for Sunita didn’t carry over for me into Just for Today. It started out poorly when the hero, Sean Paterson, is described as the black(…)
Jun 15 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. The air was a tangible thing, snaking along his skin,(…)
Jun 14 2013
Oracle Glass by Judith Merkle Riley. $ 2.99 From the Jacket Copy: For a handful of gold, Madame de Morville will read your future in a glass of swirling water. You’ll believe her, because you know she’s more than 150 years old and a witch, and she has all of Paris in the palm of(…)
Jun 14 2013
Devon Knows How They Make It So Creamy – The Windflower (Apologies if this title makes no sense to you – go here and be illuminated) If The Windflower was a person, it would be this person: And, you know, what’s particularly excruciating about that? Every instinct I possess was screaming at me to get(…)
Jun 14 2013
Dear Ms. Chase: Thank you for re-releasing your novella The Mad Earl’s Bride. I missed it when it was released in 2009 in the anthology Three Weddings and a Kiss. The Mad Earl’s Bride has the tone of my favorites of your books: witty, smart, and sweetly sexy. It even has Bertie Trent in it–as well(…)
Jun 14 2013
Choose Your Own Adventure Series Heading for the Big Screen…Wait, Huh? – I’m not really sure how this will work. Will everyone be given an electronic device and vote for the ending that they want to see? In a big theatre, I don’t see this as functioning well. At home? In an app? Maybe. LitReactor(…)
Jun 13 2013
Obssession by Jennifer Armentrout. $ .99 From the Jacket Copy: He’s arrogant, domineering, and… To. Die. For. Hunter is a ruthless killer. And the Department of Defense has him firmly in their grasp, which usually doesn’t chafe too badly because he gets to kill bad guys. Most of the time he enjoys his job. That(…)
Jun 13 2013
The wild heart of a warrior beat in the breast of Alena, daughter to a queen and mother to a king. A Celtic princess, she resolved never to bend to Roman rule. But how could she foresee that the iron fist of Rome would stoke her soul with the velvet glove of passion. Marcus Valerius,(…)
Jun 13 2013
Dear Ms. Burton: Your Play-by-Play series has been a pretty consistent favorite for me, with each book featuring an athlete hero and the woman he falls for. In One Sweet Ride, we meet Grey Preston, a very successful team owner/driver on the NASCAR circuit. Grey is estranged from his father, a powerful US Senator, who(…)
Jun 13 2013
Stacked: Female Sexuality in YA Fiction: Exploring the Range of Experiences – Catagator discusses the need for YA books to have a more sexually empowering message. It should be noted that Catagator isn’t calling for all YA books to have sex in them or for all YA books to have one particular type of sex,(…)
Jun 12 2013
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. $ 3.99 From the Jacket Copy: Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place-he’s the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians’ time as well as their timely(…)
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