Jan 26 2009
Dear Ms Allen, I had heard high praise for your novel, “Whistling in the Dark,” after my initial foray into m/m stories. And I’d actually bought a copy of the book in its previous form though I hadn’t read it yet. So, when you offered the new and improved version to us for review, I(…)
Mar 4 2008
Dear Ms Arkins, I adore finding romances set in unusual times or places which is why I jumped on “Don’t Fence Me In” when I saw it listed at Fictionwise. I’ve read some great short stories that managed to completely convince me of the couple’s HEA. And then I’ve read some that just didn’t quite(…)
Feb 7 2008
Dear Ms. Wong Keltner, I suspect I’m not the proper audience for this book. I love young adult novels and I want to read more stories featuring non-Caucasian protagonists, but stories about young adults written for adults? I’m starting to think they’re not to my taste. Fourteen-year-old Candace Ong is approaching the end of the(…)
Jan 26 2008
Dear Ms. Christopher: Thank you for sending us this book for review. I have to admit that when I first read that the heroine was a spoiled rich girl, I groaned. Paris Hilton, unfortunately, is like the poster child for spoiled rich girls and I couldn’t imagine enjoying a romance showcasing someone like her. However,(…)
Jan 25 2008
Dear Ms. Donnelly, When I opened the package containing the arc of your latest book “The Winter Rose” I gulped. Reason one: it’s got a very nice cover. Reason two: it’s a hella lot of book. 700+ pages of trade paperback sized book to be exact. It’s the type of book that requires a big(…)
Jan 7 2008
Dear Ms Lane, Fans of historical romance novels have had slim pickings the past few years. And most of the books from which we’ve had to choose have been set in the overused Regency. Not that a good Regency novel can’t work for me but when presented with something different, something out of the ordinary(…)
Dec 27 2007
Dear Readers, “Beautiful Copper (it’s a nickname) Randal had come to the exotic Andaman Islands off the coast of India to visit her former school friend but before long she falls under the sultry spell of sun and ocean…and of handsome Nick Tarrent. But undercurrents of violence and betrayal run deep beneath the polite society(…)
Sep 19 2007
Dear Mr Murphy, I didn’t graduate from high school until long after 1968 but I remember a little of what was going on then. I’ve found myself reading more and more about Vietnam though it’s usually accounts written by military personnel who served there. Your book shows me a little more of what was going(…)
Sep 10 2007
Dear Ms. McKendrick, I’ve been delighted with your previous books (written as Morag McKendrick Pippin) set in and right before WWII, such a little used era of history. Your integration of historical facts with plots different from almost any others I’ve read stand out the mass of generic regencies that the Powers that Be seem(…)
Jul 19 2007
Dear Mr. Mills, Your first novel takes place in the summer of 1947 on Long Island, in and near the Hamptons, where the wealthy have summer homes. Not far from the Hamptons is Amagansett, a working class community. The two communities coexist side-by-side, but not without tension. Through political maneuverings in the state government, the(…)
May 22 2007
Cipher by Narita Minako. Published by CMX. Retail $9.99. Rating: Teen (some heavy issues, but little to no sex or violence; I’d say high school age personally). 7/12 volumes released in English, complete in Japan. Dear CMX, I think you are my favorite shoujo manga publisher. I’ve only tried a few of your series, and(…)
Nov 29 2006
Dear Readers, In addition to her novels about India, M.M. Kaye also wrote a series of mystery novels set in exotic places. In “Death in Berlin,” she uses war torn 1953 Berlin as a backdrop to mystery and romance. “The strange beauty and terrible past of war-scarred Berlin. Miranda Brand is a beautiful model visiting(…)
Aug 3 2006
Dear Ms. Stuart, Most of the “A Century of American Romance” books have been winners and your entry for the 1930s, Angel’s Wings, is one of my favorite of your books. Sophisticated flying ace Angela Hogan lives to fly but is struggling to keep her financially troubled air freight business going. Her major rival is(…)
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