Jul 2 2009
Dear Ms. Hutchinson, Firefighters are hot sexy thangs, so it’s easy to see why you picked that profession for this installment of the Courage Bay (Code Red) series. Wow, lots of stuff appears to be happening in this small, picturesque SoCal location including two people falling in love while they fight fires, rescue cats and(…)
Jun 27 2009
Note: It will be hard to totally avoid spoilers in this review. Dear Laura Baumbach and Josh Lanyon, Dr. Sarah read and recommended “Mexican Heat” back in February but it’s taken me this long for a spare moment to check it out. Hot action, hot love and hot loving all rolled up in one book.(…)
Jun 26 2009
Dear Ms. Quinn: Confession time. I don’t remember much about The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever. I vaguely remember Olivia, best friend of Miranda, younger sister of the hero but her flavor wasn’t with me when I started What Happens in London. I don’t know if that is good or bad but I highly(…)
May 20 2009
Dear Ms. Miller, Well, this one certainly lives up to the “Blaze” standards of sex, more sex and ultimately true love. And the heroine has a cool profession/trade as well as there being a hot cop hero. Jack Riley is just looking for someone to arrest to take the edge off his anger at almost(…)
Mar 9 2009
Dear Ms. Carlyle: In contemplating your backlist, I’ve decided that you are one of the most consistent authors I read. My favorite book of yours remains the first one, My False Heart published back in 1999. I don’t know whether it is my favorite because it’s the first one I read by you or whether(…)
Jan 10 2009
Dear Ms. Bailey: Thanks so much for writing a novel that could be used as a writing manual entitled How Not to Write a Romance. It’s an invaluable resource for all other romance authors out there. It must have taken considerable time and unknown talent to include so many stereotypes, mistakes, crushed conventions, and sheer(…)
Aug 14 2008
We here at Dear Author lament the number of historicals featuring spies. Surely not every titled gentleman and some not titled were spies in historical England. Given the number of spies that formed the first centralized intelligence effort by the U.S., though, we could be totally wrong. Thursday saw the release of thousands of documents(…)
Jun 24 2008
Dear Ms. Bourne, I was enthralled with the first half of your recent book, The Spymaster’s Lady. A smart hero, a plucky (in a good way) heroine and beautiful prose had the book well on the road to being a solid A for me. Unfortunately, in the second half of the book the heroine underwent(…)
Jun 3 2008
Dear Ms. Chase, Huzzah! I’m definitely on a roll with you. Last year there was [insert Lady title] and this year it’s “Your Scandalous Ways.” Tired of Regency set books? Tired of English gentleman spies? Well, I would have said so before reading this book. After finishing it…nah, not so much. And a real courtesan(…)
May 26 2008
Dear Ms. Brand, I’ve been on a WWII kick the last few weeks which is what made me focus on the blurb for “Blind Instinct.” The heroine obtains a Nazi codebook that’s going to lead to all kinds of secrets and threats to her life. This is what brings her together with the hero as(…)
May 24 2008
Dear Ms McCabe, Happy days, it’s something different. Tudor England with a French heroine and Russian hero. Definitely not the same old Regency we get offered everyday. Thank you Harlequin Historical. Sinful Alliance starts out wonderfully with a Venetian brothel scene showdown between two spies. One of them knows what’s up but the other hasn’t(…)
May 19 2008
Dear Ms. Bourne, It’s taken me a while to get around to reading your debut, The Spymaster’s Lady. Back in the winter, Robin asked me if I would review it in a conversational review with her before your next book came out, and I promised that I would. When I got to reading it last(…)
Apr 30 2008
Dear Ms. Stuart, Fire and Ice is the fifth and (if I’m not mistaken) final book in your Ice series, which features the agents of a ruthless spy organization known as the Committee. This one is all about the flamboyant Reno, Taka’s younger cousin. Back in the third book, Ice Blue, Reno, aka Hiromasa Shinoda,(…)
Apr 29 2008
Dear Ms. Murphy, Your urban fantasy novels have failed to work for me in the past but I like giving authors second chances, especially when they expand into a favorite subgenre. It’s been a long time since I’ve read a political fantasy, and this book reminded me why I enjoy it. Set in an alternate(…)
Apr 17 2008
Dear Ms. Osterlund, When I received this book from Jane, I was excited. It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book solely about a princess and I admit I had a soft spot for them when I was younger. And not only did Aurelia feature a crown princess, it also had the spymaster’s(…)
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