Nov 21 2011
This is one of those stories with an ambiguous ending, but I liked it because it was dark and provided hints of an interesting world. J.K. Coi’s other works that I have read have all been solidly romantic so I like to think that if this story played out to a natural end, there would(…)
Nov 17 2011
I knew I wanted Cameron Belle‘s story in this collection minutes after I began reading it. It’s a futuristic m/m gladiator type story. The story is compelling from the first page and like any good short, it keeps you wanting more. “You look like a Fredrick.” “I can get you declared unfit for the tournament.(…)
Nov 16 2011
Can we agree that there are not enough boxing stories in romance? Yes, then you’ll love the short by Sara Thorn. Hot boxer breaks it off with his girlfriend because she’s too good for him. Maybe she is, but she’s happy to engage in the activities he thinks are too dark and she’s going to(…)
Nov 14 2011
Jean Johnson is a long time author of Cindy Hwang, the executive editor of Berkley. Cindy “discovered” Jean by reading fan fiction Jean had been writing and asked Jean if she was interested in writing full length books. This led to the publication of the Sons of Destiny series. (More at Jean’s site) When I(…)
Nov 12 2011
My first HelenKay Dimon stories were the collection of novellas in Viva Las Bad Boys!. I’ve always felt that HelenKay Dimon is very good at creating a lot of emotion and fun dialogue in shorter lengths. “Just Say Yes” is a little different office romance. Colin and Allie sit on opposite sides of the desk.(…)
Nov 11 2011
Not all the stories in the collection have a happy for now or happy forever after ending. I felt like that would be okay with readers because most of the stories are fairly romantic but that within this large collection of shorts, I could take chances. Shameless is one of those stories that doesn’t have(…)
Nov 10 2011
To readers of Dear Author, they will know that I made a huge mistake regarding Anne Calhoun. The mistake was that she had sent me a PDF Arc of her book, Liberating Lacey, near its original release date in summer of 2009, and I never read it. In fact, even after it was reviewed(…)
Nov 6 2011
Many of the long time readers know that Berkley invited me to put together a collection of short stories conceptualizing the idea that passion is often comprised of both pain and pleasure. The collection is printed in a flip format. The first 10 stories are printed one way and the second set of stories (11)(…)
Dec 7 2010
So here is the announcement of all the authors in the upcoming Agony/Ecstasy Anthology that will be published by Berkley Heat in November 2011. Some of these authors are names you will recognize and some are brand new authors. I’ve linked to a website of the author, if one exists. Some have backlist titles if(…)
Oct 13 2010
China has quickly become the second largest consumer of digital books. The India Times reports last year, e-book sales reached 3.82m in China and accounted for more than 20% of the world’s total in the first half of this year. Allowing readers globally to have a legitimate path to purchase is really important in these(…)
Sep 4 2010
The deadline for submitting to the Pain and Pleasure (the name of the book will actually be Agony and Ecstasy) collection is less than 30 days away. To recap, this is a collection of around 20 stories that are erotic in nature and explore the concepts of pain and pleasure in a sexual nature and(…)
Jun 26 2010
I confess that when Berkley asked me to put this together, I thought I would have to strong arm some people (20 of them) into writing me a short story but there is quite a bit of interest in contributing to this collection. I am looking for stories of 5,000 word length (you can go(…)
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