Apr 3 2013
Dear Ms. Marley, You hardly need my review, as you seem to be a fairly well-known and well-selling author—in scifi/fantasy. Certainly, I had never heard of you until I stumbled across your book at my library, which sports a lovely, romance-novel-type cover. That’s right. This is a case study in covers telling the reader what(…)
Mar 29 2013
Dear Ms. Bale: This new adult book told in alternating first person from Georgia and Ben Lancaster’s points of view. Georgia King is a 20-year-old who is three months off of a suicide attempt trying to cope outside of her mental hospital. She is living with her brother and struggling with her medications. Her brother,(…)
May 27 2012
“Lucy Martin’s dream of marrying her Prince Charming might have fallen apart, but she’s determined to make her soccer-mad nephew’s dreams come true. But that means asking her old crush Ryland James, the legendary bad boy of soccer, to coach her nephew’s team. Injured and ordered to polish his tarnished reputation, Ryland’s looking for distraction.(…)
Apr 30 2012
My goodness, it’s been a long time since I wrote my last “what I’ve been reading/watching” post. I know I’ve been bad, bad, bad about this. So with no more excuses, here goes. Reading Lessons in Laughing Out Loud by Rowan Coleman I’m not sure what the author was aiming for here. I started this(…)
Mar 31 2011
“You’re being audited.” That’s hardly his most winning opening line, but Rafe Ellersley isn’t here to make friends. He’d promised himself-’and his boss-’that this audit would be different. This time, he would be the consummate Australian Tax Office investigator. Cool, detached, professional. He’d bring Lexie Thatcher, tax-dodging artisan, to justice with ruthless efficiency. No more(…)
May 13 2010
Dear Ms. Maxfield: I think I need to read more romantic suspense and/or more romantic murder mysteries. If they’re all as good as this, I’m missing out on some good stuff. Then again, I’m not sure how to write this review without giving everything away. But here goes. This is a short book: 150 pages.(…)
Feb 26 2010
Dear Ms. Rimmer: I am not sure why I am always surprised when I read a good series romance. After all, I’ve been a big proponent of series books for the last few years. I suppose it’s partly the titles and maybe it’s the brevity of the books that gives rise to a preconceived notion(…)
Oct 13 2009
Dear Ms. Walsh, You don’t know me, but I sometimes lurk at your blog, Writer Unboxed, which is one of the best blogs for writers I know of. I’ve been following it since the days when you were writing this book, under the working title of Unbounded, so when Jane told me that we had(…)
Apr 2 2009
Dear Ms. Griffin, After finishing the first book in this series, “Thread of Fear,” I was looking forward to reading the story of that heroine’s (Fiona) sister, Courtney Glass. I’ll be honest and admit I’m more of a Fiona in real life – I do everything I should, worry about not going too far over(…)
Oct 16 2008
Dear Ms Griffin, You impressed me with your response to my review of your previous book, “One Wrong Step.” When I finished it, I wasn’t sure I would care to read another of your books. But your email offering me a copy of “Thread of Fear” sparked my interest because a) of your gracious offer(…)
Jul 12 2008
Dear Ms. Roberts: Usually your single title books work for me and work well. It’s the single titles, not the JD Robb books or the categories, that made me a fan. Unfortunately, I never quite grasped hold of the characters in Tribute. I like Cilla well enough but Ford, well, I did not lose the(…)
Mar 7 2008
Mistress to the Tycoon by Nicola Marsh. Ariel Wallace is an artist struggling to fulfill her aunt’s dream of sponsoring young troubled locals into launching an art career. The dream is in jeopardy due to the plans of a rich real estate developer. The straight laced dude v. the free form spirit is a worn(…)
Mar 6 2008
Dear Ms. Bryan: I understand that this is your debut novel and your voice was good enough that I’ll be looking out for your next one book. Unfortunately this one had some problems for me. The main problem was that one part of the conflict was fresh and exciting and the other part was dated(…)
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