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REVIEW:  Almost a Scandal by Elizabeth Essex

REVIEW: Almost a Scandal by Elizabeth Essex

For generations, the Kents have served proudly with the British Royal Navy. So when her younger brother refuses to report for duty, Sally Kent slips into a uniform and takes his place—at least until he comes to his senses. Boldly climbing aboard the Audacious, Sally is as able-bodied as any sailor there. But one man(…)

REVIEW: Still Hot For You by Diane Escalera

REVIEW: Still Hot For You by Diane Escalera

Dear Ms. Escalera, In the teaser for your book, Still Hot for You, your publisher Lyrical Press, describes it thusly: Want to get your man talking?  Give him booty! Desperate times call for desperate measures. And Shay LaCosta is pretty desperate. She’s wrecked her blissful marriage of five years by demanding she and her husband(…)

REVIEW:  The Naughty List by Suzanne Young

REVIEW: The Naughty List by Suzanne Young

Dear Ms. Young, Oh the cute YA spy story.   How I love it.   There are days when the only thing I am remotely interested in picking up is a lighter read that makes me happy.   These are the kind of reads where cliches aren’t really a problem and I don’t put as much thought into(…)

REVIEW:  The Eye of Ra by Dakota Chase

REVIEW: The Eye of Ra by Dakota Chase

Dear Ms. Chase, Ever since I started reading more LGBTQ books, the various books published by Prizm have been on my radar.   I love genre fiction just as much as literary fiction, and seeing a ‘gay’ take on the usual YA tropes is always fun.   Your book being a time-travel plot-line really had me intrigued,(…)

REVIEW: The Curtis Reincarnation by Zathyn Priest

Dear Mr. Priest, Ever since I read somewhere that rock stars were supposedly unacceptable in Romancelandia, I’ve been fascinated by the concept and read them whenever one pops up (nothing like telling me something’s “not done” to make me want to do it!).   In The Curtis Reincarnation, Tyler Curtis is the young (“not yet one-and-twenty”(…)

REVIEW: Cover of Night by Linda Howard

Dear Ms. Howard: It’s a good thing that you are going back to writing romances because Cover of Night is not a romance. It is a suspense book with a romantic theme. Frankly, it's a shitty not a very good suspense book. The setup, which pits the town of Trail Stop against a band of(…)

REVIEW: Ebook Weekly: Venus Press Review

CONTEST! Venus Press is offering DearAuthor readers a chance to win three gift certificates worth $5.00. You just need to post below one of the three books Jane bought in trying out Venus Press. Hint: One is from the Confessions line, one from the Paranormal line, and one from the Contemporary line. The first three(…)