Apr 14 2012
Dear Ms. Bray-Weber, I can honestly say I’ve never read a book like your pirate romance A Kiss on the Wind. Not only is it the only pirate romance I’ve read, it’s the only historical romance I’ve read where the heroine isn’t a virgin and no reason is given for that. I’ve read plenty of historical [...]
Apr 12 2012
“Kathryn West has it all–she’s a confident, bestselling author living it up in New York City. Too bad she doesn’t actually exist, and is only timid Maddie Sawyer’s pseudonym. Determined to attend her high school reunion with a man right out of one of her racy romance novels, she plots to find a sexy bad [...]
Feb 29 2012
Dear Ms. Crow and Fox. I would not have finished this book if I had not been listening to it on audio book instead of reading it. In fact, I tried multiple times to read it when it was released from Torquere Press and couldn’t. Now revised for and re-released through Carina, it was also [...]
Feb 20 2012
Dear Ms. Wallace: In my quest to read more pack romance fiction, I requested this book from NetGalley. You left a comment here in our February Open Thread for Authors about the book stating that it contained a nice alpha werewolf who had no interest in being a pack leader: It does not have fated mates. [...]
Feb 4 2012
Dear Ms. Elyot: I passed this book over several times on NetGalley because the blurb seemed to imply a two girl one guy menage. I am not usually a fan of those but curiosity got the better of me. I figured that access to a free copy should be utilized to try books that I [...]
Jan 26 2012
Dear Ms. Julian: I liked the blurb for this book. The heroine is the daughter of famous CIA agents who have retired. Janey DeMarco works in the family agency that does everything from surveillance to retrieval of kidnapped victims. Their agency’s services are wide ranging, almost too wide ranging in my opinion. I had a [...]
Dec 19 2011
Dear Ms. Curtis: This is a fun spy caper book with a great and very competent heroine. It requires a huge suspension of disbelief but if the reader can let go, it is a fun ride. Maggie Kincaid is an information services librarian at a large university whose similarity to another woman who posed nude [...]
Dec 9 2011
This Time Next Year by Alison Kent. Brenna Keating is traveling to her grandmother’s house for their annual Christmas celebration when a storm strikes and she is stranded after she loses control of her vehicle attempting to avoid a deer. A gruff man comes to her rescue and carries her off to his cabin. Dillon [...]
Dec 7 2011
Dear Ms. Chambers: It’s always exciting to read a debut book by a fellow blogger, although it can be a bit daunting, too. What if I don’t like it? Will that affect the way I read your blog? Fortunately, I enjoyed The Lady’s Secret, a book that mixes old and new genre conventions in interesting [...]
Oct 19 2011
Dear Ms. Thomas: I’m always on the lookout for a good fantasy story. They are rare in romance, perhaps because those writers that are devoted to this sub genre are more interested in exploring heroic tropes that are common in fantasy rather than romantic tropes. The setting is in some fantasy old world country and [...]
Oct 11 2011
Like Jane, I’ve been reading a lot of ARCs for November and December, and wow, you’re all in for some real treats. Riptide Publishing opens its door on October 30. It’s already open for pre-orders and sending out review copies. Almost all of the initial offerings so far listed are under 30K words. And honestly, [...]
Oct 8 2011
Dear Ms. Cross: I enjoy romantic suspense but I like a good military romantic suspense primarily because other RS often rely upon serial killers for the suspense but the military setting or paramilitary setting is more action driven, less psychological. I also like the camaraderie between the soldiers but rarely do we ever read about female soldiers. [...]
Sep 19 2011
Dear Ms. Sutherland and Ms. Labbe. Your book was pointed out to me by someone in my “trust network,” the description intrigued me, and I checked it out. I’m glad I did. The book was compelling, even if I had issues with it all the way through. I kind of cringe when I read historical [...]
Sep 15 2011
Dear Ms. Coi: I’ve been interested in reading your work since I selected your short, Caged, to appear in the Agony / Ecstasy anthology. I tried one of your previous works (the name of which escapes me) and it didn’t work for me. I can’t remember the title or if I even finished it so [...]
Aug 15 2011
Dear Ms. Kelley: My feelings at the end of this book were ambivalent. I liked a lot of it, but there were significant parts of the story that gave me pause. Sebastian and Charlie have been best friends for six years. They’ve seen each other through some difficult times and their friendship has never been [...]
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