Jan 3 2011
Dear Ms. Dee: One of the great things about NetGalley is that reviewers can browse, and while I was browsing through new Romance releases, I came across your novella, "Like Clockwork," which intrigued me because of the interesting cover, the steampunk aspect, and the female inventor heroine. Although some readers dislike novellas, I think they(…)
Dec 27 2010
Dear Ms. Greene: This is a reprint of a formerly published book. Interestingly some of the book has been updated to make it seem more modern such as references to text messaging and more current popular culture references and, possibly even the clothes although I wasn’t quite sure of the latter.** The set up has(…)
Dec 20 2010
According to the preface of the book, the “nice” stories are Holiday Sparks by Shannon Stacey All She Wants for Christmas by Jaci Burton and the naughty ones are Unwrapped by Megan Hart Believe by Lauren Dane Holiday Sparks by Shannon Stacey. This was one of my December recommended reads. Web designer Chloe Burke is(…)
Dec 6 2010
Carina is putting out three (invitation only) holiday anthologies, one contemporary, one paranormal, and one male/male. It is apparently possible to buy the stories grouped in the anthology, but also separately, individually, which I think is a fascinating choice. I was thrilled when I saw the m/m lineup: L.B. Gregg, Harper Fox, Josh Lanyon, and(…)
Nov 29 2010
Dear Ms. Stacey: Earlier this year, on Smart Bitch Sarah's recommendation, I read and enjoyed your first Kowalski book, Exclusively Yours. Your new release, Undeniably Yours, continues the adventures of the dynamic Kowalski family with Kevin's story, an entertaining chronicle of the handsome young Kowalski's unexpected leap into family responsibility. The youngest of a close,(…)
Oct 27 2010
Oct 18 2010
Diana Gabaldon disclosed to a reading group in Charleston that her eighth novel in the Jamie/Claire saga won’t be released for a couple of years. It sounds like the book is yet unwritten. Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner should be released in 2011. **** Heather Osborn, formerly an editor with Tor, has been announced(…)
Aug 23 2010
Dear Ms. Fraser, When I saw your book featured in the upcoming releases at Netgalley.com, I was intrigued. Although the Napoleonic War is pretty heavily mined territory for historical romance novelists, the prospect of a cross-class romance appealed to me, and I’m always on the lookout for new authors. While the story starts out much(…)
Aug 6 2010
Dear Mr. Lanyon, My recent and much too delayed venture into m/m romance led naturally to your books, given their strong reviews and word-of-mouth and my predilection for mysteries. I have your first two Adrien English books in my ebook TBR, but when I saw that you had a stand-alone coming out from Carina, I(…)
Jul 24 2010
Dear Ms. Fox: Kym Hinton recommended this book to me. Now, she edited it (and I assume accepted it for publication at Carina), so she was slightly biased, but, despite my trepidation with the first person, I’m so glad I read it. This is a debut, so you don’t have a backlist I can glom,(…)
Jun 16 2010
Dear Ms. Cain: I asked for all the erotic romances published by Carina Press in June because I have been desperate for a good erotic romance. I don’t know where they have all gone. Yours was sent to me with a number of others and I read all five in a row. Alien Revealed is(…)
Jun 14 2010
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Last week we featured a few of the debut Carina Press authors and this week, we’ll feature a few more (they all were supposed to go in the same post(…)
Jun 12 2010
Dear Ms. Dee: I’m really excited about the fact that Carina has three m/m romances in their opening month line-up and I was extra-excited that you’d written a m/m Tarzan revisioning. All I can say now is that I really hope Carina’s other two m/m romances can redeem this book. James Litchfield is part of(…)
Jun 9 2010
Dear Ms. Glass: I understand that this is your debut book. Yay! for you. Unfortunately, now people get to read and comment on the story. I liked this erotic romance novella but my expectations have been lowered by a spate of really poor erotic romance so I am tempering my recommendation for this short with(…)
Jun 7 2010
Dear Ms. Stacey: There has been a good deal of buzz around your upcoming release, Exclusively Yours, which is also one of the titles included in the Carina Press launch. Curious on both counts and always looking for a good contemporary Romance, I was anxious to read Exclusively Yours. And while I didn’t love, love,(…)
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