May 20 2012
Dear Ms. Bernard: The romance of this story was enjoyable but the sweet and sometimes serious nature of the romance was offset by over the top descriptions of the “villains” of the story creating a cacophonous tone mismatch. A late conflict arose in the book and while it could have provided a challenging and very real [...]
May 18 2012
Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley This is a friends to lovers story and generally speaking I love those. Luke moved next door to Ava when she was eight and she promptly fell in love. Luke stoked those feelings unintentionally by championing Ava. When Luke’s dad dies, Ava and Luke promise to go out for [...]
May 17 2012
The following are mini reviews of books 2, 3, and 4 in the Rock Chick series by Kristen Ashley. I read these in lieu of my category books even though they are each about twice as long as an HP. All the books feature a woman in jeopardy, girl parties with the Rock Chicks that [...]
May 11 2012
All right, so I may have gone overboard with the length of my last review. Smarminess levels were appropriate, but I freely admit I have difficulty shutting myself up sometimes. To avoid a repeat of that tl:dr trauma, and because I am a Geek and a Nerd and a Dork with NO LIFE, I decided [...]
May 10 2012
Dear Ms. Mayberry— I think your novel Hot Island Nights is splendid—I love the rapport between Elizabeth and Nathan—and I was happy to learn your new self-published novel Her Best Worst Mistake is a companion/sequel to that tale. Her Best Worst Mistake chronicles what happens between Elizabeth’s wild best friend Violet and Elizabeth’s stuffy ex-fiancé [...]
May 7 2012
Dear Ms. Hartman: Within the space of about 20 minutes, I received two emails from disparate parties telling me I must read this book. I toddled off and did what I was instructed. There were parts of the story that I loved but parts that frustrated me a great deal and so while I can [...]
Apr 25 2012
Dear Ms. Moore, The first two pages of your novel Trouble Me made me uneasy. Your heroine, Jade Radcliffe, is driving to her family farm, Rosewood. As she drives, she thinks about all the people there she’s looking forward to seeing. There are her two sisters and their two husbands, her six nieces and nephews, and an [...]
Apr 19 2012
Dear Ms. Higgins, I’ve read several of your books and, in general, have found them to be a bit too toothsome for me. I did however enjoy one of your earlier books, The Next Best Thing, so I was interested to read your latest novel, Somebody to Love, whose heroine, Parker Harrington Welles, was introduced in [...]
Apr 10 2012
Dear Ms. Edwards, I’ve read all three books in your Rising Star Chef series and, of all of the couples in the series, my favorite hands down is Claire Durand and Kane Slater. This, really, is a bummer because, in all three books, they are secondary characters though their love story, finally resolved in this [...]
Apr 7 2012
Dear Ms. Day: I requested this book from NetGalley after a prompt from KatiD. She enjoyed it and noted that it was reminiscent of the infamous erotic romance that is sweeping the book reading world, Fifty Shades of Grey. I have read your contemporary novella contributions to recent anthologies and really enjoyed them. I’ve often [...]
Apr 6 2012
Dear Ms. Quint: Thank you for sending me your book for review. The blurb and excerpt you sent signaled a cute contemporary romance with a storyline that I had not read recently. Mac is recently divorced and trying to enter the dating scene but he is inept. Inept is actually a kind word for Mac’s [...]
Apr 3 2012
Dear Ms. Kearsley, It’s no secret that I love your books. The Winter Sea and The Rose Garden made my Best of 2010 and Best of 2011 lists, respectively, so it’s probably past time that I let one of my DA colleagues have a chance to review you. But when I heard that Mariana was [...]
Mar 22 2012
Since last I wrote, I read and reviewed Patricia Gaffney’s Crooked Hearts. Here’s what else I’ve been reading: The Great Famine: Ireland’s Agony 1845-1852 by Ciarán Ó Murchadha: Because apparently one book about innocent people starving to death just wasn’t enough for me. Actually, it wasn’t until I started this book that I realized I had [...]
Feb 27 2012
Dear Ms. Kleypas: It’s no secret that I am a fan of your writing so perhaps its impractical for the Dear Author readership that I am the one writing this review but when I received the ARC, I admit to hoarding it. Sorry other DA reviewers, but the good news is that I am willing [...]
Jan 28 2012
This post reviews all three Players’ Club books, two of which are available now and one which is set to be released digitally on February 1, 2012. I will say that if you read one, you’ll have to read them all. Players’ Club: Scott The Players’ Club is an urban legend of men jetting around [...]
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