Jan 17 2013
Dear Ms. Holly: You popped my erotica cherry WAY back in the day with your Black Lace release, Menage. I’ve always enjoyed your contemporary set erotica/erotic romances, but stopped reading your books as your paranormal voice did not work for me. So when a Dear Author reader suggested that I try this book, I jumped(…)
Jan 16 2013
Dear Ms. Smith: I wanted to read this book but waited until it was out of hardcover (the price was too rich for me in hardcover). While I liked the voice, my problem with this book was the same as many other reviewers’ problem with this book. We spent 80% of the book listening to(…)
Jan 16 2013
In honor of Edgar Allan Poe’s 204th approaching birthday (January 19th), a trio of novels that pay him homage: Poe’s wistful, haunting “Annabel Lee” provides between-the-lines clues in Jill Winters’ romantic mystery Kingdom by the Sea as Nicole Sheffield realizes the Cape Cod house she’s inherited holds a secret that puts her in danger. Bethany(…)
Jan 15 2013
Dear Ms. Scheidt: I think the blurb gives a fairly good feel for what kind of read this will be, but even so I don’t think I was prepared for the emotionality of it. The story is told in the first person present tense. The purpose of using this tense, generally, is for immediacy. The(…)
Jan 14 2013
Dear Ms. Usen: I bought this book while it was on sale, the reviews convincing me that it would be a fresh contemporary read. It largely lived up to the positive reviews with some exceptions. In the past, I haven’t been overly interested in the chef hero even though I love the show, Top Chef. (…)
Jan 12 2013
Brie says: I am recommending this book because I recommend this book because the hero is a prostitute, which happens to be my favorite type of hero, closely followed by virgin heroes (I also love everything in between *grins*). If that’s not enough, I should say that the story is touching and has the right(…)
Jan 12 2013
Dear K. A. Tucker: I enjoyed Ten Tiny Breaths but I’m not sure I fully bought into the resolution of the story. It’s a New Adult book set in Miami as two young women try to make a life for themselves absent parents or guardians. Kacey Cleary moves herself and her sister, Olivia, to Miami(…)
Jan 10 2013
Dear Ms. Forman: Thanks to Jane’s foray into the genre last year, I’ve grown curious about New Adult novels. I’ve given a couple a try within the past month and the results have left me rather dubious. That said, I’ve enjoyed novels featuring older teens who are graduating or have just graduated from high school.(…)
Jan 9 2013
Dear Ms. Dellin, Last year the first book in the Honey Grove series was one of my surprise hits making my sparse Top Books list. I was so eagerly awaiting this follow up that I haunted your website and Amazon watching for word of its release. When I finally saw that the e-arc was available,(…)
Jan 8 2013
Jane Timmons has two weeks to . . . 1. Keep her distance from her sexy boss, the once famous pop singer, Damon Suarez. 2. Stay firm. No kissing allowed! 3. And not let Damon know she loves him. Damon Suarez has two weeks to . . . 1. Convince Jane to not quit. 2.(…)
Jan 7 2013
Dear Ms. Alexander: I’ve been enjoying the H.O.T. (the Hostage Ops Team) Cops series even though each book has presented an issue that has prevented me from fully embracing the books. This story features Rogan Wolfe, a former H.O.T. cop who left his friends in Michigan to take a job down in South Beach. In(…)
Jan 5 2013
Dear Ms. Fichera: This story had so much wasted potential. Fred Oday lives on the reservation. Her mother is an alcoholic. Her brother is working for a gas station, doing some minor repairs on cars. Her father is the groundskeeper of the golf course at the country club. One summer, the boys’ varsity golf team(…)
Jan 4 2013
Dear Ms. Kolee: Your first book featured a possessive, jealous hero who in real life should be locked up far away from real women. (For the record, I enjoyed this book but the hero is creepy). This story does not follow the same path and some readers looking for the jealous, possessive hero fix might(…)
Jan 4 2013
Dear Ms. Harrington, Chocolate seems to be the new “thing” in romance books. And here we have luscious, organic, single estate, premo, “to die for” chocolate. Chocolate that makes chocolatiers swoon with delight and weep with envy – if they don’t have access to it. We also have a hero convinced of the wonder of(…)
Jan 1 2013
Dear Ms. Howard: After enjoying Running Wild, your collaboration with Linda Winstead Jones, I felt perhaps you had gotten your writing mojo back. While Running Wild wasn’t the Howard writing of pre Open Season, it was still an improvement over the last several hardcovers. In the year’s previous hardcover release, we were even treated to(…)
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