Mar 28 2013
Dear Ms. Rowan: Your first book, A Study in Seduction, was the subject of intense debate between myself and Sarah Wendell of SmartBitchesTrashyBooks on the issue of the heroine’s believability as a mathematician. Spoiler: I liked it. I haven’t had great success with historicals and was eager to read the follow up featuring the musically(…)
Dec 7 2012
Dear Ms. Banks: I read this book on recommendation from a friend of mine whose description of it brought me back to my early days of reading romances when Julie Garwood and Amanda Quick were my staples. I gulped the book down in one evening. It’s totally sudsy fun. These are not historically accurate masterpieces(…)
Aug 13 2012
Dear Ms. Shalvis: I think the first book of yours that I read was Instant Attraction, and I remember being so taken by the smart, capable heroine, the realistic relationship issues in the romance, and the interesting Sierra Nevada setting. It was small town Romance that didn’t read kitschy or cutesy to me, and I(…)
Dec 2 2010
Dear Ms. Hewitt: My first thought when I started this book is “another Balfour sisters’ story.” I feel like I’ve read a dozen of them so far. Surely Mr. Balfour couldn’t have fathered all these women, right? Right. Zoe, who thought she was a Balfour all her life, turns out to be illegitimate, but raised(…)
Sep 22 2009
The good news is that I didn’t have to have a root canal. Instead my tooth is cracked and needs a cap. The bad news is that if the temporary crown doesn’t alleviate my problems, I’ll have to have that root canal. In other publishing news, Ballantine has bought Jenny Sanford’s memoir. As much as(…)
Jul 23 2009
Dear Ms. McCarthy: You are fast becoming one of my go to authors. This was a fun, sweet, and very sexy romance. I want more of these. Russ Evans has been trying to track down a fraudster, Trevor Dean, who is preying on women in online dating forums. He romances them, takes their money, and(…)
Jul 5 2008
Dear Ms. Malone: Thank you for submitting your debut Samhain Red Hot, “Lady Sings the Blues,” a short story featuring an interracial Romance between club owner Alina Gabriel and Blues musician Joshua Hanover. I am a big fan of short stories and novellas, because when they are done well, they are a perfect portion of(…)
May 23 2007
Dear Ms. Callen: When I first picked up your book, The Viscount in Her Bedroom, I was certain I knew exactly what would be inside. Just another Avon Regency historical. Ho hum. The back cover blurb doesn’t do much to differentiate the book from the rest of the pack. The truth, though, is that there(…)
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