Oct 5 2012
“Barbara Buncle is in a bind. Times are harsh, and Barbara’s bank account has seen better days. Stumped for ideas, Barbara draws inspiration from fellow residents of her quaint English village, writing a revealing novel that features the townsfolk as characters. The smashing bestseller is published under the pseudonym John Smith, which is a good(…)
Sep 25 2012
Dear Ms. Kramer: Before Loving Lady Marcia, I had not read any of your books. However, when news of the book’s title hit online, it raised a lot of eyebrows, including mine, especially when your publisher disavowed any substantive relationship between the book and the “Brady Bunch” series. I fully admit that curiosity drew me(…)
Sep 10 2012
Dear Ms. Andrews: I grabbed this book on NetGalley given that I enjoyed How to Mend a Broken Heart quite a bit. An environmental protestor handcuffs herself to a property developer. Worse, they are fluffy pink handcuffs. The scatty tree hugger with the uptight has never been my kind of story but I think what(…)
Aug 30 2012
Dear Ms. Wein, I had not heard of your book before one of our posters mentioned it in glowing terms. In a way that managed to catch my attention yet not sound like fawning praise, she described it and urged people to try it. I bought it but then set it aside as I had(…)
Aug 29 2012
“When the unexpected death of Sir Gerald Monteith placed his wife Melanie and daughter Sara in financial trouble, their only hope was to quickly find a husband for Sara. They thought it would be easy, for she was as beautiful as could be. They hoped her beauty would make up for her lack of brains.(…)
Aug 15 2012
Dear Ms. Morgan, In our most recent Reader Open Thread, Patty listed “Olly Harris: Wedding Wrecker” as a July book she’s interested in. Something about the title caught my eye and I looked for more about it which lead me to your website which lead me to the fun-ness that is “Beautiful Mess” which is(…)
Aug 9 2012
Dear Ms. Dillon, Your book came recommended to me by a good friend who’s never steered me wrong so when she said she liked it, I put it on my to-get list. Sometimes I want the hot and smexy and sometimes I want the quiet, gentle love that creeps up on you like a dog(…)
Aug 6 2012
Dear Ms. Blake, Last year I read your debut, Anna Dressed in Blood. I loved it. It was a creepy ghost story about a ghost hunter on a mission to track down a violent, bloodthirsty ghost but ends up falling in love with her instead. Sometimes I think the urban fantasy subgenre has made us(…)
Aug 3 2012
Dear Ms. Murdarasi, With world attention focusing on the Games of the Thirtieth Olympiad, what better time to read your short story “Running for Cover” which is now available for free at Smashwords. Sick of the Olympics already? Isla is with you but might have an even better reason not to want it shoved down(…)
Jul 20 2012
The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) Genre: Medieval Swashbuckler Grade: B- The second Friday Film Review I did was of “Captain Blood” and in the comments Kathleen MacIver described this movie and asked if anyone could help her figure out the title. I knew immediately what she was talking about as I’d seen it a(…)
Jul 18 2012
Welcome to part two of the 2012 RITA Best First Book interview series. Up today are the rakes and scoundrels, strumpets and spies, ladies and lords. Luscious historical tidbits follow, so let us know in the comments what struck your fancy and if you’d like to win this set of books. About the nominated books…(…)
Jul 18 2012
Dear Ms. Kinsale, For a first time effort, this one isn’t bad. Not as good as your later books that I’ve read but enjoyable and worth the time. It also gives the love story of Tess and Gryf who appear again in the perennial favorite “The Shadow and The Star.” Lady Tess Collier’s widowed father(…)
Jun 25 2012
“My dear Isabelle, in the attic you will find a box with your name on it.” Isabelle’s estranged archeologist father dies, leaving her a puzzle. In a box she finds some papers and a mysterious African amulet — but their connection to her remains unclear until she embarks on a trip to Morocco to discover(…)
Jun 23 2012
Dear Mr. Oakley, “The Church Mouse” was recommended to me by Cate, one our readers here at Dear Author, a few years ago. I took note of the title, wrote down your name and had always meant to seek out the book. With the best intentions it took me a while to finally match “I(…)
Jun 4 2012
Dear Ms. Kelly, Somehow I got the setting/era for your latest novel, “Marriage of Mercy” completely turned around in my head, thinking that it was going to be set on the American Western Frontier. Then when I went back to the eHarlequin website to recheck the back blurb, I realized that whoever wrote it didn’t(…)
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