Oct 10 2011
Dear Ms. McCarthy: For the most part I’ve enjoyed this NASCAR inspired series quite a bit even though I’m not a stock-car racing fan and despite some of your more challenging heroines. However in “Slow Ride”, I was not able to overcome what I felt was shoddy behavior by the heroine to a somewhat flat [...]
Oct 5 2011
I’ve been reading a lot of ARCs so most of my reading list are for titles not published until November, December and January. I hope that is okay with the readers. Contemporary: Holiday Kisses, an anthology by Shannon Stacey, HelenKay Dimon, Jaci Burton, and Alison Kent. I liked all the stories in this contemporary Christmas [...]
Apr 14 2011
Dear Ms. McCarthy: I have a feeling that this might not be the favorite book in the stock car racing series and I am going to blame it on Kendall, the heroine. She is a woman racing in a man’s sport and she feels her minority status keenly. Kendall Holbrook is the only female stock [...]
Aug 4 2010
Can you believe that it is August already? I can’t. This year has just swept by. We’ve changed up the recommends rules a little bit to accommodate digital book and category book releases. We reviewers are having a hard time keeping up with the new release dates and so we are keeping our print recommendations [...]
Jul 4 2010
A lot of people wanted Hot Finish by Erin McCarthy but we only have twenty to give away. Good thing is that the book will be out at the end of the month and it will be available in mass market instead of trade. Woot! I hope you enjoy Susannah and Ryder as much as [...]
Jul 1 2010
Update: I’ll be closing the comments and ending the contest today (Jul 3) at 8 pm CST. Remember earlier this month when Cindy Hwang spoke about Hot Finish and you all wanted a copy and we weren’t giving any of them away? That was cruel, right? Well, we are making up for it by having [...]
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 [...]
May 8 2009
I’m sorry for my delinquency in posting this. My lame is excuse is real world things interfering with my online fun. Without further ado, here is our May recommendations. To Beguile a Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt. A beautiful courtesan falls in love with a scarred, tormented lord. Recommended by Jayne. Gift from the Sea by [...]
May 6 2009
The winners of the Hard & Fast Giveaway sponsored by Berkley, a division of Penguin publishing, are below. Special thanks to Berkley for giving away these books. We all appreciate it. If you are curious about the book, there is a review written here. This book can be purchased in mass market from an independent [...]
May 5 2009
UPDATE: I’ve closed the comments and will announce the winners later tonight. Dear Readers: As you know, Sarah of SmartBitches and I have been making an effort to read and promote the straight contemporary. We’ve taken May off to recover from our DABWAHA tournament and we’ll have another STC candidate coming soon. In the meantime, [...]
Feb 12 2009
In a contemp mood SBs say your book is good I am won over. McCarthy virgin No vamps or angels. Nascar? Oh boy. Could be bad. One night stand with guy In Chapter One. Way to give the milk for free, cow. No hate for Tammy BUT that is kind of cliché Happens too often [...]
Nov 5 2008
September and October were bare for recommended reads from the crew here at Dear Author so hopefully you saved up your money for this month because we’ve got 7 8! recommendations. Demon Bound by Meljean Brook. This will not be my favorite Brook book, but her writing is consistently strong with excellent visuals and a [...]
Oct 21 2008
For Dear Author, here are the ten readers who won a copy of Erin McCarthy’s book, Flat Out Sexy, the first book in the Smart Bitch/Dear Author “Save the Contemporary” Campaign. Moth Allison ArkansasCyndi Darby Heidi Kay Sisk Lori Sara Andrade Sarai Zoe Archer I’ve emailed you, I think. If not, please send me your [...]
Oct 20 2008
I’ve mentioned before that the contemporary romances that doesn’t feature vampires, campy vampires, werewolves, immortal peril, mortal peril, suspense out the wahoo, or extraordinary extraterrestrial extraneous circumstances seem to be fewer and far between. Every now and again I hear declarations that the contemporary romance is a dying subgenre and it’s harder and harder to [...]
Jan 19 2008
Dear Ms. McCarthy: I’ve really enjoyed this series and with the release of the series in mass market from the original trade publications, I think you might start finding the audience you deserve. The vampire genre is full but I do believe there is always room for well done fun fiction and this series surely [...]
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