Jul 24 2009
The following is a speech that Laura Bradford gave at the Passionate Ink cocktail party at RWA National Conference 2009. Laura is the owner of Bradford Literary Agencywho represents authors such as Ann Aguirre, Beth Kery, Jess Granger (whose book I am reading right now), Lauren Dane, Megan Hart, to name just a few. The(…)
Jul 10 2009
Dear Ms. Evans: On the positive side, this is one NAL Heat that I actually finished. Most of the other books in this line seem to be about wife/partner swapping (O_o) and that is not really my thing. Skin Deep had a great premise. A tattoo artist and star of a reality tv show about(…)
Jun 4 2009
Dear Ms. Banks: This is one of those books that are well written and evocative but made me feel personally uncomfortable. Despite my issues, though, I recognize that it is a good story. Serena is in the business of fulfilling fantasies for other people, whether it is preparing an elaborate princess party for a young(…)
May 16 2009
Dear Ms. Teglia Thank you for sending me a copy of your latest release, Animal Attraction. This is a stand alone full length story featuring Chandra Walker, an ordinary shop girl who finds out that her rare werewolf genes makes her a target for an all male pack looking for an alpha female, a queen.(…)
May 1 2009
Dear Ms. Kery: I was pleasantly surprised at your book, Wicked Burn, which was released last fall by Berkley. Erotic romance is difficult to pull off but yours had a good plot, character development and smoking hot love scenes which made me excited for your next release. While Daring Time is well written and has(…)
Mar 31 2009
see more Lolcats and funny pictures Dear RWA Members*: Can we talk about the RITAs? I don’t mean to harsh on the nominees. Indeed, some of my favorite authors were nominated this year and some of my favorite authors have won in the past. Oh, we all have our quibbles about who was left out(…)
Dec 25 2008
Dear Ms. da Costa: You are one of SuperLibrarian’s favorite authors and I’ve always resolved to give your books a try. This Harlequin Spice Brief seemed like a good way for me to get an introduction to your writing. In the context of a short, short story, I learned a couple of things. You can(…)
Dec 23 2008
Dear Ms. Johnson: I’ve re-read some of your backlist titles so many times, the cover fell off the paperback copies. I think you were writing erotic romance before erotic romance was even a commonly used term. What I loved most was the lush beauty of the writing that some might even accuse of being ponderous(…)
Nov 24 2008
Dear Ms. Kery: I read Wicked Burn, your first NY Published book coming out December 1 and it interested me enough to look at your backlist. I purchased two titles from Whiskey Creek Press: Tricked Truths and Gateway to Heaven. I’m glad that Tricked Truths wasn’t my introduction to your work because I wonder whether(…)
Nov 16 2008
more animals [poll id="121"] It seems only yesterday we were reading about various “traditionalist” attacks on Erotic Romance. Remember the graphical standards debacle? Or how about the accusations that GBLT and polyamorous Romance weren’t real Romance? But the intervening years have shown that Erotic Romance is not only a viable subgenre, but is, in fact,(…)
Nov 12 2008
Janine: Since Pam Rosenthal’s previous book, The Slightest Provocation, provided us with some discussion fodder, we thought her newest, The Edge of Impropriety, might be fertile ground for a conversational review. Here is a description of the book, followed by Jennie’s thoughts and my own: The Edge of Impropriety begins with a prologue set in(…)
Oct 30 2008
Dear Ms. James: Angela James (no relation, I assume), Editor Extraordinaire at Samhain, has been Twittering about your book for weeks as she edited it, saying how good it is. She then had a Twitter competition to give away five review copies of the book and while I missed out on that, she sent me(…)
Aug 11 2008
Dear Ms. Amber: Once upon a time, my so called friend, Sarah, sent me a book to read. She had told me some bare details about it that raised my eyebrows and I started to read it when I received the book but it wasn’t intriguing enough to continue so I put it aside. But,(…)
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(…)
Jun 30 2008
Dear Ms. Haynes: I hadn’t read you before and honestly, I didn’t think I would like this book. The reason for this isn’t grounded in any good reason, but a fairly superficial one, but I’ll articulate it in case other readers make these snap judgments. I had started the book Fortune Hunter and read about(…)
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