Dec 8 2011
Dear Ms. Dark, This was an especially difficult book to grade. After much reflection, I have decided to recommend it because of the strength of the prose and what, I believe, are the very engaging middle sections of the book. However, despite the fact that Ballantine is billing this book as a paranormal romance, I [...]
Sep 24 2009
Dear Ms. Smith, Your regencies novels have been among my favorites for years. I’d heard conflicting things about your contemporary mysteries but decided to take the plunge and try one that seemed, from the blurb, to also include some regency stuff. Belle Savage, American romance writer, rents a cottage in England for inspiration. And she [...]
Jul 1 2009
Dear Ms. Hart, Bess Walsh needs time away from her unhappy marriage. She finds it at the beach house she inherited from her parents. There, in the water, Bess fantasizes about Nick, the boy she loved and lost twenty years before. She touches herself and soon she feels Nick touching her. The lovemaking is intense, [...]
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 [...]
Apr 28 2008
Dear Ms. Cole: Somewhere in the middle of Dark Needs at Night’s Edge I felt that this book occupies a very important moment in the Immortals After Dark series. As Jane said previously, this is a series one can pick up at any point and not be completely confused. But for those of us who [...]
Mar 1 2008
Dear Ms. Lucke, Nothing beats a good old-fashioned ghost story. When I was a child, I loved tales of haunted houses and would soak them up every Halloween when they’d get touted out. But while I enjoyed ghost stories then, I’ve discovered that I’m far pickier about haunted house novels as an adult. After putting [...]
May 1 2007
Dear Ms. Armstrong: I first fell in love with you when I read Bitten in 2001. Since then I believe I’ve read the book, oh 10 times. Throughout the Women of the Underworld series, one man has been present–quiet, strong, steady. Jaime Vegas is a necromancer with a crush on said man, the Alpha of [...]
Nov 1 2006
Dear Ms. MacKay aka Welfonder: The name change is so sly. And who says brands aren’t important! I confess that had I known that Ms. MacKay was Ms. Sue Ellen Welfonder, I wouldn’t have read this book because despite the repackaging: better covers, new name, the writing is still the same. The cover quote says [...]
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