May 20 2013
Dear Ms. Camden, I’m always on the hunt for new and different in romance, and when it comes in the form of an inspirational historical suspense story centering on the opium trade in late 19th-century Boston – with a gorgeous cover as a bonus – I am helpless to resist. As a child, Lydia Pallas(…)
May 14 2013
Dear Ms.Cowan, Your historical romance debut, Untamed, centers on Kit Sutherland, child of a fortune hunter and an earl’s daughter. Brought up in a shabby country manor, Kit lacks the manners of a well-born young lady. By contrast, Lydia, Kit’s younger sister, is poised, beautiful, and has made a successful entry into society thanks in(…)
May 8 2013
In response to my article yesterday which I provocatively titled “We should let the historical genre die”, I received several emails saying how much they, too, loved the historical genre and still wanted to read it but they needed suggestions. We have a great body of readers here at Dear Author so let’s put our(…)
Feb 21 2013
Dear Ms. Kaye: While I’m afraid I’m getting burned out on traditional European historicals, I’m always looking for novels with a different setting or unusual characters, and this book certainly fit the bill. It’s set in Regency England and is part of Harlequin Historical’s Castonbury Park series; the hero is an American ex-slave and the(…)
Feb 13 2013
Dear Meredith Duran: I’ve been a Meredith Duran fangirl since The Duke of Shadows was published in 2008; none of your books has received less than a B+ from me. So naturally each new book is eagerly anticipated. For perhaps the first time, reading That Scandalous Summer, I ended up feeling…disappointed. Further, I’m not sure(…)
Feb 12 2013
Janine: I was initially going to review Maire Claremont’s debut, The Dark Lady: A Novel of Mad Passions, alone, but when I discussed the novel with Sunita, she caught a couple of historical errors. Since she is also knowledgeable about India, where part of the book takes place, I invited her to join me. Sunita:(…)
Feb 5 2013
Tech, telecom giants take sides as FCC proposes large public WiFi networks – I want this to happen. The Washington Post “The federal government wants to create super WiFi networks across the nation, so powerful and broad in reach that consumers could use them to make calls or surf the Internet without paying a cellphone(…)
Jan 15 2013
Dear Ms. Chambers: I picked up this book, the first I’ve read by you, because I was intrigued by the blurb. I’m fairly cautious about trying new writers, but marriage of convenience stories usually get my attention, and wronged heroine stories pique my interest even more. When Unforgivable opens, Rose Davenport is just recovering from(…)
Dec 30 2012
Dear Ms. Lockhart: I came to your book cold. It was in the DA submissions folder, but the excerpt was confusing, so despite the recommendation from Naomi Novik, I passed the first time. But something in the language stayed with me, and I went back and started to read it. I almost abandoned it in(…)
Dec 28 2012
Dear Ms. Milan, I hope you are having a lovely holiday season. This year, as in 2011, you enriched my December by releasing a stellar Christmas tale. A Kiss for Midwinter is not quite as brilliant as This Wicked Gift (mentioned here in my list of favorite holiday stories) but it’s still wonderful. Thank you. The heroine of your novella, Miss Lydia(…)
Dec 28 2012
Dear Ms. Bradford : This book focused on the wrong romance. In the last of three stories about the Wylder sisters, the youngest and fairest daughter of the Earl of Hervey is paired off with the Earl of Crump. With her oldest two sisters married off, Diana has been partaking of society, pushing the boundaries(…)
Dec 27 2012
Dear Ms. Milan: When your books and novellas work for me, they are among my favorite historical romances. When they don’t, it’s not always clear to me why, and often I wonder if it’s my reading approach rather than the book itself. I wanted to read your latest novel for a couple of reasons: it(…)
Dec 20 2012
A Message from John Sargent – I hardly know what to say in response to John Sargent’s letter to authors, agents, and retailers. I feel that I am being gaslighted. That rational behavior has been supplanted by a made up morality issue. Sargent writes that he intends to press on and litigate against the DOJ(…)
Dec 12 2012
My top ten favorite books published in 2012, ranked (that part was haaaard) and described: Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore Review by me. This intricately plotted YA fantasy about a young queen’s heroic determination to uncover buried truths about her father and nation was an almost flawless read. Beloved characters from Graceling return and new ones(…)
Dec 9 2012
When Jane asked for lists of our “Best of 2012,” I got stuck on what best meant. Did it mean the best in terms of quality? The best in terms of most enjoyable? The best in terms of standouts? Did books I called best this year have to be as good as books I called(…)
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