Feb 6 2009
Live under a rock? Jessica Bird is also penname JR Ward. Spike = hero. Ex-con gourmet chef hottie Not millionaire. Heroine is “Mad” No, really – that is her name. She is the rich one. Reverse HP theme? Maybe. But Mad comes off as Poor little rich girl Will they won’t they? Goes on a [...]
Jan 21 2009
Dear Ms. Bird, After eyeing it all year last year, I finally decided to sign up for Keishon’s TBR Challenge. I figured it would motivate me to dig up some of the older books that have piled up around my house which I have been ignoring in favor of the new and shiny. Keishon’s assignment [...]
Dec 24 2008
Dear Ms. Bird: I was cruising the new Mills & Boon ebook offerings when I saw A Man in a Million in e-form. I’m not terribly familiar with your category backlist although I do have a few in my TBR pile that I haven’t yet read (they are in paper form and those tend to [...]
Jun 2 2008
Dear Ms. Ward, It might be an understatement to say your previous novel, Lover Unbound, elicited some very passionate reactions from readers. I can’t say I disagree with those criticisms. Even though I ended up liking the book because it developed John Matthew’s storyline, the main romance drove me insane for so many reasons, some [...]
Aug 2 2007
Dear Ms. Bird: One thing that seems a lost art in the new crop of romances is its failure to focus on the development of the actual relationship. Romance, at its best, is character driven with the central plot being the intersecting of two individuals to mesh into one stronger, better unit. A great category [...]
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