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REVIEW: Lust in the Library by Amelia Fayer

REVIEW: Lust in the Library by Amelia Fayer

Dear Ms. Fayer: I am not certain what the intended audience for this two story collection is. I doubt that it is romance readers as there is no romance.  I don’t know that it is for erotica readers because there is nothing in it that involves character development or discovery through the sexual acts.  My(…)

REVIEW: What the Librarian Did by Karina Bliss

REVIEW: What the Librarian Did by Karina Bliss

Dear Ms. Bliss: I hope that is your real name. I love it.   Miss Bliss.   Has a very naughty sound to it.   In any event, it wasn’t your name that prompted me to pick up this title. Instead it was a combination of things.   First, an excerpt of your book, Mr. Imperfect appeared at the(…)

REVIEW: Need to Know by Christine Merrill

REVIEW: Need to Know by Christine Merrill

Dear Ms. Merrill: Someone sent me an email pointing me to this blog post by Lani Diane Rich wherein she lamented that there was a great book out there that no one was reading.   I was intrigued. I knew you wrote historicals for Harlequin but I admit to never having read you. While I don’t(…)

REVIEW: The Demon’s Librarian by Lilith Saintcrow

Dear Ms. Saintcrow: After I finished The Demon’s Librarian, I went to your website to see if it was part of a series.   I didn’t find the answer to that question, but I did see that the book was inspired by Romance blogger and Super Librarian Wendy.   I was glad that I waited until after(…)

Raising the Sexual Acts Stakes (Part review, part rant)

There I was, sitting at my computer, reading a review copy of Pepper Espinoza‘s gay male triad novella from Samhain, Falling in Controlled Circumstances. I’m feeling pretty nifty that I’m reading a review copy-’like, OMG, people are actually giving me free books in the hopes that I’d write something nice about it. And I’ve got(…)

REVIEW:  A Lover’s Call by Claire Thompson

REVIEW: A Lover’s Call by Claire Thompson

Dear Ms. Thompson, A Lover's Call, your Ellora's Cave BDSM “Quickie” (rated E-rotic) happens to be the first Ellora's Cave offering I've read. Yes, before your novella came along, I was an Ellora's Cave virgin. The heroine of the story is Rachel, a librarian by day who works a phone sex line by night. We(…)