Lisa Ruff

Fix it! (How to turn CoverFail into Cover Win)

Fix it! (How to turn CoverFail into Cover Win)

Covers fascinate me and a lot of blogs do the cover thing like the classic and can’t be duplicated cover snark by the Smart Bitches and so I’ve never posted about bad covers here at Dear Author. Nor about good covers. But I love to talk about them so I thought I’d institute a new(…)

REVIEW: Baby Bombshell by Lisa Ruff

REVIEW: Baby Bombshell by Lisa Ruff

Anna Berzani moved halfway across the country to get away from her overprotective family. When old friend and notorious playboy Evan McKenzie shows up in San Francisco, Anna feels that same nothing-but-trouble attraction she’d felt at sixteen. A night on the town leads to a few kisses, which leads to…a nine-month countdown! Practical Anna suggests(…)

Dear Author Recommends for August

Dear Author Recommends for August

Can you believe that it is August already? I can’t. This year has just swept by. We’ve changed up the recommends rules a little bit to accommodate digital book and category book releases. We reviewers are having a hard time keeping up with the new release dates and so we are keeping our print recommendations(…)

REVIEW: An Unexpected Father by Lisa Ruff

REVIEW: An Unexpected Father by Lisa Ruff

Dear Ms. Ruff, You have a way of getting me to read plots I normally wouldn’t be interested in. Secret babies in “Baby On Board” and now a troubled boy with an attitude in “An Unexpected Father.” But you haven’t let me down so I’ll keep reading… “After a decade on the road, single mom(…)

REVIEW: Baby On Board by Lisa Ruff

REVIEW: Baby On Board by Lisa Ruff

Dear Ms Ruff, Books with babies or pregnant women in them usually make me gag. Especially with cutesy covers that Harlequin seems prone to use. However, since I did like your first book “Man of the Year,” and there was the added bonus of a sports themed plot, I decided to quash my qualms and(…)

REVIEW: Man of the Year by Lisa Ruff

REVIEW: Man of the Year by Lisa Ruff

Dear Mrs Ruff, Having read the glowing review of your first book at The Romance Reader, I decided to take a chance. After all, who doesn’t want to read about buff men paid lots of money to stay in buff condition while they live the American dream – getting paid to play a sport? But(…)