Apr 23 2011
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** Genre: Contemporary Romance with a paranormal twist Prue Harrison didn’t know which was worse, dealing with this bride or(…)
Apr 16 2011
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** London December, 1845 She was beautiful, as far as whores went. Skin luminescent beneath a layer of artfully applied(…)
Apr 9 2011
“I am not disgusting.” Quinn stood naked in front of the mirror. She had four choices. A.) Hate her body B.) Love her body C.) Be reasonably dissatisfied D.) Indifference Naked was not a good look for everybody, but today she wouldn't consider option A. Option A had almost killed her plenty of times. She'd(…)
Apr 2 2011
Who says an angel can't rock a broken wing. Yeah. That would have been her retort to her current and unbelievable predicament if she hadn't suppressed her sarcasm years ago and if she weren't scared for her life. Life? Pretty funny considering she'd already died. So, yeah, she was dead but she was also shaking(…)
Mar 26 2011
Percy Wilkes grimly clamped a cheroot between his teeth as he waited for the alpha to acknowledge him. An affectation, merely. The wolves were averse to cigarette smoke and other unnatural scents. Natural scents were bombardment enough. "Do you smoke, solitary?" the alpha asked mildly, his pale brows lifted inquisitively. "Shall I procure a light(…)
Mar 19 2011
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** Trumbull left his brothers house without a backward glance. The past month had sent his life into a spiral(…)
Mar 15 2011
I've been putting off writing this post for months! Everyone with an opinion has already weighed in, and we're all sick to death of the subject, but I said I would tackle it so here I am. A day late and a dollar short, as usual. The first thing I want to say is that(…)
Mar 12 2011
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** Stakkholtsgja, Iceland 1705 Alarr gazed down the precipice. He, an assassin's assassin, hunted among the sharp shadows cast by(…)
Mar 5 2011
I’ve been reading some posts about this YAMafia theory running around the internet. Regular readers of Dear Author should be very familiar with this given the past history in romance. It’s almost a relief to see the “be nice” mantra being preached outside of romance. Huzzah, all fandoms are dysfunctional. Essentially the theory is that(…)
Mar 5 2011
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** This felt like the end of the earth, but Duncan Sinclair had stopped being surprised by how many ends(…)
Feb 26 2011
"I've crunched the numbers. Double, triple crunched and without a major influx of capital, you're going to lose the company." Douglas Hamilton exhaled deeply. It wasn't a surprise, but until he had heard his accountant, Adam Richards, articulate his company's verdict, there had still been hope. "I'm sorry Douglas," Adam offered. "The recession has hit(…)
Feb 19 2011
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page to be read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** "I bet they made love in here. They'd finish dessert and he'd lift her up on the(…)
Feb 12 2011
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** Jessica Marie Havemeyer knew when to let the curtain fall. And at two in the morning, thirty-five minutes after(…)
Feb 5 2011
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** I'd been a salesman for Live Well for close to a year when I started hearing rumors. After collecting(…)
Jan 29 2011
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** "Don't move your lips when you talk," her sister said from under the blanket in the back seat. "They(…)
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