May 9 2011
Dear Ms. Roane: I read and totally enjoyed the first book in this series, Ascension, but I admit I did it with a lot of guilt. There were so many themes and tropes in the book that echoed previous paranormal romance series that “fresh and new” just wasn’t a description I could give. But compelling(…)
May 5 2011
Dear Ms. Harrison, I went back and forth with Jane as to whether to write a review of Dragon Bound. Jane had written a bit about it already for the contest and it is one of her May Recommended Reads, but I felt that the book deserved a second look, so here I am. Be(…)
Mar 21 2011
Less than twenty-four hours after fleeing to Paris, Maya Sinclair is the prime suspect in a brutal murder-’and targeted by the real killer. When she’s viciously attacked in the gardens of Versailles, Maya barely escapes with her life thanks to sexy French journalist Simon Girard. Simon has been investigating the mysterious death of his brother,(…)
Mar 14 2011
Jia: Theia Alderson is a British expat living in the sleepy California town of Serendipity Falls. Because of the circumstances surrounding her mother’s death. Theia lives a sheltered and suffocating life courtesy of her overprotective father. That all changes when a mysterious new boy, Haden Black, comes to town. The strange part? Theia has met(…)
Mar 10 2011
Dear Ms. Raand, A friend recommended your lesbian paranormal romance to me when I asked for something new. Although I'm not a big fan of weres/shifters, I've enjoyed several of your earlier books (written as Radclyffe) and I consider myself an adventurous reader. I was eager to try the new pseudonym and new series. Unfortunately,(…)
Mar 3 2011
Dear Ms. Ashley: I have to confess that if I hadn’t gotten an ARC of this book, I would never have read it. The cover is just so, well, 70s? I mean, there is definitely something about this cover that screams Miami Vice or Chips. Too bad the dude is not wearing a white nylon(…)
Mar 1 2011
Dear Ms. Pierce, I’m a big fan of Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars — the television shows at least. We’re all allowed a few guilty pleasures, right? When HarperCollins offered this book to us at Dear Author and called it Gossip Girl meets Charmed, how could I resist? When her parents died in an(…)
Feb 28 2011
Sometimes I have the opportunity to read a book early because an editor might contact me and let me know that she’s really excited about a particular book. That’s what happened to me with the book Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison. Cindy Hwang at Penguin contacted me and asked if I was willing to read(…)
Feb 21 2011
Dear Ms. Armintrout, By now, one would think that I've had enough of vampires, paranormals and the strange and unusual. One would be way off base. I don't think that will ever happen. It's like assuming a lover of historicals will eventually tire of the rakes, rogues and scoundrels. Sure, every once in a while(…)
Feb 10 2011
Dear Ms. Day, I never know what grades to give erotica, because, much like exotic foodstuffs, it is a genre that is peculiarly subjective to what Englishmen call taste, the French call bon gout, and everyone else chalks up to appetite. But let’s be fair, Ms. Day, most erotica is-’even without the idiosyncratic presence of(…)
Feb 4 2011
Dear Ms. Douglas, Vampire angels must be a trend now in paranormal romance. Who knew? Much like Jane with that selection, I’m not sure why I picked up this book and read it. Angels don’t do it for me. And yet, I managed to finish it despite my ambivalence. Maybe I have a previously unknown-to-me(…)
Jan 26 2011
Dear Ms. Singh: I feel like I am being a bit disloyal to the Psy/Changeling series by admitting that right now I am enjoying the Angel series more but it’s true. Even though we only get one book a year in this series (or maybe because we only get one book a year), I always(…)
Jan 21 2011
Dear Ms. Moning, ShadowFever delivered all the answers I wanted to know about your fascinating world of human and Fae, and yet, after my late-night read-a-thon I feel about ShadowFever like Mac feels about herself through much of the book: bipolar. ShadowFever is the culmination of the search for the Sinsar Dubh, a ageless Fae(…)
Jan 19 2011
Dear Ms. Rai: I don’t know about anyone else, but I read the Author promo thread every month and your blurb intrigued me. I bought it over at Amazon for the princely sum of $3.60. To give you a little history, I really enjoyed the first menage you wrote and published with Samhain but I(…)
Jan 15 2011
Dear Ms. Prentiss: I decided to read this book because I liked the cover and the blurb made it sound like a different type of paranormal/urban fantasy story. Rachel Matre lives in Madison, Wisconsin, and runs a diner. From all outward appearances, she is a physically fit and successful business owner but in truth Rachel(…)
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