May 9 2012
Dear Ms. Williams: I read this book for one reason only. Lydia H, your publicist at Putnam, said I would love it. Lydia H, though, is not a romance reader (but we do share a love for the PJ Tracy series, Monkeewrench) and I’m always a bit leery of non romance reader recommendations. Plus, this [...]
Apr 27 2012
Some people have argued (Micah Bowers of Bluefire for example) that dedicated devices will go the way of the dodo bird and I’ve always disagreed. Seeing the rise of the affordable Kindle Fire, however, is making me wonder if Micah Bowers et al is correct. E Ink Holdings reports first loss in 10 quarters | [...]
Apr 3 2012
Dear Ms. Ashley The McKenzie family epitomizes the Byronic creed of being mad, bad and dangerous to know. The MacKenzie head of the family was a horrible man who beat his kids, sent his youngest son into an insane asylum, and ultimately killed his wife. Hart MacKenzie, the eldest, did all he could to protect [...]
Mar 29 2012
Dear Ms. Zink, I admit it. The lovely cover is what made me stop and give your new novel a second look. I’m a sucker for pretty covers, and I thought this one was highly effective for the genre. If only I could say the same for the content. Helen Cartwright is the sheltered daughter [...]
Mar 14 2012
News Yesterday, Paypal announced that it would be reversing its stance on bans on fiction. According to the Chicago Tribune, Paypal will look at books on an individual basis: PayPal’s new policy will focus only on e-books that contain potentially illegal images, not e-books that are limited to just text, spokesman Anuj Nayar said on [...]
Feb 28 2012
News I have a lot of news today so I will try to be short. Pithy. Harry Potter digital books will be sourced through Overdrive and available for lending for five years. At that time, the libraries will need to repurchase the digital copies. Source: Library Journal Google decided to kick out affiliates that weren’t [...]
Jan 3 2012
Dear Ms. St. Claire: I have a feeling that this book is going to get some bad grades because the heroine does very bad things and is hard and edgy and the redemption story is hers, not the male protagonist. But it is because of the heroine that I enjoyed this book. Natalya Trubachev is a [...]
Dec 21 2011
Dear Ms. Fallon: I am a romance reader and rarely read non fiction. While this collection of stories are fictional, they are loosely based on men and women that live in military bases probably across the world. I don’t doubt that these stories have been replayed a thousand times in the real lives of individuals [...]
Dec 6 2011
Dear Ms. Lamb: Why hello there. I had no idea you wrote such fun and entertaining characters. I admit that I was initially put off by the series because it featured heroines with psychic abilities. While Now You See Her and Dream Man by Linda Howard are two of my favorite contemporaries, psychic characters have [...]
Nov 5 2011
Dear Ms. Killough-Walden: I was excited about this book because while I found your self published title compelling, it was rough. I hoped that a professionally edited and full length story would bring out the best in your writing. Unfortunately, the voice that I found so interesting in the short self published work seemed missing [...]
Nov 4 2011
Dear Ms. Brook: I was a bit apprehensive about this book. I guess after reading The Iron Duke, I was sure that this book would be a let down. Archimedes Fox was charming but could I buy him as a male lead? Would he be strong enough for a character like Yasmeen? In order to make Fox [...]
Nov 3 2011
If you own a Kindle device (as opposed to using an App) AND you are a Prime member, you can take advantage of Kindle Owner’s Lending Library. It has about 5,000 titles in there and it’s all non agency books. While Agency publishers (and others) are balking at the potential loss of revenue, I would [...]
Nov 1 2011
Meet the Montgomery brothers – Beckett, Ryder, and Owen – as they bring an intimate bed-and-breakfast to life in their hometown. The historic hotel in Boonsboro, Maryland, has endured war and peace, the changing of hands, and even rumored hauntings. Now it’s getting a major face lift from the Montgomery brothers and their eccentric mother. [...]
Oct 6 2011
Dear Ms. Margolis, Though I’ve been back to reading romance for over 15 years now, there are still way too many authors I’ve yet to try. In one of the latest big ol’ boxes of books that Jane sent me was a copy of your newest book “A Catered Affair.” For some reason I don’t [...]
Sep 30 2011
Dear Ms. Belmond, Before I started this book, I hoped that my reading experience wouldn’t continue the pattern of the previous three books – loved “Inheritance,” thought “Engagement” was just okay, enjoyed “Invitation.” In other words, up then down then up then maybe down again. Well, I liked “Homecoming” but definitely not as much as [...]
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