Recommended Reads

June Recommended Reads

June Recommended Reads

Reviews forthcoming. I’m not sure why we are all in a historical slump of late.  Anyone have some good historicals to recommend? GLBT Bad Company by K.A. Mitchell, recommended by Sunita. Come Unto These Yellow Sands by Josh Lanyon, recommended by Sunita. Deconstruction by Kit Zheng, recommended by Sarah F Historical The Charm School by(…)

REVIEW: The Music Box by Cheryl Reavis

REVIEW: The Music Box by Cheryl Reavis

Dear Ms. Reavis, When I checked your website and saw this book mentioned, I got all excited and checked the eHarlequin site for ages waiting for it. Then it appeared and I read the blurb and thought, this sounds familiar. And for good reason as it was previously published as “Tenderly,” the fourth book in(…)

REVIEW: Follow My Lead by Kate Noble

REVIEW: Follow My Lead by Kate Noble

Dear Ms. Noble, This is the story of a Duke and a Scholar. But you know that already. Winnifred Crane is an art historian. She is also female, as both her name and the attached pronoun would suggest. It doesn’t matter that she’s brilliant. It doesn’t matter that she’s turned the art history world on(…)

REVIEW: Breaking Point by Pamela Clare

REVIEW: Breaking Point by Pamela Clare

Dear Ms. Clare: My takeaway memory of this book was me gripping my book and saying “oh no she didn’t”. And by she, I meant you, and by “oh no” I meant, wow, I didn’t see that coming. If a reader is looking for a book containing a great special forces hero operations (former SEAL,(…)

REVIEW: Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison

REVIEW: Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison

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(…)

REVIEW: Love Me by Kelly Jamieson

REVIEW: Love Me by Kelly Jamieson

Dear Ms. Jamieson, Someone who knows I like f/f/m recommended you on Twitter and I’m so glad they did. I’m always on the lookout for well-written stories featuring sexy situations, likeable characters, and some hot girl-on-girl action. Love Me fits the bill nicely. I really enjoyed it. I’ve complained before that f/f/m ménage romance is(…)

Recommended Reads for May

Recommended Reads for May

This is our recommended reads list for May. To make our recommended list, the book has to be released this month, either as a reissue or a new book published. One reason that our lists don’t often contain digital first books is because we don’t get review copies of those books early. To ameliorate this,(…)

REVIEW: Warprize by Elizabeth Vaughan

REVIEW: Warprize by Elizabeth Vaughan

Dear Ms. Vaughan, Jane brought it to my attention that “Warprize,” your first novel and the first book in this series, is being reissued this month just as a book which is (I think) loosely related to it is being published. She asked if I’d be willing to revisit “Warprize” and I agreed. Princess Xylara(…)

DUELING REVIEW: Any Man of Mine by Rachel Gibson

DUELING REVIEW: Any Man of Mine by Rachel Gibson

Dear Ms. Gibson, I’ve been reading your books for so many years and have enjoyed enough of them that when I hear a new one is coming out, I automatically make room in my reading schedule to at least look at it. And since the books with sports heroes are usually ones I like, the(…)

REVIEW: Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke’s Heart by Sarah MacLean

REVIEW: Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke’s Heart by Sarah MacLean

Dear Ms. MacLean: I read this book back in February of 2011. I remember the date clearly because I started reading it the night I got to the Tools of Change convention. Angela James, Jenny Bullough (of Harlequin) and Sarah Wendell and I went shoe shopping the following day at what is seems to have(…)

REVIEW: The Gospel of Love: According to Luke by Jackie Barbosa

REVIEW: The Gospel of Love: According to Luke by Jackie Barbosa

Dear Ms. Barbosa, A while back you mentioned on Twitter that you were writing a series of four novellas, each written from one of four brothers’ first person POVs. The series is called The Gospel of Love because the brothers’ names are Luke, Mark, Matthew and John. I asked if these were Christian romances and(…)

Dear Author Recommends for April

We have a short list of selections for April (hey, we’re being kind to your pocket book. You have to save up for Kiss of Snow next month). Children of Scarabaeus by Sara Creasy, recommended by Jane Bone Deep by Janice Kay Johnson, recommended by Jane The Chase by Erin McCarthy, recommended by Jane Red(…)

DABWAHA Schedule and Deadlines

DABWAHA Schedule and Deadlines

This is the last day to fill out your bracket.   Voting will begin at midnight tonight (CST) and will run in 12 hour blocks.    Voting takes place at the dabwaha.com blog. ~~~~ This year, we had 8 books (1 in each category) nominated by readers and the top nominations in each category filled out(…)

DA Recommends for February

DA Recommends for February

We don’t have a big February list but there are a couple of nice (and well priced) series romances along with a new book from old favorites like Nalini Singh and Heidi Cullinan. His Valentine Surprise by Tanya Michaels, recommended by Jayne Nowhere Ranch by Heidi Cullinan, recommended by Sarah Frantz His Wife for One(…)

January Recommended Reads

Look, a new year and I’m already behind. Here are our January recommended reads.   There are more reviews to come of these books.   I promise.   We wouldn’t send you into the wild unknown without more information.   You can check out more January books at the coming soon catalog. Here Comes the Groom by Karina Bliss,(…)