Apr 1 2013
Dear Ainslie Paton: Yeah! A rock star book featuring a female singer. That was my response upon being sent this ARC from Escape Publishing. I really enjoyed your voice in Grease Monkey Jive and I wasted no time in diving right into this story. The first word I’d use to describe Getting Real is authentic.(…)
Mar 8 2013
Dear Ms. Stephens: This book seemed like it was written for the fans rather than an organic story of its own. Clocking in at over 400 pages, Reckless, takes the reader into Kellin and Kiera’s happy ever after. They’ve not grown much from previous books. Kiera is still beset with agonizing uncertainty over Kellin’s fidelity(…)
Mar 2 2013
Dear Ms. Stone: This is the first book in a series involving three childhood friends who reunite upon the death of one of their members. Cain Black is a former star high school quarterback turned down a full ride scholarship to Michigan State University to pursue his dream of music. He and his band are(…)
Feb 2 2013
“Ambitious CEO Luke Bryant needs a big-name star to help launch his luxury department stores–everything hangs on its success. What he doesn’t need is washed-up pop princess and tabloid joke Aurelie Schmidt. Faced with the sexiest, angriest man she’s ever met, Aurelie’s first comeback gig isn’t exactly going as planned. But Aurelie’s tougher than that,(…)
Jan 29 2013
Dear Kimberly Lang: This was originally published under the Harlequin Mills & Boon Modern line and before the creation of Harlequin Kiss would probably be sold through the Harlequin Presents line and marked as an extra. I’m not certain what to think of the Kiss line but it appears to be a North American version(…)
Dec 27 2012
Dear Ms. Carr: Zoey Emerson and Robbie Granger have been best friends for twenty five years and roommates for the last several year. She and three other women who live in the same townhome association make New Year’s resolutions. Zoey’s is to reveal to Robbie that she loves him and see if their relationship can(…)
Dec 22 2012
Dear Heidi McLaughlin: I really wanted to read this book after reading the blurb and hearing Tori from SmexyBooks raving about it. I asked for a review copy and you kindly sent me one. I suspect that my discontent with the story will be a lone voice because there is a lot in the story(…)
Oct 18 2012
Dear Ms. Exley: I bought this book because I have read several about a male singing star but not a famous female one and I wanted to see how successful the reverse worked. Erika Fenn is an American based pop star who retreats to England, her homeland, for a mental health break. There she runs(…)
Oct 7 2012
This review contains spoilers for Thoughtless which I reviewed here. Dear Ms. Stephens: This is a sequel to Thoughtless. While it could be read alone, I don’t think it should because the conflict that drives the story are the insecurities the two main protagonists have over the other person’s fidelity. I liked that this was what(…)
Sep 27 2012
Dear Ms. Stephens: Thoughtless is the perfect title for this book because all of the main characters act in thoughtless ways. But because the story is told in the first person from Kiera’s point of view, her behavior is what I focused on. My first reaction on completing this book was hell no and then(…)
Sep 19 2012
Dear Ms. Towle: I found out about this book over at the Amazon forums. It’s one of the better places to discover self published books by authors that aren’t widely known. Part of the success of the book will rely on the reader’s ability to a) buy into an instant love between two childhood(…)
Aug 20 2012
Dear Ms. Adams: The attraction of this book was the blind heroine but honestly the heroine was so capable that the only difference between her and a sighted person was being told on an occasion that she was blind. This is the third book in the “Adrenaline High” series. Ashley Bristol sustained an accident in(…)
Jun 25 2012
Dear Ms. Cooper: Thank you for sending this book to me for review. I had just finished an excellent New Adult book featuring a rock star hero (Where She Went by Gayle Forman) and was excited to see what a sexy, adult contemporary would bring me. There were many good ideas in the story but(…)
Jan 10 2012
Dear Ms. Andre, I purchased this book on a Kindle Daily Deal, I think. It’s regularly priced at $4.99 and while I felt that $4.99 was a bit too pricey for DA_January’s budget, I could spend two dollars and not hate myself in the morning for buying it. From This Moment On was extremely readable,(…)
Sep 15 2011
Dear Ms. Coi: I’ve been interested in reading your work since I selected your short, Caged, to appear in the Agony / Ecstasy anthology. I tried one of your previous works (the name of which escapes me) and it didn’t work for me. I can’t remember the title or if I even finished it so(…)
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