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REVIEW: Sold to the Highest Bidder by Donna Alward

REVIEW: Sold to the Highest Bidder by Donna Alward

Dear Ms. Alward, The impression I got from the blurb for “Sold to the Highest Bidder” “All she wants is his name on the dotted line. He's got other ideas- For Ella, marrying Devin had seemed like a good idea at the time. Friends since childhood and in love with him for as long as(…)

REVIEW: Jazz Baby by Lorelie Brown

REVIEW: Jazz Baby by Lorelie Brown

Dear. Ms. Brown, If Prohibition/Jazz Age is the new Regency, I say bring it on. This is actually the third book I’ve read recently using this time period and, as far as the era goes, I’ve enjoyed them all. One is m/m, one is m/m/f but readers looking for a m/f story with great conflict(…)

Friday Midday Links: Crowdsourcing a Digital Bundle

I almost spelled Friday with two “ds”. It is just that kind of morning. I’m cleaning out my inbox and I see I have failed to post a number of relevant stories. First we have an Australian article about the lack of digitized Australian books. (Thanks Sarah Mayberry). Australia lags behind the US by about(…)

REVIEW: No Souvenirs by K.A. Mitchell

REVIEW: No Souvenirs by K.A. Mitchell

Dear Ms. Mitchell. Ever since you revealed that your next book would be about Jae Sun Kim, the hot, sarcastic, misanthropic doctor from Collision Course, I have been yearning for this book. Yearning, I tell you. The problem, of course, with wanting a book so hard is that when it comes, it might suck and(…)

Ellora’s Cave Fails to Show Up, Respond to Discovery in Lawsuit

Ellora’s Cave Fails to Show Up, Respond to Discovery in Lawsuit

Christine Brashears, owner of Samhain Publishing, brought suit against Ellora’s Cave on April 2008.   The details of the original suit I blogged about here.   Ellora’s Cave filed a countersuit, alleging Brashear engaged in misappropriation of trade secrets, defamation, breach of contract, tortious interference with existing and prospective contracts, among other allegations. Discovery (the exchange of(…)

REVIEW: Be My Baby by Meg Benjamin

REVIEW: Be My Baby by Meg Benjamin

Dear Ms Benjamin, After I enjoyed the previous book in this series, “Wedding Bell Blues,” so much I was excited to see that the next book, about brother Lars, was available. From what went on in WBB, I knew that Lars’ bitch of an ex-wife, Sherice, would be there along with all the other crew(…)

REVIEW: Damon’s Price by Ali Katz

REVIEW: Damon’s Price by Ali Katz

Dear Ms. Katz, Since I love the time frame, I’ve done a number of reviews of books set in ancient Rome and am always on the look out for more. Hence when Samhain offered us your book, “Damon’s Price,” this month, I pounced. Pounce is a good word to use here since the book involves(…)

REVIEW: The Happy Onion by Ally Blue

REVIEW: The Happy Onion by Ally Blue

Dear Ms. Blue: I was so excited to see a m/m author at the RWA Literacy signing (yes, July last year in DC) that I bought two of your books — your lightest and your darkest, at your suggestion. The Happy Onion was your light book and a lot of fun. It was a sweet,(…)

REVIEW: Eyton by Lynne Connolly

REVIEW: Eyton by Lynne Connolly

Dear Mrs. Connolly, At last, at last. The continuation of the series faithful fans have been waiting for. It all started years ago with “Yorkshire,” “Devonshire,” “Venice” and “Harley Street” as we watched the aristocratic Richard Kerre, heir to the Earldom of Southland, and Rose Golightly, daughter of the gentry, fall in love at first(…)

REVIEW: Seeing You by Dakota Flint

REVIEW: Seeing You by Dakota Flint

Dear Ms. Flint. One day I’ll read something that’s not a novella, right? One day I’ll have the mental energy for it. Until I do, I’m glutting on novellas and (mostly) really enjoying them. Quick enough for a satisfying read, not too long that I stress about not having time to read. Dylan’s sister calls(…)

REVIEW: ePistols at Dawn by Z.A. Maxfield

REVIEW: ePistols at Dawn by Z.A. Maxfield

Dear Ms. Maxfield. I listed this book as one or my Top Books of 2009, so I should do a review of it. I had such fun rereading it. I love meta books: books that are enacting the very thing they’re about as they’re relating it. Books about romance authors are a favorite of mine(…)

REVIEW: The Christmas She Rules by Jennifer Leeland

REVIEW: The Christmas She Rules by Jennifer Leeland

Dear Ms. Leeland, Yes, OMG, this is a femdom book — a book with a female dominant and a male submissive. I read it solely for that, because despite being told time and time again, as I’m sure you are, that femdom just doesn’t sell, and is therefore rarely offered, I’m still and always on(…)

December Ebook Deals

We begin with the monthly Orbit/Grand Central specials: Orcs by Stan Nicholls $1.00 Pitch Black by Susan Crandall $1.99 (I recommend getting these. Crandall is a good RS author and at $1.99 these two books are a total bargain). Seeing Red by Susan Crandall $1.99 Bad News by Donald E. Westlake $1.99 Dark Harbor by(…)

REVIEW: An Improper Holiday by K.A. Mitchell

REVIEW: An Improper Holiday by K.A. Mitchell

Dear. Ms. Mitchell. I’ll pretty much read anything you’ve written, so I was thrilled when you posted that you’d written a historical short. An Improper Holiday was a lot of angsty fun, and I really enjoyed it, especially with the delicious little flip at the end of figuring out how two men in the early(…)

REVIEW: Redline Lover by Charlene Teglia

REVIEW: Redline Lover by Charlene Teglia

Dear Ms. Teglia: Thank you for sending this novella to me for review. I know, having read erotic romance* for several years, that here is a real skill in delivering believable and sexy consummation scenes. You have that skill and I appreciated the delivery of that content. The overall construct, perhaps because of the length,(…)