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REVIEW:  Orleans by Sherri L. Smith

REVIEW: Orleans by Sherri L. Smith

Dear Ms. Smith, I greatly enjoyed your YA historical novel, Flygirl, in which a young African American woman passes for white in order to join the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II. I loved Ida Mae’s story, so when I saw that you had a new book out, a YA dystopian set(…)

REVIEW:  One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean

REVIEW: One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean

Dear Ms. MacLean: The day before I wrote this review I was stuck in the library of a large public high school, waiting to be called to a debate tournament. I was there for eight hours and only judged one match. The rest of the time I spent re-reading One Good Earl Deserves a Lover(…)

Friday News: More Twilight fan fiction goes mainstream; Stanford introduces open source educational platform; Royal Society archives reveal more influential females in science

Friday News: More Twilight fan fiction goes mainstream; Stanford introduces open source educational platform; Royal Society archives reveal more influential females in science

‘Twilight’ Fanfiction Hit ‘The Office’ Gets Book Deal – Gallery has bought the Twilight fan fiction of Christina Hobbs (aka TBY789) and Lauren Billings (aka Lolashoes) called The Office. The story is Edward as the boss and Bella as his assistant. This will be published by Gallery in 2013 as “Beautiful Bastard” and “Beautiful Stranger”.(…)

REVIEW: Franny K Stein – Lunch Walks Among Us by Jim Benton

REVIEW: Franny K Stein – Lunch Walks Among Us by Jim Benton

Dear Mr. Benton, A good friend of mine steered me in the direction of the Franny K. Stein books. Her daughter loves them so much that she was crushed when she discovered that she couldn’t make her own monster. Or at least….not yet. Her daughter is still young though so who knows what she’ll be(…)

REVIEW:  A Lady Never Lies by Juliana Grey

REVIEW: A Lady Never Lies by Juliana Grey

Dear Ms. Grey I was sent this book by Berkley with a note that they know I like unusual historical settings. The book takes place in Italy in 1890. The set up is a little strained. Three male friends – the impoverished Duke of Wallingford, his brother, of Lord Roland Penhallow, and their friend Phineas(…)

REVIEW: Sold to a Laird by Karen Ranney

REVIEW: Sold to a Laird by Karen Ranney

Dear Ms. Ranney: I confess that the title of the this book was a bit offputting (not to mention factually inaccurate for the story).   I was initially put off by the title and the blurb but the book was sent by the publisher and after the first chapter, I was very interested in what came(…)

REVIEW: The Birthday Present by Alison Richardson

REVIEW: The Birthday Present by Alison Richardson

Dear Ms. Richardson, I had a blast reading The Birthday Present, the third and final story in your Countess Trilogy. To readers who have not read the earlier stories, but would like to read this one, I have to suggest reading this series in order. Like The Countess’s Client and An Impolite Seduction, The Birthday(…)

REVIEW: An Impolite Seduction by Alison Richardson

REVIEW: An Impolite Seduction by Alison Richardson

Dear Ms. Richardson, Recently I reviewed The Countess’s Client, the first Spice Brief in your Countess Trilogy. I enjoyed the story, and especially its haughty narrator, Anna, Countess von Esslin, a young widow with a taste for good sex on her own terms. To read more about her, I purchased An Impolite Seduction, the second(…)

REVIEW: The Countess’s Client by Alison Richardson

REVIEW: The Countess’s Client by Alison Richardson

Dear Ms. Richardson, When your Countess Trilogy was recently recommended to me by no less than three friends, I sat up and took notice. I quickly purchased the first of the three stories, downloaded it to my Sony reader, and devoured it. The practice of genuine virtue leads to a life of odious boredom–of that(…)

REVIEW: Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh

Dear Ms. Singh: Book four was a bump in the road for my love of this Psy/Changeling series. While the worldbuilding was strong as usual, the relationship arc didn’t work for me. Despite that, I was still looking forward to reading this entry but I admittedly worried about the setup of the Psy woman with(…)

REVIEW: The Scottish Companion by Karen Ranney

Dear Ms. Ranney: Here's a problem I have. Sometimes I get authors mixed up in my head. I got you mixed up with another author named Karen and I thought you and she were the same person so I haven't picked up any books of yours since 2005. After reading the Scottish Companion, though, I(…)

REVIEW: Dangerous Tides by Christine Feehan

Dear Ms. Feehan: I haven’t bought a book written by you in years. My neighbor bought this one and offered it to me. It’s hard to turn down free books and I thought I remembered you fondly. After reading the first 100 pages, it was brought back in stark relief why I had stopped buying(…)