Feb 21 2013
Dear Ms. Marshall, I read “Rinaldi’s Revenge” due to part of a documentary I recently began watching – the BBC series “The Private Life of a Masterpiece.” Covered on one disc that featured some Italian Renaissance paintings was a three panel work I hadn’t paid much attention to during my study of famous artworks. But(…)
Jan 28 2013
Dear Jennifer Rush: I’m glad young adult novels have started to move on from the dystopian craze. After all, there can be only so many books about oppressive future societies whose citizens don’t necessarily recognize as oppressive and the teens who fight the system. To be honest, I’ve been yearning for more action-based thrillers. Your(…)
Apr 7 2010
Dear Ms. Noble: This is not a flashy book. There is no big mystery. No serial killer running amok. There aren’t numerous romances started in this story to be carried out into the next. It is just about people trying to cope with the every day aspects of their lives within the walls that those(…)
Jan 13 2010
Dear Ms. Tyler: I was quite excited to read this book after finishing the first in the series. Perhaps I expected too much, but I was seriously deflated upon finishing Hard to Hold to the point that I doubt I will read the finale to this trilogy. What were excusable irritants in the first book(…)
Aug 13 2009
Dear Ms. Granger: I didn’t have Beyond the Rain as a recommended read this month just becauseit was a science fiction romance but it did play a part. There are few of these types of books published within the genre. You did a great job of creating not just one different culture but two and(…)
Jun 10 2009
Each year, RWA recognizes excellence in romance writing through the RITAs, considered the top honor in the genre. Though awards are presented in a dozen categories, a writer has just one shot in her career to win the Best First Book award. This interview series focuses on the debut authors nominated in that category. Alyson(…)
Jul 28 2008
Dear Ms. Enoch: I really adored After the Kiss and I was hopeful, given the prominence that Bram was given in AtK that this would be his book. However, it is not. This is the story of Lieutenant Colonel Phineas Bromley who ran away from the world and joined the Royal Dragoons in his youth(…)
Mar 26 2007
Dear Ms. Glass, I started reading this book out of curiosity and couldn’t put it down. I wasn’t expecting much. I’ve purchased a few gay “romances” and most let me down in one of two ways. Either they’re erotica that has left romance and character out for the most part, or they’re just not written(…)
Jul 26 2006
Dear Ms. Wolf: You hate writing these romance books, don’t you? I can see your boredom throughout your entire book as you cobbled together a story stealing scenes and characters from previous books. The whole story is uninspired. Diana Sherwood is an impoverished young woman who lives with her mother, Louisa, in a cottage on(…)
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