May 9 2012
Dear Ms. Williams: I read this book for one reason only. Lydia H, your publicist at Putnam, said I would love it. Lydia H, though, is not a romance reader (but we do share a love for the PJ Tracy series, Monkeewrench) and I’m always a bit leery of non romance reader recommendations. Plus, this [...]
Apr 3 2012
Dear Ms. Kearsley, It’s no secret that I love your books. The Winter Sea and The Rose Garden made my Best of 2010 and Best of 2011 lists, respectively, so it’s probably past time that I let one of my DA colleagues have a chance to review you. But when I heard that Mariana was [...]
Dec 17 2011
Dear Ms Howard: The re-release of one of your only time travel novel provided a perfect excuse for a re-read. Son of the Morning was first published in 1997. It’s an unusual romance in that for much of the story, Grace and Niall, the two main protagonists are separated by the dimension of time. While [...]
Oct 10 2011
UPDATED: The winners of the giveaway are: 1) SeaGrace 2) Eilis Flynn 3) Julie L. 4) Robyn B. 5) Amy K 6) Maggie 7) Elizabeth56 8) DarcyO 9) Maili 10) Lindsey Please send me your snail mail address at sunita at dear author dot com. Congratulations to the winners, and thank you Sourcebooks! Dear [...]
Sep 24 2011
Dear Ms. Cooper, I was really intrigued by the description of your book, No Proper Lady, which touts itself as a being a cross between Terminator and My Fair Lady. And indeed, this is a very apt description for the plot of this book. More importantly, based upon the excerpt I read before deciding to [...]
Feb 24 2011
Dear Ms. Bullen, You’re a new-to-me author who was included in the last batch of books Jane sent to me. I actually thought this novel was your debut until I went to your author site and discovered this was your second novel and it was the second in a series! Not once did I ever [...]
Apr 22 2010
Dear Ms Marton: I honestly had no idea what I was getting in for when I read Blackwolf’s Redemption. It was a Harlequin Presents and 8 of those are delivered to my Harlequin digital account monthly via my subscription. I assumed that it was just another HP but instead it’s a time travel, only this [...]
Apr 20 2010
Dear Ms. Squires: Time travel romances aren’t for everyone. It often takes almost too huge of a leap of faith for some readers, in part, I think because it is partly grounded on reality. There are a lot of conveniences that a reader has to look past in order to enjoy the story. That said, [...]
Feb 2 2010
Dear Ms. MacAlister, I was excited to read Steamed, mostly because I haven’t found a lot of romance authors making a foray into the subgenre of steampunk and I’m always curious to see how worlds develop. It’s also nice to take a break from vampires, weres and futuristic worlds that have a general tendency to [...]
Jan 28 2010
Dear Ms. Gabaldon, Though the classification of your first book, Outlander, as a romance has apparently been a bone of contention for you, I have to say that it was Outlander that started me on romance reading 15 years ago. I had joined a mail-order book club, one of those where you get nine books [...]
Nov 10 2009
Dear Ms. Sheridan, When Tina submitted a list of new books to Dear Author for possible review, “Falling Through Glass” grabbed my attention. Hmmm, time travel to 19th century Japan in the waning days of samurai warriors. Can’t get much more different than that. Since I’m feeling lazy this morning. I’m just going to steal [...]
Sep 16 2009
Dear Ms. Sagara, You are easily one of my favorite authors. These days it’s very rare for me to follow a series past a certain point, but I find myself doing that for the novels you write under both the Michelle Sagara and Michelle West names. It also helps that thus far, they haven’t disappointed [...]
Aug 12 2009
Note: There are going to be some spoilers later on. Dear Ms. Sheehan, I’m glad that your publishers have figured out how to spell your first name. On the arc I received, it is spelled without a ‘c.’ When I checked the spelling to make sure I had your first name correct, I noticed it [...]
May 1 2009
Dear Ms. Kery: I was pleasantly surprised at your book, Wicked Burn, which was released last fall by Berkley. Erotic romance is difficult to pull off but yours had a good plot, character development and smoking hot love scenes which made me excited for your next release. While Daring Time is well written and has [...]
Apr 26 2008
Dear Ms Mueller, One thing I know is that I’ll always get something new and different when I begin one of your stories. I realize I mention the unusual settings you utilize in almost every review but I appreciate it so darn much that it just has to be said. And this is one of [...]
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