Jun 17 2013
New York City, 1920s Bootleggers are breathing down hotelier Harry McMahon’s neck. So when a beautiful, young, and very wealthy widow from Paris turns up at the Cotton Club, Henry sees it as the perfect opportunity to combine business and pleasure. First he will take her body, then her heart, and finally, her money… Elise(…)
Aug 29 2012
Dear Ms. James, Last year I read and really enjoyed your book When Beauty Tamed the Beast, yet for some reason I haven’t gotten around to diving into your extensive backlist yet. When I saw that The Ugly Duchess was available for review, though, the plot blurb drew me in immediately. Our hero and heroine,(…)
Sep 14 2011
Dear Ms. Marshall, Hello down there in hot, steamy Florida. Lots of authors might choose various contemporary locations in that state for their books but I love that you’ve staked out early 19th century Florida and sea captains, privateers and pirates for yours. Then you smooth on a layer of Yanks vs the Brits to(…)
Jun 28 2011
I tend to read for three things: a visceral response, a delightful and interesting use of language, and character. While genre fiction often relies on plot rather than prose to compel the reader forward, I firmly believe that the best plots are rooted in character. Even if the plot of the novel is a quest(…)
Jun 22 2011
Note: was released in the UK as “The Bride’s Awakening” Dear. Ms. Hewitt, Your post at DA about your hero who deliberately marries his plain heroine caught my attention. A dashing, powerful, dark Italian hero who isn’t going to bed/marry then spurn/reject/humiliate a delicate blonde flower of a heroine? Bring it! “Vittorio Ralfino, the Count(…)
Mar 9 2011
Dear Ms. Lawrence: It’s not that I don’t love an ugly duckling story or that I can’t appreciate the ridiculousness that is a Harlequin Presents and I totally am on board for the nice alpha male. But I cannot stand a dumb effacing heroine. Elizabeth Farley has been the efficient secretary of Andreas Kyriakis for(…)
Apr 23 2009
Dear Ms. Michaels, I love a good Cinderalla/Ugly Duckling story. It doesn’t matter to me which person is the “Cinderella” but something about an overlooked character finding love just thrills me. I shouldn’t have liked this book, once I got started reading it, since it contains misunderstandings from both sides. As much as I love(…)
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