Oct 7 2011
I read a lot in September, like holy-guacamole a lot. There is a letterpress broad side on the wall of my office with a quote from Erasmus that reads, “When I get a little money I buy BOOKS; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.” I think Erasmus and I would have [...]
Aug 5 2010
Dear Ms. Dahl: I read this book at the Romantic Times convention because you had brought me an ARC or perhaps the ARC was there for someone else and I appropriated it. I can’t recall. I read this throughout the conference, taking it with me to dinner and not going down to drink in the [...]
Aug 4 2010
Can you believe that it is August already? I can’t. This year has just swept by. We’ve changed up the recommends rules a little bit to accommodate digital book and category book releases. We reviewers are having a hard time keeping up with the new release dates and so we are keeping our print recommendations [...]
Jan 5 2010
Dear Ms. Dahl: I’m probably not going to do this book justice in the review and I actually have some fear of turning people off the book based on what I am going to write. Robin and I talked about the book and she said it was brave and I agree. It’s brave because Jane, [...]
Dec 6 2009
We will be posting our Top 10 of 2009 this entire week. Today’s list is from Dr. Sarah Frantz aka Joan. The list is unranked. You can find more of her reviews here. Alex Beecroft, False Colors Alex Beecroft, “Hidden Isle” in Hidden Conflict anthology James Buchanan, Hard Fall Victoria Dahl, The Wicked West Jane Davitt and Alexa [...]
Aug 6 2009
Starting this month, all of the Dear Author recommended reads will be given a discount at digital bookseller, Books on Board. The discount page is here. (In the future, we’ll always try to post this on Tuesday so you can get the discount the day of the release). Written on Your Skin by Meredith Duran [...]
Jul 1 2009
Dear Ms. Dahl: Now that I’ve read three of your novels, I see a pattern in your heroines: they are extremely jealous of their independence, convinced that no man can be depended on, and afraid of showing themselves completely to the world. I appreciate these qualities in a genre that too often holds its heroines [...]
Jun 5 2009
Here is our recommended read list for June. It’s light so feel free to make a recommendation in the comments: How to Score by Robin Wells. This contemporary romance book is recommended by Jane. It’s a fun, sexy read with mistaken identities, a bit of deceit, and a crazy dog. (Warner Forever) The Wild West [...]
Jun 2 2009
Dear Ms. Dahl: Anyone who has read your contemporary Romance, Talk Me Down, knows that its heroine, Molly, writes erotic fiction under the name Holly Summers, including a little work called The Wicked West, an homage to her very own hero, Ben. So what a clever promotion to actually publish this story under the pen [...]
Jan 29 2009
Oh boy, where to start? Statement: Not a contemp fan- But Dahl has won me. It wasn’t the plot It wasn’t Ben or Molly Or the hot sexxors The story? Saucy. The voice? Fun, frisky & light. I am your fangirl. Blushing Sheriff Ben Naughty kittenish Molly Turns life upside down Molly’s secret? Porn. [...]
Jan 7 2009
The list is sparse guys. It’s hard to say whether we are behind in our reading or whether January was just a bad month for us. I have four recommendations for February so I am going with the latter. From Jayne Whistling in the Dark by Tamara Allen It’s post war New York City and [...]
Dec 23 2008
Congratulations to Carin from heabookclub.blogspot.com! You spread the good word about Victoria Dahl’s awesome release that will be in stores soon (if it isn’t already) and you won an iPod Shuffle, a $75 Gift Certificate to the iTunes store, a copy of Dahl’s super fabulous book about the dirty girl and the police chief she [...]
Dec 18 2008
The winners of the 5 paper copies and the 2 ebook copies of the Victoria Dahl book are as follows. The ebook winners will be emailed a coupon code and you can download the format of your choice. The download code is good starting January 1, 2009, at 12:00 am EST. Alys Babs Jude wonderings [...]
Dec 15 2008
And Now: Buy a Contemporary, Save the World Here’s the deal: SB & J dig this book. We dig this book like damn and whoa, and we think you will too. And yet, so many people say the contemporary romance is a dying breed. So, in order to spread the word and the opportunity to [...]
Dec 15 2008
Dear Ms. Dahl: I kept meaning to read your historical books. Janet aka Robin wrote a wonderful reivew of A Rake’s Guide to Pleasure but I always feel compelled to read the new books with my free time. When your contemporary landed on my doorstep, I thought that I would break my Victoria Dahl cherry [...]
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