Dear Author: Romance Book Reviews, Author Interviews, and Commentary

Archive for August, 2006

REVIEW: Til Death Us Do Part by Jennifer Mueller

By Jayne • Aug 31st, 2006 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Mueller,
I read about your books on the Historical Delights yahoo group then followed the link to your website. There I would swear that I found a page of all your short stories then followed a link from them to where I bought this book. But upon going back to try and get [...]



Book Pimp Post #4

By Jane • Aug 31st, 2006 • Category: Bookstore, Misc

I think I am up to 5 4 book pimping posts. In my email box yesterday, I received notice from Borders/Waldenbooks of a coupon of 30% off of any one book. Now you have to be a member, but signing up is free.
I’ll be getting Crown Duel and Inda by Sherwood Smith that [...]



REVIEW: Morrigan’s Cross by Nora Roberts

By Jane • Aug 31st, 2006 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Roberts:
As you can tell by my book pimping post, I was excited to read this book. It was exactly what was promised: A Nora Roberts take on the paranormal. The characters and the magic felt familiar. The vampire lore followed traditional paths. I hadn’t read a Roberts book, [...]



REVIEW: The Bride of Willow Creek by Maggie Osborne

By Jayne • Aug 30th, 2006 • Category: C Reviews Category, C+ Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Mrs. Osborne,
Some of your other novels have made my “Best of” lists. You wrote westerns and stuck with the genre even when it fell out of favor. You never tried to incorporate the latest “trend” in your books but wrote about basically decent, honest people working hard and trying to make a living. [...]



REVIEW: Mona Lisa Awakening by Sunny

By Jane • Aug 30th, 2006 • Category: C Reviews Category, C- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Sunny,
Ordinarily I wouldn’t address my letter so familiarly given the fact we don’t know each other but your nom de plume is just one word: Sunny. Apparently, you are the wife of big name author, Da Chen. I assume the connection should be mentioned in the review because it is mentioned a [...]



REVIEW: Breeder by Lyssa Hart

By Jayne • Aug 29th, 2006 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Hart,
Hallelujah you’ve published something again. After reading, and enjoying, “The Forest Whispers” and “The Assassin’s Blade” two years ago, I’d almost given up on seeing anything anything else from you. I was a very happy person when I saw this newest story out.
Mali lives in a primitive world where mere survival [...]



Book Pimp Post #3

By Jane • Aug 29th, 2006 • Category: Ebooks, Misc

Not that Nora Roberts needs anyone to buy her books, but I saw that her Morrigan’s Cross book is for sale at ereader.com. It’s $7.19 if you have the newsletter with the discount code. I don’t buy alot of books in eReader, but I’ll make an exception this time as Morrigan’s Cross is not [...]



REVIEW: Hunting Season by Shelly Laurentson

By Jane • Aug 29th, 2006 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Laurentson:
The Hunting features everything I like about your writing and everything I don’t like. Your heroine is strong. Your langauge, while coarse, is fitting for the setting. The hero is hot. What I don’t like is that your book is all crescendo and no diminuendo. Even in the “downtimes” [...]



REVIEW: Gentleman Rogue by Paula Allardyce

By Jayne • Aug 28th, 2006 • Category: B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews, Reviews

Dear Readers,
Allardyce wrote books set mostly in the mid 18th century and the closest description I can come up with is that they are trad Georgians. Her style is older and more reminiscent of Sheila Bishop. Usually there is some kind of mystery to clear up but since the reader knows “who dunnit,” solving this [...]



Sticker Shock, Part One

By Jane • Aug 28th, 2006 • Category: Letters of Opinion, Misc

The mantra going around last week amongst author blogs was “buy new”. At least one author says to readers
Don’t gripe about how they aren’t publishing anything you like if you aren’t buying new books because you gave up your right to vote on what’s being published.
Another author said
The “swap readers” appeared, in fact, [...]