Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Elizabeth Chadwick is the author of The Scarlet Lion*, her latest US release.
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The first story I ever remember telling, was to myself was when I was three years old. [...]

The following are the winners of the Berkley/Jove 2010 Spring Giveaway. We had 38 books to giveaway. Thanks for taking time to look at the upcoming books from Berkley/Jove. Everyone has been emailed so watch your spam folders.

Sarah
orannia
Carolyn
Sandy
Cathy M
Wendy
Cherie J
Danielle
Mandy P.
Susan Reader
Nicole Zoltack
Sarah C
Jessica MD
Saien
Maili
Michelle B
anon1001
Raha
RachaelfromNJ
chey
Vi
Mary M.
Julia – Yen
Melissa
Tasha
Fran
Robyn B
ritu
mary beth
Janet P.
JulieJV
Krystal
Jackie [...]

Congrats to Seattle Heather, who emerged the victor after Round One of the DA BWAHA. She receives a huge awesome package of books from the authors at the Unusual Historicals blog, including:

Sherry Thomas – Not Quite a Husband
Margaret Mallory – Knight of Pleasure, Knight of Desire
Lisa Marie Wilkinson – Fire at Midnight
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In the Globe and Mail, Russell Smith lamented the effect of e-books on personal book collections, writing in part:
“So we lose forever the pleasure known to humanity for 500 years of taking a stroll up and down the aisles of someone else’s brain by perusing their bookshelves. Gone will be the guilty joy of spending a [...]

Under the Gun by HelenKay Dimon
I’ve never been a huge fan of the Intrigue line because I felt that even full length romantic suspense books struggled to fit both romance and suspense in one story, how could a compressed format do both topics justice? Under the Gun had a good balance of both the [...]

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously.
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The puce-colored punch looked like poison, but she didn’t care. Grace braced herself and took a swig of it anyway [...]

We are already into round 2.  The voting link is here. EVEN IF YOU DID NOT FILL OUT A BRACKET, you can still vote.
The voting schedule is in 12 hour blocks to accommodate people in all timezones.  My instructions were apparently hard to read last time so I’ll try to make it a little [...]