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

Dear Ms. Leigh:
Arm Candy was one of the first Harlequin Blaze novels I ever read; in fact, it was a book I read early on in my Romance reading (what can I say: I started late). Right away, though, I knew there was something especially fun about the book, from the amusing zingers about men [...]

Dear Ms. Fleischer:
When I saw that the novella you sent to Dear Author for review was published by Drollerie Press, I eagerly snagged it for review. Unfortunately, it’s been a while getting to the review, but I at least hope I can encourage a few readers to try Over Her Head, a sweet, nicely-crafted romance [...]

Dear Ms. Robb:
It’s been a while since I purchased one of the In Death books in hardcover (I prefer digital these days), so when I received my ordered paper copy of Kindred in Death in the mail I immediately noticed a couple of changes. Not only has the author photo been removed, but the Nora [...]

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I suspect that by now pretty much everyone in the online Romance community has read Alan Elsner’s sneering dismissal of Romance in the Huffington Post, in which he proclaims confidently that
In the romance novels I have read, love is expressed through sex and only through sex. The fact that the [...]

We will be posting our Top 10 of 2009 this entire week. Today’s list is from Janet (aka Robin). The list is unranked. You can find more of her reviews here.
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I hesitated about making a list this year, since my reading was largely dictated by what I volunteered to review. Consequently, [...]

Dear Ms. Cook:
I have been curious about Harlequin’s NASCAR-themed Romances since they were first released, so when you offered Force of Nature to Dear Author for review, I jumped at the chance to read it. And while I don’t know a great deal about the line (I do know, for example, that the books are [...]

Black Silk was one of the first two Romance novels I read, and to this day it remains one of my absolute favorites. Submit Channing-Downs, the woman who deeply mourns the husband who was almost three times her age, is so unlike most Romance heroines. Her hair has the quality of thick yarn, her teeth [...]