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

Dear Ms. Seville.
Denise Rossetti recommended this book to me late last year, but it took Maili ALSO recommending it to me recently to finally make me read it. I think I had about 7 hours of sleep in the three days since I started it. It’s just…brilliant. As I write this review a few days [...]

Dear Ms. Johnson,
Dear Author received a copy of your latest book, “Scarlett Fever” for review and since I’m slightly anal about reading a series in order, I backtracked to read the prequel book, “Suite Scarlett” first. And wow am I glad I did. YA isn’t my usual forte here but with books like this one, [...]

Warning: The following review contains some spoilers.
Dear Ms. Balogh,
Your books have been an acquired taste for me. My early experiences of them were like my first taste of sushi. They too, seemed like something unusual, intense and raw, to which my palate was unaccustomed. At first I wasn’t sure they would appeal [...]

Dear Ms. James,
How do I like this book? Let me count the ways. I do like contemporaries and even the occasional romantic suspense but rarely do they combine as well as you’ve done with “Something About You.” And wow, even the cover model kinda looks like she’s wearing the dress you described. And how often [...]

Dear Ms. Bliss:
I hope that is your real name. I love it.  Miss Bliss.  Has a very naughty sound to it.  In any event, it wasn’t your name that prompted me to pick up this title. Instead it was a combination of things.  First, an excerpt of your book, Mr. Imperfect appeared at the end [...]

Dear Ms. Black.
I reviewed a short story of yours in my review of Sindusty I from Dreamspinner Press. It was one of my two favorites of the anthology. I had this to say about it: “I adored this sweet little story. Patrick is a video game designer, working the final kinks out of a game [...]

Dear Ms. Mullany,
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I picked up this book; humorous romances and regency romances aren’t my two favorite sub-genres. That’s not to say I dislike them; I just tend to favor dark and angsty full-length historicals if given my druthers. I did read your erotic historical Forbidden Shores (written as [...]