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

Dear Ms. Sparks,
Seeing the title of your book, I couldn’t WAIT to find out exactly why a modern woman in a paranormal would still be a virgin. Anecdotally, I’ve found that virgins in paranormals are rare, and finding one is like hitting the lottery, even more so if the reasoning behind the retention of virginity [...]

Dear Ms. Nash:
I think this is the first book I’ve read of yours and I read it because of the excerpt that was posted. The excerpt was intriguing.  Elizabeth Ashburton was attending a wedding of one of her closest friends at St. George’s.  Danger presents itself at the wedding and her only course of escape [...]

Dear Ms. Dee:
I have seen your writing described in many places in such high terms and with such delight (comparisons to Laura Kinsale have been made) that maybe I expected a little — or even a lot — too much from this book. I found it when I was looking through your backlist. The excerpt [...]

Dear Ms. Willingham,
I haven’t always had the best of luck with the Harlequin Historical line, but always being in the lookout for new historical authors, I decided to give The Accidental Countess a try. I wish I could say that my experience was a resounding success, but unfortunately that wasn’t the case. While I [...]

Dear Ms. Kery:
I realize it is a little late and possibly no one is in the mood for holiday stories, however, I thought it might be best to post the review now than wait an entire year.  This had an interesting setup: father’s girlfriend falls for son but thinks she might be a toy in [...]

Dear Ms. Higgins:
I am a fan of your work. It’s in my bio, over there, on the right hand side—-> But this book didn’t work so well for me because, primarily, I felt Lucy was a wallower.  This is a story about loss and everyone’s attempts to recover from loss.  For some, the loss is [...]

Dear Ms. Greiman:
I think of myself as a big fan of the Beauty and the Beast tale, but I can’t help but wonder if we readers are being oversaturated with the retelling of this popular myth. Charming the Devil is the third entry in the Witches of Mayfair trilogy (and given that it is [...]