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

Dear Ms. Castle:

>I haven’t read all your Harmony stories but I admit to enjoying them quite a bit even though, at times, I have felt like they were futuristic lite. Maybe I was just in a good mood when I read this one, but the story worked for me this time.

Sierra McIntyre, daughter of the wealthy McIntyre family, moved from Cadence to Crystal City in order to leave behind a somewhat checkered past and lay low. Sierra got a job as a tabloid journalist and becomes intent on exposing the Guild secrets. The Guild is an order somewhat akin to a feudal type system. The Guild has financial power and military might via the ghost hunters that are part of the Guild. At the head of a Guild is a Guild Boss who has climbed to the top via physical might or political prowess or a combination of both. The newest Crystal City Guild Boss is John Fontana. Sierra is granted an interview of Fontana to investigate the Guild and the suspicious death of the Guild’s previous boss.

Fontana has investigated Sierra because her tabloid exposes about …

Fictionwise uses a rebate system whereby you are given back dollars for purchases which you can then use for future purchases. Each Monday they offer three books with a 100% micropay rebate, meaning if you buy the book, you get the entire amount back to be used on a book in the future. I guess it is like a buy 1, get the second of equal or lesser value free. Or 2 books for the price of one. Whatever way you spin it, it’s my favorite deal at Fictionwise and today it is offering two coveted ebooks for “free.”

Ironically, these are both Penguin groups and long time readers of the blog know that I am fairly critical of Penguin’s ebook efforts. In any event, to the next 3 individuals who fill out a RITA Reader ballot, I will give away one e-copy of Amanda Quick’s The River Knows and two e-copies of JR Ward’s Lover Revealed.