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

Dear Ms. Pon,
I fall into that category of people who wish more fantasy novels set in non-Western settings were available to the general readership at large.  And while I’m it, I want more than just those non-Western settings; I also want the stories of the non-white characters that live in those worlds.   Diversity, [...]

Dear Ms. Lee,
Like Jane, I’m biased towards books featuring Asian heroines.  So imagine how excited I was to discover a book that not only featured an Asian heroine but an Asian hero too!  And in historical China!  Even better, the cover depicted them as both distinctly Asian.  That last bit sounds like a strange thing [...]

Tycoon’s Pregnant Mistress by Maya Banks.
I laughed a little when I finished this book because it had virtually all the common HP/SD tropes smushed into one small category. We have the secret baby, amnesia, asshole boyfriend with trust issues, evil other woman, and an abduction for added spice (plus the requisite travel to an [...]