We talk alot about Keishon here at Dear Author because she is a dear friend to many of the Dear Author bloggers. She is also one of the primary influences on my reading (as well as others here) for outside the romance genre recommendations. She got me started reading PJ Tracy and Karin [...]

This is a slim pickings month for Dear Author. There were quite a few of competently written entertaining books but very few that we were excited about. Maybe the readers can use this as an open thread to discuss the books that they liked and didn’t like this month.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne [...]

This is a new series called “If You Like” which will be hosted by various readers, authors and bloggers of Dear Author. The purpose of the post and the comments is to explore what we like about a particular iconic author and what other authors have books like the iconic author. If you would like [...]

Got a book you want to talk about? Frustrated with a book or series? In love with a new one? Found a buried treasure? An issue that keeps popping up in the books you are reading? Just want to chat about stuff in general? Post away.

This is a new series called “If You Like” which will be hosted by various readers, authors and bloggers of Dear Author. The purpose of the post and the comments is to explore what we like about a particular iconic author and what other authors have books like the iconic author. If you [...]

Dear Author Recommends for August
Sea Fever by Virginia Kantra. This is the second in the Children of the Sea series. Regina has returned to World’s End with her son after attempting to make a life for herself away from her home town. She serves as the chef of a local restaurant and [...]

We are starting a new series called “If You Like” which will be hosted by various readers, authors and bloggers of Dear Author. The purpose of the post and the comments is to explore what we like about a particular iconic author and what other authors have books like the iconic author. Dr. [...]

We are starting a new series called “If You Like” which will be hosted by various readers, authors and bloggers of Dear Author. The purpose of the post and the comments is to explore what we like about a particular iconic author and what other authors have books like the iconic author. We’ll [...]

Show and Tell by Jasmine Haynes. This was a new to me author. The story evolves as Trinity and Scott begin a sexual relationship which is comprised initially of mostly phone sex and other public encounters. There’s a real build up to intercourse which serves as kind of a metaphor for the relationship. [...]

Got a book you want to talk about? Frustrated with a book or series? In love with a new one? Found a buried treasure? An issue that keeps popping up in the books you are reading? Just want to chat about stuff in general? Post away.

Thinking of the past month and wondering if you should have bought a June title? All of the June titles at Books on Board are 25% off. Here’s some titles you might have missed from our June recommends.

From Janine:
It’s really a mid May release, but I would recommend Love the One You’re With by Emily Giffin, a suspenseful story of a newlywed who is torn between her new husband and the ex-boyfriend she never resolved her feelings for. As in Something Borrowed, Giffin writes a heroine we can understand even [...]

I’ve never said that before, have I? Before I get to the upcoming news, let me remind the readers that there were two outstanding Caroline Linden ARC’s for her June book, A Rake’s Guide to Seduction. Two readers didn’t come forward so I am re-opening the opportunity. Caroline Linden [...]

From Jayne
A Lady’s Secret by Jo Beverley. “I’ve gone on and on about what I liked about the book but I think the best way to show how much I like it is to say that after I read the free arc we got, I went out and bought my own copy. A-” [...]

This is the Open Thread for Readers to post about books that they are interested in reading this month, are looking forward to next month, have in their ever looming TBR piles and so forth. Anything that you want to post about, go forth and post.
If you are looking for some author recommendations, take [...]

Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews. Both Jane and Jia would recommend this sophomore effort by newcomer, Ilona Andrews. The “Magic” series features a smart mouthed, sword wielding Kate Daniels who helps to enforce the law in an alternate universe Atlanta. For the crossover genre reader (i.e., the romance reader that likes to cross [...]

Madhouse by Rob Thurman is recommended by Jia. (Thurman is a woman if that matters to you and I have to admit I have a pro-female author bias so I thought I would throw that out there). Madhouse is a continuation of a series about two brothers which started with Nightlife and its [...]

What’s this you say? I read quite a few blogs outside the romance blogosphere and many of the big ones have a daily open thread where the commenters drive the bus. I thought we would test out an open thread here at Dear Author. We are going to start with two [...]

Last month, Shana Abé released the third book in the shapeshifting drákon series. At the time of the release, we had not yet read the book. During January, Janine finished Queen of Dragons (The Drakon, Book 3). She loved the characters of the strong-willed hero and heroine and though she [...]

Joanna Bourne FTW! Three of us here at Dear Author have read Joanna Bourne’s The Spymaster’s Lady and the consensus is that it is super fabulous. The heroine is an amazing French spy who everyone believes holds the plans to Albion, the French invasion of Great Britain. This sets spymaster Grey, Head [...]

Lara Adrian’s third entry in her Breed series made me a convert. Midnight Awakening presents a compelling story between a mother whose vengeance is the only thing that drives her and a man who has deadened himself to feeling to survive his previous losses. The two learn that losing isn’t the worst part [...]

I received a newsletter from Fictionwise today offering a 100% Micropay Rebate on its entire 42,000 book catalog. The catch is that the sale lasts only one week and it is offered only to those who have a buywise subscription expiration date AFTER October 31, 2012. My Buywise Expiration date is February of [...]

Reader and Raelynx is the fourth novel in Sharon Shinn’s Twelve Houses series. Although published as fantasy, the books all contain romantic storylines that take center stage. The series is set in Gillengaria, a kingdom where mystics (those people who have magical abilities) are frequently persecuted by those who fear them, and the [...]

Anne Sowards is a senior editor at Penguin Group (USA) Inc. She has worked on Ace science fiction & fantasy since 1996, and on Roc science fiction & fantasy since December 2003. She edits a number of great authors, including (but not limited to) Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, Anne Bishop, and Karen Chance. When she’s [...]

Last Sunday, I started babbling about how much I liked a January 2008 release called The Spymaster’s Lady. At the time, the author did not have an updated blog or website so I wasn’t able to provide a link to an excerpt. However, since that time, Ms. Bourne has updated her blog and [...]

It’s amazing that it is already October. I am at a loss for where the previous nine months have gone. Last night Ned and I realized that October is our anniversary and that we have been married for 10 years this month. We had a big debate about whether it was 9 [...]

It’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Recommendations anyone? I know Jayne is particularly found of Marsha Canham’s, The Iron Rose. The most recent pirate/privateer book I recall reading was Jane Feather’s Almost a Lady. Other Pirate related books:

The Pirate Next Door by Jennifer Ashley
River Lady by Jude Deveraux

The Windflower by [...]

Usually we try to provide a recommendation list that has a little variety but this month, it’s all historicals. In my rush yesterday to post our recommendation list, I totally forgot two authors that I had read a long time ago and loved. I am an idiot.
I thought this one came out next [...]

Announcement
I just received notice that the ebook was not to be released early and that the ebook vendors made an error in selling it early. The on-sale date for Eclipse is August 7th. Please do not post spoilers to the book here. We will delete them if you do.
Update: [...]

Going to the bookstore this week? We’ve perused our advanced reading copies and come up with a buffet of books with something that should appeal to a wide range of tastes with everything from Highland romance to contemporary drama to erotic fantasy romance.
Bewitching the Highlander by Lois Greiman made for a surprising read with [...]