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

Dear Ms. Shanman,
You seem to enjoy writing tough, smart mouthed heroines who don’t seem to know when the right man is just under their noses. I actually read your next book, “Everything Nice” first and backtracked to this one. Liza is not as masculine acting as Mike but she also has her moments of [...]

Dear Ms. Resnick,
Has it ever been a long wait for the follow up book to “Disappearing Nightly!” Which I’m sure I don’t need to tell you about. When I read, and loved, it in late 2005, I was peeved that it would probably take a year to find out if Esther and Lopez would get [...]

Dear Ms. Moorcroft,
Since I’ve been having good luck with contemporary British authors lately, I decided to check out your latest book, “Starting Over.” Things were bubbling along nicely until right at the end when…well, we’ll get to that in a minute.
Tess Randell is starting over. Her fiance dumped her by email just days before their [...]

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, [...]

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. Gillard,
Your review request caught my eye because you described the heroine of your novel, Star Gazing as congenitally blind, and mentioned that this story takes place on the Isle of Skye. You also mentioned that the book was short listed for RNA’s Romantic Novel of the Year award. I surfed over [...]

Away We Go (2009)
Genre: Romance/Drama/Comedy
Grade: B+
Thank you Darlynne for urging me to watch this one otherwise I might not have got around to it for ages. It’s funny, it’s quirky, it’s sad in places but nonetheless hopeful by the end.
Burt Freelander (John Krasinski) and Verona De Tessant (Maya Rudolph) are expecting their first child (hilariously [...]