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REVIEW: Game for Anything by Bella Andre

By Jane • Jun 21st, 2008 • Category: C Reviews Category, C- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Andre:
I’ve often wondered why sports stars are not the subject of more romance books. The men fit the standard mold: aggressive, wealthy, dominant, ambitious, usually in possession of totally hot bodies. As I read the few sports related fiction books I can find, I am more convinced that the [...]



REVIEW: Into the Mist by Maya Banks

By Jane • Feb 20th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Banks:
I know that alot of people give up on authors after one or two books. I also know that I have “hot button” issues that will make me leave an author behind even after one book, or a portion of a book. I had real issues with the portrayal of the [...]



REVIEW: Fairyville by Emma Holly

By Janet • Sep 11th, 2007 • Category: B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews, Ebooks

Dear Ms. Holly:
Your new erotica release, Fairyville, is vintage Holly. The heroine, Zoe, is a woman with a big heart and an unsatisfied love life. The heroes, all three of them, have various obstacles to their ultimate happiness in love, none of which include a lack of available sexual opportunities. Through various [...]



Love and Lust

By Janet • Sep 11th, 2007 • Category: Letters of Opinion, Misc

Up until this weekend I was one of those readers who didn't really care that I couldn't articulate the difference between erotica and erotically charged Romance. "I know it when I see it� was good enough for me. Then I read Emma Holly's newest release Fairyville and had one of those DUH! moments – [...]



REVIEW: Tempt Me Tonight by Toni Blake

By Jane • Jun 13th, 2007 • Category: C Reviews Category, C- Reviews

Dear Ms. Blake:
Perhaps it was a case of missed expectations but Tempt Me Tonight was like a rice cake: bland, airy, but not very sexy.
The story opens with 18 year old Trish not giving up her virginity to Joe. Joe then goes on to cheat on her and Trish vows never to [...]



Romance Publishers Promises to Romance Readers Part 2: Branding

By Jane • Oct 2nd, 2006 • Category: Letters of Opinion, Misc

Part Two of the three part series on promises in romance. Part One was the delivery of promises and Part Two is about the promise itself. Part Three is about the breaking of promises or what I like to think of as When Good Authors Go Bad.
Branding is an important concept for a [...]