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

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Karen Harper’s latest work, Mistress Shakespeare, is in stores now.
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Although I was actually published for the first time in the spring of 1982 and have written almost fifty novels, the [...]

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Elisabeth Naughton has a romantic suspense series under her belt and will be debuting a paranormal series this summer. Her latest work, Stolen Seduction, is in stores now.
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Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Jill Myles debut book, Gentlemen Prefer Succubi, is in stores now. You can read an excerpt here or visit her at OddShots.com.
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First Sale: Try, Fail, Try Again, Fail [...]

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Julianne Lee’s Her Mother’s Daughter: A Novel of Queen Mary Tudor reveals a more emotionally connected Mary, as she hopes to fall in love and live her life with [...]

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Denise Rossetti writes erotic romance for Berkley and Ellora’s Cave.  Her latest book, Thief of Light, is in stores now.
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I started writing because I was miserable and it helped to [...]

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Sharon Ashwood writes paranormal romances.  Her second book, Scorched (excerpt), is available beginning December 1, 2009.
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I’ll say this up front: I didn’t expect any of this. I do [...]

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Helen Brenna writes contemporary romances for Harlequin. I’ve been enjoying her Mirabelle Island stories from Harlequin Superromance with the first three books in that series released back to back [...]