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

Dear Ms. Singh,
Blaze of Memory begins shortly after Devraj Santos finds an unknown woman unconscious on his doorstep. Dev is the director of the Shine Foundation, an organization that assists the Forgotten and protects their children from those who would exploit their psychic powers.
For those who haven’t read the earlier books in the Psy/Changeling [...]

Dear Ms. Roberts:
I am trying to climb onto the futuristic bandwagon so I was excited when I saw this book released from Samhain this week. While the story had potential and I found it readable, I ultimately came away disappointed.
Blademir, the Crown Heir to the throne of Barian, was sent on a diplomatic mission [...]

I have to go to the dentist today for an aching tooth. Yes, my hardliving consisting of peanut m&ms and Mountain Dew is catching up with me. That’s some real news I know you all were dying to read.
DNAML, a company with more consonants than sense, is selling a PDF to ePub converter. This would [...]

Dear Ms. Granger:
I didn’t have Beyond the Rain as a recommended read this month just becauseit was a science fiction romance but it did play a part.  There are few of these types of books published within the genre.  You did a great job of creating not just one different culture but two and allowing [...]

Notice: The whole review is really a summary of what the fuckedness so if you plan to read the book and don’t want to be spoiled, click away.
Dear Readers:
I can’t remember who chose this book for me to read during #RRTheatre (wherein I roast bad porn) but the premise was “have sex or die.” [...]

Dear Ms. Robb:
I have had an up and down relationship with the In Death books since the series went hardcover.  Happily for me, Promises in Death marks an upswing, an effective blending of the police procedural and personal aspects of Eve Dallas’s life and a particularly moving storyline featuring everyone’s favorite ME, Morris.
When Eve is [...]

I have a not very well thought out irk that I wanted to throw out there. One issue I have with futuristics, particularly ones that depict the end of our current civilization due to various reasons whether it be war, natural resource depletion (which would likely lead to war), population overcrowding (probably linked to [...]