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

Dear Ms. Knight:
There are so many blocks against reading this book that I wonder you ever had the audacity to put pen to paper. The story is told from the first person present tense in alternating points of view.  It features a gay/bisexual/quasi-queer man who purportedly falls in love with a Hollywood actress.  I got [...]

(Based off of Shakespeare’s famous sonnet)
Shall I compare thee to the A Grade?
Thou art more grating to my skull
A good contemporary should be a lively parade
But I find this book amazingly dull.
Sometimes the heroine whines about life
And the hero pretends to be a jerk
Round after round of endless sniping strife
I despise both and hope it [...]

Dear Ms. Phillips:
I count you as one of my favorite romance authors. I practically camp out at my local bookstore whenever your books are released. Needless to say, I was pretty excited to get my hands on this one.
Georgie York is best known for her role as the spunky Scooter Brown on America’s favorite [...]

Dear Ms. James:
Ordinarily I don’t read books that where the protagonists are lawyers, particularly trial lawyers because so few people ever get it right. When I read the blurb for this book, I admit to mentally groaning but I couldn’t help myself from opening it up, just to take a peek. I [...]

Dear Yvonne Collins and Sandy Rideout
Who knew that a focus puller was so important to a movie? Not moi, I assure you. But now I do and I loved learning about it in “What I Really Want to Do is Direct.” Though told in 1st person (after all, it is Chick Lit and that’s almost [...]