Dear Author: Romance Book Reviews, Author Interviews, and Commentary

Dear Ms Greene,

Poor Paris, it always gets the blame for everything. And this time it’s at fault for bringing Kel and Will together. Not that it’s really Paris that does anything. More that it’s Kel’s fault for picking a bad neighborhood to rent a hotel room in and then taking all her important stuff with her - passport, money, credit cards, letters from her dead father who she’s come to Paris to learn more about - in a handbag while holding a cup of coffee in one hand and a pastry in another. If she’d stood on the street and yelled “ROOOOOB MEEEEEE!” at the top of her lungs, I don’t think she could have made herself a better target if she’d tried.

Honestly, Kel was a pill to swallow for the first 3-4 chapters. And frankly I wouldn’t have blamed Will if he’d ignored her “damsel in distress” look when he came across her trying to explain to the gendarme how she’d been carrying everything of value she possessed and just gotten stripped of all of it by a street thug. Even he admits he’s crazy to take her back …

This is hilarious. These women are in it to win it. Oh and if anyone has the story about the Nora Roberts/Susan Elizabeth Phillips smackdown, I want to hear about it in the comments. Even if you have to make it up, I want to hear about it.

Link here if the embedded video doesn’t work.

There’s something wonderful about these homegrown videos. My vote for the Contemporary Rita would be Holmquist Holquist but I admit to actually not having read any of the other finalists so my vote is pretty invalid but, hey, we should have a poll for the RITAs. Will start that tomorrow.

Dear Ms. Greene,

Several of my friends count you among their favorite authors and have for years. Lately I’ve had good luck with the Harlequin Next line (which I understand is now defunct) and I jumped at the chance to try one of your books. Overall, it was a good experience but not the best.

Poppy and Bren are nodding acquaintances in their small Virginia town but they never expect what will end up bringing them together. A woman scorned by most of the town her whole life leaves them both an inheritance of jewelry. What everyone had thought was nothing but cheap, tacky dime store stuff turns out to be worth a cool $250,000 for each woman. Stunned at their luck, both have some choices to make. Poppy quickly decides to spend some of her money on plastic surgery. She’s always considered herself somewhat homely and now’s her chance to fix that.

Bren knows she should tell her minister husband and turn over the money for their struggling church but lately Charles has been criticizing everything she does. Bren loves being a minister’s wife, loves the church, and helping people. But Poppy can’t seem to get …