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

Live under a rock?
Jessica Bird is also
penname JR Ward.
Spike = hero.
Ex-con gourmet chef hottie
Not millionaire.
Heroine is “Mad”
No, really – that is her name.
She is the rich one.
Reverse HP theme?
Maybe. But Mad comes off as
Poor little rich girl
Will they won’t they?
Goes on a bit too long, sigh.
Just get to the sex!
Second half picks up
Sex: Almost as [...]

Dear Ms. Bird,
After eyeing it all year last year, I finally decided to sign up for Keishon’s TBR Challenge. I figured it would motivate me to dig up some of the older books that have piled up around my house which I have been ignoring in favor of the new and shiny.
Keishon’s assignment for [...]

Dear Ms. Bird:
I was cruising the new Mills & Boon ebook offerings when I saw A Man in a Million in e-form. I’m not terribly familiar with your category backlist although I do have a few in my TBR pile that I haven’t yet read (they are in paper form and those tend to languish). [...]

Dear Ms. Ward,
It might be an understatement to say your previous novel, Lover Unbound, elicited some very passionate reactions from readers. I can’t say I disagree with those criticisms. Even though I ended up liking the book because it developed John Matthew’s storyline, the main romance drove me insane for so [...]

Dear Ms. Bird:
One thing that seems a lost art in the new crop of romances is its failure to focus on the development of the actual relationship. Romance, at its best, is character driven with the central plot being the intersecting of two individuals to mesh into one stronger, better unit. A great [...]