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

Check out the “Save the Contemporary” website for a list of winners in the Save the Contemporary campaign. Thanks so much for participating and for those that didn’t win, check out the book. It’s fun and entertaining.

You can get a discount on some of the recommended reads at Books on Board.
Dark Angel/Lord Carew’s Bride by Mary Balogh. Recommended by Janine, Jennie and Jayne
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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by NK Jemisin. Recommended by Jia [...]

We do this once in awhile, it’s impossible to predict, and we only fire up the site for books we really, truly dance-down-the-hall love and enjoy. It’s Save the Contemporary Time!
Jane, Jayne, and Sarah (better known as “Jarah”) all loved Julie James’ “Something About You,” which goes on sale today. You can read Sarah’s review [...]

Dear Ms. James,
How do I like this book? Let me count the ways. I do like contemporaries and even the occasional romantic suspense but rarely do they combine as well as you’ve done with “Something About You.” And wow, even the cover model kinda looks like she’s wearing the dress you described. And how often [...]

Dear Ms. James:
I was reluctant to read this book despite hearing accolades of support from other readers. Mostly I resisted because I just wasn’t sure if I wanted to read a romance about two lawyers, particularly two lawyers vying for a coveted partnership position at a BigLaw firm. I didn’t think I [...]

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 [...]

We know that there is alot of stock photography used in cover art today leading to very similar cover images:

Is it less damaging if the recycling is in the titles?

Two books. One Title. Both Contemporaries. Released one week apart. Oops. Possibly worse?

Diana Holquist’s RITA Nominee published [...]