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

First up, the good news. Kresley Cole is releasing the first story (PDF link) in her Immortals After Dark series titled “Warlord Wants Forever.” It’s one of my favorite works of hers so if you’ve been wondering what kind of writer she is, you can download this FREE PDF copy of the book that [...]

We hosted our first Q&A with an author during a liveblog. The author was Kresley Cole and the subject was Kiss of a Demon King (amongst other things). Kresley’s husband and editor, The Swede, also came and shared his experience.
You can buy Kiss of a Demon King currently in three [...]

Story parallel to Cade’s
What I liked: EVERYTHING
Cole can do no wrong.
Illusion Queen is
Misunderstood, not evil
(Well, a bit evil.)
Rydstrom shows his horns
Grows a personality
Bondage fetish, yum.
One part of story
Disappoints: we never see
Ryd’s piercings, alas.
I’m a dirty bird
Wanted nasty hot sexxors
This has all & more
Witty, fun romp? Check.
Sex as playful torture? Check.
Gena shout out? CHECK.
Did I mention [...]

Dear Ms. Cole:
One of my favorite things about the Immortals After Dark series is that all the books are different.  Sure, there are some unifying themes – justice v. retribution, finding one’s place in the world and in love, independence v. autonomy, just to name a few – but the stories and the couples are [...]

Dr. Frantz is our resident professor (but not our only literature scholar) whose DA moniker is Joan. She is reviewing primarily m/m fiction that is epublished although she is a reader of a wide range of romance authors with Suzanne Brockmann and Kresley Cole being a couple of her favorite print authors. Dr. [...]

First, let me apologize for not putting up another poll for so long. I kept meaning to put up another one but kept putting it off because I couldn’t think of a good poll topic (if you have one, let me know – jane at dearauthor.com). Second, what do you think of series books? [...]

Dear Ms. Cole:
As soon as I finished Dark Desires After Dusk, I went back to track rage demon Cadeon Woede’s character in Wicked Deeds on a Winter Night and Dark Needs at Night’s Edge (am I the only one who’s starting to feel these titles are blending into one long tongue twister?), curious to [...]