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

Dear Ms. Mallory:
I remember a number of people raving about your debut in the If You Like Debut books thread. I bought the debut book, Knight of Desire, but by the time I got around to reading it your second book, Knight of Pleasure, was out. So I read that one first. While [...]

Dear Ms. Townend,
I’ve enjoyed several of your other books for Harlequin Historicals and was delighted when you contacted me offering a copy of your latest in the “Wessex Weddings” series for possible review. (Note: FTC discloser out of the way!) And the heroine is a Fallen Woman too. Even better. At first I didn’t [...]

A short piece in Publisher’s Weekly notes that  July booksales fell 0.5% and down 2.5% for the year.  The good thing for bookstores is that the new Dan Brown book is out.  Increased foot traffic in stores will hopefully lead to an increase in book sales over all.   M.J. Rose jump started a twitter [...]

In continuance of the If You Like series of reader recommendations, I bring you the Medieval.  I love medievals but I wonder if that is because some of the first romances I had ever read were medievals. In my list of favorite medieval authors are Julie Garwood, Madeline Hunter, and Claudia Dain.  The Holding by [...]

Dear Ms. Kennedy:
Your book came to my attention due to mentions by author Courtney Milan on Twitter. As Ms. Milan had recommended a previous book to me that I enjoyed quite a bit, I thought I would give your story a try. It helped, too, that SuperLibrarian blogged favorably about the book [...]

Note: Risk of spoilers for the series.
Dear Ms. Franklin,
Those who have fallen under the spell of Vesuvia Adelia Rachel Ortese Aguilar, the “Mistress of the Art of Death,” will get all excited over book three of this historical mystery series. I know I squeed with glee when my copy arrived. God bless the US Postal [...]

Dear HRH Thermopolis*:
I just finished reading your debut novel, Ransom My Heart. It’s a good novel but flawed, but what can you expect from your debut novel that you wrote while your heart was breaking over the loss of your boyfriend Michael when he went off to Japan to court the Asian honeys. [...]