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

Picking out the ten best reads of 2009 was hard. It was hard because I had 6 A rated books but then I had to delve into the B+s and determine from that strong group who ranked in my top 10. I based my decision on re-readability. I’ve re-read portions of all [...]

We will be posting our Top 10 of 2009 this entire week. Today’s list is from Janet (aka Robin). The list is unranked. You can find more of her reviews here.
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I hesitated about making a list this year, since my reading was largely dictated by what I volunteered to review. Consequently, [...]

We will be posting our Top 10 of 2009 this entire week. Today’s list is from Janine. The list is unranked. You can find more of her reviews here.

On the Edge by Ilona Andrews
Bound by Your Touch by Meredith Duran* (review by Jennie)
Written on Your Skin by Meredith Duran* (review by Jennie)
Stillness [...]

We will be posting our Top 10 of 2009 this entire week. Today’s list is from Jennie. The list is unranked. You can find more of her reviews here.

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (review by Jia)
Bound By Your Touch by Meredith Duran
Written On Your Skin by Meredith Duran
Pleasure And [...]

Starting this month, all of the Dear Author recommended reads will be given a discount at digital bookseller, Books on Board.  The discount page is here. (In the future, we’ll always try to post this on Tuesday so you can get the discount the day of the release).

Written on Your Skin by Meredith Duran (recommended [...]

Dear Ms. Duran,
Since I’ve acquired my lovely Sony PRS-505, I’ve used the handy-dandy “bookmark” button to mark notable pages in a book that I may want to refer back to when I write a review. Depending on the book, the bookmarks may be noting something that worked for me or something that didn’t. When reading [...]

Dear Ms. Duran,
I was a big fan of your debut The Duke of Shadows, published last year. I can’t say how excited I was to learn that you had not one but two books scheduled for release in 2009, one in June and the other in July. Having now read the first, I can say [...]