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

Dear Ms. Rose,
It was actually part of the excerpt for the next book in the “Hightower Affairs” series which got me to get this one as well. If possible, I like to start at the beginning and that seems to be with this memorably Harlequin-esque title “Bedding the Secret Heiress.”
Gage Faulkner is the enemy—her [...]

Dear Ms. Rose,
As I mentioned in my review of “Bedding the Secret Heiress,” it was the excerpt for this book which got me to get both of them. After my disappointment with “Heiress” I seriously debated whether or not to just call it a day with this series since Trent Hightower hadn’t impressed me [...]

Dear Ms. Dunlop,
A friend of mine married her Frenchman so when I see books with French heroes, I check them out. Since I’ve found that the Desire line tends towards less assholic heroes, I decided to give “Transformed into the Frenchman’s Mistress” a shot.
If there was anything Charlotte Hudson had learned in [...]

Dear Ms. Michaels,
I was tempted to go back and read this part of the “Gifts from a Billionaire” series after loving Leslie LaFoy’s “The Money Man’s Seduction.”
It’s fast, it’s funny and, though I wish some aspects of the book had been explored in greater depth, so far I’m 2 for 2 in liking this [...]

Dear Ms. Colley:
I’ve been meaning to write you for some time to tell you how much I enjoyed your book. In fact, I thought I had written you a letter until I did a search for it the other day and realized how delinquent I had been. 
Jordan Lake has a secret lover, Nick Thorne; one [...]

One Night with His Virgin Mistress by Sara Craven. 19 year old heroine bedsits a flat while trying to write a historical adventure romance (reads like a classic bodice ripper btw). Hero is a quazillionaire who foregoes his fortune to work as a troubleshooting engineer. The two end [...]

If you have ever wanted to get in the mind of an editor the new podcast from Harlequin may be your ticket.  Harlequin plans on producing 20-minute “Meet the Editor” podcasts.  The first podcast is  with Melissa Jeglinski  who is the senior editor for Silhouette Desire, and Diana Ventimiglia,  associate editor for Silhouette Desire and [...]