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

Dear Mr. Eisler,
I was literally in the middle of writing this review when the news broke on Tuesday that an Iranian nuclear physics professor was killed by a bomb left outside his home in Tehran. Now I know that the circumstances of this man’s murder have nothing in common with one of the opening scenes [...]

Dear Ms. Boyle:
I don’t think I’ve read any significant number of your novels but I wanted to read a historical. How I Met My Countess blurb promised a reconciled lover story and I thought I would give it a try. I purchased an ecopy.
Miss Lucy Ellyson married Archibald Thatcher, a clerk, who eventually [...]

Ms. Linden:
I came away from this book thinking that I should have liked the story more than I did and I wasn’t sure why.  Your prose is good, as always.  You have thoughtful characters.   I liked the premise – the story of a man whose honor was totally stripped away by a false accusation [...]

Dear Ms. Quinn:
Confession time. I don’t remember much about The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever.  I vaguely remember Olivia, best friend of Miranda, younger sister of the hero but her flavor wasn’t with me when I started What Happens in London. I don’t know if that is good or bad but I highly enjoyed [...]

Dear Ms. Carlyle:
In contemplating your backlist, I’ve decided that you are one of the most consistent authors I read. My favorite book of yours remains the first one, My False Heart published back in 1999. I don’t know whether it is my favorite because it’s the first one I read by you or [...]

Dear Ms. Chase,
Huzzah! I’m definitely on a roll with you. Last year there was and this year it’s “Your Scandalous Ways.” Tired of Regency set books? Tired of English gentleman spies? Well, I would have said so before reading this book. After finishing it…nah, not so much. And a real courtesan heroine? Well, [...]

Dear Ms. Bourne,
It’s taken me a while to get around to reading your debut, The Spymaster’s Lady. Back in the winter, Robin asked me if I would review it in a conversational review with her before your next book came out, and I promised that I would. When I got to reading [...]