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

Dear Ms. Dahl:
I’m probably not going to do this book justice in the review and I actually have some fear of turning people off the book based on what I am going to write. Robin and I talked about the book and she said it was brave and I agree. It’s brave because Jane, [...]

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

Alex Beecroft, False Colors
Alex Beecroft, “Hidden Isle” in Hidden Conflict anthology
James Buchanan, Hard Fall
Victoria Dahl, The Wicked West
Jane Davitt and Alexa Snow, Bound and Determined
Matthew [...]

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. Dahl:
Now that I’ve read three of your novels, I see a pattern in your heroines: they are extremely jealous of their independence, convinced that no man can be depended on, and afraid of showing themselves completely to the world.  I appreciate these qualities in a genre that too often holds its heroines to [...]

Here is our recommended read list for June. It’s light so feel free to make a recommendation in the comments:

How to Score by Robin Wells.  This contemporary romance book is recommended by Jane. It’s a fun, sexy read with mistaken identities, a bit of deceit, and a crazy dog.  (Warner Forever)
The Wild West by Victoria [...]

Dear Ms. Dahl:
Anyone who has read your contemporary Romance, Talk Me Down, knows that its heroine, Molly, writes erotic fiction under the name Holly Summers, including a little work called The Wicked West, an homage to her very own hero, Ben. So what a clever promotion to actually publish this story under the pen name [...]

Oh boy, where to start?
Statement: Not a contemp fan…
But Dahl has won me.

 
It wasn’t the plot
It wasn’t Ben or Molly
Or the hot sexxors
The story? Saucy.
The voice? Fun, frisky & light.
I am your fangirl.
Blushing Sheriff Ben
Naughty kittenish Molly
Turns life upside down
Molly’s secret? Porn.
Just kidding. She writes for an
Ellora’s Cave Clone.
How to describe Ben?
‘Metrosexual’ does it.
Want to [...]