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

Conagher (1991)
Genre: Western/Romance
Grade: B
I first saw this movie shortly after it was made in 1991 and immediately went out and bought the book upon which it was based. Louis L’Amour was better known as a writer of traditional westerns but here he includes a bit of romance along with punching cows and riding the range. [...]

Dear Ms Dee,
Thanks for offering Dear Author the chance to review your latest historical from Liquid Silver. And then for following up with me to be sure I got the book. I do fall behind on my reviewing at times.
After the death of her fiancé, Catherine Johnson, a New York schoolteacher in 1901, [...]

Dear Ms. McCarty:
Your books have a beautiful look to them. They look and feel lush, heavy, as if the reader should curl up in front the fireplace with a hot toddy, a blanket and commence reading. Unfortunately for me, if I had done that, I would have been cooked to a crisp because [...]

Dear Ms. Ryan-Davis:
This is a book in which I loved the voice but didn’t love the execution of the story which means I’ll be on the look out for future books despite this one not working out for me.
John Raincrow has been dispatched by C.C. Carver’s family to bring her home which dovetails nicely with [...]

So yes, it seems like everyday is a giveaway but it just kind of happened that way.  I don’t want Jo Goodman’s Never Love a Lawman get lost in the shuffle. We have 10 ARCs to give away to 10 random commenters. One of the books is the copy I read but I wanted to [...]

Dear Ms. Watt,
I love a contemporary that doesn’t ask me to put up with idiot behavior or a stupid premise that has to be explained every which way to try and get me to believe in it. Thank you for giving me such a book.
Now that his rodeo career is over, Kade Danning has nowhere [...]

Dear Mrs. Bylin,
Until recently, Readers looking for a western set, historical romance have had to hunt. Now there seems to be a growing number to feed our need for American historicals on the western frontier. But while some still feature the standard gunslinger, yours offers something different. A Bible slinging hero who’s already fallen [...]