Guest ReviewerLetters of OpinionBillionaire Hero / Dukes / security32 Comments

In spite of its 140-character limitations, Twitter can lead to some interesting conversations. I had one recently that included author Camille Hadley-Jones and Dear Author’s own Janine Ballard, who encouraged me to express my thoughts about it in longer form. That conversation? That one of the goals of romance novels ... more >

August 29, 2016

GUEST REVIEW: Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

Guest ReviewerB+ ReviewsContemporary / parody / Pride & Prejudice3 Comments

The Bennet sisters have been summoned from New York City to help stop their mother feeding their father steak and donuts after heart surgery, to tidy up their crumbling family home and to haul their three sisters out of various states of arrested development. Then Chip Bingley arrives in suburban ... more >

August 4, 2016

REVIEW: Too Hot to Handle by Tessa Bailey

Guest ReviewerB ReviewsContemporary / dirty talk / family2 Comments

Dear Ms. Bailey, It’s no secret among your many fans that you are known as the ‘Queen of the Dirty Talkers’. In a romance world awash with billionaire heroes, your blue collar men are down to earth, ‘tell it like it is’ kind of guys, alpha heroes to the core. ... more >

March 17, 2016

GUEST REVIEW: Giving It Up by Audra North

Guest ReviewerA ReviewsBDSM / male submissive11 Comments

Dear Ms. North, When I saw the synopsis of your recent release, Giving It Up, I was intrigued. A book exploring themes of Dominance and submission but without the extra trappings of a sex club/dungeon sounded very appealing as did the idea of two characters that are wholly inexperienced in ... more >

February 18, 2016

GUEST REVIEW: Edge of Obsession by Megan Crane

Guest ReviewerB+ Reviewsenemies to lovers / Erotic-Romance / post-apocalypticComments Off on GUEST REVIEW: Edge of Obsession by Megan Crane

Dear Ms. Crane: When I started reading your new book, Edge of Obsession, my first thought was that it was eerily familiar. Then I realized that was because my introduction to reading romances was with such classics as The Wolf and the Dove by Kathleen Woodiwiss, and Fires of Winter by ... more >

February 9, 2016

GUEST REVIEW: Ecstasy Unbound by Setta Jay

Guest ReviewerB+ ReviewsErotic-Romance / Paranormal2 Comments

Dear Ms. Jay: Your Guardians of the Realms series came to my attention recently from three sources – a discussion on twitter, a sponsored facebook ad (yes, it appears they do work!), and listings on NetGalley (due to the release of the first few books of the series in paperback, though ... more >