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August 29, 2022

Republishing Out of Print Books – It’s Not as Easy as You Think

Guest ReviewerEssays / Letters of Opinionbook publishing / reissue32 Comments

When I began posting reviews of Dinah Dean’s long out of print Russian Series set during the early years of the nineteenth century, it was with the knowledge that Ms. Dean was deceased and that I had seen no signs of her books being digitally released. But then – a ... more >

January 12, 2022

2021 Covers: The Hot…and the Not

Guest ReviewerEssays / Letters of Opinionbook-covers / Contemporary romance / cover model / guest-blogger / sexy / unsexy22 Comments

NOTE: Today DA commenter DiscoDollyDeb has a post for us on the sexy (and not-so-sexy) book covers of 2021. Enjoy! –Janine Dear Readers, When it comes to romance novel covers, I have opinions—mostly of the type that could be whittled down to “Bring on the shirtless cover models with the ... more >

October 5, 2020

GUEST POST: The Journey Home: Reading Romance While Sheltering in Place by Pam Rosenthal

Guest ReviewerBook Reviews / Letters of Opinionhome / private and public spaces19 Comments

Note from Janine: Guest poster and romance author Pam Rosenthal, whose novella A House East of Regent Street is being published in digital format for the first time tomorrow, has contributed the lovely essay below. How do you read during a pandemic? For facts or for escape? Survival information in ... more >

June 13, 2017

The Security Blanket of Romance by Mary Lynne Nielsen

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 >

Eligible (The Austen Project #4) by Curtis Sittenfeld
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 >

Too Hot to Handle by Tessa Bailey
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 >

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