posts by Janine:
Book Reviews / C Reviews / C Reviews Categorycourtesan / Duke / forced-seduction / Regency England / Scotland4 Comments
Dear Ms. Campbell, Much has been said about your debut, Claiming the Courtesan. Arguments raced round and round the blogosphere; discussions sprouted from here to Jennifer Crusie's blog. After reading comments from people who reviled the book to comments from people who adored it, I decided to read it and ... more >
Book Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ ReviewsCaroline-Linden / Duke / England / marriage-of-convenience / Regency England / widow8 Comments
Dear Ms. Linden, A while back, Jane reviewed your second novel, What a Gentleman Wants, and gave it a B. After enjoying your debut, What a Woman Needs (a B- for me), I thought I'd give your second book a try. I wish I liked it as much as Jane ... more >
A Review Category / A- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / erotica / Megan-Hart / real-people / Romance / scarred-people / sexual-encounters / traumatic-past25 Comments
Dear Ms. Hart, Elle Kavanagh wears only black and white. She counts things — not just money at her prestigious accounting job, but also stars, marbles, ceiling tiles. She buys her boss’s wife candy to assuage her guilt for sleeping with him years before. She has been celibate for three ... more >
Publishing NewsFantasy Romance / Romance / Sharon-Shinn / websites / Young-AdultComments Off on National Bestselling Fantasy Author Sharon Shinn Opens Home on the Web
Sharon Shinn, author of such fabulously romantic fantasy novels as Archangel and Dark Moon Defender, has launched a website at http://sharonshinn.net. Shinn’s many fans will be pleased to learn that her new site includes the author’s news, biography, links and interviews, FAQs, contact information, and even behind-the-scenes details about her ... more >
Book Reviews / DNF Reviewsfriends-to-lovers / Regency England / widow / widower8 Comments
Dear Ms. Balogh, I’ve been slowly reading my way through your backlist, and several of your older regencies have found a permanent place on my bookshelf. Among them are Dark Angel, Dancing with Clara, A Christmas Promise and others. Unfortunately, A Certain Magic won’t be joining these books. A Certain ... more >
B ReviewsAgent/Spies/Undercover / Assassin / Japan / romantic-suspense / Violence29 Comments
Dear Ms. Stuart, ummer Hawthorne, the heroine of the third book in your Ice series, is the curator for a Los Angeles museum that specializes in Asian art. She is also the owner of a blue ceramic bowl that her Japanese nanny entrusted to Summer just before she died. Summer's ... more >