Dear Author

Romance, Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult, Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view

posts by Kaetrin Allen:

Kaetrin’s best of 2020

Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists6 Comments

Recommended Read

Well, 2020 pretty much sucked. I suffered my way through a number of reading slumps and spent a long time doing something I hardly ever did before – re-reading. I turned to comfort reads for weeks at a time because things were just awful. I didn’t read as many new ... more >

On Susanna Kearsley: gleanings and the value of them

Letters of Opinion / Recommended Reads / / / 15 Comments

Recommended Read

Earlier this year, I read The Deadly Hours – well 2 of the stories in it anyway – which featured Weapon of Choice by Susanna Kearsley. The POV character is Hugh, who was the male lead in A Desperate Fortune. Hugh and Mary are most prominently featured but there are ... more >

naked white legs, crossed at the knee, feet in silver stiletto heels and the posture seated, with a disco ball on the floor and party confetti all around

REVIEW: Party Favors by Erin McLellan

B Reviews / Book Reviews / / / / / / / 6 Comments

Dear Erin McLellan, I had the pleasure of reading Candy Hearts earlier this year (which is book 2 in you So Over the Holidays series of novellas) and I loved it so I was happy to read Party Favors (which is book 4). The series is loosely based on a ... more >

Young and good-looking white couple in winter gear leaning on a log fence in the snow

REVIEW: Their Christmas Baby Contract by Shannon Stacey

B- Reviews / Book Reviews / / / / / / No Comments

Dear Shannon Stacey, There are very few romance books where the main characters have bad sex but I appreciate every single one I’ve read. It helps balance the scale a little with all the simultaneous orgasms zinging about in Romancelandia.  In the case of Reyna Bishop and Brady Nash, their ... more >

lower face, torso and hips of a hot white guy as he takes his tshirt off, revealing cut abs, next to hockey goalie pads

REVIEW: Common Goal by Rachel Reid

B Reviews / Book Reviews / / / / / / / 8 Comments

Dear Rachel Reid, I’ve been meaning to try your books for a while now, having heard good things about them and I am a fan of hockey romance (notwithstanding that I’ve never watched a game and know very little about the sport, but you know… details), so I snapped up ... more >

Attractive white couple, both with dark hair, she is wearing a long sparkly emerald halterneck/strappy evening gown with a plunging neckline and silver detailing under the bust and he is wearing a tux without the jacket and with the bowtie undone and shirt unbuttoned at the top. He is holind a gun pointing down and away and she is holding a sword, they are almost back to back but both facing front and there are swirling green and yellow sparkles behind them.

REVIEW: Emerald Blaze by Ilona Andrews

B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads / / / / 5 Comments

Recommended Read

Spoiler Alert: Hidden Legacy series spoilers follow. I’m avoiding spoilers for Emerald Blaze but it’s not possible to talk about this book without mentioning spoilers from previous books in the series. CW: gore, violence, death, reference to sexual assault and human trafficking Dear Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames made my best ... more >

Copyright

© Dear Author Media Network, LLC. This basically means you shouldn't copy our content without permission. We are very liberal with our permission. Just ask us!

FTC Disclaimer

We do not purchase all the books we review here. Some we receive from the authors, some we receive from the publisher, and some we receive through a third party service like Net Galley. Some books we purchase ourselves. Login