I read 144 books in 2017 (including audiobooks) and I rated 25 of them (released in 2017) 5 stars on Goodreads. There were 12 audiobooks and 13 print/ebooks in that list. As I don’t review audiobooks here, I’ve confined my DA best of to the print/digital books. Despite lacking reading ... more >
Trigger warning: Rape (not by hero) Dear Kristen Ashley, One of my favourite characters in the Rock Chick series is Daisy. She started off, for me at least, being something by way of comic relief, but over the course of the series, she became a fully fledged character, with nuance ... more >
Dear Ms. Ashley: Oh, I was uncertain about this book. We met Nick Sebring in your book, Knight (incidentally, the book that launched my reviewing tenure here at Dear Author). Nick is the brother of the hero of Knight, and in that book he puts his hands on a woman (and ... more >
It’s that time of year when bloggers turn their minds to their favourite reads and try and come up with clever lists and pithy statements about the books they loved best that year. Alas I’m all out of pithy statements, but I had plenty of books to choose from. As ... more >
Dear Ms. Ashley: I don’t know what it is about your biker heroes, but they seem to work for me on almost every level. I loved Tack Allen from Motorcycle Man, and have really enjoyed the Chaos series heroes as well. Turns out, Joker is no exception. Carson Steele is abused. ... more >
Dear Kristen Ashley, I pre-ordered Soaring and was a little bummed I had to wait a few days before I could dive in once it downloaded to my reader. Your books have become a kind of comfort read for me. I’ve a fair idea of what I’m going to get ... more >