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Naked by Megan Hart
September 12, 2022

CONVERSATION: What Makes a Sex Scene Work for You?

JanineConversationsheat level / kink / pet peeves / sex scenes / vocabulary41 Comments

A few weeks ago, we discussed the emotional dynamics of sex scenes and their role in the story. Now for a broader conversation about our other likes and dislikes, what we want more of and our pet peeves. Here are the questions I asked DA’s other contributors: In general, do ... more >

July 22, 2016

What Janine is Reading: Early Spring 2016

JanineBook Reviews / Reading ListsAgent/Spies/Undercover / Historical Fantasy / journalists / Magic / Reading lists / romantic-suspense / Urban-Fantasy7 Comments

I haven’t done a reading list post in forever, so this one is going to be long! Seduction Game by Pamela Clare I’ve read a few novels in Clare’s I-Team romantic suspense series and enjoyed aspects of them, but I’m not a diehard fan. I was intrigued, though, when I ... more >

June 20, 2016

REVIEW: Troublemaker by Linda Howard

JanineC- ReviewsContemporary / paramilitary / police / romantic-suspense / Small Town Romance / West Virginia25 Comments

Dear Ms. Howard, Once upon a time, I was an avid reader of your novels. From the categories, which I discovered deep in the bowels of my university’s library, to the single title romantic suspense novels, which I purchased for years. Around about the early 2000s, that started to change ... more >

November 27, 2012

REVIEW: Running Wild by Linda Howard, Linda Jones

JaneB- ReviewsContemporary / romantic-suspense / stalker / western11 Comments

Dear Ms. Howard and Ms. Jones: I’ve read one collaboration by you before and it was a … less than successfully executed paranormal romance. I had low expectations going into this book but I was secretly hopeful. Linda Howard’s books remain some of my favorite in the genre. I keep ... more >

Linda Howard Son of the Morning
December 17, 2011

REVIEW: Son of the Morning by Linda Howard

JaneBook ReviewsLinda-Howard / romantic-suspense / supernatural / Time-Travel26 Comments

Dear Ms Howard: The re-release of one of your only time travel novel provided a perfect excuse for a re-read. Son of the Morning was first published in 1997. It’s an unusual romance in that for much of the story, Grace and Niall, the two main protagonists are separated by ... more >

Prey Linda Howard
September 21, 2011

REVIEW: Prey by Linda Howard

JaneD ReviewsContemporary / Linda-Howard / Montana / romantic-suspense38 Comments

Dear Ms. Howard: In a recent podcast, Sarah Wendell and I talked about how there are titles we would like to have rebound into collector’s items so that they can sit on our shelves and be read and admired.  Some of your titles would be on that list. After the ... more >

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