A- Reviews / Book Reviewsbiracial heroine / China / English Historical / flashbacks / historical romance / POC / POC author24 Comments
Dear Ms. Thomas, Given the current (rocky) state of my relationship with historical romance, I approached your latest book with a certain amount of trepidation. When I’m in a slump, I’m always afraid that my mood will extend to the next book and jinx it somehow (while of course simultaneously ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsHistorical / marriage / POC author / Victorian16 Comments
Dear Ms. Thomas: I was intrigued to learn that this Victorian Era romance is a prequel to Private Arrangements, one of my very favorite books, and hoped that the story might coincide with a past incident mentioned in that. My wish was granted! Louisa Cantwell, the ordinary looking, penniless daughter ... more >
Book Reviews / C- Reviewscross-dressing / England / Fantasy / Harper-Teen / Magic / POC author / Young-Adult13 Comments
Dear Ms. Thomas, Unlike many of the other reviewers here at DA, I’m not familiar with your romance novels. I’ve only read one book from your backlist. But when I saw you were switching to young adult, I decided I would give your work another try. It’s a genre I’m ... more >
Book Reviews / Top Ten ListsBest of 20124 Comments
In thinking about it, I didn’t think that 2012 was a particularly bad reading year for me. But when I looked back at my reviews, I realized that I wrote only two A-grade reviews. And once I started compiling my list, I could only come up with six titles that ... more >
Book Reviews / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 2012 / Contemporary romance / erotica / historical romance / mystery / novella7 Comments
When Jane asked for lists of our “Best of 2012,” I got stuck on what best meant. Did it mean the best in terms of quality? The best in terms of most enjoyable? The best in terms of standouts? Did books I called best this year have to be as ... more >
B Reviews / B+ Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / Anthology / historical romance / POC author / Regency England / self-published11 Comments
Dear Ms. Jewel, Ms. Milan, and Ms. Thomas, I’ve been waiting for this anthology since I first heard about it last spring. The authors are among the strongest writing historical romance today and the premise linking the three novellas is clever and unusual: each is set in the same location ... more >