If You Likebest of list / If You Like / Recommended Reads72 Comments
More and more people are landing at Dear Author looking for information regarding books like Fifty Shades of Grey. I’ve created this list for readers who enjoyed Fifty Shades in hopes that they will become life long readers of romance. Fifty Shades of Grey is a self published work by ... more >
If You Likebest of list / If You Like / older woman / recommendations37 Comments
Courtney Milan asked in the comments for titles of stories with women who were unapologetic about their looks and there were some great suggestions from commenters. Contemporaries Fools Rush In by Kristan Higgins (A | BN | K | S | HQN | ARE) recommended by Janet P In came ... more >
If You Like / Reading ListsIf You Like / romantic-suspense15 Comments
In my recent post on my favorite romantic suspense novels, I asked DA readers to proffer their favorites. Wow, did you guys come through! Here’s a list of many of the books suggested. I’m not giving individual credit to each reader– many of you suggested the same books. But, to ... more >
If You Likeredemption / second chances32 Comments
We had a run of “If You Like Posts” by Dear Author readers. It is a great series and one day, reader Laura emailed me and asked if we had done one for Redemption stories. We had not. I said to her that she should write one for us and ... more >
If You LikeIf You Like30 Comments
Robin had a great piece about the prevalence of bad mothers in the romance genre, but there are romances that celebrate the influence of great mothers. The first that comes to mind for me is Violet Bridgerton, the grand dame of the Bridgerton series penned by Julia Quinn. Another famous ... more >
If You LikeIf You Like / virgin hero99 Comments
Keishon is running her To Be Read challenge in which you search your TBR pile to rediscover hidden gems (or so you hope). This month’s selection was “hero in pursuit or virginal hero”. The virgin hero is like the unicorn, a myth spoke of in awed hushed tones, but never ... more >