May 22, 2013

REVIEW: River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay

SunitaB+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsChina / Historical Fantasy / Historical fiction / Recommended Reads38 Comments

Dear Mr. Kay, I’ve been a fan of your books since I read The Lions of al-Rassan and lamented the fact that it was a standalone. While I haven’t read every GGK book published, I’ve read enough to know that they are part of an impressive and imaginative body of ... more >

May 14, 2013

DUELING REVIEWS: Untamed by Anna Cowan

DabneyB+ Reviews / C- Reviews / Recommended Readscross-dressing / debut novel / historical romance / mistorical / Recommended Reads55 Comments

Dear Ms.Cowan, Your historical romance debut, Untamed, centers on Kit Sutherland, child of a fortune hunter and an earl’s daughter. Brought up in a shabby country manor, Kit lacks the manners of a well-born young lady. By contrast, Lydia, Kit’s younger sister, is poised, beautiful, and has made a successful ... more >

May 13, 2013

Dear Author May 2013 Recommended Reads

JaneRecommended ReadsRecommended Reads121 Comments

This month we are weighing heavily on the contemporary side of the romance genre with a few categories and full length novels.  We are trying to add more paranormal and historical reviewers so as to provide good balance to the review selection here at DA. An Invitation to Sin by ... more >

May 10, 2013

REVIEW: A Prior Engagement by Karina Bliss

JaneB Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary romance / Military / Recommended Reads / reunited-lovers3 Comments

Dear Ms. Bliss: This was such an interesting plotline.  Juliet Browne has been playing the mournful fiancee to presumed dead SAS soldier Lee Davis.  But Davis comes back to life and confronts Browne because not only is she not his fiancee, she turned him down when he asked her.  And ... more >

May 9, 2013

REVIEW: Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris

JanetB Reviews / Recommended Readslouisiana / Paranormal / Recommended Reads / Urban-Fantasy / vampires / werewolves70 Comments

Dear Ms. Harris: Now that I read so much in digital, I don’t pay as much attention to book covers as I used to. But the cover for Dead Ever After says so much about the book itself, that I’m tempted to tell people who wonder how the series ends ... more >

May 7, 2013

REVIEW: Down London Road by Samantha Young

KatiB+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / erotic / NAL Trade / Recommended Reads14 Comments

Dear Ms. Young: Last year’s On Dublin Street was one of my Top 10 picks of 2012, so I was most eager to read Down London Road. I’m delighted to say that I enjoyed it as much as I did On Dublin Street. Johanna Walker is a young, smart woman ... more >