Recommended Reads by Dear Author for February 2012
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Erotic romances:
- Rush by Maya Banks (reviewed and recommended by Kati D)
- Going Under by Lauren Dane (review to come, recommended by Kati D)
Historical
- The Typewriter Girl by Alison Atlee (reviewed and recommended by Jennie)
One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean (reviewed by Dabney who initially recommended it but upon review decided on a lower grade)
Contemporary
- How to Misbehave by Ruthie Knox (reviewed and recommended by Janine)
- Reservations for Two by Jennifer Lohmann (review to come, recommended by Dabney)
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Molly O’Keefe (reviewed and recommended by Robin aka Janet)
- Sold to the Enemy by Sarah Morgan (review and recommended by Sunita)
The rest of us? Jia, Jayne and I? We are still reading but none of the books we are reading are rising to the recommended level this month.
I’m pretty sure Sunita’s review of the Sarah Morgan went up a week or two ago.
January 28. I remember it. I bought it from the review.
Jia, you might like And All the Stars – that would be something to recommend, hehe. And the ebook is only a dollar this February.
From the linked review, it didn’t sound like One Good Earl Deserves a Lover was recommended.
@Shelly: You may be right. I’ll have to check with Dabney.
@Shelly: When I read it the first time, I really enjoyed it. When I read it the second time, I realized I didn’t like the book as much as I liked the series. (I still enjoyed it.) I tried to reflect that in my review.
I would recommend the book to anyone who is interested in the plot lines begun in the first novel. However, I gave this book a lower grade because it’s weakest as a love story and thus is not a strong romance.
The Type Writer Girl is going on my wishlist. I’ve been looking for that one at my library, but no dice so far. I loved How to Misbehave and Crazy Thing Called Love. Both of those books ended up with me purchasing other books by those authors :)
@Dabney:
Thanks for this info, Dabney. I was on the fence with this one because of your review, but now I think I’ll give it a shot. I really liked her earlier books and I enjoyed Rogue.
Reservations for Two is on my wishlist – because it was featured here recently (as a print debut iirc). I’m waiting for the review. I love the premise (Polish restaurant in Chicago – I’m there), but the writing in the excerpt was a little clunky (for lack of a better word) for my taste.
I recently finished Going Under after reading Kati’s review. I’m curious why it is not listed here under a “Paranormal Romance” label? It really doesn’t fit my definition of erotic romance — which is similar to Jane’s (as described in https://dearauthor.com/features/poll-misc/definition-of-erotic-romance-poll/); nor does it seem to be a romance that is particularly sexed up (the general consensus based on that poll from the earlier post)?
Just randomly noticed the title on this post is for feb 2012 and its a feb 2013 post. If only we could use this post to time travel!!