Interviews17th-century / Bantam Dell Ballantine / Berkley Books / courtesan / England / Historical Romances / Regency England9 Comments
Welcome to part two of the 2012 RITA Best First Book interview series. Up today are the rakes and scoundrels, strumpets and spies, ladies and lords. Luscious historical tidbits follow, so let us know in the comments what struck your fancy and if you’d like to win this set of ... more >
F ReviewsAgent/Spies/Undercover / Bantam Dell Ballantine / Historical / London / World War II29 Comments
London, 1940. Winston Churchill has just been sworn in, war rages across the Channel, and the threat of a Blitz looms larger by the day. But none of this deters Maggie Hope. She graduated at the top of her college class and possesses all the skills of the finest minds ... more >
C+ ReviewsAtlanta / Bantam Dell Ballantine / OCD / San-Francisco / Seattle / thief / Urban-Fantasy / vampires4 Comments
Dear Ms. Priest, I was first introduced to your work with Four and Twenty Blackbirds, your Southern gothic debut. I remember liking it but for some reason, I never picked up another book by you again. It happens. So when I saw this book pop up on NetGalley, I glanced ... more >
C ReviewsBantam Dell Ballantine / epic fantasy / Fantasy Romance / George RR Martin26 Comments
Dear Mr. Martin, Has there ever been a more anticipated fantasy novel than this? Maybe, but I’d be hard-pressed to think of it. A Game of Thrones, the first novel of your A Song of Ice and Fire series, changed the face of epic fantasy. Made it darker. Grittier. And ... more >
B- Reviews / C+ ReviewsBantam Dell Ballantine / heiress / Historical Romances / Maya-Banks / mistorical / Scotland36 Comments
Dear Ms. Banks, Your erotic romances don’t really work for me. I’m not a fan of the one wife for four brothers scenario, and I tried a few others and they fell flat. When I heard you were coming out with a Highlander trilogy that was going to be a ... more >
D ReviewsBantam Dell Ballantine / romantic-suspense / Special forces / Stephanie-Tyler / supernatural16 Comments
Dear Ms. Tyler: I choose this book because I like romantic suspense stories with former special forces heroes (and heroines), I liked Hard to Hold, the first in your previous series, and this story featured a sister and BFF of an older brother romance. The blurb alerted me to the ... more >