Publishing NewsAce / adult coloring books / Berkley / brain chemistry / love / Nora-Roberts / publishing lay-offs / reality television / Roc / science9 Comments
More Berkley/NAL Staffers Are Laid Off – So things are starting to look pretty grim over at Berkley Publishing Group. An unspecified number of staff have been laid off, Berkley President Leslie Gelbman has left, and Locus Magazine reports that layoffs include staff at SFF imprints Ace and Roc. In the ... more >
B+ ReviewsBerkley / Contemporary / Recommended Reads / Small Town Romance / veterinarian5 Comments
Dear Ms. Burton: Generally speaking, small town romances work for me only in small doses, but given that I’m a big fan of your writing, I was immediately intrigued when I read the excerpt of Hope Flames. Emma Burnett has returned to the town she grew up in equipped ... more >
B- ReviewsBerkley / Billionaire Hero / Contemporary61 Comments
**NOTE: This review contains mild spoilers for the two previous books, as it’s impossible to talk about the storyline of Entwined with You without referencing earlier events. I’ve tried to remain as vague as possible.** Dear Ms. Day: I think that your Crossfire series qualifies as “extreme romance“. Even though ... more >
A- ReviewsBerkley / Paranormal / Recommended Reads4 Comments
Dear Ms. Dane: Your Bound by Magick series is my favorite of your paranormal series. Clan Owen, one of the largest and oldest covens of witches in the United States is recovering from the horror of the Magister, a superpowered enemy that annihilated much of witch-kind, but was beaten back ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsBDSM / Berkley / Contemporary / friends-to-lovers / older / Recommended Reads34 Comments
Dear Ms. Banks: When I heard you were publishing a “50-esque” trilogy, I knew immediately that it would be on my reading list. Although I have hit-or-miss luck with some of your books, you write dandy alpha males, and I love nothing better than your dominant males, so I was ... more >
C+ Reviewsattorney / Berkley / law-enforcement / revenge / romantic-suspense6 Comments
Dear Ms. Rose: In “Did You Miss Me?” part of the reason the romance works is because the characters have had unrequited feelings for each other prior to the start of the book. The romance in the story basically consists of coming to an understanding of those feelings so that ... more >