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March 13, 2012

REVIEW: Teach Me by Cassandra Dean

DabneyC Reviews Category19th century / erotica / Historical Romances21 Comments

Dear Ms. Dean— When you sent Dear Author a teaser for your novel Teach Me, you described it as an historical novel set in the early Victorian period. In describing the book, you wrote “romance will be the focus of the story with erotic elements. Sex and language will be hot, ... more >

The Auction Kitty Thomas
March 2, 2012

REVIEW: The Auction by Kitty Thomas

DA_JanuaryC- Reviewserotica / Paranormal / self-published6 Comments

Dear Ms. Thomas, Your work was recommended to me as an ‘out of the box’ self-published erotica writer that has a lot of fans, but whose works are not for everyone. I flipped through your works and settled upon The Auction because the blurb mentioned that she was bought by ... more >

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February 22, 2012

All Romance EBooks Clarification

JaneInterviewsAll-Romance-Ebooks / erotica / Paypal34 Comments

All Romance eBooks emailed me to ask if I had any questions regarding their new policy regarding ebook categorization. Of course I did and they responded. The entirety is posted below with permission: 1. You are creating a new area for certain types of books. How will readers access those ... more >

Dumpster erotica
January 4, 2012

REVIEW: Dumpersterotica by Allie Beck

DA_JanuaryF Reviewserotica / self-published47 Comments

Dear Ms. Beck, One of the great things about self publishing is that books that don’t fit the mold can still find an audience. Unfortunately for readers, this also means that a great many things that should remain unpublished are now available for consumption. This book series falls into the ... more >

May 24, 2011

All m/m fiction is not created equal

SunitaEssays / Letters of OpinionErotic-Romance / erotica / m/m romance88 Comments

A while back I was tweeting about m/m novels with a couple of m/m writers. I mentioned that my least favorite explanations for why women read m/m romance was “If one man is good, two men are even better!” Both of the writers agreed, and we moved on to other ... more >

Naked by Megan Hart
August 9, 2010

REVIEW: Naked by Megan Hart

JanineC+ Reviewsadoption / African American / bisexual hero / erotica / identity / interracial-romance / Megan-Hart / Photographer / secret9 Comments

A note to readers: Since I felt it was impossible to discuss my reaction to this book without revealing something that happens near the end of the story, my review contains some spoilers. — Janine Dear Ms. Hart, Back in October, when we hosted this guest post on cultural appropriation, ... more >

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