C+ Reviewsancient-Rome / Carina Press / gladiator / Historical Romances / m/m romance / revenge-plot / Rome15 Comments
Dear Ms. Sutherland and Ms. Labbe. Your book was pointed out to me by someone in my “trust network,” the description intrigued me, and I checked it out. I’m glad I did. The book was compelling, even if I had issues with it all the way through. I kind of ... more >
B Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / Ebooksancient-Rome / Carla Capshaw / gladiator / Harlequin / Harlequin Love Inspired Historical / Rome26 Comments
Dear Ms. Capshaw, Thanks for submitting your first historical novel to Dear Author for review and thanks to Michelle Styles, whose first book I read was also a gladiator novel, for suggesting it. Today we use the phrases “thrown to the lions” or “throw ’em another Christian” in all sorts ... more >
B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Ebooksancient-Rome / gladiator / Historical / Roman-Britain17 Comments
Dear Ms. Iverson, This turned out to be a lucky gamble book. And what made it even longer odds that I picked it up to try is that all I initially saw on the shelf at Waldenbooks was the spine. Let’s hear it for great cover/spine artwork. Yes, publishers, it ... more >
B Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book Reviewsancient-Rome / gladiator / Michelle-Styles6 Comments
Dear Mrs. Styles, After years of Harlequin Historicals that made me think the only past acceptable for romance authors to write about was the Regency time frame, we finally (finally!) seem to be getting more of a range of eras. Praise Him (or Her, if that’s your preference) from whom ... more >