B Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / Asian heroine / baby (non secret) / epistolary / First-Person / infidelity / London / novella / POC / POC author / South-Asian / Writer11 Comments
For writer Jade Yeo, the Roaring Twenties are coming in with more of a purr. She’s perfectly happy making a living by churning out articles on what the well-dressed woman is wearing. But when she pillories one of London’s leading literary luminaries in a scathing review, she may have made ... more >
C- Reviewsfemale friendship / Harper Collins / infidelity / LGBTQIA / missing persons / Suicide / Young-Adult1 Comments
Dear Ms. Cooper, There are books whose endings leave you breathless with their brilliance. There are books whose endings make you nod and say that was decent. And then there are books whose endings make you wonder what the heck did you just read. I’m sorry to say Vanished belongs ... more >
C- Reviewscountess / Earl / fake-fiance / infidelity / Marriage on the rocks/reunited lovers / trad regency20 Comments
Dear Ms. Balogh, I’ve long been a fan of your traditional regencies from the 1990s and when one I hadn’t read before was recently reissued in a 2-in-1 edition with your classic The Notorious Rake, I purchased it. A Counterfeit Betrothal contains two romances each of which affects the other. ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1920s / historical romance / infidelity / London / multicultural / POC / POC author19 Comments
Dear Zen Cho: Back in 2012 you sent DA a blurb about your self-published novella. I remember being intrigued by the excerpt and I meant to request it, but apparently I never did. Stupid me. But it stuck in my mind, and a few months later I bought my own ... more >
Publishing Newscensorship / geographical restrictions / infidelity / pornography20 Comments
Mugged by a Mug Shot Online – Google is removing (or trying to remove) mug shot sites from search results. Mug shot sites are those sites that cull the police blotter information about people’s arrests and then post them. You can get your image removed for a fee. These are ... more >
Publishing NewsFirst-Amendment / infidelity / Macmillan / quality control8 Comments
Yesterday, all day, I thought it was Thursday. When I realized it was Wednesday, at first I was disgruntled but then I was stoked because I actually gained a day. Today is a bonus day. Maybe not for you, but for me. How to Upgrade to iOS 7 Right ... more >