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May 6, 2012

REVIEW: The Lady’s Scandalous Night by Jeannie Lin

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsChina / Harlequin Undone / Historical-China / Jeannie Lin / POC / POC author / Tang Dynasty6 Comments

“Tang Dynasty China, 759 A.D. Yao Ru Jiang, known as River, has woven many romantic dreams of honorable swordsman Wei Chen from her brother’s stories. Their meeting should have been a happy event; instead, Chen arrives to tell River he is duty bound to kill her brother for rebelling against ... more >

The Dragon and the Pearl by Jeannie Lin
October 5, 2011

REVIEW: The Dragon and The Pearl by Jeannie Lin

JaneBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsChina / courtesan / Harlequin Historical / Historical Romances / Jeannie Lin / POC / POC author / Romance / Tang Dynasty15 Comments

Dear Ms. Lin: I’m thrilled that you are writing this series and thrilled that Harlequin is publishing it and giving us such in-your-face Asian covers instead headless bodies that hint at its Eastern origins. I am not super familiar with this area of history and I read this story more ... more >

Jane
August 31, 2011

What Jane Has Been Reading, Week of August 29

JaneReading ListsCaroline-Linden / Emma-Darcy / Jeannie Lin / Laura Griffin / Michelle-Reid / Reading lists15 Comments

Like my previous post, this is actually a retrospective list of what I had read the past couple of weeks: Mistress Bride by Michelle Reid – A discussion of Reid’s books prompted me to pull out this favorite of mine.  I really like how Reid uses societal constraints to keep ... more >

October 9, 2010

CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE CHAT Butterfly Swords Book Chat with Jeannie Lin

JaneBook ClubBook chat / giveaway / Jeannie Lin / Tang Dynasty3 Comments

Butterfly Swords Chat Don’t forget that on Today from 6 pm to 8 pm CST, Dear Author will be hosting a bookchat for Butterfly Swords. Kobo Books will give away one Kobo Reader to a random customer who buys Butterfly Swords during the month of October. So from October 1 ... more >

Iron Duke by Meljean Brook
October 6, 2010

DA Recommends for October

JaneBook ReviewsCourtney Milan / Deanna Raybourn / India Grey / J.L. Merrow / Jeannie Lin / Lauren Willig / Liz Fielding11 Comments

Here is our October recommends for the month. The Iron Duke is the big recommended book here at Dear Author. Robin, Janine (review), Shuzluva (review) and I all think it is a B+/A book. Others you might want to check out include (reviews will be forthcoming): Recommended by Jayne: Dark ... more >

The Taming of Mei Lin
September 7, 2010

REVIEW: Taming of Mei Lin by Jeannie Lin

JaneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsJeannie Lin / multicultural / POC / POC author / Tang Dynasty6 Comments

Dear Ms. Lin: As I understand this, The Taming of Mei Lin is a prequel of sorts to Jeannie Lin’s Butterfly Swords.   Mei Lin is an orphaned girl who lives with her uncle and aunt.   The uncle and aunt play little role in the story and while not kind they ... more >

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