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REVIEW: Tack & Jibe by Lilah Suzanne

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A romantic comedy about the undertow of a carefully curated life. Raised on a small island in North Carolina’s Outer Banks, Willa has a picture-perfect nautical life: hanging out at the beach with her friends, living in a cozy seaside cottage, working at a sailing store, and running a hugely ... more >

REVIEW: Nottingham: The True Story of Robyn Hood by Anna Burke

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Robyn Hood didn’t set out to rob the rich, but in Nottingham, nothing ever seems to go according to plan. After a fateful hunting accident sends her on the run from the law, Robyn finds herself deep in the heart of Sherwood Forest. All she really wants to do is ... more >

REVIEW: Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour

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Dear Ms. LaCour, I’ve been on a contemporary kick lately. Something to distract me from my speculative fiction funk, I guess. I haven’t read any of your previous novels but after Everything Leads To You, I think I’ll be tracking them down. Emi Price is a high school senior who ... more >

REVIEW: How Sweet It Is by Melissa Brayden

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Some things are better than chocolate… Molly O’Brien is a sweetheart. Her friends and neighbors all think so. While she enjoys her quiet life running the town bakeshop in Applewood, Illinois, she wonders if there could be more. After losing the love of her life four years prior in a ... more >

REVIEW: Comfort and Joy by Karin Kallmaker

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“Home from Afghanistan to surprise her mother, Milla doesn’t expect more than the best apple pie in the world and the bliss of unrationed hot showers. She’s not counting on futures – or meeting a woman like Tyna.” Dear Ms. Kallmaker, Our readers at Dear Author have bemoaned the fact ... more >

REVIEW: For Me and My Gal by Robbi McCoy

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Dear Ms. McCoy, I came to your novel “For Me and My Gal” in a roundabout way. Somehow I was on another website about LGBT books – sorry, I honestly don’t remember which one – and came across a year by year listing of books which had received awards. Happily ... more >

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