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August 19, 2010

Fix it! (How to turn CoverFail into Cover Win)

JaneCoverscoverfail / Jeaniene Frost / Lisa Ruff26 Comments

Covers fascinate me and a lot of blogs do the cover thing like the classic and can’t be duplicated cover snark by the Smart Bitches and so I’ve never posted about bad covers here at Dear Author. Nor about good covers. But I love to talk about them so I ... more >

Baby Bombshell by Lisa Ruff
August 17, 2010

REVIEW: Baby Bombshell by Lisa Ruff

JayneB Reviews / Ebooksbaby / Contemporary / Harlequin / Harlequin American Romance / Lisa Ruff6 Comments

Anna Berzani moved halfway across the country to get away from her overprotective family. When old friend and notorious playboy Evan McKenzie shows up in San Francisco, Anna feels that same nothing-but-trouble attraction she’d felt at sixteen. A night on the town leads to a few kisses, which leads to…a ... more >

recommended reads
August 4, 2010

Dear Author Recommends for August

JaneRecommended ReadsErin-McCarthy / Jill-Shalvis / Josh Lanyon / K.A. Mitchell / Kelley-Armstrong / Kristan Higgins / Laura Griffin / Lisa Ruff / Loretta-Chase / Nalini-Singh / Recommended Reads15 Comments

Recommended Read

Can you believe that it is August already? I can’t. This year has just swept by. We’ve changed up the recommends rules a little bit to accommodate digital book and category book releases. We reviewers are having a hard time keeping up with the new release dates and so we ... more >

An unexpected father by Lisa Ruff
April 1, 2010

REVIEW: An Unexpected Father by Lisa Ruff

JayneB Reviews / EbooksHarlequin / Harlequin American Romance / Lisa Ruff / sailing2 Comments

Dear Ms. Ruff, You have a way of getting me to read plots I normally wouldn’t be interested in. Secret babies in “Baby On Board” and now a troubled boy with an attitude in “An Unexpected Father.” But you haven’t let me down so I’ll keep reading… “After a decade ... more >

January 14, 2009

REVIEW: Baby On Board by Lisa Ruff

JayneB Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / EbooksContemporary / Harlequin / Harlequin American Romance / Lisa Ruff / sailing16 Comments

Dear Ms Ruff, Books with babies or pregnant women in them usually make me gag. Especially with cutesy covers that Harlequin seems prone to use. However, since I did like your first book “Man of the Year,” and there was the added bonus of a sports themed plot, I decided ... more >

Man Of The Year by Lisa Ruff
July 30, 2008

REVIEW: Man of the Year by Lisa Ruff

JayneB- Reviews / EbooksBaseball / Contemporary / Harlequin / Lisa Ruff / sports romance11 Comments

Dear Mrs Ruff, Having read the glowing review of your first book at The Romance Reader, I decided to take a chance. After all, who doesn’t want to read about buff men paid lots of money to stay in buff condition while they live the American dream – getting paid ... more >

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