• Home
  • Commenting Policy
  • Advanced Search
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Email
  • Feed

Dear Author

Romance, Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult, Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view

  • Blog
  • New Releases
  • Deals
  • Reviews
    • List of Authors Reviewed
    • Reading Lists
    • A Review Category
      • A Reviews
      • A- Reviews
    • B Reviews Category
      • B+ Reviews
      • B Reviews
      • B- Reviews
    • C Reviews Category
      • C+ Reviews
      • C Reviews
      • C- Reviews
    • D Reviews
    • F Reviews
    • Film Reviews
    • Guest Submitted Review
    • Haiku
  • Ebooks
    • 10 tips for your new ebook reader
    • Android Reading Apps
    • Using Calibre to Create a Print Book Library
    • Dear Jane
    • Ebooks Posts
  • Essays
    • Essays
    • First Sale
    • Interviews
    • Letters of Opinion
  • Need A Rec!
    • Top 100 Romances
    • Bestseller List
    • Book Club
    • If You Like
    • Recommended Reads
  • For Readers
Illustrated cover with a pink background of only one bed in a hotel room/cabin. A white couple sits on the bed, she is reaching to kiss his cheek, he is facing forward. She is fat and has long pink hair and is wearing a green and white gingham dress. He is big and burly/fat and is wearing blue pants, a chambray shirt and has suspenders and a bow tie. He has thick dark hair and a thick straight mustache.
March 11, 2025

REVIEW: My Big Fat Fake Marriage by Charlotte Stein

KaetrinA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / England / fake relationship / NetGalley / only one bed6 Comments

Recommended Read

CW: Dear Charlotte Stein, My Big Fat Fake Marriage is the follow up novel to last year’s When Grumpy Met Sunshine, which made my best of 2024 list so my hopes were high for this one. Readers first met Connie in the earlier book – she’s the friend who tolerates ... more >

June 25, 2024

REVIEW: Romancing Miss Stone: A Romantic Comedy (Belize Dreams, 1) by M.C. Vaughan

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbanter / Belize / beta hero / Contemporary / forced proximity / Friends / gender flip / only one bed / opposites attract / road trip / road-romance / travel6 Comments

Recommended Read

His perfectly planned life is about to go wild. By-the-numbers Bo Ferguson has his future all planned. Then his archaeologist fiancée dumps him. Via text. From Belize. Navigating the rainforest to win her back is way out of Bo’s comfort zone, but so is the idea of starting over. Fortunately, ... more >

Illustrated cover of a stylish white man and a Black man in a dark suit on either side of a huge bunch of flowers with a banner in pink reading "Love"
January 27, 2021

REVIEW: Teddy Spenser Isn’t Looking for Love by Kim Fielding

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / forced proximity / Gay / interracial-romance / office romance / only one bed / pansexual / POC2 Comments

Some people search their whole lives to find love. He just wants to avoid it. Teddy Spenser spends his days selling design ideas to higher-ups, living or dying on each new pitch. Stodgy engineer types like Romeo Blue, his nemesis—if you can call someone who barely talks to you a ... more >

naked white legs, crossed at the knee, feet in silver stiletto heels and the posture seated, with a disco ball on the floor and party confetti all around
December 29, 2020

REVIEW: Party Favors by Erin McLellan

KaetrinB Reviews / Book Reviewsbisexual / Contemporary / Erotic-Romance / f/f romance / novella / only one bed / queer6 Comments

Dear Erin McLellan, I had the pleasure of reading Candy Hearts earlier this year (which is book 2 in you So Over the Holidays series of novellas) and I loved it so I was happy to read Party Favors (which is book 4). The series is loosely based on a ... more >

Two young white men in casual Regency attire sit on a grassy hill in the countryside with facing one another with their foreheads together
July 7, 2020

REVIEW: Two Rogues Make a Right by Cat Sebastian

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book Reviewsbisexual / demisexual / friends-to-lovers / gray-ace / Historical / only one bed / queer3 Comments

Dear Cat Sebastian, I enjoyed A Gentleman Never Keeps Score when it came out – although the first book in your Seducing the Sedgwicks series, It Takes Two to Tumble, languishes on the TBR of Doom (I really must get to it) – so I was keen to read Two ... more >

Help DA Out

DA is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for website owners to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com, audible.com, and any other website that may be affiliated with Amazon Service LLC Associates Program.

Follow us on Twitter

My Tweets

Copyright

© Dear Author Media Network, LLC. This basically means you shouldn't copy our content without permission. We are very liberal with our permission. Just ask us!

FTC Disclaimer

We do not purchase all the books we review here. Some we receive from the authors, some we receive from the publisher, and some we receive through a third party service like Net Galley. Some books we purchase ourselves. Login

Copyright © 2026 · DearAuthor 2015 Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

  • Home
  • Commenting Policy
Loading Comments...