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April 28, 2013

REVIEW: Stealing Home by Jennifer Seasons

JaneD ReviewsAthlete / Contemporary / opposites / Sports4 Comments

Dear Ms. Seasons: This is one book wherein I think the grade looks harsher than it really is but I had so many problems with this book, I felt like it was the best reflection of my interaction with the story.  Others may have had a much different experience. The ... more >

April 21, 2013

REVIEW: New Life by Bonnie Dee

JaneB- ReviewsBrain Damage / Contemporary romance / opposites / self-published7 Comments

Dear Ms. Dee: Thank you for sending “New Life” for review at Dear Author. I was immediately fascinated by the storyline of a young man, Jason Reitmiller, whose promising future was cut short when he suffered brain damage in a motor vehicle collision. Jason now works as a night janitor ... more >

December 1, 2012

REVIEW: Grease Monkey Jive by Ainslie Paton

JaneB ReviewsAustralia / Contemporary / dance / mechanic / opposites28 Comments

Dear Ms. Paton: I discovered this book when I was investigating the new publisher Escape Publishing, the digital first imprint of Harlequin Australia. All the Escape Publishing books were 99c on when I was prepping the interview for posting on Dear Author. I don’t know that I would have discovered ... more >

October 11, 2012

REVIEW: No Matter What by Janice Kay Johnson

JaneC Reviewsabortion / Contemporary / Harlequin SuperRomance / opposites1 Comments

Dear Ms. Johnson: HSRs are known to be issue books and sometimes the issues are so prominent that they overtake the book and that was the case for me in “No Matter What”. Molly Callahan has a fifteen year old daughter, Caitlyn, who is dating Trevor Ward whom Molly views ... more >

August 11, 2012

REVIEW: A Lady Never Lies by Juliana Grey

JaneC+ Reviews19th century / Berkley Books / Historical / opposites / Scientist6 Comments

Dear Ms. Grey I was sent this book by Berkley with a note that they know I like unusual historical settings. The book takes place in Italy in 1890. The set up is a little strained. Three male friends – the impoverished Duke of Wallingford, his brother, of Lord Roland ... more >

About Last Night Ruthie Knox
June 11, 2012

REVIEW: About Last Night by Ruthie Knox

JaneB ReviewsContemporary / Loveswept / one night stand / opposites11 Comments

Dear Ms. Knox: Cute is the best word I can use to describe this book, but not cute in a saccharine, juvenile way; but in a fun, make you smile sort of way.  Mary Catherine Talarico is an assistant curator at a London museum. She’s trying to reboot her life after ... more >

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