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True by Erin McCarthy
May 15, 2013

REVIEW: True by Erin McCarthy

JaneB ReviewsContemporary / New Adult / opposites3 Comments

Note:  The comments are closed for this review. I’d direct you to the Dear Author Book Club pick for May for centralization of comments. Dear Ms. McCarthy: Rory  does one thing really well – school. Everything else, particularly the social scene and the interpersonal relationships with the opposite sex, she ... 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 >

June 11, 2012

REVIEW: About Last Night by Ruthie Knox

JaneB Reviews / Book 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 >

May 5, 2012

REVIEW: Coming Up for Air by Karen Foley

JaneBook Reviews / C ReviewsHarlequin-Blaze / Military / opposites7 Comments

Dear Ms. Foley: I wished I had liked this book more because it was fairly non offensive with likable characters but it read underwhelming to me primarily because most of the story felt forced. Jenna is a Blackhawk pilot who has made a vow to never get involved with another ... more >

May 2, 2012

REVIEW: Say It With Diamonds by Lucy King

JaneBook Reviews / D ReviewsContemporary / England / Harlequin Presents / opposites11 Comments

Dear Ms. King: I felt like this book started out with the heroine as a thief* and the hero as a good guy and then someone told you to SEX it up and all the backstory and character got chopped for paragraph upon paragraph of mental lusting.   There was ... more >

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