B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary romance / Post WWII / ranch / romantic-elements8 Comments
Dear Readers: I was a huge fan of the late Helen MacInnes back in the day, and when Liz Mc2 blogged recently about Friends and Lovers, it made me think of MacInnes’ other non-espionage novel. I downloaded a sample and was instantly hooked. I hadn’t remembered nearly as much as I thought ... more >
B+ Reviewsalternate universe / mystery / romantic-elements / Sherlocke Holmes8 Comments
Dear Ms. Holloway: Whoever wrote the blurb copy for this book totally was aiming for me: Evelina Cooper, The Niece of the Great Sherlock Holmes is poised to enjoy her first Season…But there’s a murder to deal with, not to mention missing automatons, a sorcerer and a talking mouse. Though ... more >
B- Reviewsghosts / mystery / Nineteenth Century / romantic-elements / Scotland Yard8 Comments
Dear Ms. St. James: I didn’t read, although I always intended to, your first book The Haunting of Maddy Clare. Janine included it in a reading roundup. Janine commented that one of the stand out parts of the book was how atmospheric it is. I found the same to be ... more >
B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book ReviewsArtist / coming-of-age / dreams / grieving / Italy / Maine / music / musician / mystery / Paranormal / professor / romantic-elements / Rome / twins / Womens-Fiction13 Comments
Dear Ms. Walsh, You don’t know me, but I sometimes lurk at your blog, Writer Unboxed, which is one of the best blogs for writers I know of. I’ve been following it since the days when you were writing this book, under the working title of Unbounded, so when Jane ... more >
A Review Category / A- Reviews / B Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ Reviewsangels / Faeries / Fantasy Romance / friends-to-lovers / good-description / interracial-romance / Magic / reunited-lovers / Romantic SF / romantic-elements / Royalty / Samaria / Sharon-Shinn / Twelve-Houses22 Comments
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A Review Category / A- Reviews / B Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book Reviewsclass-difference / computer programmers / conversational review / Fantasy Romance / Love-Triangle / mystery / reincarnation / romantic-elements / steampunk32 Comments
Janine: When Jaili (Maili) and I recently found out we were reading the same little-known book from 2008, Dru Pagliassotti’s Clockwork Heart, we thought it would be fun to discuss it here at Dear Author. But first, a plot synopsis: Clockwork Heart takes place in a fictional Industrial Age city-state ... more >