A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsbisexual hero / LGBTQ / m/m / m/m/f / mafia / Riptide Publishing / short stories8 Comments
Dear Mr. Voinov, Your Dark Soul series has been a roller-coaster ride for me. It is not a genre romance, even though it has some very romantic moments. It features themes I rarely seek out, including menage, BDSM, and protagonists in organized crime. Purchasing all five volumes is not inexpensive. ... more >
Reading ListsContemporary / Historical Romances / Julie James / Literary fiction / Meredith Duran / non-fiction / short stories / Young-Adult25 Comments
Since last I wrote, I read and reviewed Patricia Gaffney’s Crooked Hearts. Here’s what else I’ve been reading: The Great Famine: Ireland’s Agony 1845-1852 by Ciarán Ó Murchadha: Because apparently one book about innocent people starving to death just wasn’t enough for me. Actually, it wasn’t until I started this ... more >
B+ Reviews / C+ Reviewsactor/actress / BDSM / erotica / m/m romance / New York City / Rachel Haimowitz / Riptide Publishing / short stories12 Comments
Dear Ms. Haimowitz. I’ve been remiss in not reviewing these books. I recommended them in November, but then the end of the semester and the holidays and then the beginning of the semester and and and…caught up with me. But I’ve been dipping into them again and again through the last ... more >
A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsm/m / mafia / non-consensual sex / Riptide Publishing / short stories11 Comments
Dear Mr. Voinov, With the exception of The Lion of Kent, which I enjoyed reading last year but which didn’t stick in my mind, I haven’t read your work (even though I’ve heard many good things about it). Your choice of settings and characters aren’t the type I usually seek ... more >
A Reviews / B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsm/m romance / short stories21 Comments
Dear Authors, I heard with regret that your Petit Morts series is drawing to a close; although I was late to the party, I have enjoyed these stories very much, and I’m sad to see them end. Short stories are difficult to write and although short fiction is plentiful in ... more >
C Reviews / D Reviewshockey / lawyer / law related / short stories / sports romance6 Comments
Dear Ms. Warren: In keeping with our unintentional sports week here at Dear Author (what with the reviews of Icebreaker and Huddle With Me Tonight and my Ode to Donald Driver), I thought I should go ahead and post a review of your latest Blaze release. In the past couple ... more >