Publishing NewsAuthor Promotion / Susan-Mallery8 Comments
I thought this was a clever author promotion. The magazine features the wedding of the couple in the first Fool’s Gold book by Susan Mallery and includes references to many parts of the story. It’s one of the neater online author promos I’ve seen. I like it more than author ... more >
B- ReviewsContemporary / opposites attract / rags-to-riches / Secret-Baby / Susan-Mallery22 Comments
Dear Ms. Mallery: As you might have guessed, I have a love/hate relationship with your books. My favorite is Simply Irresistible and I don't know if I could pinpoint exactly why but it is a contemporary I recommend with some regularity. (I tried to give it to some reporter for ... more >
C+ ReviewsCalifornia / sports romance / Susan-Mallery7 Comments
Dear Ms. Mallery: I liked this book but not as much as I thought I would. Maybe in another re-read it would be a favorite but for some reason I never became emotionally engaged. The hook is that Fool’s Gold is a town with too many women and not enough ... more >
Book Reviews / C Reviews / C Reviews CategoryChef / geek/nerd / Susan-Mallery6 Comments
Dear Ms. Mallery: When I was a kid, my brothers got the Boys’ Life magazine and on the back of the magazine, next to the Sea Monkeys advertisement (Oh, how I wanted that!) was the ubiquitous Charles Atlas 97 pound weakling ad. It was a cartoon that showed some guy ... more >
B Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / sports romance / Susan-Mallery5 Comments
Dear Ms. Mallery: The benefit of reading books out of order is you don’t get all that messy character build up. Yes, that is a bit tongue in cheek, but the truth is, if I had read Sweet Talk first, I don’t know if I would have liked Sweet Spot ... more >
B Reviews Category / B- Reviewschildren / Contemporary / cooking / deaf / Seattle / Susan-Mallery12 Comments
Dear Ms. Mallery: July, August, and September sees the release of your Keys’ Bakery sisters series. The series begins with Claire, a piano virtuoso. Claire has been estranged from her family since, well, almost forever. When she was 3 years old, she walked up to a piano and started playing ... more >