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Thanking our November Advertisers

Each month, we have a new slate of advertisements and the advertisements help to fund things like giveaways to the troops, to blog readers, and to the maintenance of the blog.  Please take a minute to look at our advertisers and their books

An assortment of releases from Avon Romance from historical to contemporary Highlander for the Holidays by Janet ChapmanNovember Novellas from Carina PressHoliday romances from Samhain50% All Romance Rebate for Ravenous Romance books A Most Dangerous...

REVIEW: Craving the Forbidden by India Grey

Dear Ms. Grey:

Right before I received your book for review, a friend of mine told me she had a "meet cute" on a train. She ran into a guy who dropped a tux he was carrying. She later found out he was the best man and the tux was for the wedding. I joked about how this could have been a Harlequin Presents but that no millionaires would ever be caught riding the train. We then traded emails including different scenarios about how a millionaire would find himself on his train. A week later, I...

Saturday First Page: Alias, an Action Romance

Saturday first page is an opportunity for authors to present the first page of an unpublished manuscript to be critiqued by the community. Anonymous comments are acceptable. As a reminder, gravatars are connected to one's email address so if you comment anonymously but use your regular email address, one's attempt at anonymity will be thwarted.

Additionally, our queue is empty. First pages can be sent to jane at dearauthor.com

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Healing is a matter of time, but it's also a matter of...

REVIEW: 40 Tons of Trouble by Connie Flynn

Dear Ms. Flynn,

Harlequin's Treasury reissues are allowing me the relatively easy opportunity of trying some authors completely new to me without having to laboriously track down their OOP books. While scanning the offerings at their website, your book "40 Tons of Trouble" caught my eye because of the heroine's occupation. I can't recall ever reading about a female big rig, long haul driver so with a click of a button the chance to remedy this was mine.

Cat DeAngelo lives for the road which ...

REVIEW: India Black and the Widow of Windsor by Carol K. Carr

Dear Ms. Carr,

I read your debut novel, India Black, earlier this year and enjoyed it a great deal. While I can see why some people would be put off by the voice, I adored the protagonist, a brothel-madam-turned-reluctant-spy, and her unrelenting cynicism and jaded pragmatism. It was refreshing. Combined with a caper sensibility, it was one of my favorite books last year. So I was very excited when Jane sent me a copy of the sequel. Unfortunately, it didn't quite live up to my expectations.

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Friday Film Review: Emma (BBC)

Emma (2009)

Genre: Novel adaptation/Romance/Regency Period

Grade: B

[image error]This is the latest entry into the "Emma" canon, released in 2009 by the BBC. I guess it would be more accurate to call it a miniseries rather than a movie as it's told in four roughly one hour parts. And while I didn't think it would take over the place of my favorite adaptation, I was pleasantly surprised to discover how much I enjoyed it.

Young, rich and more than slightly snobbish, Miss Emma Woodhouse (Ramola Garai) is...

What Janine is Reading 11/1/11-11/15/11

I read a bit more than I usually do in the first half of November. Here is my latest reading list:

Tis the Season to be Sinful by Adrienne Basso

This book arrived in a package from Jane. I had heard good things about Basso's writing so I opened it with high hopes, but after a few chapters, I realized it wasn't for me. The 1858-set story of an American businessman trying to buy an impressive country estate in order to hobnob with aristocrats and a widow who owns such an estate but does not...

Thursday Midday Links: Sourcebooks Sues Anita Clenney

On March 31, 2010, Sourcebooks offered Ms. Clenney a contract for a three book series. Clenney was represented by Christine Witthohn. After the publication of the second book, Witthohn, with the help of her husband, a lawyer by the name of Jeffrey Mehalic, informed Sourcebooks that the inclusion of four pages of cross promotional material at the end of a book was a "material breach" of the contract and that Clenney would not be delivering the third book.

On May 1, 2011, Witthohn sent an...

Agony/Ecstasy Anthology: Introducing Cameron Belle and Into the Red

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I knew I wanted Cameron Belle's story in this collection minutes after I began reading it. It's a futuristic m/m gladiator type story. The story is compelling from the first page and like any good short, it keeps you wanting more.

"You look like a Fredrick."

"I can get you declared unfit for the tournament. If you want to wait until next season, please, stay where you are."

He cocks his head to the side, looking for all the world like a curious dog. "I think I like you, Fredrick. I think I...

REVIEW: Because of You by Jessica Scott

Dear Ms. Scott:

This is the first original Loveswept title from the new and revived Loveswept line. I've been hearing good things about this book from it's original purchase by Sue Grimshaw earlier this year. Knowing that you are an Iraq war vet, I knew that the authenticity of this book would not be an issue and that's a good thing because there were a lot of eyebrow raising events in the story.

[image error]Shane Garrison is a Sergeant First Class in the Army.  At thirteen years of service, Shane is...