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REVIEW: Angel Ink by Jocelynn Drake

Dear Ms. Drake,

My previous exposure to your novels didn’t work so well for me but I’m always willing to give a writer another shot, especially if it’s for a different series. I also admit that a couple years ago, I was in the midst of severe urban fantasy burnout. While I’m still jaded on the genre, I no longer flinch at the suggestion of my reading an urban fantasy and I consider this a plus. Besides the first novel of your new series was about magical tattoos and that sounded right up my al...

Monday News: Johnny Depp gets his own imprint; ISPs and Copyright megaliths create their own enforcement center; Apple loses in the UK

Johnny Depp Imprint – I don’t really get the idea behind this but apparently it is believed that if Johnny Depp’s name is on the imprint, then people will buy the books. The first book from the Johnny Depp imprint, a part of HarperCollins, is The Unraveled Tales of Bob Dylan by Douglas Brinkley. Associated Press

Internet providers to begin warning customers who pirate content – AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner, and Verizon will begin to allow copyright owners to alert them of potential...

Daily Deals: Medievals to Horrors for under $3

[image error] Time After Time by Antoinette Stockenberg . $ .99

From the Jacket Copy:

USA TODAY bestselling author Antoinette Stockenberg spins a lighthearted modern tale of romance and intrigue with a touch of magic.

In Gilded Age Newport, an upstairs-downstairs romance between a well-born son and a humble maid is cut short of marriage. A hundred years later, the descendants of that ill-fated union seem destined to repeat history.

Or not.

Liz Coppersmith, a party planner, hopes to move beyond kids’ parties at...

REVIEW: Love Left Behind by S.H. Kolee

Dear Ms. Kolee:

I’d recommend this book to a specific reader. First, the reader must not mind a super creepy, possessive hero. Second, the reader must not mind a little heroine uncertainty. Third, the reader must like a lot of agnst. If any of those elements doesn’t appeal to a reader, then I wouldn’t recommend this book but as a high emotion, erotic romance, I think this story succeeds where a lot have failed for me in the past.

[image error]Emma Mills is nearing the day of her wedding to her high school s...

2012 Holiday Gift Guide

I did my holiday gift guide in November of last year, but I heard that many people start shopping in October. Sarah and I did our Holiday Book Buying Guide in the last podcast and thus I thought I would blog about the 2013 Holiday Gift Guide today. You have 64 days until Christmas. *throws confetti*

The other day I was messing around with cables in a drawer that we use as a charging station. I realized that everything we own these days from the camera to the phone to the tablets are charged us...

Daily Deals: Dog Detectives, Crazy Spec Ops, and Mistaken Marriages

[image error] Dog on It (Chet and Bernie Mysteries) by Spencer Quinn. $ 2.99

From the Jacket Copy:

Meet Chet, the wise and lovable canine narrator of Dog on It, who works alongside Bernie, a down-on-his-luck private investigator. Chet might have flunked out of police school (“I’d been the best leaper in K-9 class, which had led to all the trouble in a way I couldn’t remember exactly, although blood was involved”), but he’s a detective through and through.

In this, their first adventure, Chet and Bernie invest...

REVIEW: Rev It Up by Julie Ann Walker

Dear Ms. Walker:

I really enjoyed book 2 in the series, but the problems that affected my enjoyment of book 1 and in book 2 were magnified in this one and I am sorry to say I will be leaving this series behind after “Rev It Up”.

[image error]“Rev It Up” like the two books before it in the series is about unrequited friends to lovers. I wished there had been some kind of change in the dynamic. Why three books with such similar tropes?

Jake the Snake* Sommers and Michelle Carter had feelings for each other but...

First Page: Falling Into You / Contemporary

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. You can submit your own First Page using this form.

Tonight was the night. Mindy could feel it, the winds of change flitting in from some elusive place, prickling her skin with a familiar itch. It was just as it had always been: subtle, intoxicating, and unmistakable.

T...

Daily Deals: Audible’s Shock-tober; Gothic Marquess and Tattoeed Dukes

Nicole emailed me the heads up that Audible is have a Shock-tober sale. It ends October 31, 11:59 ET (US). 40+ of their most popular zombie, vampire, and werewolf books are on sale including books like Kate Daniels’ series (which I really enjoyed).

Brian gave me a heads up that Kobo was offering 90% off some books. Follow the link here. Brian also wanted me to pass on to readers that Kobo has launched their own version of ‘One Click’ purchasing called ‘Quick Buy’ and folks have been opted into...

REVIEW: Down for the Count by Christine Bell

Dear Ms. Bell:

What a totally fun, sexy, and contemporary romance. The story is driven by well known tropes but the writing and the characters made it a fresh read.

[image error]Lacey Garrity finds her husband with a bridesmaid during the wedding reception and flees on the back of her best friend’s brother’s motorcycle. The brother, Galen Thomas, and Lacey have known each other for years and while there’s always been a spark of attraction between the two, by the time the two were old enough to date they alw...