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REVIEW: Promise Me a Rainbow by Cheryl Reavis

“Deserted by her husband because she couldn’t have children, Catherine Holben has thrown herself into her job counseling pregnant teens. Catherine is still recovering from the pain of her divorce, but her life is changed forever when she makes a purchase in a quaint curio shop. She meets handsome, hardworking Joe D’Amaro, a widower and father of three, and his daughter, Fritz. But Joe needs help with Fritz, a seven-year-old dynamo. She’s a precocious but headstrong little girl who’s impossibl...

Ebook prices are rising…and falling but the consumer’s in the driver’s seat

Within days of Judge Cote approving the settlement in the price fixing case, HarperCollins abandoned agency pricing and retailers started discounting. To Mike Shatzkin, industry consultant (here); Michael Cader, publisher of PublishersMarketplace (here, registration required); Rich Adin (here); and so on, the fall of agency pricing is leading to increased ebook prices.

Given the hue and cry that the fall of agency pricing would result in the ruination of publishing world through Amazon predato...

REVIEW: Feeling Hot by Elle Kennedy

Dear Ms. Kennedy:

I really love this series. It has a fun, sexy tone. My very favorite is the Carson / Holly romance in Heat of Passion (mini review here). It’s a novella but you pack a believable romance filled with super hot sex scenes. Feeling Hot is the romance between Jennifer, Carson’s little sister. She’s a bit flaky and her family still treats her like she’s a kid. When her last bad decision comes in the form of an ex turned stalker, Carson directs one of his subordinates to watch over...

Daily Deals: 40% off select Kobo Titles and four romances

The Heart Of Christmas by Mary Balogh, Nicola Cornick, Courtney Milan. $3.95.

From Jacket Copy:

A HANDFUL OF GOLD by Mary Balogh

Not only is Julian Dare dashing and wealthy, but he’s the heir to an earldom. So what do you get a man who has everything? Innocent, comely Verity Ewing plans on giving him her heart–the most precious gift of all.

THE SEASON FOR SUITORS by Nicola Cornick

After some close encounters with rakes, heiress Clara Davenport realizes she needs expert advice. And who better than...

First Page: Coming to Terms

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.

June 17, 2017

Gereskh District Hospital,

Gereshk, Afghanistan

“Fuck, fuck, fuck….” Dr. Kai Corey chanted it like a prayer as he worked upon the young girl lying on the operating table. He just hoped that the two women wh...

Reading List by Jennie for July and August 2012

[image error]What Remains by Carole Radziwill

I have a fondness for the Real Housewives franchise which I would never admit to in public (uh oh, I just did, didn’t I?). Radziwill joined the cast of The Real Housewives of New York this season, and though she can be tiresomely above-it-all on occasion, she’s impressed me with her non-craziness and refreshing lack of raging narcissism (those traits being kind of de rigueur for the housewives across all iterations of the show). What Remains is a memoir that fo...

Daily Deals: Two romances; a YA and a non fiction historical

[image error] Any Given Christmas by Candis Terry. $.99.

From Jacket Copy:

Dean Silverthorne’s mother may be dead, but she still has matchmaking to do.

When an injury dashes NFL Quarterback Dean Silverthorne’s Super Bowl dreams, he heads back to Deer Lick, Montana with a chip on his wounded shoulder, more determined than ever to get back in the game. He loves his kooky family, but this trip home is going to be a very brief Christmas visit.

His game plan doesn’t include an instant attraction to Emma Hart, a fe...

REVIEW: Heavy Issues by Elle Aycart

Dear Ms. Aycart:

This is one erotic romance that I wished for less sex and far more time spent with the characters out of the bed, or out of the car, or off the bike. The book starts off with Christy getting intoxicated with her friends and wishing for a, well, male prostitute. She rips off her engagement ring and it lands on Cole Bowen who just happens to be walking by at the time. Cole has had his eye on Christy ever since she came to town but she didn’t throw off any signals and he isn’t mu...

Friday Film Review: The Three Musketeers (1948)

[image error]The Three Musketeers (1948)

Genre: Romantic swashbuckler

Grade: D+

Am I the only one who doesn’t like this version? True it’s not the absolute horror of the latest Musketeers x steampunk movie. And I liked it better than the Charlie Sheen one – never could get past my feeling that I was watching those actors play the parts rather then forgetting them as actors and just sinking into the action. But…but…but this version just didn’t wow me at all for a number of reasons.

After a few adventures, you...

Friday News: iPhone 5; Athletes Reading; Sexy Buses

News was kind of sparse yesterday so I present to you this awesome advertisement. Press [cc] in the bottom bar to get the English subtitles

LeBron, Reading And How Books Can Benefit A Pro Athlete – Dan Grunfield writes an essay for SBNation about the value of reading for athletes. (He’s Team Gale by the way. Go Dan). During the NBA Championships, LeBron James was “caught” reading The Hunger Games (I’m going to make a guess that LeBron is Team Peeta). I also think that reading consistently thro...