• If You’re a Writer, You Need to Hear This

    I once had an editor tell me a book hardly needed anything—all light revisions—and then when I went to implement something in the first chapter, that single pulled thread led me to throwing out about 60,000 words of a 90,000…

  • Dead in Dublin by Catie Murphy

    First, so you know, I got Dead in Dublin from Netgalley. Also, Catie’s a friend and I love her books in general, and pounced on this one super fast because it sounded so good and did I say I love…

  • Book Review: THE DARK BONES

    I recently read The Dark Bones by Loreth Anne White. It’s a romantic suspense, and I’ve got to say, it’s just about a perfect book. First, the back cover blurb: She’s come back to solve the mystery of her father’s…

  • Book Review: Somebody to Love By Aurelia Fray

    About the book: An unlikely pair, an impossible mission, and a hilarious hunt for somebody to love. Henry was only tasked with fixing the leaky office pipes. So, when a crazy woman barges in and confesses all her secrets like…

  • The Dogs Complain

    Dear R.J. Blaine. What’s wrong with you? You’re making our mom neglect us. She kept reading that stupid book—Hypnos—and hardly noticed us. Breakfast was late. Dinner was late. We went to bed late. She barely pet us or talked to…

  • Review: American Witch by Thea Harrison

    I first learned of Thea Harrison when Patti Briggs said I should read her books. Sadly I was slow to get around to that, but discovered I love her writing very much. Still, with so much going on, I didn’t…

  • Unexpected Choices

    I happened to get my Bookbub mailer today, and in it was a bundle for “Alien Mail Order Brides.” That tripped me up. It’s on trend in a lot of ways, but it overlays the old west and even current…

  • Considering Reverse Harem Stories

    Have you read a reverse harem story? Do you know what they are? Essentially they are romances involving one woman and at least three men. Two men would make it menage-a-trois, which is another category of romance. I have been…