I’ve been rereading my battered copy of Stephen King’s The Stand, “the complete & uncut edition,” and I almost feel like Billy at the beginning of William Goldman’s The Princess Bride: “this is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.” The edition of The Stand that I own is… Read More Baby, can you dig your Stand?
Lisa Dale’s third contemporary romance, Slow Dancing on Price’s Pier, was released on April 5. The author drops anchor with Perfect Romance to discuss writing the book, what drew her to her fiancé (they’re getting married this summer!), coffee…and scandalous tattoo placement! 1. Tell us a little bit about Slow Dancing on Price’s Pier. There… Read More Perfect Romance Interview: Lisa Dale
If Lady Kiri Lawford is biracial — Indian and English — why is the model on the cover of Mary Jo Putney’s April release, Nowhere Near Respectable, pretty clearly white? Even in the beautifully edited and scripted book trailer, the actress portraying Kiri is just exotic enough to be, well, anything. Native American, Spanish, Italian,… Read More Nowhere near accurate: race and romance!
There’s a growing trend in historical romance to write about more common people, and I rather like it! Not that I don’t enjoy stories about the ton, but there’s only so much Lord Whosit and Lady Whatsherface you can read before it all blurs together. I often laugh that if you packed every Regency author’s… Read More Perfect Romance Review: One Night is Never Enough, by Anne Mallory
Pale Demon, the brand-new, ninth installment of Kim Harrison’s The Hollows series, takes Rachel Morgan and her offbeat, dysfunctional band of merry men on the road — and what a long, strange trip it is! Shunned witch Rachel has but a few days to get to a crucial meeting on the west coast that will determine… Read More Perfect Romance Review: Pale Demon, by Kim Harrison
Malinda Lo’s Ash is a beautifully unique take on the Cinderella story. Aisling, our girl who likes to sit amongst the cinders, is not just the victim of an evil stepmother and uncaring stepsisters, but also of her crippling grief. The loss of her mother, in particular, haunts Ash so deeply that she wants to… Read More Ash, by Malinda Lo
After the Bitch magazine brouhaha last week, I did some thinking about the women in books that impacted me when I was growing up. Ninety percent of what I read featured female protagonists or prominent female supporting characters, and while I wouldn’t rush to call this a list of feminist books (since an outlet like… Read More Books With Girls Who Kick Ass
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