Review: Head Over Heels by Jill Shalvis

In nearly two years of reviewing, I’ve never given a single perfect score. Head Over Heels deserves to be the first. Chloe Traeger has a reputation for being Lucky Harbor’s wild child—a reputation she’s earned by saying “Screw you” to her severe asthma and living dangerously. She does extreme sports, frees dogs from notorious animal… Continue reading Review: Head Over Heels by Jill Shalvis

Are men worse at writing sex than women?

The Literary Review has announced its nominees for the 2011 Bad Sex in Fiction Award. If you’re not familiar with the Bad Sex in Fiction award, I can’t describe it any better than Jezebel magazine does: [E]ach year the Literary Review has singled out an author who writes awkwardly enough about sex to convince readers… Continue reading Are men worse at writing sex than women?

Sisters are doing it for themselves

I don’t have any sisters. I have a “little” (i.e. younger, but now well over six feet of muscles that belong on a romance cover) brother. You might remember him from my post The problem with having an alpha male brother. My brother and I never got along when we were kids, though I can’t… Continue reading Sisters are doing it for themselves

Winner of the Brenda Novak giveaway!

Thanks so much to Brenda Novak for being a brilliant interviewee and guest, and to everyone who commented on my interview with her. The winner of In Close is…tori lindsey! Tori, I’ve emailed you asking for your address. Everyone, comment on my interview with Sarah Mayberry for a chance to win her Harlequin Superromance novel… Continue reading Winner of the Brenda Novak giveaway!

Sarah Mayberry interview – and giveaway!

Last year, after reading loads of buzz online about a couple of Harlequin Superromance authors, I bit into my book-buying budget and ordered about a dozen Superromance novels. Why was this expensive? Because they wouldn’t ship to me in London, so I had to have them sent to my parents’ house and then reimburse my… Continue reading Sarah Mayberry interview – and giveaway!