Romance Roundup and a Request

Over at Lust Bites, we had an ode to the beauty of the male armpit.

Smart Bitches, Trashy Books had a great post bemoaning the lack of truly, intensely *dark* black moments in the romances they've read lately.

Dear Author has an equally thoughtful post on genre loyalty versus genre content.

I haven't read the book, so I can't say whether the criticism is true or not, but Paperback Reader didn't hold back with their opinion of L.L. Foster (nee Lori Foster)'s Servant: The Awakening.

And Tess Gerritsen shares some valuable insight on what she's learned from two decades in the writing business.

AND, in romance READING news, I'd love to hear from you, occasional readers. Share some books (with a 2007 pub date) that have impressed you this year. Romance preferred, but any fiction suggestions will do. Give me your best of 2007!