Anybody up and had their coffee yet?

I think since it's so early and, if anyone is stirring, they're not stirring here, I'll post snippets from some reviews of Counterpoint. It's been out just a little more than a month (release date was July 12)but there have been several reviews already. All good. (I'm puffing up mightily!) It's very funny to me, but more than one reviewer has mentioned the books erotic content -- I didn't even know it was there. Talk about subtle! lol It always gives me a chuckle to read that kind of comment, though it's immensely flattering, too. I think I'm the world's least erotic writer. At least a few people see something in my writing that I don't even see.

After I post this, I will be gone for about an hour at an unexpected doctor's appointment. Please leave comments -- pleasepleaseplease. I'll answer them as soon as I get back. I can't do this without you. Well, I can, but it isn't any fun. Back at 10:30 Central Time (an hour behind Eastern time. I think.)

Here are the snippets.

Most of us expect novels about male/male romance to be somewhat erotic but there is nothing overt here. What there is comes across as very sexy. This is because the author chooses to express “eroticism” in very subtle terms and very discretely. I found some of the scenes to be intensely arousing even though sex is not portrayed directly. In my opinion, this is a novel that is perfection all around. -- Amos Lassen. (see what I mean?)


Ms Sims has given us a symphony in words. – Michael Halfhill

Sims' first, The Phoenix, so moved me, I wondered if Sims' Counterpoint could possibly equal the first book - but it did. Ruth Sims penned another wonderful, historic tale of love, loss, and love. Her protagonists steal our hearts. I laughed; I cried. What a read! – E. Conley

Counterpoint: Dylan’s Story reads like silk rippling across naked skin. – Gerry Burnie

.. the fierce love between her characters is palpable…I would recommend this book to anyone who loves historicals, but more importantly, anyone who believes in love.—Mickie Ashling

…as lovely and compelling a love story as any written. -- Nan Hawthorne


If you enjoy a good love story, if you like books that stir up a gamut of emotions from pity to outrage, if you require some intellectual stimulation on top of all that, put Counterpoint on your “to read” list, and put it somewhere near the top. – Stanely Ridge WO

I might have put it that there are books, and good books, and there is art. Ruth Sims’ Counterpoint is art – Victor J. Banis