May 26 2008
Of the three books reviewed below, two have that distinct HP feel to them replete with the high powered arrogant hero and the less empowered female. The two with the distinctive HP evoked more emotional response than the first one, His Mistress by Arrangement, but I gave higher marks to HMbA because it focused on(…)
May 9 2008
Billionaire’s Virgin Bride by Helen Brooks – Brooks is becoming my favorite HP author but this one disappointed me. It sounded dated and didn’t have the smoothness in storytelling as her past ones. Zeke Russell and Melody Taylor were engaged to be married until Melody’s mother took photographs of Zeke with his gorgeous secretary. Melody,(…)
Apr 23 2008
Dear Ms. Napier: This is the second of your books I have read, and it was selected purely by what was available on Fictionwise. Luckily for me, Price of Passion was a winner, an entertaining and smart interpretation of the enduring Harlequin Presents equation of plucky but overset heroine + darkly passionate and misunderstood hero(…)
Feb 16 2008
Dear Ms. Cohen: Your book, Driving Him Wild, came to my attention when it was announced as one of the RNA nominees for best category romance of 2007. As Sarah from SBTB notes, the lovely Harlequin folks decided that they would change the title for us Americans to His For the Taking. Driving Him Wild(…)
Feb 8 2008
Dear Ms. Brooks: My introduction to your books was His Christmas Bride which was part of the one Click December Buy. I really enjoyed it and have been buying as many Brooks books as I could lay my hands on. Imagine my excitement when The Billionaire’s Marriage Mission was being offered. It was originally published(…)
Feb 6 2008
Dear Ms. Milburne: In an attempt to broaden my reading horizons, I’ve been trying out new category authors. And when I say new, I mean “new to me.” Generally, my rule is that I don’t read books that have “baby” in the title. High off my reading success with other HP authors, I disregarded this(…)
Dec 28 2007
One thing that Julie Bindel’s piece has done is peak my interest in Harlequin Presents books. In addition, a few weeks ago, I did a piece on category romances and how I was coming to appreciate the Blazes, Harlequin Historicals, and so forth that I have been reading. A couple people suggested authors in the(…)
Dec 15 2007
Dear Ms. Shaw: This was the second bestselling Harlequin Presents at eharlequin.com. I read it after The Virgin’s Wedding Night and while the two books had similar emotional character arcs, my response to them was extremely different. While Craven’s book interested me enough to buy others, The Frenchman’s Marriage Demand made me wish I had(…)
Dec 13 2007
Dear Ms. Craven: I’ve not read alot of Harlequin Presents but during the eHarlequin 50% off sale, I purchased six of them and yours was the first one I read. I was thinking about your book as I read the debate over Mills & Boon’s books being patriarchal propaganda. Harriet must marry by her next(…)
Nov 28 2007
Harlequin Presents is moving up its production schedule to 12 books a month. Mind boggling, no? In order to meet the apparently increased demand, HP is looking for new authors. Presents is inviting unpublished authors to submit a first chapter. The submissions must be made on-line from January 1st to February 14 2008. The grand(…)
Oct 16 2007
Dear Ms. Napier: As far as I know, this was the first Harlequin Presents I read, and honestly, I didn’t know what to expect. I had an image of a big, blustery alpha male with a winsome, young heroine, a combination both central to and ubiquitous in both category and single title Romance. Fortunately, Mistress(…)
Oct 20 2006
Dear Ms. Darcy I don’t know how you got your book included as the free book in the Sony Reader but you did. And now I have to tell everyone at MobileRead that Italian’s Stolen Bride is not indicative of the romance genre. Your book includes all the hallmarks of a series romance and also(…)
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