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REVIEW: The Way to Texas by Liz Talley

REVIEW: The Way to Texas by Liz Talley

“Her stay in Oak Stand, Texas, is only temporary. After a series of setbacks, Dawn Taggart is giving herself one year to pull everything together so she can start over somewhere else. No putting down roots here. No romantic entanglements. No exceptions! Not even the very persuasive Tyson Hart can change that. A contractor looking(…)

REVIEW: The Cinderella Bride by Barbara Wallace

REVIEW: The Cinderella Bride by Barbara Wallace

“Secretary Emma O’Rourke keeps her head down and works hard. Now, summoned to bring back the heir of Kent Hotels, she suddenly has to step out of the shadows-. Unshaven and jaded, Gideon Kent has been sailing the world too long. As he docks, he’s surprised to find Emma waiting for him. Until now he’s(…)

REVIEW: Unveiled by Courtney Milan

REVIEW: Unveiled by Courtney Milan

Dear Ms. Milan: I have heard such good things about your early Victorian-set novels that I kept meaning to read one. When the controversy over the Publisher's Weekly review erupted, I knew I would have to read Unveiled. While more confused than ever about that infamous review, I have been thinking a lot about the(…)

REVIEW: The Billionaire’s Handler by Jennifer Greene

REVIEW: The Billionaire’s Handler by Jennifer Greene

“A whopping multi-million-dollar inheritance should have been Carolina Daniels’s dream come true. Instead, the money brought nothing but vultures looking for their share of the wealth. Fortunately for her, the generous gift also came with a rescuer: sexy billionaire Maguire Cochran. Instinct told Maguire that the generous inheritance his father had given Carolina for saving(…)

Friday Midday Links: Borders Q3 Profits Dismal

Author emotions may be at an all time high with the release of 4 weeks of limited Bookscan data from Amazon. Yesterday, Amazon rolled out a feature that gives authors who have an account at Amazon the ability to look at 4 weeks of sales data from Bookscan. No Amazon Kindle data, no Amazon direct(…)

Harlequin’s 12 Days of Christmas: 50% off List Price on eBooks Today

Harlequin’s 12 Days of Christmas: 50% off List Price on eBooks Today

Harlequin eBookstore is having a holiday sale. For today only, you can get 50% off the list price of ebooks at Harlequin eBookstore. There doesn’t appear to be a limit to what you can buy or how many but I believe that the code is good for one use so load up your shopping cart(…)

REVIEW: Wedding Date with the Best Man by Melissa McClone

REVIEW: Wedding Date with the Best Man by Melissa McClone

Dear Ms. McClone, Two things interested me about this book and got me to try it. One – several people had mentioned your name as a Harlequin author I should try and two – this is the last book in a series in which I had already read and enjoyed another one. Unfortunately, though I(…)

REVIEW: Dangerous Allies by Renee Ryan

REVIEW: Dangerous Allies by Renee Ryan

Dear Ms. Ryan, When I saw that this book is set in Germany during WWII, I knew I had to try it. That, I’m afraid, is really the only reason I jumped at it but pounce on it I did. Like Wendy the Super Librarian I feel compelled to do my part to encourage the(…)

REVIEW: Mistletoe and the Lost Stiletto by Liz Fielding

REVIEW: Mistletoe and the Lost Stiletto by Liz Fielding

Dear Ms. Fielding, For a moment, I thought that this was part of some Harlequin series with the set up that the heroine loses one red stiletto and finds her HEA from it. Then after checking, I realized that “Mistletoe and the Lost Stiletto” is not part of the same series as another book I(…)

REVIEW: Christmas with Her Boss by Marion Lennox

REVIEW: Christmas with Her Boss by Marion Lennox

Dear Ms. Lennox, My other recommendation for this month is a Christmas book set in cold, snowy London so this is a nice balance set in warm, shirt sleeve weather Australia. It also features a rich CEO and a much-much-less-rich young woman who discover that no matter the temperature, love can be found amidst the(…)

Thursday Midday Links: Everything on the web is free says magazine

Lots of news today so my summaries will be very short. First off with the sad news. Eva Ibbotson passed away last week.   Ibbotson is best know for her YA books.   Her books are favorites of Janine. She was shortlisted for the Carnegie medal for Which Witch? the story of a wizard looking for a(…)

Friday Midday Links: Coming Soon Catalog updated

Friday Midday Links: Coming Soon Catalog updated

Looking for something to read this weekend? I’ve updated the Coming Soon catalog.   Here’s the November page.   I’ve also updated the Harlequin digital backlist and the Berkley Trade and Mass Market list.   These can all be found under the Easy Resources tab. ****** I’m surprised that no one has yet come up with a subsidized(…)

REVIEW: Boardroom Rivals, Bedroom Fireworks by Kimberly Lang

Dear Ms. Lang, I will readily admit that the Harlequin Presents line is not one I usually read but somewhere in some past reviews here, posters had mentioned that the Presents Extra line is slightly different from the usual Pregnant Housekeeper, Asshole CEO. Whoever said that is correct but unfortunately that didn’t help me like(…)

REVIEW: Family Matters by Barbara White Daille

REVIEW: Family Matters by Barbara White Daille

“Kerry Anne MacBride and her quirky family are a package deal-’get one, you get them all. The high school art teacher is stubborn and fiercely protective of her kin, making her the absolute wrong woman for a straitlaced, hardheaded, by-the-books lawyer like Matt Lawrence, no matter how attracted she is to him. And anyway, now’s(…)

Monday Midday Links: Mass market sales continue to plummet

Diana Gabaldon disclosed to a reading group in Charleston that her eighth novel in the Jamie/Claire saga won’t be released for a couple of years. It sounds like the book is yet unwritten. Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner should be released in 2011. **** Heather Osborn, formerly an editor with Tor, has been announced(…)