It would be great to buy them in e-book form, but I read on both my e-reader and my computer at work, which leads me to the DRM dilemma. So for now I am only buying them in paper form.

Bron

Actually…no…that had been the plan, but line direction now makes them more like Presents for the 18-30 set…younger characters and more based in that generation..

However…Blaze is starting a Blaze Blush series that promises to be more like Temptation…

And Jane wanted reccomendations…lately I’ve enjoyed ::

FLYBOY by Karen Foley (Blaze)
The Spanish Prince’s Virgin Bride by Sandra Marton (Presents…but then, I do tend to worship SM)
Miracle On Christmas Eve by Shirley Jump (Romance)
Seduced for the Inheritance by Jennifer Lewis (Desire)

I’ve been writing category — Yours Truly, Intimate Moments (non-suspense stuff) and now Special Edition (because I write non-suspense stuff) — for ten years. I’ve also written single title and chick lit, and I’ve never found category restrictive at all in terms of characterization, tone or plot. Sure, the shorter word count forces me to be succinct (and cut at least ten percent out of my first drafts), but I’ve never felt I’ve lost anything by doing so. If anything, getting rid of those extraneous words really helps me get to the meat of the story!

Over the years, I’ve read plenty of category books that have made me swoon with envy because they were so good (Kathleen Korbel, Jenny Crusie, Jennifer Greene, Virginia Kantra, Liz Beverly) and plenty of single titles that weren’t nearly as tightly written, nor as original, as those categories. In some cases, size doesn’t always matter!

And category readers are the best. ;-)

I read less category than I used to, but I’m reading less romance in general. I was a Temptation fan that sprinkled Desires and Supers in the mix. It was exciting to see the hotter Desires and Temps lead to Blaze, but I quickly gave up on Blaze beacuse the emphasis on sex scenes resulted in poor plots and decreased sensuality.

Most of my recent category purchases have been Nexts with a few Blazes, Kimanis and SEs in the mix. I haven’t liked Desires since the line changed. I’m sorry to see Next fold, but could tell they weren’t selling well because they were some of the few books still in stock near the end of the month.

My next Category venture is try one of the Nascar books :D I’d probably buy more Categories if the ebooks were cheaper. I know some people compare books to entertainment expenses like movies, but I’m less willing to shell out $4-$6 for something I’ll read once if I complete it at all.

I just wanted to say I agree with previous posters regarding Susan Napier (who writes for HP), I love her, she is my favorite author. Her best book (IMO) was The Revenge Affair, but I also loved Mistress of the Groom and Phantom Lover.

Even though I live in the States, I have been buying her new books published in the UK (postage is expensive!), her M&B Modern Extra “Just Once” was also great. I just ordered her latest (cost me $24, ouch!) and hope to receive it next week.

Cheryl

I wanted to say I love your Snappy Answers to Stupid Sales Clerks. I’ve always wanted to get a group together to compile a kind of Romance Mad Libs! And I don’t think you’ve got any worries about Suze Brockmann going out of print!

Robin: Are tabloids our modern fairy tales–someone should write their dissertion on that one! I can only say that Rocky & Bullwinkle would say they were Fractured Fairy Tales at best.

Thanks Janine who told Malle to read Mary Balogh–she’s the best! I will reinforce the recommendation!

They do. After I’d bought my first (and so far only, because my computer doesn’t run Windows and isn’t a Mac, so the ebook didn’t work) ebook from them I was sent an email offering me “an extra 20% off* any order!” if I used the discount code they sent me.