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Posts Tagged ‘Anna-Campbell’

REVIEW: Untouched by Anna Campbell

By Janet • Dec 21st, 2007 • Category: C Reviews Category, C+ Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Campbell:
I realized reading your new release Untouched that for me your books are fundamentally a revisiting of older Romance motifs, with both retro and current elements. At your best, your work brings out the best of both past and present Romances, because you are often examining some of the more provocative elements [...]



REVIEW: Claiming the Courtesan by Anna Campbell

By Janine • May 9th, 2007 • Category: C Reviews, C Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Ms. Campbell,
Much has been said about your debut, Claiming the Courtesan. Arguments raced round and round the blogosphere; discussions sprouted from here to Jennifer Crusie's blog. After reading comments from people who reviled the book to comments from people who adored it, I decided to read it and see for myself what [...]



REVIEW: Claiming the Courtesan by Anna Campbell

By Janet • Mar 30th, 2007 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Reviews

Readers were arguing about Anna Campbell's debut, Claiming the Courtesan, before it was published. An Avon historical that was actually offending readers? This I had to see. And as I sat down to read, I expected to be shocked, looked forward to it, even, because I was really craving a book that [...]



Read Enough Romances and Rape Is No Longer Rape

By Jane • Mar 30th, 2007 • Category: Letters of Opinion, Misc

I was a bit flummoxed to read a post on columnist, Michelle Buonfiglio’s blog today.
there is a scene that could be read by the uninitiated romance fiction reader as flat-out rape.
That is the line from the post entitled “You Know She Wanted It”.
The post itself is about controversial debut book by Anna Campbell, Claiming the [...]