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Susanna Kearsley's A Desperate Fortune
November 25, 2014

Exclusive Excerpt from Susanna Kearsley’s A Desperate Fortune

JaneEssays1 Comments

Sourcebooks is running the “Send Susanna to MY Hometown” contest again this year. Fans can nominate/vote for their hometown. First round winners will be announced December 16, with the winning bookstores/libraries announced on February 18th! Sourcebooks is also offering 10 fans the chance to attend a LIVE online event with Susanna ... more >

October 31, 2014

The book that made you fall in love with a subgenre

JaneEssaysRecommended Reads54 Comments

Last week we had such fun with our reader posts that we are going to try to continue them. If you have a suggestion, shoot me an email. I’ve been reading the Anne Bishop Others series (against my better judgment because of how she ruined the entire Black Jewels series ... more >

October 27, 2014

Reading Betty Neels across the years

SunitaBook Reviews / EssaysHarlequin / Harlequin Treasury / sweet romance46 Comments

Dear DA readers, When I think of my long romance-reading experience, one of the names that comes first to my mind is Betty Neels. I’ve watched the resurgence of interest in the books of the late Betty Neels with both amusement and bemusement. When I first started reading romance boards and then ... more >

October 25, 2014

Which authors have quit writing who you wish would return?

JaneEssaysretire208 Comments

  Earlier this year, Liz Carlyle announced on Facebook that she had turned in her last historical romance to Avon. She said that she might self publish some older material or a Kemble based mystery (Kemble was a butler to one of her heroes and then appeared throughout the series ... more >

October 23, 2014

Your trust circle of reader recommenders

JaneEssays65 Comments

I think it was Kassia Krozser formerly of Booksquare who coined the phrase “circle of trust” as it relates to your book reader friends who you rely upon to give you recommendations. No reader can be without that circle. One of the reasons we have open threads like yesterday is so ... more >

August 5, 2014

The Right to be Spoiler Free

JaneEssaysspoiler54 Comments

The actress who plays Arya Stark on HBO’s production of Game of Thrones believes that people have read the book and talk about the book in front of people who have not read the series but watch it on television are snobby individuals ruining the series for everyone else. “I’m ... more >

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