Recently Publishers Weekly ran an article about a Bowker Market Research study, citing statistics that the majority of YA buyers (55%) are adults, and that most of the time, those buyers are purchasing the books for themselves. According to the study, the age 30-44 segment accounted for 28% of YA ... more >
This month we are fortunate to have the latest release of Mary Balogh “The Proposal” featuring Gwen’s story. Gwendoline, Lady Muir, has been a long time denizen of Balogh novels and there has been a great deal of speculation about who she would end up with and whether she would ... more >
I thought it would be fun if reminisced about our first romance read. To prime the pump, so to speak, I asked the Dear Author crew to write up a small post about their first romance reads. Share your own reading experiences in the comments. Janine (link to Janine’s posts) ... more >
Sarah Wendell of Smart Bitches had a post about Australian lingo and last year I asked Sarah Mayberry if she and her Down Under pals would be interested in writing a post about what it’s like writing for an international audience. Sarah spearheaded this effort and I am greatly appreciative. ... more >
Cecilia Grant’s A Lady Awakened is one of the absolute best debut romances I have come across in all my years (and they are many) of reading romances. When I was reading it I was reminded of novels like Judith Ivory’s Black Silk, Pam Rosenthal’s The Slightest Provocation and Patricia ... more >
Update: Here are the winners of one of the re-released Gaffney titles: 1) Karenmc 2) Vidhya 3) Asia M 4) Evangeline Holland 5) Danielle D 6) Brenda C 7) EmilyW 8) Kathryn 9) TaraR 10) Frekki Please scroll to the bottom to fill out the form. Thanks. Jennie and I are the original Patricia Gaffney fangirls. Back ... more >