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February 12, 2015

Thursday News: Nora Roberts in the NYT, BEA is still too white, EverAfter free books, and “Fifty Shades of Buscemi”

JanetPublishing NewsAlpha Male / BEA / children's literature / diversity / Ebooks / Fifty Shades / free books / interview / Nora-Roberts / parody4 Comments

Nora Roberts: By the Book – Whatever you think of her books, you have to give it to the Nora Roberts Publicity Machine, because it is most definitely well-oiled and smooth. An interview in the New York Times just as her 40th In Death book is releasing. There’s even some ... more >

October 19, 2014

REVIEW: The Governess Club: Sara by Ellie Macdonald

SuzanneB ReviewsAlpha Male / England / historical romance4 Comments

Dear Ms. Macdonald, To be honest, I found your story by happenstance on Amazon and investigated further because I really like yellow dresses. Great cover you have there. Still, many gorgeous covers have masked terrible insides, so I never buy a book on Amazon without reading an excerpt. I clicked the ‘Look ... more >

August 26, 2014

Michelle Sagara contemplates the Alpha Male

Author ReviewsLetters of OpinionAlpha Male / literary critique48 Comments

[themify_box ]Michelle Michiko Sagara is a Japanese-Canadian author of fantasy literature, active since the early 1990s. She has published as Michelle Sagara, as Michelle West and as Michelle Sagara West. She lives in Toronto and is employed part-time at Bakka.[/themify_box]   Kameron Hurley wrote an interesting post here: “Someone once ... more >

Reaper's Property by Joanna Wylde
January 17, 2013

REVIEW: Reaper’s Property by Joanna Wylde

JaneB ReviewsAlpha Male / Contemporary / Elloras-Cave / motorcycle club39 Comments

Dear Ms. Wylde: I picked this up even though I had to buy it direct from the Ellora’s Cave site and even though I have never read you before (although my records indicate I purchased a book by you that was published in 2002, Price of Pleasure).  The motorcycle club angle ... more >

eink paper logic
January 11, 2013

Friday News: One woman’s encounter with an alpha male; flexible eink rumors revive;

JanePublishing NewsAlpha Male / Amazon / eink52 Comments

Alisa Valdes’ The Feminist and the Cowboy, reviewed – Alisa Valdes wrote a memoir wherein she extols the virtues of the “real man”.  The cowboy/hero was a real rancher, herding real cattle, and in his arms, she  finally found true physical and emotional happiness.  Valdes isn’t just talking about her ... more >

Wicked Burn Beth Kery
May 10, 2012

REVIEW: Wicked Burn by Beth Kery

JaneB ReviewsAlpha Male / Beth Kery / Contemporary / Erotic-Romance31 Comments

Dear Ms. Kery: I had really been down on erotic romance as a sub genre for the past few months.   So much of what I had attempted to read was sex without emotion.   That type of story gets tired quickly and with many of the mainstream romances heating up, it ... more >

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