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March 13, 2016

REVIEW: “I Do” … Take Two! by Merline Lovelace

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviewscategory romance / Contemporary / Harlequin / Italy / military hero / second chances2 Comments

HER PERFECT ROMAN HOLIDAY A Roman reunion isn’t on Kate Westbrook’s itinerary when she arrives in Italy. After all, she’s flying solo on the vacation she’d hoped to share with her soon-to-be-ex. But when Kate tosses a coin into the Trevi Fountain, her deepest wish—a second chance with her gorgeous ... more >

December 22, 2015

REVIEW: Sleeping with Her Enemy by Jenny Holiday

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAsian hero / Canada / category romance / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / POC / Toronto18 Comments

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He’ll complicate all her plans… Amy Morrison is supposed to be at her wedding. But when her husband-to-be jilts her at the altar, a distraught Amy runs to the only place she feels safe—her office. Besides, everyone who works on her floor is at her wedding…except him. Dax Harris. Playboy, ... more >

March 20, 2015

Friday News: the history of Harlequin, Hedy Lamarr-inventor, new voices in Fantasy, and Paleo cookbook pulled by Australian publisher

JanetPublishing Newscategory romance / cookbook / Crawford Award / diversity / Fantasy / feminism / frequency hopping technology / genre history / Harlequin / Mills and Boon / publishing / spread spectrum / tropes6 Comments

How Harlequin Became the Most Famous Name in Romance – Not always loving the coverage in Jezebel, I approached Kelly Faircloth’s historical post on Harlequin warily. However, by the third paragraph, I realized this wasn’t going to be the usual fluff coverage of category Romance; instead the piece provides a ... more >

November 10, 2014

REVIEW: When Love Isn’t Enough by Kathleen Gilles Seidel

JanineB+ Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Reads1980s / Advertising / category romance / Contemporary romance / Harlequin American Romance / lawyer / law related / Marriage-in-Trouble / Washington DC17 Comments

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Dear Ms. Seidel, Your out of print 1984 novel, When Love Isn’t Enough (Harlequin American Romance #80), opens when three men return to the DC area from Texas, where they’ve been spending time on behalf of their legal firm. All three are lawyers who over the past ten months have ... more >

July 4, 2014

CLASSIC REVIEW: The Man Outside by Jane Donnelly

Guest ReviewerB- Reviewscategory romance / Contemporary11 Comments

Dear Ms Donnelly: Polly was delighted when the man she loved invited her to accompany him on an archaeological expedition in Scotland. But when she joined the party she discovered a fly in the ointment in the shape of Piers Hargreaves, one of the most disagreeable and exasperating men that she ... more >

July 6, 2013

REVIEW: A Deeper Dimension by Amanda Carpenter

WillafulC ReviewsBoss-Secretary / category romance / reprint2 Comments

Dear Ms. Carpenter: It’s always interesting to see romance authors reinvent themselves in a new genre or subgenre. I had just finished a “Thea Harrison” paranormal romance, so was primed to compare it to this much older work originally published as Amanda Carpenter. There is a similarity in the focus ... more >

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