Book 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 >
A- Reviews / Recommended ReadsAsian hero / Canada / category romance / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / Toronto18 Comments
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 >
Publishing 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 >
B+ Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Reads1980s / Advertising / category romance / Contemporary romance / Harlequin American Romance / lawyer / law related / Marriage-in-Trouble / Washington DC17 Comments
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 >
B- 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 >
C 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 >