Publishing NewsGeorgette Heyer / historical romance / Jane Austen / LGBTQIA romance / paper books / Regency Period / video12 Comments
The Regency Romance: How Jane Austen (Kinda) Created a New Subgenre – Consensus on Twitter last night, where this article was circulating, is that the title is AWFUL, especially given the fact that the article itself makes the crucially important points that Austen was writing books about her own society ... more >
A- Reviews / Recommended Readsclass-difference / Georgette Heyer / marriage-of-convenience / Regency Romance / Waterloo104 Comments
Dear Readers, Sourcebooks is having a sale on Georgette Heyer ebooks this week (August 14-20), so I thought it would be a good time for another Heyer review. I noticed that A Civil Contract is one of the books on sale, and I’ve been wanting to write about it. Heyer ... more >
A- Reviews / Recommended Readscountry-set / friends-to-lovers / Georgette Heyer / Regency England / second chances / spinster48 Comments
Dear Readers, When I reviewed The Nonesuch a few months ago during Sourcebooks’ summer Heyer sale, I mentioned in passing that I really wanted to review Sprig Muslin, but it hadn’t been digitized yet. Now it is, so as promised, here’s a review. This book wasn’t in my Top 10 Heyer ... more >
B- ReviewsGeorgette Heyer / Historical Romances / Regency England / twins12 Comments
sail under false colours (British & Australian) also sail under false colors (American & Australian) to pretend to be something that you are not in order to deceive people When we did a series of reviews on some of Georgette Heyer’s novels, many people listed “False Colours” as a favorite. ... more >
Publishing NewsAgency pricing / Barnes & Noble / Georgette Heyer / Simon & Schuster / travel21 Comments
Kobo is entering the self publishing/publishing realm. To agents and others, this will come as no surprise. Kobo has been meeting with agents, hiring content editors, and with its major competitors thriving in the self publishing space, this is an inevitable move. Kobo currently has a deal with Smashwords to ... more >
B ReviewsGeorgette Heyer / older heroine and hero / Regency England34 Comments
Dear Readers, For my next Heyer book, I thought I read one new to me which means pretty much all the Regencies. Or all the mysteries. Or most of the … gosh, I have a lot of Heyer catching up to do. Anyway, what attracted me to “Black Sheep” was ... more >