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January 1, 2018

REVIEW: Breaking the Rules by Ellen O’Connell

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAmerican historical / gunman / guns / Historical / novella / ranch / Western Romance / Widowed Heroine4 Comments

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On a cold winter night, Garn Coburn watches from shadows as two lawmen rough up a woman and leave her lying in the dirt looking like a pile of rags in the moonlight. Garn lives by his gun and by a set of rules he hopes will keep him alive. ... more >

August 13, 2015

REVIEW: Beautiful Bad Man by Ellen O’Connell

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / American historical / child abuse / guns / Historical / marriage-of-convenience / Sutton Family / western / Widowed Heroine11 Comments

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NOTE: The hero relates his abuse as a child and his nieces are rescued from implied abuse. In 1866 on the empty Kansas prairie, two children shared a few desperate moments that changed their lives. For years afterward, each nursed a secret dream – that the other had grown into ... more >

August 7, 2014

Thursday News: Austrian law student sues Facebook, Romance novels and “fisting,” interview with OkCupid’s Christian Rudder, and a “pro-gun” children’s book

JanetPublishing Newsa/b testing / Austria / children's literature / class action lawsuit / disclosure / Facebook / feminism / guns / OkCupid / privacy / Romance novels / tropes18 Comments

More than 20,000 people are now suing Facebook in Europe over privacy – Austrian law student Max Schrems claims that he has gotten 20,000 people from 100 countries to join his lawsuit against Facebook for a variety of privacy violations. Schrems and his attorney will keep the class to 25,000 ... more >

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