Publishing NewsAusten Project / Curtis Sittenfeld / Harlequin Historical / Harlequin Romance / Harlequin-Blaze / Harper Collins / Hugo Awards / Jane Austen12 Comments
Harlequin Blaze shutting down in 2017 – Although this news is still breaking on social media, we want to report the news that Harlequin (or should we say Harper Collins??) is shutting down the Blaze line completely in June 2017. Around the same time, it appears that Harlequin Historical and ... more >
B ReviewsContemporary romance / depression / disability / Harlequin Romance / medical romance8 Comments
Note to readers: This review contains a (non-specific) discussion of depression and mental illness. Dear Marion Lennox: I was looking for a RITA-nominated or awarded book to fulfill July’s TBR Challenge category and this one turned out to be in my stash. Marion Lennox has long been one of my favorite Harlequin ... more >
Book Reviews / Reading ListsHarlequin Romance / mystery / Reading lists / SFF10 Comments
I’m reading fewer new releases and more non-romance novels. I didn’t get nearly as much reading time as I wanted over the late winter and early spring, but the summer looks better, especially for Big Fat Books. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith This is the followup to The Cuckoo’s ... more >
B Reviews / Recommended ReadsChristmas / class-difference / Harlequin Romance / Scotland1 Comments
Dear Marion Lennox: I fell behind reading your releases in 2013, but when I saw you had a Christmas novel out in December I jumped on it. From the first couple of chapters I could tell that this was going to be a vintage Lennox, combining a fairy-tale holiday setting ... more >
C+ Reviewsdance / Harlequin Romance / sweet romance / workplace-romance2 Comments
Dear Ms. Hardy: I’ve read Kate Hardy’s Medicals and Presents novels for years, and the Posh Docs series is on my keeper shelf. When I saw a new novel in the Harlequin Romance line, I was intrigued, because it seemed a good fit in terms of voice and style. Polly ... more >
B ReviewsChef / Chocolate / Contemporary / England / Harlequin Romance10 Comments
Dear Ms. Harrington, Chocolate seems to be the new “thing” in romance books. And here we have luscious, organic, single estate, premo, “to die for” chocolate. Chocolate that makes chocolatiers swoon with delight and weep with envy – if they don’t have access to it. We also have a hero ... more >