C+ ReviewsAgency pricing / Contemporary / friends-to-lovers / Jayne-Ann-Krentz / Paranormal / Penguin20 Comments
Dear Ms. Krentz: My favorite thing about your books is the interaction of your main characters and your dry wit that seeps through the dialogue. “Canyons of the Night” is set in the same world as the Jayne Castle series that involves glowing green alien artifacts, rezzed amber, and dust ... more >
Letters of OpinionChristina-Dodd / genre critique / Jayne-Ann-Krentz / Mary-Jo-Putney / Reader Opinions109 Comments
Note: I know this is a bit long, but it’s already a drastically shortened version of this argument. Consent at your own risk. When I first started reading Romance, I was stunned by the genre's apparent comfort with sexual force against female characters and uncomfortable with both the contention that ... more >
A Review Category / A- Reviews / Book ReviewsBusiness woman / Jayne-Ann-Krentz / revenge-plot / Seattle17 Comments
Dear Ms. Krentz: This book was published in 1989 but I don’t think I read it until the early 1990s. My copy was used and I recall that I had purchased it used in its original Harlequin Temptation iteration. Since that time, it has been re-released by Harlequin at least ... more >
C Reviews / C Reviews CategoryBlackmail / Business woman / Debut Books / Jayne-Ann-Krentz2 Comments
Dear Ms. Krentz: I’ve read many of your out of print Harlequin Temptations (it was one of my favorite Harlequin lines). Lady’s Choice with featuring a barista who secretly wanted to be selling tea was probably my favorite although I’ve re-read The Wedding Night wherein the heroine, Angie, finds out ... more >
Letters of OpinionElizabeth-Hoyt / Jayne-Ann-Krentz / Liz Fielding / revenge-plot33 Comments
more animals The revenge trope is a prevalent one in romance. Admittedly, it’s prevalent everywhere. Revenge is what powered the Count of Monte Cristo. It’s easy, you see, because it provides insta-conflict in romance. Take one hero bent on revenge, one innocent bystander, mix and stir. It’s easy to arouse emotional ... more >
Book Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ ReviewsJayne-Ann-Krentz / psychic / romantic-suspense8 Comments
Dear Ms. Krentz: I think that my favorite books of yours are the not the paranormals but since you’ve decided to go all paranormal all the time, I’ve just got to suck it up or stop reading you. So am sucking it up because apparently you are a drug ... more >