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March 20, 2015

Friday News: the history of Harlequin, Hedy Lamarr-inventor, new voices in Fantasy, and Paleo cookbook pulled by Australian publisher

JanetPublishing 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 >

December 29, 2014

Monday News: Roberta Leigh dies, Exodus banned in Egypt, Amazon Prime’s happy holiday, and eclectic cookbook

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / censorship / cookbook / films / Harlequin / historical-accuracy / Mills and Boon / obituary / Prime / Roberta Leigh19 Comments

Roberta Leigh – obituary – If you were a fan of Mills and Boon/Harlequin in the 1950s through the 1970s, you might remember Roberta Leigh, who penned over 160 Romances under several different names. In between, she ran her own film company and created a number of successful ventures, from ... more >

February 16, 2009

REVIEW: Safe Passage by Ida Cook (Mary Burchell)

JayneB Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / EbooksHarlequin / Ida Cook / Jewish-faith / Mills and Boon / non-fiction / opera55 Comments

Dear Readers, I’d been eyeing this book after it was promoted on the eharlequin website and this month, I decided “why not. Sounds interesting.” Interesting indeed. This book is “the truth is stranger than fiction.” Two young English women become enamored of opera, travel the world to see and meet ... more >

January 7, 2009

Midweek Links of Interest

JaneBook Reviewsads / iPhone / Mills and Boon / sports romance27 Comments

Freedom to Tinker provides 2009 predictions which include netbook/larger iPhone at $899; civil lawsuits over violation of terms of service based on Lori Drew case; Obama administration prosecutions for large scale bittorrent abusers. Alpha Heroes wonders what is up with the animal-like genetalia.   Rhev (the hero in JR Ward’s next ... more >

December 24, 2008

REVIEW: A Man in a Million by Jessica Bird

JaneB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviews / EbooksHarlequin / Jessica-Bird / Mills and Boon5 Comments

Dear Ms. Bird: I was cruising the new Mills & Boon ebook offerings when I saw A Man in a Million in e-form. I’m not terribly familiar with your category backlist although I do have a few in my TBR pile that I haven’t yet read (they are in paper ... more >

November 7, 2008

REVIEW: Miss Winthorpe’s Elopement by Christine Merrill

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviews Category / C- Reviewsacross the tracks / Christine Merrill / Harlequin / Historical Romances / Mills and Boon / Regency England8 Comments

Dear Mrs. Merrill, Your latest book (so far only available at Mills and Boon in both print and eform), is one that unfortunately doesn’t work as well for me as the last title of yours I read. Sorry but there’s just no other way to say it. The book starts ... more >

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