Publishing 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 >
Publishing 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 >
B 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 >
Book 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 >
B 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 >
Book 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 >