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July 9, 2018

REVIEW: Damaged Goods by Talia Hibbert

KaetrinB Reviews / Book Reviewsbaby / child abuse / Contemporary / domestic violence / England / novella / pregnancy / second chance3 Comments

Dear Talia Hibbert, After the success of A Girl Like Her, I was all over the next book in the Ravenswood series, this novella-length (long novella) story about Laura Albright (Burne) and Samir Bianchi, her long lost love. Damaged Goods can work as a standalone but I think it works ... more >

March 8, 2017

Wednesday News: Harper Collins resists Canadian ebook settlement; Nancy Willard dies; “Alien Bounty Hunter;” and hilarious giraffe video

JanetPublishing NewsAgency pricing / April the giraffe / Canada / comic book adaptations / Ebooks / Harper Collins / pregnancy / Vault Comics4 Comments

HarperCollins Vows to Fight Back in Canadian eBook Price-Fixing Case – So Harper Collins has decided that it does not want to join the Canadian ebook settlement that was negotiated in January with the Canadian Competition Bureau. The Bureau asserts that Harper Collins is engaging in anti-competitive behavior by not allowing retailers to ... more >

April 1, 2016

REVIEW: The Best Laid Plans by Lauren Gallagher

KaetrinB Reviewsadoption / bisexual / Catholic / Contemporary / Erotic-Romance / Gay / Islam / menage / pregnancy / queer14 Comments

It’s a foolproof strategy…until the emotional balance shifts. After yet another adoption falls through, Gabe is ready to give up, and Shahid isn’t far behind him. Apparently, being a gay couple—half of which is Muslim—is just one strike too many for the powers that be. When their friend Kendra offers ... more >

January 28, 2015

REVIEW: The Cowboy’s Christmas Seduction by Genevieve Turner

JayneB ReviewsAmerican historical / Christmas / Historical / holiday novella / pregnancy3 Comments

Catarina Merrill has had quite a year—with the shotgun marriage and the baby on the way—but she certainly never expected to desire her husband as much as she does. Dreaming up naughty, sensual things she’d like to try with him is easy, but actually telling him about her fantasies is ... more >

September 1, 2014

Monday News: Apple speculation builds, Kate Mosse and genre fiction, Jane the Virgin comes to US TV, and Neil Patrick Harris’s “Choose Your Own Autobiography”

JanetPublishing NewsApple / autobiography / diversity / gender / genre fiction / Literary fiction / Orange Prize / pregnancy / Satire / technology / television / virginity / Womens-Fiction8 Comments

A fun exercise in speculation: Would I buy Apple’s rumored products? – As anticipation builds about next Tuesday’s Apple announcement(s), so does speculation about what product(s) will be introduced and what priorities consumers will exercise. Apple is holding a media event September 9th, so I’m going to engage in a ... more >

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August 29, 2014

Friday News: Critiquing Anita Sarkeesian’s Critics, the new waterproof Kobo reader, pregnancy app Glow, and new book on 3 top newswomen

JanetPublishing Newsapplication / Biography / ereader / gaming / gender / harassment / journalism / Kobo / Misogyny / pregnancy / sexism / waterproof28 Comments

Tropes vs Anita Sarkeesian: on passing off anti-feminist nonsense as critique – A really great, thorough analysis of the dangerous idiocy that are the attacks on Anita Sarkeesian. Not only does Ian Steadman uncover the hypocritical illogic of Sarkessian’s detractors, but he does it in a way that models content-based ... more >

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