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August 29, 2022

Republishing Out of Print Books – It’s Not as Easy as You Think

Guest ReviewerEssays / Letters of Opinionreissue32 Comments

When I began posting reviews of Dinah Dean’s long out of print Russian Series set during the early years of the nineteenth century, it was with the knowledge that Ms. Dean was deceased and that I had seen no signs of her books being digitally released. But then – a ... more >

October 7, 2015

REVIEW: Named of the Dragon by Susanna Kearsley

JayneB- Reviewsauthor / child in jeopardy / enemies to lovers / myth / Paranormal / publishing industry / reissue / Wales11 Comments

Although it goes against her workaholic nature, literary agent Lyn Ravenshaw lets herself be whisked off to Wales for the Christmas holidays by her star client, flamboyant children’s author Bridget Cooper. She suspects Bridget has ulterior motives, but the lure of South Wales with its castles and myths is irresistible. ... more >

November 22, 2013

REVIEW: The Fifth Favor by Shelby Reed

KaetrinB- ReviewsContemporary / Erotic-Romance / male escort / reissue17 Comments

Dear Ms. Reed, Originally published by Ellora’s Cave in January 2004, this book was reissued by Berkley Trade on 5 November this year. When I read the synopsis I was all over it – it is, after all, a manwhore book.  And I do have a weakness for manwhore books. ... more >

August 2, 2012

REVIEW: Summer’s End by Kathleen Gilles Seidel

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / family relationships / HarperCollins / reissue18 Comments

In keeping with the Olympic spirit, Amy Legend is a former Olympic gold medalist in figure skating. Not the summer Olympics, but still. “To their respective families, Jack Wells and Amy Legend are outsiders. A free-spirited man-of-all-trades, Jack takes life as it comes—not at all like his supremely organized mother, ... more >

June 14, 2012

REVIEW: Dedication by Janet Mullany

JennieB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsHistorical / older heroine and hero / reissue / reunited-lovers7 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Ms. Mullany, As a big fan of several of your historical romances, I jumped at the chance to read your first book, recently revised and released as a “sexier, longer” version. I’m a big fan of both “sexier” and “longer” (get your minds out of the gutter, readers, I mean that I like ... more >

February 22, 2012

REVIEW: Crooked Hearts by Patricia Gaffney

JennieB+ Reviews / Book Reviewscon-artist / Historical Romances / reissue11 Comments

Dear Ms. Gaffney, Back when I was devouring your backlist, in my early days as a romance reader, I avoided Crooked Hearts at first. I had very rigid notions of what I liked and what I didn’t like, and “Western” and “humorous” were on my “do not like” list, as far as ... more >

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