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November 17, 2017

Friday News: RIP Sara Craven, National Book Awards, Ibtihaj Muhammad Barbie, and stupid, misogynistic app

JanetPublishing NewsBarbie / diversity / Harlequin-Presents / Ibtihaj Muhammad / mobile apps / National Book Awards / obituary / Sara Craven / Shero dolls3 Comments

Sara Craven 1938-2017 – It’s been a bad few weeks for Romance, with the untimely death of Miranda Neville, and now news of Sara Craven’s passing. Craven wrote for Mills and Boon/Harlequin for more than 40 years, and she was approaching her 100th book. Born in 1938, Craven also won ... more >

Not a Marrying Man by Miranda Lee
April 28, 2011

REVIEW: Not the Marrying Man by Miranda Lee & REVIEW: The Highest Stakes of All by Sara Craven

JaneC+ Reviews / D ReviewsHarlequin-Presents / Miranda Lee / mistress / revenge-plot / Sara Craven / secret14 Comments

Dear Ms. Lee: I was intrigued by this book because seton mentioned how much she liked in over at the Amazon thread “How about HPs’ that you like“. Seton is correct that this is a bit fresher take on the mistress/bazillionaire trope. The one drawback is that I thought the ... more >

Cover Image of Sara Craven
February 22, 2010

REVIEW: The Innocent’s Surrender by Sara Craven

JaneF ReviewsRape / Sara Craven47 Comments

Dear Ms. Craven: I was very excited to see that you had a new release out. You are one of my favorite Harlequin Presents authors. Sure, you have some rape books in your past, but this is 2010, and those are a thing of the past, right? Apparently not. The ... more >

June 6, 2009

REVIEW: The Santangeli Marriage by Sara Craven

JaneB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsHarlequin Present / Marriage-in-Trouble / Sara Craven2 Comments

Dear Ms. Craven: I’m never sure what to expect from you. On the whole, you are one of my favorite HP authors but from time to time, your stories send me over the cliff. I wasn’t sure how I was going to respond to this one. The Santangeli Marriage begins ... more >

September 12, 2008

Harlequin Lightning Reviews

JaneB Reviews / B Reviews Category / C Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ Reviews / D ReviewsHarlequin-Blaze / Harlequin-Presents / Jo-Leigh / Sara Craven / Silhouette-Desire9 Comments

One Night with His Virgin Mistress by Sara Craven. 19 year old heroine bedsits a flat while trying to write a historical adventure romance (reads like a classic bodice ripper btw). Hero is a quazillionaire who foregoes his fortune to work as a troubleshooting engineer. The two end up living ... more >

December 13, 2007

REVIEW: Virgin’s Wedding Night by Sara Craven

JaneB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsContemporary / Harlequin-Presents / Sara Craven / virgin8 Comments

Dear Ms. Craven: I’ve not read alot of Harlequin Presents but during the eHarlequin 50% off sale, I purchased six of them and yours was the first one I read. I was thinking about your book as I read the debate over Mills & Boon’s books being patriarchal propaganda. Harriet ... more >

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