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January 22, 2015

REVIEW: Deliverance by Jennie Marsland

RoseB ReviewsCanada / historical romance / PTSD / sexual-assault / World War I3 Comments

Dear Ms. Marsland, I recently picked up Shattered, the first book in your Winds of War, Winds of Change series, because it was free and had an unusual setting. While I wasn’t truly wowed by it, it was promising enough – and on top of that, it takes place in Canada ... more >

December 31, 2014

REVIEW: Off Campus by Amy Jo Cousins

KaetrinB- Reviewscollege / Contemporary / m/m / New Adult / queer / sexual-assault23 Comments

Dear Amy Jo Cousins, I recently read your free m/m short Five Dates and I was completely charmed by it.  I opened Off Campus immediately after finishing, hoping to find more of that, albeit with different characters. I did find things to like but it was not entirely the success ... more >

December 16, 2014

Tuesday News: book covers, Judy Blume’s new adult novel, trigger warnings, and a 6-year-old self-published author

JanetPublishing Newsadult fiction / book-covers / Self-publishing / sexual-assault / trigger warnings / YA15 Comments

The Best Book Covers of 2014 – What goes into a great book cover? While the New York Times isn’t picking among a wide variety of genre books, they’ve chosen some very interesting images that can definitely be compared to the best covers within specific genres. Any of these covers ... more >

December 8, 2014

Monday News: victim-blaming, ghostwriting, and messaging in books

JanetPublishing Newsdoxxing / female agency / genre fiction / ghostwriting / Literary Criticism / patriarchy / sexual-assault / YA fiction12 Comments

Conservative blogger reveals unconfirmed identity of alleged U.Va. rape victim – I can barely report on this story without devolving into a sputtering rage. Anyway, this guy who’s clearly trying to make a name for himself (which is obvious in his tweets here, especially the one about “self-employment”) by doxxing ... more >

November 12, 2014

REVIEW: How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days by Laura Lee Guhrke

SuzanneB+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsAmerican heroine / England / historical romance / marriage-of-convenience / Recommended Reads / sexual-assault / wounded hero20 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Ms. Guhrke, A historical romance heroine traumatized by sexual assault is a rare and challenging plot line. We see it in contemporary romance with frequency, but in the land of manners and repressed inhibitions, where there’s an unwed duke allotted to every good soul in the British Empire (and ... more >

January 26, 2014

REVIEW: Believe by Erin McCarthy

JiaC Reviewsalcoholism / college / Ebooks / New Adult / Penguin / sexual-assault / Tattoo Artist7 Comments

Dear readers, Although I’m not an ardent fan of Erin McCarthy’s True Believers books, I did like the first two novels enough to keep reading. The endings of True and Sweet didn’t quite leave me satisfied but the rest of them worked well enough to hold my interest. With Believe, ... more >

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