C- ReviewsAssassin / djinn / Paranormal / Seattle / Signet / Urban-Fantasy24 Comments
Dear Ms. Bonilla, If there’s one character type I love seeing, it’s assassins. Especially female assassins. I could probably stand to see less redheaded assassins though. Seriously, what is it with fantasy and redheaded assassins and/or redheaded women? Still, the promise of a female assassin was enough to lure me ... more >
Contests/Giveawaysgiveaway / Signet352 Comments
Signet/NAL emailed me and wanted to offer up a spring preview of its April through June books and they offered to give away titles to our readership. We’ve had a number of giveaways (and I suspect more in the future) so we are planning to run these Sunday afternoon. Yay ... more >
Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsGeorgian / Historical Romances / Jo-Beverley / Penguin / road-romance / Signet8 Comments
Dear Ms. Beverley, All right. Here we go with “The Secret Duke” the third book in this series set in mid eighteenth century England. As with the first two books, it involves hidden and/or secret identities and takes place partly on the road which allows the characters to let their ... more >
Book Reviews / C Reviews / C Reviews CategoryDeidre Knight / shapeshifters / Signet7 Comments
Dear Ms. Knight: The first book I read by you was Red Fire (which I thought I had written a review for but could not find in the archives). I enjoyed Red Fire and didn’t hesitate to pick up Red Kiss. The premise of the Gods of Midnight series is ... more >
Book ReviewsCassie Edwards / Penguin / plagiarism / Signet68 Comments
Late Friday, AP reporter, Hillel Italie reported that Signet/NAL has severed its relationship with Cassie Edwards. Since we made a bit deal, here on the blog, about how appalling Signet/NAL’s initial response was, I thought it would be fair to give over our Sunday to say how awesome I think ... more >
Publishing NewsCassie Edwards / Penguin / plagiarism / Signet36 Comments
Sarah just sent me the link to the news release that Signet and Cassie Edwards are no longer in business together. “Signet has conducted an extensive review of all its Cassie Edwards novels and due to irreconcilable editorial differences, Ms. Edwards and Signet have mutually agreed to part ways,” the ... more >