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Thanking Our June Advertisers

Each month, we have a new slate of advertisements and the advertisements help to fund things like giveaways to the troops, to blog readers, and to the maintenance of the blog. Click through if you have any interest.

Avon Impulse, novella length stories. I recommend Before the Witches .Berkley: Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh tour dates.  Read the duel review here and my suppositions regarding Kaleb Krycheck here.Harlequin:

REVIEW: Camwolf by J.L. Merrow

Dear Ms. Merrow.

I have historically said I don't read werewolf books, but when I saw your name, I said to hell with that rule (again). I love your short stories and was just thrilled to see a longer story by you. And wow, was it worth it.

[image error]You are (obviously) English, you make no bones (har!) about it, your stories are set in England, and even when I don't understand some of the slang (even though, as a colonial, I'm mostly bilingual), I appreciate the utterly English voice of your stories. In ...

First Page: Cat in the Dark, futuristic/paranormal (and multicultural)

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously.

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A trunk full of contraband, a deadline, and the damn car won't start. Vrzala grits his teeth and focuses on the heavily-accented-english bitching in his right ear, thinks of kicking the tires in frustration, and instead digs out the pack of smokes he'd stopped...

REVIEW: Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews

Dear Ms. Andrews:

Having been a long time reader of series, I've come to expect that a series will generally start losing direction or steam or focus around the 5th book or so.  Fortunately, this series has not sagged at all and I think it has to do with not only the tight writing, but the tight focused plotting.  While each book contains a battle, it is all working toward a greater end that was visible from almost the beginning: Kate's showdown with her father.

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Friday Film Review: The Reluctant Debutante

The Reluctant Debutante (1958)

Genre: Comedy/Romance

Grade: B

[image error]We read so many books here about "The Season" that I thought it appropriate to review this movie set during the last official one before the Queen pulled the plug on it in 1958. Though it was probably watched more for Sandra Dee and John Saxon during its release, today I watch it more for the bravura comedic performances by Kay Kendall and Rex Harrison as the harried father and stepmother trying to launch his daughter and one-up...

First Page: Cat in the Dark, futuristic/paranormal

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously.

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A trunk full of contraband, a deadline, and the damn car won't start. Vrzala grits his teeth and focuses on the heavily-accented-english bitching in his right ear, thinks of kicking the tires in frustration, and instead digs out the pack of smokes he'd stopped...

REVIEW: Nightfall by Ellen Connor

Note: January is a new reviewer at DA. She will be providing reviews at least once a month if not more often.

Dear Ellen Connor (aka Ann Aguirre and Carrie Lofty):

I wanted to love this book. I really did. You are both well known names in the industry, and both of you have high praise for your novels. I thought this might be a dynamite pairing. And it has potential.  The concept is not an overdone one: a romance in a post-apocalyptic setting. I can get behind that. But I felt like the...

Thursday Midday Links: Is Harlequin Trying to Move the Brand Away from Romance?

I was contacted last week about a program called "The Fresh Air Fund". The program sets up host families for children in need. You can check out more at this link.

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Jon L is the creator of a new blog which uses the Amazon API to try and create lists of new releases and pre-orders for various genres, one of which is romance.   New blog is called newebook releases.blogspot.com.   John is not a romance reader and has not done a lot of editing to his list, however,  it appears to be a good ...

REVIEW: Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold by Ellen O'Connell

Dear Ms. O'Connell:

When I saw that Kristie J. highly recommended your self-published Western, Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold, I admit I was excited but also trepidatious. I'm always a bit wary of Romance novels featuring Native American protagonists, because the stereotypes seem so entrenched in the genre. The opening scene of the book was so suspenseful and compelling, however, that I knew early on that this was not the book I was expecting, which turned out to be a good thing. Despite the...

Search by Publisher at Amazon for Low Prices

Here is a good way to search for publishers' deals at Amazon.  Go to Amazon.com and choose Books under the main menu on the left side.

Then click "Advanced Search"

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Fill out three fields:

Publisher: This is either the Harlequin imprint such as Harlequin Presents or Harlequin Superromance or Harlequin Historical or whatever publisher imprint you would like to search. For Hachette, you may have to search by "Forever" and "Hachette".Subject: RomanceFormat: KindleRelevance: Price: Low to High

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