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Friday News & Deals: New Deals, Fifty Shades of Grey Hitting All the Papers,

News

F&W is launching a digital book publishing company that will specialize in releasing digital copies of genre fiction from the 1940s to the 1970s.

F+W Media is launching a new digital-only imprint, Prologue Books, that aims to reintroduce readers to previously out-of-print crime, sci-fi/fantasy, romance, western and YA titles published between 1940 and 1970.

No word on whether these will be bowlderized like the Harlequin Vintage releases.  I hope this means that Charlotte Lamb books will...

Friday Film Review: My Best Girl

My Best Girl (1927)

Genre: Romance/Comedy/Silent Film

Grade: B+

This movie is so cute I just want to scoop it up and hug it. Mary Pickford's last silent film, it showcases her charm and talent and proves why she was America's sweetheart.

The plot is nothing new or exciting. Maggie Johnson (Pickford) is a stock clerk at a five and dime store where she meets new fellow clerk Joe Grant (Charles Rogers) and takes him under her wing. Only he's actually the owner's son, there to prove himself...

REVIEW: The Scandalous Countess by Jo Beverley

"Georgia, Countess of Maybury has it all, but then her husband is killed in a duel and she loses her homes, most of her possessions, and her reputation as well. Innocent of all charges, she returns to the beau monde determined to regain all through a second brilliant marriage, but a scarred ex-naval officer threatens to tempt her in a different direction."

[image error]Dear Ms. Beverley,

I'm always up for a revisit to your 18th century Georgian world of the Mallorens. We recently had a discussion here...

What Jia's Been Reading in February

It looks like my reading's slowed down a bit compared to last year but I'm determined to keep putting these together on a monthly basis. Last month I discovered I hadn't read any books not for reviewing purposes, which is rather sad, so I aimed to fix that this month.

Blackout by Rob Thurman
This is the sixth book in the Cal Leandros series. I realized I'd fallen behind and that the next one was coming out soon! It was pretty good and delivered what you'd expect from the series. In this...

REVIEW: Between the Duke and the Deep Blue Sea by Sophia Nash

Dear Ms. Nash:

So. I'm thinking that I'm not quite the right reader for your books. "Between the Duke and the Deep Blue Sea" is meant to be a comedy, a piece of frivolity. It's a tale of frippery, if I can borrow a period phrase. There is nothing wrong with frippery but sometimes it can be too overdecorated or too flimsy. I thought this story was both.

This book starts out with Prinny ordering six bachelor Dukes to marry. Who knew that Prinny was involved in making a gaggle dukes get...

REVIEW: The Temporary Wife by Mary Balogh

Dear Ms. Balogh,

I first read The Temporary Wife, one of your most beloved trad regencies, several years ago. At the time, I liked it but was distracted by an initial similarity to another of your regencies, The Ideal Wife, which I had read first and liked even better.

[image error]The opening premises of the two books are very much alike, but they shoot off in very different directions soon after that. Still, the similarity in how they begin makes it difficult not to compare them and choose a favorite. I s...

Debut Book Feature: Sweet Enemy by Heather Snow

Happy Leap Day.  Today's "Debut Print Book Feature is Sweet Enemy by Heather Snow which sounds fascinating.  We developed a little questionnaire for Debut Print Authorsand every Wednesday at 10:00 AM CST (as long as we have content) we'll post the questionnaire answers along with links to the author's site and a buy link to her book. I hope this helps people discovery new books. Now, on to the answers.

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Name of debut release: SWEET ENEMY

Release date: 2-7-2012

Publisher: NAL Signet Eclipse

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REVIEW: Escape Velocity by Anah Crow and Dianne Fox

Dear Ms. Crow and Fox.

I would not have finished this book if I had not been listening to it on audio book instead of reading it. In fact, I tried multiple times to read it when it was released from Torquere Press and couldn't. Now revised for and re-released through Carina, it was also made into an audio book, which I've been listening to for a week. I'm glad I did finish it, and I'm still thinking about the characters, but I absolutely would not have finished it if I'd been reading instead o...

REVIEW: A Rogue By Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean

Dear Ms. MacLean:

This is the first of your books I've read, and it's the first in quite a while that I've considered applying the mistorical tag to. Given the muddled nature of Regency history in Romance, as well as my insecurity regarding how much I really know that's true about the period, I decided against tagging the book that way. However, the internal debate is indicative of my overall response to A Rogue By Any Other Name, specifically my inability to feel immersed in the lives of its ...

Tuesday News & Deals: Harry Potter Digital Goes to the Library; Major Corps Reverse Directions; More Paypal News

News

I have a lot of news today so I will try to be short. Pithy.

Harry Potter digital books will be sourced through Overdrive and available for lending for five years. At that time, the libraries will need to repurchase the digital copies. Source: Library Journal

Google decided to kick out affiliates that weren't making any money. That included me, but I didn't care because I don't think I made one Google sale but then again, I don't recall putting up an actual Google affiliate link. Does...