Posted by: fshk on: June 29, 2009
Line, Publication Date: Harlequin Romance, 1981 Cover Steaminess: 5. Classic clutch, but they’re both wearing parkas. Back of Book Description: “For reporter Sarah Grey it was the assignment of a lifetime—accompany the supertanker Arctic Enterprise on her maiden voyage through the Northwest Passage. Despite the hazards involved she was determined to turn in the best [...]
Posted by: fshk on: June 26, 2009
Couple of quick links: + Contestant #2 in Jezebel’s Worst 80s Romance contest is this guy, described as “A cold, hard-hearted radiologist with control issues and a penchant for mind games!” The Mills & Boon (that’s British Harlequin to you) says, “Was he just being kind?” and I kind of want to know when “kind” [...]
Posted by: fshk on: June 24, 2009
I recently picked up Beyond Heaving Bosoms, which I think I’m just going to carry around in my purse all the time, so that when people ask me why I read romance novels, I can point to the preface and say, “This! This is why!” In the first chapter, the Smart Bitches define Old Skool [...]
Posted by: fshk on: April 18, 2009
Nightline did a segment on Harlequin’s 60th anniversary and got such luminaries as Seth Rogan, George Will, and (swoon!) Paul Rudd to read some choice passages. Watch it here.
Posted by: fshk on: February 2, 2009
In honor of its 60th anniversary, Harlequin has 16 free ebooks available for download. Since all romance novels, good bad and otherwise, get me a little giddy, I just downloaded a bunch of them. It’s hard to say no to free books.
Posted by: fshk on: October 25, 2008
DocTurtle of Judge A Book By Its Cover, who has previously frowned upon romance novels, is recapping a Harlequin Blaze with awesome results. Part 1 and Part 2.
Posted by: fshk on: October 19, 2008
Line, Publication Date: Harlequin Presents, 2008 Cover Steaminess: 7. A shirtless guy and a girl in a pink negligee are making out on a bed in front of a window that shows a city skyline. Series/Back of Book Description: Red Hot Revenge. “All that stands in the way of Dante Carazzo and revenge is Mackenzi [...]
Posted by: fshk on: September 17, 2008
This past weekend, I took a bunch of category romances out from the library. I intend to make recaps of same a regular feature on this blog. If you have suggestions for additions to the feature, leave them in the comments. But first, let’s take a moment to break it down. Definition: Category romances are [...]
Posted by: fshk on: July 19, 2008
After a very funny conversation about romance novels involving vikings, alexabex lent me this book, a category romance originally published by Harlequin Silhouette that, based on the book description, sounds kind of like Encino Man, only with a viking and less Pauly Shore. The back-of-the-book copy says it’s about a scientist who finds a frozen [...]
