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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
Have either of you tried:
Cry Baby Hollow by Aimee Love
Louisiana Longshot by DeLeon (this is really more mystery, but the romance is coming along as the books progress)
Susanna and the Spy Anna Elliot (pretty traditional romance/historical/just for fun, not plausible)
A Gift of Ghosts by Sarah Wynde (fairly straight-forward romance, but with a side of mystery)
Of these, I'd say Cry Baby Hollow is the most unique and the romance doesn't follow what I'd call typical lines--takes pretty long to develop and has some, oh, I guess I'd call it realistic barriers thrown in.
DeLeon is mostly for the laughs. I'm not trying to tell you that the series is plausible, but I do enjoy the heck out of it and I like when a romance takes several books to develop.
The other two are more focused on the romance, but I thought them unique and cute enough to stand well enough without feeling they were following a formula.
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I checked them out and they do look interesting. But when I made my comments, I really was talking about romance. I think only one of those you list are romance, the first looks like urban fantasy, which I love that genre too, but its not romance. The ghost one I can't really say where it goes based on the goodreads shelves from friends. Cant I trust for example that there is a HEA/HFN at the end.
The DeLeon is like Chick lit, which is fine, but I don't read chick lit.
That is really what I meant by unique with harlequin, I am talking about the romances they publish. And this really brings up another one of my reservations with self publishers. I see so many times where they want to stick their novel into the romance category when it really isn't romance. It might be something with romantic elements, but that isn't the same.
Like I said, I read UF too and I am going to give the first one you list a shot since it really sounds interesting, but when I look for romance, that is what I want. I am not always convinced that is what I am getting with indies. I think its a trust thing.
I agree with the triangle though. Oh how I hate thee.