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Originally Posted by Atunah
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.
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Ah, I see. You have a more narrow definition of romance (nothing wrong with that--you know what you like and you buy it!) I tend to lump romance in with other categories (as a reader. I don't know how I'd categorize romance if I wrote it, but none of my books are what I would define as Primarily Romance). Two of those above are what I would call "just romance" -- the ghost one and the Suzanna and the Spy. They have other plots going on to keep things interesting, but they are HEA and have some other standard plot lines that I categorize as "romance."
Jana DeLeon isn't chick-lit IMO. I'd categorize that series as cozy mystery first, or humorous mystery. Secondarily it has romance and some interesting "geezer lit" qualities. I don't really read chick-lit, but it might have some chick-lit qualities too. The main character is an assassin but perhaps chick-lit has branched out into more interesting career choices since I last read any.
I don't think it fits romance, really, though. Good point. I was mainly thinking of the 3rd book that I just finished and in that one the romance subplot came more to the fore.
These are my "reader" categories. I have no idea how these are actually marketed or categorized when it comes to how the author may have marketed them.
I guess I just found the plot lines unique enough that I was interested in reading them. And since I don't read a lot of "just romance" it could be that I don't define it well either!