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Originally Posted by tempest@de
Can you point me to where I can find more information about the series that where plagiarised please, I read some off her books and would like to know more about this. I searched in goodreads an Digital Reader about this but nothing came up, so I must be doing something wrong.
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The one that she was caught with is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...ing-home-texas
It was supposedly the first in a "new series". The writer from whom she took an entire book changing only the character names and genders had already written 12 books in a series called "Texas Trouble" and it is quite obvious Ms. Harner had every intention of lifting those. You can read her post about it on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.p...98&pnref=story
Also the entire Deuce Coop series was copied directly from Opal Carew's Riding Steele. Details here:
http://jennytrout.com/?p=9693
Still expecting to hear about more of her thefts; there's a possibility the m/f Highland series she has out is also of questionable authorship but that has yet to be confirmed.
Oh, and it's mentioned here on GoodReads that if you bought at Amazon, you can get a refund even after the date if you explain you're requesting it because of the admitted plagiarism.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...coop-episode-1
Editing to add this notice I just read on Becky McGraw's Facebook page: (quote) **NOTICE** If anyone has a copy of the Deuce Coop serial books, in ebook or paperback, please contact OPAL CAREW and send them to her instead of requesting a refund. Opal's email is
opalcarew@bestromanceauthors.com. (/quote)
Am assuming this is part of whatever legal processes the wronged author and/or her publisher are engaged in. Evidence gathering? Anyway, there it is.
Edit #2: It gets uglier.
http://lworrall.blogspot.ca/2015/10/...5643dbaaee9459
And, among other shenanigans, she is now blaming her daughter for lifting the Deuce Coop series. Ye gods! I cannot believe anybody would stoop so low.