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Old 09-25-2014, 06:17 PM   #241
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I did read that it might be necessary to disable it when downloading digital music from Amazon - apparently the download link is to a www.Amazon server and it won't work with the redirect to smile.Amazon. I haven't tested that yet - I only occasionally buy music these days.

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Highland Game by Kathryn Kramer, 2nd in her Game of Queens series of Scotland-set Elizabethan historical romantic dramas, originally out from Jove in 1991.

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Wow, someone please talk to this author about covers!!!!
Not only the covers, but I hate the ALL CAPS titles (Bobby Hutchinson does this all the time too) I know it's a nit pick, but still bugs me. Also the publisher info is wrong. The author is trying to pass these off as editions from actual publishing houses (Berkley & Kensington). Intentional of not I find it dishonest.
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Old 09-26-2014, 11:05 AM   #243
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In Too Deep by Tina Wainscott aka Jaime Rush, a quote-unquote "psychological suspense with a dash of romance", originally out from St. Martin's Press in 2005, and which she says is now edited and updated in a 2nd edition.

Society writer Winslow Talbot feels she is living a lie: She is beautiful, but her face has been reconstructed to perfection after an automobile crash. She is rich, but the wealth belongs to her doting stepfather who’s funded a life she finds increasingly meaningless. When she learns of a hit-and-run accident that leaves a young Cuban girl disfigured, Winslow is determined to get the justice for a shattered family that she never got. Her investigation leads to Alex Diaz, editor of a Miami newspaper. But Alex warns her against snooping in Florida’s exile community, where politics can explode with deadly consequences.

Winslow is swept away by Alex’s passion and dedication to a dangerous cause. But neither her growing feelings for him, nor his warnings, will deter her, especially after meeting the injured girl. Winslow’s hunger for answers pits her against her family, her boss, and the Miami police, while a killer dogs her every move...


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After surviving a shipwreck off the coast of the Florida Keys, Genna Whitworth, a Boston heiress fleeing from scandal in her hometown, gets the surprise of her life when she discovers that her childhood friend, Eli Blaylock is alive and well. Eighteen years before, she thought Blaylock had been killed in the same Seminole Indian attack that had, tragically, taken the life of her father. Now a prominent sea captain, Blaylock helps rescue Genna from the sinking ship - and although he is engaged to be married, both find it increasingly difficult to overlook their growing, and dangerous attraction that is blossoming in the intense, tropical heat.
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Sam never thought she'd actually be chosen for a reality show--but next thing she knew, she was whisked away to Australia. Dealing with a producer willing to do whatever he had to do make the show a hit, other women ready to cheat and lie to gain the attention of the bachelor, and a camera operator ready to catch her at her worst every time she turned around, absolutely nothing was as simple as it seemed on TV. Not to mention the pigs, killer snakesand shoveling manure. Sam wasn't sure she was going to make it through filming most days--never mind find true love. Alex never thought he'd be on a reality show, but how hard could being surrounded by beautiful women be? A lot harder than he'd thought. The producer changed the rules of the show behind his back, the women were nearly clawing at each other for this attention--and that one contestant he couldn't get off his mind...

Can two people who are meant to be together manage to fight the catty contestants, crazy producer and find true love on a reality show in the Australian Outback
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Old 09-26-2014, 08:29 PM   #246
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I think you meant to say "general aesthetics and composition".... that's horrible. It may actually be worse than her cover for Desire's Deception, and I'm surprised that was possible.
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Old 09-26-2014, 09:03 PM   #248
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I figured they might giving they do like lawsuits, but I am still shocked Ellora's Cave is suing Dear Author for libel/defamation
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What?!?! I was reading all the comments on that article up until a few days ago. Where did you hear this?
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Twitter.

There's also a short post about it at the Digital Reader

I read the suit, but as a non-lawyer not all of it made sense to me. I don't think they have a legal leg to stand on though. Basically they want the post taken down and the real names and addresses of all the commenters. Plus money

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I read the suit, but as a non-lawyer not all of it made sense to me. I don't think they have a legal leg to stand on though. Basically they want the post taken down and the real names and addresses of all the commenters. Plus money
Oh this is going to be good.

With Jane being a lawyer herself I'm sure she very carefully considered all the references to EC. And based on previous suits it should be very interesting to see if EC slinks away or goes through the discovery process.
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Well, that was an interesting read over at Dear Author on the state of Ellora's Cave and the history of the ready availability of erotic romance.

And given the general results of Suing People Who Said Negative Things On The Internets*, it seems rather inadvisable for EC to spend their money on lawsuits instead of, say, paying monies owed to their authors and support personnel which would at least mitigate part of their bad publicity?

At any rate, it's sad to see things end up this way for yet another company who really should have been paying their content providers (hello there, remains of Dorchester, Night Shade Books, Books on Board, etc.). I hope the authors are able to get their rights reverted, if it comes to that.

As it is, I'd been thinking of picking up some of Roberta Gellis' historicals backlist from them now that they'd reduced the prices by half over the summer, but since it seems that the author might not be getting paid for her book sales there, it's probably just as well. I'll wait to see how things turn out and if her books end up going to another publisher with a higher price (hopefully couponable and possibly even DRM-free again), so be it, as long as she gets the money.

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The book wasn't very enjoyable either.
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Jenny Schwartz has self-published the third book in her The Bustlepunk Chronicles series. Curses and Confetti is out now for $2.99, but will be free September 28th - October 2nd.

The first two novellas in the series were published by Carina Press. This new one seems to be Amazon only.
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