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helena fairfax, freelance editor, romance 5 library books I’m looking forward to reading in #RomanceReadingMonth
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5 library books I’m looking forward to reading in #RomanceReadingMonth

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This year the Romantic Novelists’ Association celebrates its 60th (Diamond) Anniversary, and I’m looking forward to sharing in a year-long round of festivities. Our recent RNA newsletter says: ‘The RNA’s mission was to demand respect for and celebrate romantic fiction and here we are, sixty years later, doing just that.’ To kick-start the celebrations, the…… Continue reading 5 library books I’m looking forward to reading in #RomanceReadingMonth

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#Romance15: an online weekend Romance Festival for authors, readers and lovers of romance

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This weekend is the second virtual Romance Festival organised by Harper Collins and Mills and Boon (Harlequin). The event begins at 2pm on Saturday (UK time) and runs all day Sunday. The organisers say that Saturday will be “a professional development day for authors (last time we had Script Doctor sessions with editors, Goodreads, tips…… Continue reading #Romance15: an online weekend Romance Festival for authors, readers and lovers of romance

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Good to meet you…author Sarah Mallory

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Today my visitor has come from just across the Pennines. For anyone not familiar with UK geography, the Pennines are a range of hills running down the north of England, separating Lancashire and Yorkshire. In the fifteenth century there was fierce fighting between the two counties in the Wars of the Roses. And even today…… Continue reading Good to meet you…author Sarah Mallory

mills and boon, helena fairfax, the chatsfield Mills and Boon and the digital future of books
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Mills and Boon and the digital future of books

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A while ago I wrote about how I was able to download the first book in Richard House’s multimedia thriller The Kills for free, just by sending out a tweet. I wondered at the time if The Kills multimedia format – in which videos are embedded in the digital download – was the future for…… Continue reading Mills and Boon and the digital future of books

romance, romance novels, 1930s, Mills and Boon A review of a 1930s Mills and Boon novel (it’s all too divine, darlings!)
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A review of a 1930s Mills and Boon novel (it’s all too divine, darlings!)

Helena Fairfax31 Comments

“Happy, happy Christmas, Arthur dear.  I hope you like sausages for breakfast?” “I do – better than anything,” he assured her, and wanted to add: “I love you, I love you.” I spent all last night simply riveted to this page-turning 1930s Mills and Boon novel.  In the Name of Love, by Guy Trent -…… Continue reading A review of a 1930s Mills and Boon novel (it’s all too divine, darlings!)