Okay. I'm thinking it went something like this.Publisher: "We love this book."
Author: (nervous, but excited) "Thank you."
Publisher: (leaning forward in chair and enunciating as if to a child) "It's not a mystery."
Author: (confused) "It's not?"
Publisher: (proud) "It's a Romance." (leans back in chair and stares expectantly at author)
Author: "Huh?"
Well, that's what I imagined happened. I never would have picked this up if I'd seen the Romance symbol on the jacket of this book. (like my last post, I have no idea where I got this recommendation. I really thought it was off the Beverly Connor Website, but, if it ever was there, it's gone now. Maybe it was a Rogue Beverly Connor website.) So, point being, don't let the Romance marketing put you off. Sure, there's some heaving bosoms, but it's not the point of the book and it's a shame that it's pigeon-holed this way.
1 comment:
Decidedly not a romance. I learned more about estate antiquing than I ever thought I would want to. Southern intrigue so deep, the twang dripped off the pages.
3 Stars. June 2008.
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