Did I mention that I got a new puter back in June? Actually, I know I didnt cause I was away for quite a while. Anyhoo, I got a scanner to go with it and now can get back to scanning (I was originally typing them out) some old articles that I kept for a nostalgic look back. Next up is Julia Quinn’s first ever profile in Romantic Times #134 (May 1995). Dude, look at her photo! She looks like she’s 16. Click image to enlarge.
I also scanned the bottom half of the page in case you wanted to read about Marjorie Farrell. According to her good friend Mary Jo Putney, Farrell has gone back to teaching and is no longer writing (but never say never). For my review of the book she was promoting at that time – Sweet Awakening – click here.
If you want to see the other old articles I’ve done, click the category “Old Articles” on the right hand column.
I got mad when Wilfred chose the insipid Rowena over the gorgeous, brave Rebecca in Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe, I realized that Love Triangles are not for me. They almost never turn out the way I want them to which is vastly frustrating. Seventeen years later, I am still pissed that Margot picked that Duke of Slut over witty Robin in MJP’s The Controversial Countess (later revised as Petals in the Storm). Bloody *(^%$)*& ! I can feel my blood pressure rising just thinking about it. *Deep breaths*Deep breaths* (Yes, I know that witty Robin did get his own HEA later but he wanted Margot and he should have gotten Margot!!!!! They went through hell together.)
At six-and-twenty, Samantha Briggeham knew her marital prospects were fading by the season and she was pleased by the thought. She had no intention of being betrothed–especially against her will–to a man she did not love. She had a plan…and it didn’t include being swept into a pair of powerful arms and spirited away by a masked rider. News of Sammie’s heroic rescue from undesired wedlock turned her into the toast of the ton, wooed by suitors far and wide. But she couldn’t forget the swashbuckling brigand who’d abducted her–something about him intrigued her completely. Then she met Eric Landsdowne, the dashing and seductive Earl of Wesley.His exploits were legendary, his life filled with danger. He was the elusive Bride Thief, who had his own reasons for helping young women escape the unhappy fate of arranged marriages, and whose true identity was a scrupulously guarded secret. But from the moment he rescued Sammie–only to discover she’d already managed to get herself un-betrothed–Eric knew he couldn’t lose her a second time. Marriage was out of the question. Which left only one option: A clandestine affair that might lead to scandal, social ruin, and the unmasking of a love-bested legend. . .
could it be . . . . seton? 