As some of you already know, I am a big fan of the authors of the 1990’s. So, I am for­ever try­ing to find what piece of their back­list they have finally decided to dig­i­tize and sell to us. It wasn’t easy. I decided on my own to cull the cat­a­log of Smash­words to locate which romance authors have some of their ebooks avail­able. So, with­out fur­ther ado, here we go!

I was hit with the first sur­prise when I learned that Alexis Harrington’s entire back­list is avail­able in dig­i­tal for­mat and DRM-free folks at Smash­words. She writes west­erns. Enjoy mail-order brides? Mar­riage of con­ve­nience sto­ries? Check out her books. I’ve only read two titles. I am blank­ing on one of them but the other one is A Taste of Heaven. I loved it when I first read it years ago. Does it still hold the test of time? Ques­tion mark. Note: There are Kin­dle edi­tions for her books as well. I bought up her back­list like crazy. It’s a risk but I don’t much care.

Remem­ber Lau­rie Bre­ton? Remem­ber her first book, Black Widow, that was going for a gazil­lion dol­lars? Well, it’s avail­able as an ebook now. Bre­ton is noted for her roman­tic sus­pense. I’ve never read her but I know read­ers have enjoyed her books. I did buy this one and plan to read it this year.

Also Roberta Gel­lis has been silently releas­ing her his­tor­i­cal romances in dig­i­tal for­mat. Unless you read or sign up for her newslet­ter, you wouldn’t have known. But if you’re a die-hard Roberta Gel­lis fan then look­ing for her back­list is part of your job. Of course, I wish she would dig­i­tize her medieval mys­ter­ies, start­ing with A Mor­tal Bane, A Per­sonal Devil, A Bone of Con­tention and Chains of Folly. I own them all. In hard­cover. All are some good reading.

Diane Farr has a new ebook out right now, Wicked Cool. She used to write his­tor­i­cal romances and that one sounds like a para­nor­mal or some­thing. I’ve never read her but I do remem­ber some read­ers rav­ing about her work.

Con­tem­po­rary romance writer Michelle Jerott who writes under the pen name of Michele Albert has always made her ear­lier books avail­able in ebook format.(non-secure, DRM-free). You can even try one for free, Absolute Trou­ble to see why many of us love her.

Other notable titles to look at: Mer­line Lovelace, River Ris­ing and Anne Frasier (aka Theresa Weir) has Pale Immor­tal up and also has Bad Karma at Samhain. Karen Ran­ney has two titles Tapes­try and A Promise of Love and last but not least, Bar­bara Freethy, Sum­mer Secrets. Enjoy your week­end, guys.

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