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I found this review of Transgressions yesterday in The Stranger, Seattle

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/is-that-a-bellows-in-your-tunic/Content?oid=1634459

I found it very funny, actually. It's a shame that the "straight women for straight women" has lingered on, because the publishers dropped this from their promotion immediately realising their mistake (and especially that one of the next flush of books is written by a gay man..)

It also has the best, and funniest explanation for the English Civil War I've ever seen in my life. *guffaw*

I suppose the thing is, that here in gay romance land we forget that we are a tiny corner of fiction-world in general, and that even people - like the author of this review - who have heard of slash fiction haven't yet experienced much gay romance, if any. We are such a tight-knit community, everyone knows everyone else just about that we are surprised when others haven't heard of it. And yet they haven't - if I asked my next door neighbour if she knew about gay romance, she'd definitely say no!

And there's another really nice write up in The Sacramento News and Review

http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/content?oid=1002345

I like the way they point out that the adventure is as important as the romance, I know that's what Alex and I were aiming at.

If I have any complaint it's being called a "middle-aged straight woman" *cries* I don't have a straight bone in my body!

And "fairly accurate" history. FAIRLY accurate??? *gives up*

only joking, though - it's wonderful to get this level of publicity!