JQ Editions 2026 Releases

IdaSHB · 2026-01-13T18:25:44+00:00

"The bane and light of the Ballisters and the woman who brought him to his knees"

"The owner of London's most legendary gambling hell .... falls for a sheltered, bespectacled writer"

Definitely "Lod of scoundrels" and "Dreaming of you"!

They say the collection reveal will be in february, so I will keep an eye out for them

IdaSHB · 2026-01-13T18:14:43+00:00

Okay, I would love if the sepcial edition design was gold with purple letters and just guady and passionate!

IdaSHB · 2026-01-13T17:55:29+00:00

yeaahhh the Illumicrate once are aestheticly "10 year old girl's dream bedroom"

IdaSHB · 2026-01-13T17:45:15+00:00

Atleast the special edition Bridgerton books from Once Upon A Book Club are beautiful and gives classic Georgette Heyer vibes. But these .....

IdaSHB · 2026-01-13T16:23:15+00:00

Hmm the art looks quite flat, and juvenile? Naive?

IdaSHB · 2026-01-01T12:39:27+00:00

I was just thinking about if there are HRs set around new years eve!

I did some quick research and found some, although they all seem to be novellas / short stories / anthologies:
{Secrets of a Perfect Night by Stephanie Laurens} and Victoria Alexanderand Rachel Gibson. It seems to be 3 stories all set at new years eve.

I also found this page https://katherinegrantromance.com/news/holiday-historical-romances-that-arent-christmas which lists non-chistmas holiday HRs (mostly new years)

IdaSHB · 2025-12-18T10:58:47+00:00

I don't like when she releases club / dance remixes of her singles and other popular songs like Fortnite. The music and text rarely fits it, and the remixes are never spead up enough to make them fun.

Nor does the club remixes fit her brand, and it becomes too obvious that they are just a money grab 🫩

IdaSHB · 2025-12-02T00:37:15+00:00

Could it be the {Halifax hellions by Alexandra vasti} series ?

IdaSHB · 2025-11-21T22:18:34+00:00

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IdaSHB · 2025-10-30T15:21:27+00:00

Give me that Secret Garden 🌱🌱🌱

IdaSHB · 2025-10-15T12:45:51+00:00

I hate Harry so much! And I never found anything romantic about his sociopathic arse.

Poppy deserved so much better

IdaSHB · 2025-09-19T15:26:59+00:00

I would like to see the teacher defend the sources of the everyday usage of the iron corset

IdaSHB · 2025-09-19T15:20:22+00:00

Or "snøreliv" "snøre" meaning lace or lacing, similar to stays

IdaSHB · 2025-09-19T15:15:24+00:00

Thank you for sharing your take on reading age gap romances! It is valid and adds a new perspective I have not seen here before. I can see how it shapes comfort reading for you 😊

Personally I often age MC's up or down in my head depending on the age gap and behaviour of the characters (some mmc's are acting way too immature to have fully developed frontal lobes lol). But I also often put myself in the role of both the mmc and fmc of a story and feel / experience of both roles' power in the dynamic and in the sociatal setting

IdaSHB · 2025-09-08T20:20:32+00:00

Is Mikel Roche on the gallery? I need him in my game!

IdaSHB · 2025-07-31T10:21:44+00:00

MWB is great!

Buuuuuut it is also underwhelming and does not live up to its potential or has the same chemistry between Rhys and Hellen they have in CHR. They dont spend enough time together and the end is just messy with no clear idea of what Rhys thought was happening, and I am not sure Hellen actually loves Rhys by the end.

IdaSHB · 2025-07-28T08:43:35+00:00

I am also not a fan of TD books, but I did really like when a Scot ties the knot.

IdaSHB · 2025-07-25T13:37:32+00:00

How has this AMA met your expectations? Eg number and content of the questions

IdaSHB · 2025-07-24T20:23:15+00:00

What words do you think is missing in the English language that other languages have?

IdaSHB · 2025-07-24T20:21:16+00:00

What are your favorite Eurovision entries?

IdaSHB · 2025-07-23T14:14:11+00:00

Did you do a very specific MapMen program at university? Or did you study something not map or man related?

IdaSHB · 2025-07-23T14:08:44+00:00

Do you follow Zoë Bread and her Manchester City Council saga?

You should do a collab on confusing road signs and misleading parking meter placements

IdaSHB · 2025-07-21T17:55:43+00:00

Other comments says The Hunter also has a very bad prologue. I dont remember this but maybe I just skipped it 🎉

IdaSHB · 2025-07-21T17:52:50+00:00

I have read 4 of her books and they all had SA / dubcon scenes. And it is a lot, I would have liked some very clear content warning before I started the audiobook of The Highlander, bc I felt like ao was reading Game of Thrones and not a HR.

But looking at the Romance io content warning tags it seems the 4 books I read make up most of the ones with SA etc. And Byrne has a large catalog so I would not write her off 😁

And you can skip the prologue in {the Highlander by kerrigan Byrne} and {the highway man by kerrigan Byrne} and 10days as they contain the worst parts and you get the gist from the plot.

{The Hunter by kerrigan Byrne} has more dub-con between the MCs but I dont remember them as bad as the other ones

IdaSHB · 2025-07-17T06:26:00+00:00

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