"Relevant to my interests" doesn't begin to cover it

[rymenhild]

I suppose Daughter of Mystery, by Heather Rose Jones, could have been more precisely targeted to my reading tastes. All Jones would have had to change is... um... well...

See, Daughter of Mystery is (1) a Ruritanian romance (2) about two women, one of whom is (3) a swordswoman with mysterious antecedents who generally wears men's clothing and the

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[avanti_90]

Ooh! I saw a few pages on preview and it looks fascinating.

[ex_hrj]

Sorry about the commas. My publisher does not believe in the Oxford comma. I wince, but it's house style--what can you do?

[rymenhild]

Hey, if the publisher wants the book, hurrah for the publisher!

Thank you so much for Daughter of Mystery. I have been telling everyone who would listen, for years, that I was in perpetual search of lesbian historical romance, preferably in the subclasses comedy of manners, fantasy of manners, and Ruritanian romance. I'm very glad you wrote and published this one -- and it did help me survive a dramatic holiday weekend with the future in-laws, so that's great too.

I believe we met briefly once, when my friend and former roommate hyperparasitoid took me along to an SCA event. Hi.

[ex_hrj]

Thank *you* so much for this glowing review. The one thing I've been having a hard time with is drumming up this sort of "grab them by the collar and shout 'You must read this book!'" enthusiasm. (Most of my fans are so … quietly polite about it.)

And thanks for reminding me that we've met. I have enough problems remembering people given my face-blindness, and then you throw in screen names….

[ex_hrj]

Oh, and may I quote from your review above in other places? I"m particularly fond of the "If you like…" bit.

[ex_hrj]

Oh, and thanks!

[rachelmanija]

This also sounds extremely relevant to my interests.

[daegaer]

Ooooh. This seems relevant to my interests as well :-)