Searching for the Manga editions of Lord of Scoundrels and Mr. Impossible

Scene from Lord of Scoundrels

Today’s Manga news comes courtesy Brilliant Book Detective Jennifer Mates.  Readers had asked about getting copies of the Manga editions of Lord of Scoundrels and Mr. Impossible, and I was clueless. Then, Jennifer came to my rescue with the following, which I've lifted directly from her lovely email:

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I have been looking on the internet for more information. Sure enough, the publications from last year are not available. But I found a Japanese website which shows the two books will be re-released on 1st July 2015!

This website is in Japanese, but I've used Google Translate to help me read it:

07/01 宙出版 Ohzora Publishing        

ハーモニィコミックス Harmonist Text Comics

灼熱の風に抱かれて It is nestled in the scorching wind  [Mr Impossible]

狩野 真央／ロレッタ・チェイス Kano Mao / Loretta Chase    669円 669 yen       

 

07/01 宙出版 Ohzora Publishing        

ハーモニィコミックス Harmonist Text Comics

悪の華にくちづけを A kiss to the evil of Hana [Lord of Scoundrels - I think Hana means flower]

岸田 黎子／ロレッタ・チェイス Kishida Reiko / Loretta Chase        669円 669 yen

Scene from Mr. Impossible

If you copy and paste the Japanese titles and/or the artist/author names into a search engine you will find a few websites come up where you can order the new publications.  (Using Google, and the "translate this page" option helps!)

I have found them on Amazon.co.jp. if you click on this link it's the first two books - no cover pics yet.

And on hmv.co.jp, Lord of Scoundrels is here and Mr Impossible is here.

Both of these sites have international shipping. I have already ordered mine :)

If you're interested, here's the kanji for the Harmony Romance magazines you already have should you ever want to search those titles online:

ハーモニィRomance 8月号 [Harmony Romance August]

ハーモニィRomance 9月号 [Harmony Romance September]

Thank you, Jennifer!

Regarding the titles: Having studied Italian for several years only to find myself still at the level of a not-precocious toddler, I am acutely aware that languages very often don’t translate precisely, and many times the word that seems similar doesn’t convey the meaning properly.  English can be particularly difficult, because of its vast vocabulary and numerous irregularities.  Too, romance titles often have connotations that do not come across in other languages.

Japanese readers, please feel free to enlighten us about the titles!

 

EBooks in Australia

My dear, patient readers in Australia,

First, thank you for taking the time and trouble to let me know you're not able to purchase the digital editions of my recent books.  We had assumed that they'd be made available at the same time or close to the time the books became available in the UK.  Without your emails, we would have continued in ignorance.

So, emails have been going back and forth and contracts reviewed and a lot of aggravating complications—which make international publishing  bear an alarming resemblance to Dickens's Circumlocution Office, only more circumlocutory—have worried our pretty little heads.

And now at last I have some good news:  My three Dressmakers books—Silk is for Seduction, Scandal Wears Satin, and Vixen in Velvet—will be released digitally in Australia in July, August, and September 2014, respectively.  Interestingly, the print editions will come out later, staring with Silk is for Seduction in December.

The situation with the Carsington series, which was licensed to a different publisher (thus different complications), is now going through the email and pretty little head-worrying phase.  I'll keep you updated as I learn more.

Meanwhile, thank you for caring enough about my books to inform me about these problems.  We're tackling them, I promise.  But it's a slow process, and so I can only ask for more of that wonderful patience of yours—and hope you don't give up on me.

Sincerely,

Loretta

Silk is for Seduction at a sweet price in the UK. How's £0.99?

For years I waited for my new books to become easily available in the UK.  For years I wanted to be able to tell my Australian readers, "Yes!  You can get the eBook now!"

It's happened.  Not only that—and not only have Mills & Boon created some luscious covers for my Dressmakers series, but  a wonderful Mother's Day promotion* is now in progress, and the first Dressmakers book, Silk is for Seduction, (Marcelline's story) is part of it.  The eBook is on sale at a delightful price of  £0.99!

*Mother's Day in the U.K. is 30 March.