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Phyllida: You Came A Long Way, Ma’am!

by SB Sarah | April 29, 2008 | Tuesday at 2:20 pm | 16 Comments

PhyllidaBack in July of 2006, I reviewed Phyllida and the Brotherhood of Philander, which at the time was published by the author, Ann Herendeen, through AuthorHouse. Now, three years later, HarperCollins is publishing Phyllida , on sale today at bookstores every-freaking-where. How is this cool? Well, not only did it go from self-pub to HarperCollins, but Phyllida is a gay Regency, with a m/m/f setup. 

The book is garnering a good amount of attention - which is awesome - and both romance sites and bloggers are reviewing and celebrating it. How freaking cool! Congrats to Herendeen, and to Phyllida, who is a very ballsy heroine, though not in the way her husband would prefer.

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Tagged: gay romance, ann herendeen

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  1. Annmarie said on 04.29.08 at 02:57 PM • [comment link]

    I remember your review!  I had Borders order this book after reading your review and loved it!

    So glad it is getting the exposure it deserves.

  2. Kerry said on 04.29.08 at 03:38 PM • [comment link]

    Cool! I was just thinking of this book the other day and thought of purchasing. Easy availability moves it up my TBR!

  3. Victoria Janssen said on 04.29.08 at 03:40 PM • [comment link]

    I reviewed the original edition last May here:

    http://oracne.livejournal.com/901764.html

  4. Laptoper said on 04.29.08 at 03:41 PM • [comment link]

    Long way home!

  5. MS Jones said on 04.29.08 at 03:45 PM • [comment link]

    Having read your review, and about Ms. Herendeen’s struggle to get her novel written, printed, and sold, I echo your congrats to the good-bi girl. She writes so well, and her response to your criticism of her book was awesome. (She called your review “terrific” after you gave her a C). I’m looking forward to reading Phyllida.

  6. miaserene said on 04.29.08 at 05:15 PM • [comment link]

    Oooh how exciting and wonderful for the author. Definitely buying this one soon.

  7. DearEvette said on 04.29.08 at 07:21 PM • [comment link]

    I am always on the look out for romance novels that push the envelope.  So it is nice to stumble across this.  I am definitely going to buy it.

  8. Rebecca said on 04.29.08 at 08:03 PM • [comment link]

    That’s great news. I’ll have to go pick it up.

    Note: RH is using the same painting for cover art that Source Books is using for their QPB re-printing of Georgette Heyer’s False Colours.

    See here: http://www.sourcebooks.com/cart/shopexd.asp?id=1511

  9. saltypepper said on 04.30.08 at 12:07 AM • [comment link]

    That last sentence made me aspirate my tea.

    The NYC library system (serves Manhattan, The Bronx and Staten Island) has a copy on order as well.

  10. GrowlyCub said on 04.30.08 at 12:38 AM • [comment link]

    And it’s so unattractive.  Sometimes, I really wonder who makes these decisions.

    feeling29 I wish… once upon a time :)

  11. Jana Oliver said on 04.30.08 at 01:29 AM • [comment link]

    I will definitely pick up a copy as I love self-pubbed or subsidy-pubbed success stories. When one of these catches NY’s attention it makes me cheer. And besides, what’s not to love about a gay Regency romance?

  12. ttthomas said on 04.30.08 at 03:16 AM • [comment link]

    ...and I reviewed it here:
    http://ttthomasopinionhead.blogspot.com
        OK, OK, so I loved it! I also like the History Behind the Story at the back of the book in the new Harper Collins…very cool. I wrote this lady a fan letter, and she’s as neat as her book. Good for good writers like her!  tt

  13. lizziebee said on 04.30.08 at 09:36 AM • [comment link]

    That is awesome! Congrats to Ann Herendeen. So great to see a non-traditional romance picked up and re-distributed like this :) I’ll be looking out for it definitely!

  14. foleydog said on 04.30.08 at 05:43 PM • [comment link]

    I’m adding this to my vacation reading list.  Do you know if the it’s been edited substantially (and maybe fixed some of those problems)?

  15. xat said on 05.01.08 at 12:35 AM • [comment link]

    Just ordered this for my Kindle. Talk about instant need gratification.

    Looking forward to reading the story. Yay!

  16. amy lane said on 05.05.08 at 07:27 PM • [comment link]

    Wow—gives us self-published folks some hope!

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