When you’ve read in a genre for over five years you’ll find that some of your favorite authors seem to stop writing or no longer publish books. And it makes one wonder, whatever happened to…? This month I’ve stumbled across that phenomena when I was entering the books for the Montana Mavericks series being re-issued by Silhouette. This was one of the last continuity series I ever collected, sorry, continuity series are not my favorite thing and as I can read out of order, collecting before reading misses the appeal with me. But for some reason, I’ll blame the first Fortune family, in 1994 I collected a year’s worth of the “Mavericks.” But when I looked at the ones in the series I realized that nearly half of the authors are no longer publishing. And I wonder, what happened. Did they retire? Did they die? Did their books go out of style? Seriously, what happened? Am I getting to be an “old” reader? This could be a serious problem. I always assumed reading kept me going, learning new things, going new places, learning a new lingo (which is probably a very dated term, ah well). So, let’s examine the Montana…

Hellions Of Halstead Hall #1 January 2010On Sale: January 19, 2010Featuring: Maria Butterfield; Oliver Sharpe384 pages ISBN: 1439167516EAN: 9781439167519Mass Market Paperback$7.99 Romance Historical Buy at Amazon.com The Truth About Lord Stonevilleby Sabrina Jeffries The first novel in Sabrina Jeffries’s new Hellions of Hallstead Hall series, featuring Oliver Sharpe, the eldest of the Sharpe siblings. In the two decades since a tragic “accident” took the lives of his parents, Oliver Sharpe, the Marquess of Stoneville, has survived the scandal surrounding the fateful night by living as an unrepentant rakehell. And with his grandmother vowing to disinherit him if he doesn’t settle down and wed, he plans to fulfill the bargain n true Sharpe style–by bring home a fake fiance from a brother. But Oliver’s scheme is derailed when he rescues an American beauty in a dire predicament. Maria Butterfield came to London to track down her groom-to-be, who has gone missing. But her engagement won’t stop Oliver from getting what he wants: her, in his bed. His rebellious masquerade may call his grandmother’s bluff, but it’s soon made all too real — by a love that tempts him to be a hellion no more. Excerpt Chapter One Ealing 1825 Oliver stared…