Love the cover HATE the format of the series. First three out in Mass Market, last of the series will be out in Hardcover.
from Mary Balogh’s site:
I will be writing through the summer, starting as soon as I return from the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention in Pittsburgh in mid-April. This will be Book 4 of the Huxtable quintet. Books 1, 2 and 3 are already written and will be out in successive months in the spring of 2009-March, April, and May. They are First Comes Marriage, Then comes Seduction, and At Last Comes Love. They will all be in paperback. Book 4 will be a month or so later in hardcover-provided I can get it written in time, that is!
Why would you do this?
“I” think it is so you are ‘forced’ to buy the Hardcover if you are following the series and don’t want to wait.
I KNOW it isn’t the authors fault and they have no choice over it. But holy hell that sucks and for people like me who if I am keeping the series I have to have the same format or it drives me wiggy!
They did the same thing with the Slightly series, Wulf’s story was hardcover. I agree, so you are forced to buy the HC.