A strange anomaly.
I wrote to Mills and Boon about it, but they haven’t replied yet.
There’s a new series from Mills and Boon Modern called Bad Blood Collection. They’re part of the May releases in the UK, and can be bought as a collection on Amazon.co.uk (be warned, though, it comes as one ginormous file) and will appear as Harlequin Presents later in the year.
Here are the covers and details at Mills and Boon. I’m currently reading through them.
Okay, so the second book, Shameless Playboy, has a blonde Southern Belle heroine and a dark-haired, green-eyed hero. Cover shot:
And the blurb:
Lucas…Playboy. Rebel. Rogue.
No one denies Lucas anything. Women fall at his feet and into his bed at the click of his fingers. Grace Carter knows uncontrollable Lucas could ruin her career, and she won’t tolerate his wayward behaviour, despite their chemistry. But working with Lucas is thrilling, and even Grace’s prim and proper shell begins to shatter.
The third book, Restless Billionaire, has a Bollywood star heroine. I was quite excited to read about an Indian heroine in a non-ethnic line. But check the cover:
Blurb:
Sebastian…Sharp. Cool. Controlled.
Ruthless in business, Sebastian is at the top of his game professionally. Emotionally he keeps himself alone, aloof and almost untouchable. Escaping her wedding, it takes one look at ice-cool Sebastian for Bollywood star Aneesa Adani to be hooked! Letting Aneesa in could ignite the fire that melts even the hardest of hearts…
Blonde?
I think M & B has somehow got the covers mixed up. Otherwise, a book about an Indian heroine with a blonde on the cover is a pretty bad mistake to make – in case you’re wondering, the book makes reference to her long, wavy, black hair. So, no, it wasn’t dyed.
Don’t let it put you off the books, though. The authors aren’t responsible for the covers or how their characters are depicted on them. I’ve discovered two real gems so far, and, yes, I’ll review them for you because whatever the cover, it’s not to be missed.
PS – I’ve read all of the series now, and I have to say that nearly all the covers are wrong in that the heroine is a brunette and depicted as a blonde, or vice versa. I really think that Mills and Boon could have taken more care with the details, particularly as readers have often stated that it’s one of their pet hates when the people on the cover have no relationship to the characters depicted inside.
