Thanks Sveta for the nudge that reminded me I'd written all this out and not posted it. MY BAD. Sorry!
The winners of a digital copy of The Long Shot are:
Sally
Nadia
Alex
AKD
riwally
Amy
Gabriel
ReadingPenguin
Carrie Gwaltney
SarahA_B
Fiona Morrigan
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I enjoyed May's book club pick so much, I wanted to hit people with it so they'd read it. That's effective persuasion, right? Of course it is.
The May Sizzling Book Club pick is: The Long Shot, by Ellen Hartman. Here's the plot summary:
Deacon Fallon has made something of himself. Yeah, it wasn't easy becoming a successful—now retired—pro basketball player, but he did it. In the process, he made his brother's life better. That's always been Deacon's goal.
This latest effort to help, however, may push Deacon too far. He's been roped into coaching the high school girls' team! Worse, there's a little offside action brewing between him and his hot assistant coach, Julia Bradley. Definitely not in his plans, but he can't resist her. And for the first time, Deacon wants something that has nothing to do with his brother and everything to do with Julia!
Girls high school basketball! Coaching! Returning home!… read more »
Tonight at 9pm ET, the window below will go live, and we'll be discussing Tamara Morgan's Love is a Battlefield (Goodreads | ARe). I hear rumors of ARC giveaways from Samhain, and possibly shenanigans with mayhem on the side.
Plus the author will join us at 10pm ET. I love book club chats, as they are very lively and fun discussions, especially when everyone brings their own beverage of choice. I hope you'll stop by!
read more » The five winners of a free copy of "Love is a Battlefield" are:
Please email me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom with your email address, and please tell me which format you'd like!
The 50% rebate is still good at AllRomance, until 15 April 2012. If you use SBTBARE at checkout, you will get a 50% eBook Bucks Rebate at AllRomance.com, the official sponsor of the Sizzling Book Club. The after-rebate price at ARe is pretty awesome - $2.75 - and please note, this is a rebate, which means Ebook Bucks will be available for your shopping pleasure if you purchase the book there. You can read more about the eBook Bucks at All Romance.
I hope you enjoy the book as much as I have, and that you'll join us for the sizzing book club chat on April 26 at 9:00 pm ET. Tamara Morgan will be joining us for Q&A at 10:00 pm. Want to add it to your calendar? Here, have a button:
I have… read more »
At the book club chat with Bella Andre, I announced the April Book Club Pick - and now the rebate is live for your buying pleasure! Plus, I'm giving away five copies for your winning pleasure, so read on!
The April Book Club Pick is: Love is a Battlefield by Tamara Morgan.
Summary, ahoy! It might be modern times, but Kate Simmons isn’t willing to live a life without at least the illusion of the perfect English romance. A proud member of the Jane Austen Regency Re-Enactment Society, Kate fulfills her passion for courtliness and high-waisted gowns in the company of a few women who share her love of all things heaving. Then she encounters Julian Wallace, a professional Highland Games athlete who could have stepped right off the covers of her favorite novels. He’s everything brooding, masculine, and, well, heaving. The perfect example of a man who knows just how to wear his high sense of honor—and… read more »
Tonight at 9pm ET, the window below will go live with fast-moving and often hilarious commentary as we discuss Bella Andre's I Only Have Eyes for You. I hope you enjoyed it, and I can't wait to discuss it with you! Bella Andre will be joining us at 10pm ET to answer questions, and I'm sure there will be many.
If you're not able to make the chat but want to ask a question, either for discussion or for the author, you can leave a comment below or email me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooks.com. And if you miss the chat, the entire conversation is archived in that same window below after the chat session ends, so you can read it at your leisure. Talk to you tonight!
read more » Time to announce the March Book Club Pick! I announced it at last night's chat but in case you weren't there, you're here now. Hi there!
The March book club pick is: I Only Have Eyes For You by Bella Andre. And here is the summary:
Sophie Sullivan, a librarian in San Francisco, was five years old when she fell head over heels in love with Jake McCann. Twenty years later, she’s convinced the notorious bad boy still sees her as the “nice” Sullivan twin. That is, when he bothers to look at her at all. But when they both get caught up in the magic of the first Sullivan wedding, she knows it’s long past time to do whatever it takes to make him see her for who she truly is...the woman who will love him forever.
Jake has always been a magnet for women, especially since his Irish pubs made him extremely wealthy. But the only woman he really wants is the one he… read more »
It's book club chat time! Tonight at 9pm ET, the window below will go live with a discussion of Beverly Jenkins' Indigo, and we'll chat for about an hour.
At 10pm, Beverly Jenkins will join us for Q&A and assorted mayhem.
I cannot wait to discuss this book with you - so I hope you'll join us, and bring along your beverage of choice!
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Time to announce the February Book Club Pick! If you tuned into the chat Tuesday night, you heard this already, but it's worth repeating with MORE WORDS!
The February book club pick is: Indigo by Beverly Jenkins. This book is so well-reviewed everywhere you look, and there's a very good reason for that. It's amazing. It's also a classic and one of the best historical romances.
Here's the summary: As a child Hester Wyatt escaped slavery, but now the dark skinned beauty is a dedicated member of Michigan's Underground railroad, offering other runaways a chance at the freedom she has learned to love.
When one of her fellow conductors brings her an injured man to hide, Hester doesn't hesitate even after she is told about the price on his head. The man in question is the great conductor known as the "Black Daniel" a vital member of the North's Underground railroad network, but Hester finds him so rude and arrogant, she begins to question her vow to hide him.
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Tonight at 9pm ET, the window below will go live with book chatting, mayhem, shenanigans, and much Smite discussion. I hope you'll join us for the book club chat about Courtney Milan's Unraveled.
The chat will be from 9-10pm, and Milan will join us at 10pm for a Q&A session. I cannot wait to hear what you thought of this book.
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Time to name some Unraveled Winners!
The winners of three print copies of Unraveled are:
Kate KF
Kate Gomberg
Julie
And the winners of the three digital copies of Unraveled are:
Sally
Katherinelynn 04
Ashley
Winners, please email me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOROTHYcom with your mailing address or email address, so I can get you your winnings! Congrats!
Thanks to everyone who entered, and I really hope you enjoy it. I cannot wait to hear what you think of the book at the end of January.
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It's fun to read a trilogy and see the complete story of all the featured characters, so I'm making this month's selection the Courtney Milan Hat Trick: Unraveled, better known as "Smite's Story."
RedHeadedGirl already gave it an A, but I know so many of you want to discuss the book, so let's read and discuss, shall we?
Here's the summary: Smite Turner is renowned for his single-minded devotion to his duty as a magistrate. But behind his relentless focus lies not only a determination to do what is right, but the haunting secrets of his past—secrets that he is determined to hide, even if it means keeping everyone else at arm’s length. Until the day an irresistible woman shows up as a witness in his courtroom…
Miranda Darling isn’t in trouble…yet. But she’s close enough that when Turner threatens her with imprisonment if she puts one foot wrong, she knows she should run in the other direction. And yet no matter how forbidding the man seems on the outside, she can’t bring herself to leave. Instead, when he tries to push… read more »
Tonight at 9pm, the window below will go live and we'll be discussing Sandra Hyatt's Lessons in Seduction. I hope you'll join us, as it should be fun.
Because Ms. Hyatt passed away last August, there won't be a Q&A portion, and I'll be ending the chat a bit earlier than normal. But during the chat I am aiming for mayhem, merriment, and a great discussion of this book, which I really enjoyed. I hope you did, too.
Talk to you tonight!
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Friendly reminder! The Sizzling Book Club Chat will be 22 December 2011 at 9:00 pm ET. We'll be discussing Sandra Hyatt's Lessons in Seduction, and I cannot wait to chat with you about it.
There will also be seasonal merriment and mayhem, and I welcome any and all holiday libations. It'll be martini time for me as we raise a glass to Ms. Hyatt's memory.
Need a handy button to put this on your calendar? Here you go:
See you then!
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Sounds like I'm giving away action lessons in seduction. HA! Not.
I'm giving away five copies of Sandra Hyatt's Lessons in Seduction, this month's book club pick - and it's time to select the winners. Thanks to the magical random integer generator, the five winners are:
Kathleen O'Donnell Shiny Anony Miss Kate Gomberg Abby NormalPlease contact me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom with your choice of digital format or paper copy, and your email or mailing address as appropriate.
Thanks and I hope to see you all at the book club chat on the 22nd!
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