This review was written by SB Sarah. This story was nominated in the Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements category. The summary: Winter descends on the town of Magellan, and new evil comes to call. Racing her motorcycle down a lonely winter highway, Stormwalker Janet Begay feels the ground collapse beneath her feet. After tumbling two hundred feet into an underground cavern, she manages to escape with help from her sexy dragon-shifter boyfriend, Mick–but … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: Shadow Walker by Allyson James →
Tina wrote this review for the RITA® Reader Challenge, and she had some issues with the plot description provided. The second review is from Laura Hunsaker. Two for one! This book finaled in the Strong Romantic Elements category. Plot Summary: Janet Begay is a Stormwalker, capable of wielding the raw elemental power of nature, a power that threatens to overwhelm her. Only her lover, Mick, is able to calm the storm within her-even as their … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge Review: Stormwalker by Allyson James →
by SB Sarah · Jul 28, 2012 at 11:49 pm ·
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The RITA for Novel with Strong Romantic Elements goes to: The Dark Enquiry by Deanna Raybourn (Harlequin MIRA; Valerie Gray, editor) Death Magic by Eileen Wilks (Berkley Publishing Group Sensation; Cindy Hwang, editor) First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones (St. Martin's Press; Jennifer Enderlin, editor) Goodnight Tweetheart by Teresa Medeiros (Gallery Books; Lauren McKenna, editor) How to Bake a Perfect Life by Barbara O'Neal (Ballantine Bantam Dell; Shauna Summers, editor) The Rose … Continue reading RITA for Novel with Strong Romantic Elements →
The RITA® and Golden Heart nominations have been announced! Congratulations to the nominated authors and editors! Ready to rustle up some reader reviews? Last year, I set up a public spreadsheet of all the RITA® nominees, and we reviewed every single one by the time the RITA® winners were announced in July .I would love to do it again – and I hope you're up for reading and reviewing a book! Now that the nominees … Continue reading 2012 Rita Reader Challenge →
by SB Sarah · Jul 2, 2011 at 4:17 am ·
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Winner: Welcome to Harmony by Jodi Thomas (Berkley; Wendy McCurdy, editor) Finalists: ▪ Blood Vines by Erica Spindler (St. Martin’s Press; Jennifer Weis, editor) ▪ The Dead Travel Fast by Deanna Raybourn (MIRA; Valerie Gray, editor) ▪ Killbox by Ann Aguirre (Ace Books; Anne Sowards, editor) ▪ On Folly Beach by Karen White (NAL Accent; Cindy Hwang, editor) ▪ The Search by Nora Roberts (G.P. Putnam’s Sons; Leslie Gelbman, editor) ▪ Stormwalker by Allyson James … Continue reading 2011 RITA Winner for Novel With Strong Romantic Elements →
A lot of people try to see all the Best Picture nominees before the Oscars ceremony- so let’s do that for the RITAs, shall we? I looked at the list of RITA® nominated books from the RWA and there were a lot of books I was curious about. I’m not going to be able to read every nominated book before the ceremony… but I can read one in each category – and I invite you … Continue reading The RITA Reading Challenge 2011 →
