This review was written by Donna. This story was nominated in the Best Romantic Suspense category. The summary: Brooding and sexy Rafe Di Luca has returned to his family's luxurious vineyard resort and discovers that a long-ago quarrel has ignited once more, forcing him to work with Brooke Petersson, the woman he seduced … and betrayed. As the danger escalates and their passion threatens to rage out of control, Brooke fights her … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: Secrets of Bella Terra by Christina Dodd →
I’ll admit: I’m a sucker for royalty stories, on-the-road romance, secret identities, and secret babies. No, wait, not that last one. But definitely the first three. The Prince Kidnaps a Bride is the third book in a trilogy centered on Prince Rainger’s search for the three lost princesses of Beaumontagne, a kingdom in the Pyrenees. Jumping into a trilogy with the third book is never easy or advisable, but while I do appreciate a larger, … Continue reading The Prince Kidnaps a Bride, by Christina Dodd →
In this week’s podcast episode, we’re looking at the advertisements and features inside the July 2004 issue of Romantic Times, aka RT Book Reviews. Or, in this issue, Romantic Times Book Club. How many names did this magazine have?! Special and massive thanks to Kay Sisk for sending me this issue! Ready for an absolute mile and a half of WTFery from nearly 20 years ago? Oh, this is a weird memory lane, y’all. Brace yourself, … Continue reading Romantic Times Rewind: July 2004 Ads and Features →
Before I move to the other deals, there's a daily deal you should know about! Heads up! Today only: books 1-5 in the Sookie Stackhouse series are the Kindle Daily Deal at $1.99 each! Buy & gift & binge & glom? Sure why not, right? Everything I Know About Love I Learned from Romance Novels is $2.99 digitally. I wrote this so I can't say anything about it without cringing and turning purple – … Continue reading Books on Sale: This Book I Wrote, Plus Additional Awesome Romances, Too! →
by SB Sarah · Jul 9, 2014 at 2:00 am ·
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Courtney Milan is releasing enhanced ebooks of her backlist, and wanted to host a giveaway to celebrate. Heck yeah! But of course, I have questions. Sarah: What's an enhanced ebook? Courtney: Enhanced ebooks are books that have an additional, non-book component to them–things like audio, video, pictures, author commentary. They're the director's cut of a book, except there are no directors. Here are two other romance authors who have self-published enhanced ebooks. Christina Dodd has put … Continue reading Giveaway: Win an iPad Mini, and Courtney Milan’s New Enhanced Ebooks! →
Surprise! A Monday Video! I did another video at the RWA literacy signing, but instead of lip synching and fun songs, I asked folks to share with me their favorite romances and characters. Here's the result! Link! I hope you enjoy this peek at the RWA Literacy Signing, and some of the first and favorite romances of the folks who were there. Thank you to the people who participated and let me take their … Continue reading Monday Videos Love the RWA Literacy Signing →
After attending the session with Julie Garwood and Jude Deveraux last week, my inner 13 year old is itching to re-read many of their books, so in addition to the paper copies I have (some in pieces), I wanted to see if there were any on digital discount. Hooray! Rebellious Desire, which I haven't read before (SCANDAL!) is .99c! The reviews are not as universally glowing as with Garwood's other books, but I am surprised … Continue reading Books on Sale: Historicals from Garwood, Deveraux, and Dodd →
Via Darth Jenni: there is no such thing as an Average Vagina. So, are you normal? Are you average? Yes. No. Most likely. It turns out that there is so much variation among female anatomy that doctors, surgeons, and researchers find it difficult to define exactly what normal is – or even if it exists. And a few at least have been trying. That is NOT the most work-safe link (hence this link post in … Continue reading Links: Average Vaginas, Reader Shaming, Dialects in the US, New Novellas, and More →
First up: today's Gold Box (snrk) Deal at Amazon is a collection of albums in mp3 format for $1.99 each. I ended up buying Tegan and Sara's Heartthrob, Fiona Apple's Idler Wheel, and a whole mess of other things, including, yes, I admit it, Britney's greatest hits (my workout playlist got 245% more strange today, y'all). Also: this juxtaposition of John Denver between Britney and JLo made me irrationally happy: I think life on the farm … Continue reading Books on Sale: Historical Romance - and Music, Too! →
Chris remembers some bare details of this book she's looking for, and she thought it was a Christina Dodd novel, but her search hasn't yielded anything: This is starting to confound me. I want to say that I read this book back in 2005 when I was pregnant with my first. I borrowed it from the library, but it was on the regular shelves not the new ones. It's a historical that originated in Paris, … Continue reading S-HaBO-Day: Paris to the Desert →
I've got links to half the internet up in here, plus stuff on sale, and whatever else I can fit in here. I think there's a character limit to the entry fields in this database – and I'm prepared to hit it! First: MONDAY MONDAY MONDAY WITH POWER POWER POWER! The Sizzling Book Club Chat for Katie Porter's Double Down will be tonight at 9pm ET, here at the hot pink palace. Come on over … Continue reading Links! Sales! Announcements! Mayhem! →
