This RITA® Reader Challenge 2013 review was written by Molly This story was nominated for the RITA® in the Best Romance Novella category. The summary: Historian Ashlynn Scott is seeking the fabled castle of Sleeping Beauty. But with just one kiss, she finds herself tangled up—and tangled in the sheets!—with a rogue adventurer. She might never want to wake up! And here is Molly's review: I so wanted to love this novella. As a former … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: Sleeping with A Beauty by Leslie Kelly →
This RITA® Reader Challenge 2013 review was written by Phyllis. This story was nominated for the RITA® in the Best Romance Novella categories. The summary: He sought a sleeping beautyHistorian Ashlynn Scott is seeking the fabled castle of Sleeping Beauty. But with just one kiss, she finds herself tangled up—and tangled in the sheets!—with a rogue adventurer. She might never want to wake up! And here is Phyllis' review: A handsome, hot guy (named … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: “Sleeping With a Beauty” by Leslie Kelly →
I mentioned this book during a giveaway last week: it’s a light and fun contemporary that’s sexy and poignant at some moments. Amanda Bauer is a pilot for her uncle’s small private aviation firm, and when a client cancels at the last minute, she has a flight of one instead of five from Pittsburgh to Chicago. It’s Halloween, and the client who cancels is one of her favorite people – an older lady who told … Continue reading Play With Me by Leslie Kelly →
Most of the time, I get books from BooksFree, and I have a queue as long as my arm of books I want to read. I glom backlists [BF is good for that] and I skip from contemporary to Regency to historical to paranormal depending on what arrives in the mail. Sometimes, I am between shipments, or as in this case, a shipment went awry, and I end up with Nothing to Read. Oh, the … Continue reading She Drives Me Crazy by Leslie Kelly →
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 →
Update: 12 February 2020 – the entire RWA Board has now resigned. … We are the hollow (wo)men We are the stuffed (wo)men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! Our dried voices, when We whisper together Are quiet and meaningless As wind in dry grass or rats’ feet over broken glass In our dry cellar Shape without form, shade without colour, Paralysed force, gesture without motion; “The Hollow Men,” T.S. Eliot, 1925 (edits mine) … Continue reading RWA 2020: No Happy Ending in Sight, Just Hollow Women →
Updated as of 1.15.20 4:00pm EST – jump to latest: More information has come to light about the audit of RWA’s actions, which is being run by Carol Ritter. New post: Where Does RWA Go From Here? One of the reasons I believed in RWA was because I saw how hard my friend, Courtney Milan, worked to push the organization’s inclusiveness. Today, the day before Christmas Eve, RWA notified her they’d agreed with ethics … Continue reading WTAF, RWA: Courtney Milan Banned, Suspended From RWA →
It’s nearly fall here in the northern hemisphere (though happy spring to y’all below the equator!). Leaves are turning, spices are pumpkining, candy is proliferating, and I can see holiday tinsel peeking at me from around the end of the aisle. Recently I received a request for “cozy fall romance” recommendations, and another for “creepy, scary romance” recs, and then a few for Halloween, witchy, ghostly, haunted, or spectral romances. Then there’s Thanksgiving, both American … Continue reading An Autumn Recommendation for All Your Seasonal Needs →
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 →
The following sales alerts are for Australia and New Zealand readers only- g'day, y'all! Hope it's a lovely morning for you. Kobo has been giving me the heads up about sales for you guys at their online store. American readers, these are not for us – I can't see half of them from where I am, even using an Australian proxy to pretend I'm in Australia (Mmm. Pretend Timtams). These books are on sale through … Continue reading Romance Sales at Kobo for Australian and New Zealand Readers →
Hooray: ten lucky winners are going to indulge like holy whoa with a copy of The Blaze Collection. Woo! The winners as chosen by the Random.org integer generator are: MelB Kelsey Nadia Morgan M. Kathleen jarant henofthewoods Jessica L The Queen B And the grand prize winner: Peggy P. Please email me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom with your mailing addresses asap so we can get your books out. Special awesomeness: they’ll be signed by the authors. Thanks … Continue reading Blaze: The Collection, Awesome: The Winners →
