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RITA Reader Challenge Review

RITA Reader Challenge Roundup: Marked by the Moon by Lori Handeland

RITA Reader Challenge Roundup: Marked by the Moon by Lori Handeland

I didn’t receive a review for the RITA® Reader Challenge so let’s find some, shall we? Plot Summary: Tough as nails Alexandra Trevalyn does what most people can’t: She kills werewolves. Once part of an elite group of hunters, she’s going rogue these days, though no less determined to rid the world of bloodthirsty beasts…once and for all. That’s why Alex had no choice but to kill Julian Barlow’s wife—and will have to pay the … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge Roundup: Marked by the Moon by Lori Handeland

Romantic Times Rewind: April 2006 Reviews

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In this week’s podcast episode, we’re looking at the book reviews for the April 2006 issue of Romantic Times, aka RT Book Club. Every time we do one of these recaps, the masthead has a 65% chance of being different. It keeps us on our toes! Special and massive thanks to Kay Layton Sisk for sending me this issue! You can also find all the RTRW content at our category page for Romantic Times Rewind.  And, … Continue reading Romantic Times Rewind: April 2006 Reviews

SBTB Media Archive

Spring Fling

Spring Fling

AMERICAN IDLE, Alyssa Day writing as Alesia Holliday, NYT/USAToday bestseller. When her celebrity chef boss knocked her unconscious with a frying pan, it jump-started Jules’s life. But she’s doomed with a boss with a split personality, a judge with bubonic plague, a murderous coworker with killer mayonnaise, insane fans, vote-rigging, dressing room Botox, and a hot guy who mistakenly thinks Jules is an alcoholic. Will Jules ever find her own American idyll? THE FARMER’S WIFE, … Continue reading Spring Fling

Books On Sale

Books on Sale: Historical Westerns, Contemporary Small Town, Suspense and Hockey Romance

Books on Sale: Historical Westerns, Contemporary Small Town, Suspense and Hockey Romance

 For one week only, Beauty and the Bounty Hunter by Lori Austin (also known as Lori Handeland) is $2.99. This is a historical western (if the ruffles and the gun didn't tip you off there).  Cathleen Chase is no killer—but as Cat O'Banyon, she is a ruthless bounty hunter who always gets her man. Catching one lowlife after another, she continues her search for the only man she really cares to locate. The one whose … Continue reading Books on Sale: Historical Westerns, Contemporary Small Town, Suspense and Hockey Romance

2011 RITA Winner for Paranormal Romance

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Winner: Unchained: the Dark Forgotten by Sharon Ashwood (NAL/Signet Eclipse; Laura Cifelli, editor) Finalists: ▪ Enemy Within by Marcella Burnard (Berkley; Leis Pederson, editor) ▪ A Highlander’s Homecoming by Melissa Mayhue (Pocket Books; Megan McKeever, editor) ▪ Immortal Sea by Virginia Kantra (Berkley Trade; Cindy Hwang, editor) ▪ Marked by the Moon by Lori Handeland (St. Martin’s Press; Jennifer Enderlin, editor) ▪ Rebel by Zoe Archer (Zebra Books; Megan Records, editor) ▪ Sins of the … Continue reading 2011 RITA Winner for Paranormal Romance

The RITA Reading Challenge 2011

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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

Rita Award Winners: They’ve Been Judged; We Look at the Covers

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Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements A.K.A. Goddess Evelyn Vaughn Sarah: I keep looking at this cover to determine how I feel about the out-of-focus image of the heroine. The background imagery with the arches and the medallion in the background does it a marvelous job of indicating the plot – but the fuzzy heroine? Hmm. At first, my thought was, “All covers look like this if I don’t wear my glasses!” But as different … Continue reading Rita Award Winners: They’ve Been Judged; We Look at the Covers