Much Ado about Magic looks like the perfect beach book. The back cover promises a psychic portrait painter and a “rogue” sea captain. How could I ask for more? Well, I’ll tell you what more I could ask for – a hero who isn’t sexist and the avoidance of racist stereotypes. I made it more or less halfway through (I skimmed a lot) before even the skimming was too much. TW for racism and sexism … Continue reading Much Ado about Magic by Patricia Rice →
This review for the RITA® Reader Challenge was written by PLaatsch. This novel finaled in the Regency Historical category. Plot Summary: When he becomes seventh Earl of Danecroft, rakish John Fitzhugh Wyckerly also inherits a crumbling estate and massive debts. Determined to do right, he reclaims his illegitimate daughter Penelope and heads to London in search of a very rich wife. Abigail Merriweather’s farm has been quiet since she lost custody of her four young … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge Review: The Wicked Wyckerly by Patricia Rice →
A Dozen Rakes, Renegades and Rogues, Oh, My! ~ The First Collection~ Join New York Times, USA Today, and Award-Winning Historical Romance Authors and travel across time to the hills of Scotland, Regency England, the Caribbean, and Old West America. Devil’s Spawn by Mary Jo Putney Ten years ago, Dominick Chandler’s courtship of Roxanne Mayfield was destroyed by her poisonous father. Now Dominick is back and determined to reclaim the only woman he ever loved—no … Continue reading A Dozen Rakes, Renegades and Rogues, Oh, My! →
Sales! Backlist! Things that are really good to read? Yup, that too. Here's this week's top ten list: Once Upon a Winter's Eve by Tessa Dare [Amazon | BN | WORD Brooklyn] The Silent Tower by Barbara Hambly [Amazon | Kobo | BN] Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas [Amazon | Kobo | BN | WORD Brooklyn] Nobody's Angel by Patricia Rice [Amazon | BN] Bride of the Rat God by Barbara …
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It's here! Another week of top sellers from Smart Bitches and Dear Author and all the magical data our affiliate codes provide. Once Upon a Winter's Eve by Tessa Dare [Amazon | BN | WORD Brooklyn] Craving the Forbidden by India Grey [Amazon | Kindle | BN & nook | Harlequin.com] Hot as Hades by Alisha Rai [Amazon | Kobo | BN | WORD Brooklyn] Edge of Sight by Roxanne St. Claire [Amazon | Kobo …
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Reviews! Sales! And books that I really, really loved all showed up on the list this week. Hot as Hades by Alisha Rai [Amazon | Kobo | BN | WORD Brooklyn] The Bride by Julie Garwood [Amazon | Kindle | BN & nook | Kobo] Bride of the Rat God by Barbara Hambly [Amazon | Kobo | BN | WORD Brooklyn] Edge of Sight by Roxanne St. Claire [Amazon | Kobo | BN] The Famous …
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The good reviews and the good prices, they are the stuff of magic. Or, sales, at least! Red by Kait Nolan [Kindle | Smashwords | BN | GoodReads] Dead Girls are Easy by Terri Garey [Amazon | Kobo | BN | WORD Brooklyn] All They Need by Sarah Mayberry [Amazon | Kindle | BN & nook | Kobo | WORD Brooklyn | Harlequin.com] The Windflower by Laura London [Sharon & Tom Curtis] [Amazon | …
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Winner : The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig (Dutton; Erika Imranyi, editor) Finalists: ▪ His Christmas Pleasure by Cathy Maxwell (Avon Books; Lucia Macro, editor) ▪ The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig (Dutton; Erika Imranyi, editor) ▪ Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean (Avon Books; Carrie Feron, editor) ▪ Provocative in Pearls by Madeline Hunter (Jove; Wendy McCurdy, editor) ▪ To Surrender to a Rogue by … Continue reading 2011 RITA Winner for Regency Historical Romance →
Help A Bitch Out - SOLVED!
Diana writes in looking for what sounds like an old skool romance – with two families at odds: I thought it was Jennifer Blake or Patricia Rice, but it was neither. A historical set in New Orleans. Young lady and her brother come to N.O. I think looking for her father. Mama has died. They discover papa has led a secret life in N.O.,. He has another wife and son. The other wife has a … Continue reading HaBO: Old Skool With Two Wives →
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 →
The new design for the Romance Writer’s Report, official publication of the RWA, is pretty freaking sweet. I’ve taken to calling the issues by the stock image used on the cover (which is usually overlaid with text from a female writer of romance literature, like Austen, or, in the case of this month’s issue, Bronte) so the following commentary is from the Fishnets Issue. There’s two articles of note that I wanted to give a … Continue reading Perusing the RWR →
