You know how sometimes you pick up a book because it looks like fun, and then it turns out to be clever and funny and tender and tropey and still somehow unique, and you read it all in one sitting and hop straight onto the Kobo site after midnight to order the previous book in the series? Yeah, that was A Most Unusual Duke for me. This story worked so, so well for me. It’s … Continue reading A Most Unusual Duke by Susanna Allen
This RITA® Reader Challenge 2014 review was written by Malin. This story was nominated for the RITA® in the Paranormal Romance category. The summary: Nicola Marter was born with a gift. When she touches an object, she sometimes sees images; glimpses of those who have owned it before. It’s never been a gift she wants, and she keeps it a secret from most people, including her practical boss Sebastian, one of London’s premier dealers in … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley
This review was written by SonomaLass. This story was nominated in the Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements category. The summary: When Eva’s film star sister Katrina dies, she leaves California and returns to Cornwall, where they spent their childhood summers, to scatter Katrina’s ashes and in doing so return her to the place where she belongs. But Eva must also confront the ghosts from her own past, as well as those from a … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley
On Saturday, Susanna Kearsley's The Firebird ( A | BN | K ) won the RITA® for Best Paranormal at the 2014 RWA convention. While I had no idea that was going to happen, I'm a little extra excited, because I'd been working on a Q&A with the Sourcebooks art and productions departments about the making of her covers, and had planned to post it today. Yay for timing! Season of Storms is Kearsley's newest … Continue reading The Making of a Susanna Kearsley Cover - Plus Giveaway
RECOMMENDED: The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley is $1.99 – for today only, I think! Egads! We selected this for the 2013 DABWAHA before becoming aware that it wasn't eligible (oops). Kearsley is a wonderfully evocative writer, blending historical, paranormal, mystery and romance into rich and absorbing books. $1.99 is a great price for any of her books. THE INVINCIBLE NINTH ROMAN LEGION MARCHES FROM YORK TO FIGHT THE NORTHERN TRIBES. AND THEN VANISHES FROM … Continue reading Books on Sale: Historicals from Susanna Kearsley, Victoria Dahl & a Slow Cooker Cookbook
This review was written by HarperGray. This story was nominated in the Best Regency Historical category. The summary: Spindle Cove is the destination of choice for certain types of well-bred young ladies: the painfully shy, young wives disenchanted with matrimony, and young girls too enchanted with the wrong men. It is a haven for those who live there. Victor Bramwell, the new Earl of Rycliff, knows he doesn't belong here. So far as he … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare
This review was written by Kelly. This story was nominated in the Best Regency Historical category. The summary: Spindle Cove is the destination of choice for certain types of well-bred young ladies: the painfully shy, young wives disenchanted with matrimony, and young girls too enchanted with the wrong men. It is a haven for those who live there. Victor Bramwell, the new Earl of Rycliff, knows he doesn't belong here. So far as … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare
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
Fans of Bridgerton won’t want to miss this steamy paranormal historical romance from author Susanna Allen. The sparkling Regency era goes wild: A shifter duke who’s been denying his lion form The beguiling lady who sees the truth Decisions that could prove deadly The irrefutable love that might save them both After being captured and held captive in a traveling menagerie, Alwyn Ap Lewin, Duke of Llewellyn, refuses to shift into his lion form. The … Continue reading A Duke at the Door
NB: This week, we’re taking a look back at 2022. We’ve got a week of best-of posts to share, with reviews, cover snark, sales, and more. We hope you enjoy revisiting our archives, and most of all, we wish you and yours a wonderful holiday and a happy new year – with all the very best of reading. … We’re onto part two of of our Best of Reviews for 2022! I’m eager to see … Continue reading Best of Reviews 2022, Part Two
Hey all! It’s our first Whatcha Reading of 2022! Check out which books we’re currently diving into! Sarah: I finished 2021 by re-reading the Call of Crows series. I can’t imagine why I enjoyed reading a series where “Let rage be your guide” was a major theme. What a mystery. Now I’m reading Cursed Luck by Kelley Armstrong – a curse breaker teams up with a luck worker to un-curse a famous necklace. Carrie: I’m … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? January 2022, Part One
