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Sizzling Book Club Chat Date Set

We have a date for the Sizzling Book Club Chat, and authors Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer will both be joining us! Yay! 

The chat will be on Wednesday 19 December at 9:00pm ET. The authors will be joining us at 10pm ET for a Q&A - which should be a LOT of fun. I hope you can join us! 

Need a button? Here, have a button to add it to your calendar: 

The AllRomance rebate for a digital copy of the book is still on, too, so if you're thinking about reading it, go grab your copy. You will receive a 50% eBook Buck rebate if you use code SBTBARE at checkout. And, since Open Road Media is the digital publisher, coupons are welcome (Yay!). The rebate will be valid until December 14, 2012. 

If paper is your preference, you can find a copy at Amazon, BN, or your local independent bookseller, or perhaps your local library.

This chat promises to… read more »

Sizzling Book Club Pick for December: Sorcery & Cecelia, Or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot

Time to announce the December book club pick! I went with something a little different, but something that I know many of you already love. Our selection is Sorcery and Cecelia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer.

Here's the summary:

Since they were children, cousins Kate and Cecelia have been inseparable. But in 1817, as they approach adulthood, their families force them to spend a summer apart. As Cecelia fights boredom in her small country town, Kate visits London to mingle with the brightest lights of English society.

At the initiation of a powerful magician into the Royal College of Wizards, Kate finds herself alone with a mysterious witch who offers her a sip from a chocolate pot. When Kate refuses the drink, the chocolate burns through her dress and… read more »

Season for Surrender: Giveaway and Chat Date!

First up: the Sizzling Book Club Chat for Season for Surrender by Theresa Romain will be Tuesday 27 November at 9:00pm ET. Theresa will join us at 10pm for Q&A - so mark your calendars!

Need a Google button? Have a Google button:

But wait, there's more! Kensington is so excited that this book is the November book club selection, they've agreed to host a giveaway for y'all. I have five print copies from Kensington plus five digital copies to give away. Yay! The 50% rebate is still on at AllRomance through 15 November, too.

Standard disclaimers apply. This contest is open to anyone internationally. Must be over 18 and wearing a bustle. Void where prohibited. Slippery when wet. Objects in  mirror may be closer than they appear. Close cover before striking. Beware the invisible dog.

Would you like to win a copy? Well, since Season for Surrender is all about a holiday house party - one that's two weeks long, holy smokes - let's talk holiday party! It's nearly time for all the end-of-year get… read more »

Sizzling Book Club Pick for November: Season for Surrender by Theresa Romain

Time for some romance - some holiday romance! The November book club pick is Theresa Romain's Season for Surrender. I received an ARC of this book a month back, and though I don't usually go for holiday romances, the house party theme of this one really tempted me - and boy, am I glad I read it.

Here's the summary:

Alexander Edgware, Lord Xavier, has quite a reputation - for daring, wagering, and wickedness in all its delightful forms. But the wager before him is hardly his preferred sport: Xavier must persuade a proper young lady to attend his famously naughty Christmas house party - and stay the full, ruinous two weeks.

Worse, the lady is Louisa Oliver, a doe-eyed bookworm Xavier finds quite charming. Yet to refuse the challenge is impossible - he will simply have to appoint himself Miss Oliver's protector.

Louisa knows her… read more »

Sizzling Book Club Chat: What I Did for a Duke by Julie Anne Long

Tonight at 9pm ET, the window below will go live with our discussion about Julie Anne Long's What I Did for a Duke. I hope you enjoyed the book as much as I did, and that you'll join us to discuss it! 

What I Did for a Duke: Winners!

Time to announce the winners in the giveaway for this month's book club pick, What I Did for a Duke. Yay! 

The winners of a paper copy are: 

Congratulations! Please email me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom so I can send out your books! 

The winners of a digital copy are: 

Please email me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom with your email address -- and please remind me of your choice of format for your digital copy.

Congrats to the winners and thank you to everyone who entered! 

And remember : you can still get a copy of the book at AllRomance for .49c after the ebook buck rebate. I hope you really enjoy it! 

Sizzling Book Club Pick for October: What I Did for a Duke by Julie Anne Long - Win a Copy!

Announcing the October book club pick: What I Did for a Duke by Julie Anne Long! 

Here's the summary: 

For years, he's been an object of fear, fascination . . . and fantasy. But of all the wicked rumors that shadow the formidable Alexander Moncrieffe, Duke of Falconbridge, the ton knows one thing for certain: only fools dare cross him. And when Ian Eversea does just that, Moncrieffe knows the perfect revenge: he'll seduce Ian's innocent sister, Genevieve—the only Eversea as yet untouched by scandal. First he'll capture her heart . . . and then he'll break it.

But everything about Genevieve is unexpected: the passion simmering beneath her cool control, the sharp wit tempered by gentleness . . . And though Genevieve has heard the whispers about the duke's dark past, and knows she trifles with him at her peril, one incendiary kiss tempts her deeper into a world of… read more »

Sizzling Book Club Chat: Double Down by Katie Porter

Tonight at 9pm, it's Book Club Chat time! 

Seriously, I love Book Club Chat night - it is so fun and gregarious and a lovely way to spend the evening, especially if you're drinking along with me. I'm pretty sure tonight's beverage will be a glass of wine as big as my head but I may get wild and make a martini. 

Either way, please grab your favorite internet-enabled device and the libation of your choice and join us at 9pm ET to discuss Double Down by Katie Porter, this month's selection. The window below will go live with our discussion at 9pm.  The authors, by which I mean that Katie Porter is actually two people, Carrie Lofty and Lorelie Brown, will join us at 10pm ET for Q&A and probably rowdiness.  

See you tonight! 

Double Down by Katie Porter: Winners!

Time to announce the winners of a copy of Double Down by Katie Porter! 

The winners of a digital copy are: 

Winners, please email me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom to claim your winnings. I'll forward your email address on to Samhain and they'll hook you up with your copy. 

The rebate is still on, so if you buy at ARe between now and 15 September, you'll get 50% back in eBook Bucks if you use code SBTBARE at checkout.

The book club chat will be September 24 at 9:00 pm ET, and Katie Porter (who is two people, Lorelie Brown and Carrie Lofty) will join us at 10pm ET. Need a button to… read more »

Sizzling Book Club Pick for September: Double Down by Katie Porter - Win a Copy!

The September book club pick is Double Down by Katie Porter. This is a pretty spicy book, so I hope it provides a welcome distraction to the changes in schedule that fall seems to have brought to everyone.

Here's the summary:

As part of the 64th Aggressor Squadron, Major Ryan “Fang” Haverty flies like the enemy to teach Allied pilots how not to die. The glittering excess of the Strip can’t compare to the glowing jet engines of his F-16. But a sexy, redheaded waitress in seamed stockings? Now she gets his blood pumping.

Cassandra Whitman’s good-girl ways haven’t earned any slack from her manager ex-boyfriend, or prevented a bad case of frazzle from holding down two and a half jobs. She sure wouldn’t mind letting the handsome Southern charmer shake up her routine.

Sizzling Book Club Chat: Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

It's time for the Book Club Chat for Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry. Tonight at 9pm ET, the window below will go live with lots of discussion and some mayhem as we talk about the book, and anything else we come up with as well. Katie McGarry will join us at 10pm ET for a Q&A, and given the emotionally powerful content of the book, I'm betting there will be a lot of questions. 

I hope you have had a chance to read this amazing book, and can join us for the chat tonight! 

Pushing the Limits: the Winners, Plus the Book Club Chat Date

Time to pick the winners of a copy of Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry, the August book club selection! 

I'll tell you a secret: I feel a little bit of dread picking winners every time I run a giveaway. I want everyone to win, but alas, I don't have that many copies. 

The winners of the digital copies of Pushing the Limits are:

Please email me with your email address for book receiving so I can get your digital copies over to you asap!

The winners of the print copies are: 

Please email me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom with your mailing address so we can get your copy to you asap!

AND the book club chat is scheduled! We'll be chatting about this book on Wednesday 22 August at 9:00pm ET. Katie… read more »

August Book Club Selection: Pushing the Limits by Kate McGarry - with Giveaway!

Time to announce the August Sizzling Book Club selection! This month's pick is Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry.

The summary: No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with "freaky" scars on her arms. Even Echo can't remember the whole truth of that horrible night. All she knows is that she wants everything to go back to normal.

But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking-hot, girl-using loner in the black leather jacket, explodes into her life with his tough attitude and surprising understanding, Echo's world shifts in ways she could never have imagined. They should have nothing in common. And with the secrets they both keep, being together is pretty much impossible.

Yet the crazy attraction between them refuses to go away. And Echo has to ask herself just how far they can push the limits and what she'll risk for the one guy who might… read more »

Sizzling Book Club Chat: Storm by Brigid Kemmerer

It's time for the book club chat! Tonight at 9pm, the window below will go live, and we'll be discussing Brigid Kemmerer's Storm. I hope you'll join us, as the discussion will be very fun - and Brigid Kemmerer will join us at 10pm for Q&A and mayhem. There's always mayhem.

I hoep to see you tonight! 

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Friendly Reminder: Book Club Chat July 30!

As you're packing and repacking and trying to fit a few more pair of shoes in to your bag for RWA, don't forget: next Monday, 30 July at 9:00 pm ET, we'll be hosting the Sizzling Book Club Chat for Brigid Kemmerer's Storm.

I've got burning questions about the series, including whether that cover model used Rave #4 or Dippity Do to style his hair. 

There will be some giveaway action, too, and, depending on the strength of the book club margarita, some shenanigans as well! 

I hope you'll join us - and if you'd like to add it to your calendar, here's a handy-dandy button to do just that: 

Safe travels, if you're traveling, and happy reading!