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: Harlequin Presents
May 22, 2012 | Tuesday | 14 Comments
This review was written by Jenny D. This story was nominated in the Best Contemporary Series Romance category. The summary: With her family business in crisis, Polly Prince does her best to keep calm and carry on. But hard work alone can't save her London company from a takeover by the infamously ruthless Damon Doukakis…or her traitorous body from the lethal sensuality of her boss! As his new apprentice, Polly accompanies Damon to Paris to negotiate the most challenging business deal of her life! Worse still, Polly must at all costs resist Damon in the most dangerously romantic city in…
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May 03, 2012 | Thursday | 13 Comments
This review was submitted by Qualisign, and get ready, for it is majestic. This novella was nominated in the Romance Novella category. The summary: Dr. Grace Hunter seeks an ancient text beneath the castle of Count Alessandro Volta. The reclusive count wasn't expecting scientist Grace to be a beautiful woman who stirs his scarred soul. Outside, a media storm is brewing, but inside the count's world the heat between them is sizzling! And now, Qualisign's review: Alternate title cum synopsis: “How a scar(r)y Count Count was possessed by the Cookie Monster only to be exorcized by a fame-seeking scientifically-minded Sunshine Bear…
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January 03, 2012 | Tuesday | 19 Comments
Penny Jordan passed away from cancer at age 65 on 31 December 2011. She was the author of over 200 novels, and a name that many, many readers saw frequently on the covers of Harlequin Presents. Jordan's most recent book, Passion and the Prince, was just released at the end of December. Jordan is more remembered, aside from authoring a metric ton of novels, for being a generous person who eagerly helped new authors navigate the path to publication. The Romantic Novelists Association collected remembrances from its members, many of whom are grieving for the loss of a close friend.…
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September 26, 2011 | Monday | 16 Comments
It's not a secret that I really like Sarah Morgan's books, and her latest is no exception to the happy sigh reading experience. Polly Prince works at the ad agency her father owns, but in reality, she runs the place because he tends to disappear for long periods of time, usually with a new girlfriend who is Polly's age. This time, dear old dad has run off with Damon Doukakis's sister, who used to be Polly's best friend at school, and both of them are unreachable. Damon is so pissed off, he does what any good Harlequin Presents hero does:…
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August 19, 2011 | Friday | 0 Comments
Back in 2009, Jane Litte and I did a few podcasts about romance novels. We’re BACK. And the audio is NOT AS GOOD. My apologies for that. But we’re back, and we’re talking about what we’re reading, and which Harlequin Presents we both enjoy. Plus, we discuss at length a historical romance that’s coming out in December that we both adored and cannot wait to share with readers. You can subscribe to our feed at Feedburner or at iTunes. Mp3 is available for download as well. PLEASE for the love of God right click and save, k? Esosoft and I…
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July 26, 2011 | Tuesday | 8 Comments
Tune in today at 8pm EDT for the Sizzling Book Club Chat for Sarah Morgan’s A Night of Scandal! 8pm Eastern? Isn’t that Really Freaking Late in the UK? Yup! But Sarah Morgan wants to chat with as many US readers as possible at 9pm EDT because the series was just released in the US, so she’s cranking up the tea intake. The window below will go wild with discussion and commentary. I cannot wait to hear your thoughts on this book, and about Harlequin Presents, and where Sarah Morgan hid that sheikh. See you then! A Night of Scandal…
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July 21, 2011 | Thursday | 9 Comments
I don’t usually read Christmas stories, particularly during the summer. But while I traveled from New Orleans to New York and then to Vancouver in three weeks’ time, I did a lot of reading. I mentioned over at Kirkus that I’d been on a happy Sarah Morgan glom after reading A Night of Scandal, and enjoying it so much I picked it for the July Book Club. This book was my favorite of the ones I read, particularly because of the heroine. This is the official description: “His housekeeper, or his Christmas present? Unexpectedly homeless for the festive season, and…
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July 19, 2011 | Tuesday | 14 Comments
Join us at 8pm Eastern time on 26 July for the Sizzling Book Club chat to discuss Sarah Morgan’s A Night of Scandal. We’ll discuss Harlequin Presents, alpha heroes, Morgan’s twist on some very familiar tropes, and where she hid a sheikh reference in this book. Sarah Morgan will join us at 9pm Eastern - better known as 2am in the UK, good heavens. This series was just released in the US after being out since March in the UK, and she’s very interested in chatting with US readers. She insisted on a late-hour chat for her so she could…
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July 02, 2011 | Saturday | 19 Comments
It's summer, officially! Time for… well, pretty much the same amount of reading I always did. But I do love fun and somewhat sudsy reading in the summer, and I really enjoyed this book. This month's pick is a Harlequin Presents, A Night of Scandal by Sarah Morgan. Here's the synopsis: Nathaniel…Icon. Celebrity. Heartthrob. But underneath his movie-star good looks, he's battling with the demons of his past. No one knows the real Nathaniel, they only see the pinup, the illusion he pretends to be. Then one night he is forced to rely on Katie Field, an ordinary young woman…
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June 28, 2011 | Tuesday | 7 Comments
Runswithscissors reviewed this book for the RITA® Reader Challenge. It finaled in the Contemporary Series romance category. Plot Summary: The huge imposing castle and the barren terrain of Merkazad are a far cry from the modest farm and the emerald fields that horsewoman Iseult calls home. Or used to, until Sheikh Nadim bought her family’s stud farm. As part of the deal, she must work at his royal stables. Nadim enrages Iseultbut he also inspires a more unwelcome, unfamiliar feeling: desire. Drawn into Nadim’s sensual world, Iseult feels like a beautiful, confident woman for the first time. But she must…
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June 20, 2011 | Monday | 21 Comments
Lately I’ve been using the Kobo app on the iPad to read, and I found myself turning to the iPad in the evening more often than the Kindle. I’ve been on a reading tear, not only because of the RITA Reader Reviews, which have damaged the schedule of my TBR list like whoa and moly, but because I’m super busy during the day and in the evening am ready to read and disappear into someone else’s story for awhile. The Kobo app is interesting to me because of the way it tracks what I do, and shares stats with me…
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June 18, 2011 | Saturday | 10 Comments
“Yes, No, Maybe” wrote this review for the RITA® Reader Challenge, and says she had a hard time writing it because the book was so special to her. Plot Summary: Everyone’s talking about Zoe Balfour—the illegitimate heiress! She flies to New York to discover more about her biological family and goes a little wild, shocking even herself by spending one night with a gorgeous stranger. The gradual loss of his sight has caused Manhattan mogul Max Monroe to close himself off from the world—a wife and child are most certainly not on his agenda! How will Zoe, once just a…
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