Heads up: the Nora Roberts series about the MacKade brothers is $2.99 digitally for a limited time, along with a few other Roberts novels: The Fall of Shane MacKade by Nora Roberts * $2.99 * A | BN | K | S | ARe The Return of Rafe MacKade by Nora Roberts * $2.99 * A | BN | K | S | ARe The Heart of Devin MacKade by Nora Roberts * $2.99 * A | BN | K | S | ARe The Pride of Jared MacKade by Nora Roberts * $2.99 * A | BN | K… read more »
This RITA Reader Challenge review comes from Silver James. This book is nominated in the Romantic Suspense category. The summary: The number-one New York Times-bestselling author J. D. Robb presents an intense and terrifying new case for New York homicide cop Eve Dallas, one that will take her all the way to the city that gave her her name-and plunge her into the nightmares of her childhood. When a monster named Isaac McQueen-taken down by Eve back in her uniform days-escapes from Rikers, he has two things in mind. One is to pick up where he left off, abducting young… read more »
This RITA Reader Challenge review comes from Library Addict. This book is nominated in the Romantic Suspense category. The summary: The number-one New York Times-bestselling author J. D. Robb presents an intense and terrifying new case for New York homicide cop Eve Dallas, one that will take her all the way to the city that gave her her name-and plunge her into the nightmares of her childhood. When a monster named Isaac McQueen-taken down by Eve back in her uniform days-escapes from Rikers, he has two things in mind. One is to pick up where he left off, abducting young… read more »
So, what are you reading this weekend? I love hearing what you're reading, and hate how many books it adds to my "I want to read that!" list. A lot of you like to growl at me for being an expensive book recommender, but I promise, you guys are just as bad for me. I will tell you what I'm reading but I feel a bit bad about it. I have an ARC of the new Nora Roberts romantic suspense, The Witness, ( A | BN | K | S ) and so far I am surprised at how much I'm enjoying… read more »
Penguin's InterMix is now selling the Nora Roberts digital backlist, with the Donovan Legacy and the Cordina's Royal Family series on sale now. I have not read the Cordina family series, but the Donovan series is one of my favorites to re-read. If you're looking for the series in order: The Donovan Legacy Captivated by Nora Roberts * $6.99 * A | BN | K | S Entranced by Nora Roberts * $6.99 * A | BN | K | S Charmed by Nora Roberts * $6.99 * A | BN | K | S Enchanted by Nora Roberts *… read more »
Link the First! Heads up, everyone! The Bad Sex Shortlist (hur hur) has been released. It includes a Jean Auel book, The Land of the Painted Caves. I think, no matter what it is, nothing shall top "The Weeping Furnace of Her Sheath." But I would love to do a 2011 edition of Bad Sex in Romance, as we did for 2010. Any suggestions? Perhaps I'll rename it the "Weeping Furnace Award for Bad Sex." Nominations, passages (hur hur) and suggestions of questionably bizarre sex scenes are most welcome. It'll be epic. You, and your furnace, will weep. And Link the Second!… read more »
Big news of the day: Penguin has a digital-first imprint named InterMix which will launch in January 2012 with Nora Roberts backlist books previously published by Silhouette. From the press release: InterMix will launch in January 2012 with the release of eleven classic books from Nora Roberts—titles that have never before been available as eBooks, including such popular series as Cordina’s Royal Family and The Donovan Legacy and several novels featuring fan favorites the O’Hurleys. Additional Nora Roberts eBooks will be published throughout 2012, with the second group—including seven of Roberts’s beloved novels about the MacGregor family—available in April. President… read more »
Everything I Know About Love I Learned from Romance Novels is out in stores everywhere (or should be!), so let’s celebrate with HUGE GIVEAWAYNESS OF AWESOME! So many authors contributed to EIKAL, and shared such amazing and valuable stories about their own experiences with romance that I wanted to celebrate EIKAL’s release with a GIANT BASKET of every author’s book that I could get my hands on. PLUS, if you’re curious about digital reading, you get a choice of those, too (thanks to Jeaniene Frost for the idea!). Here’s the deal: leave a comment, and tell me one thing you’ve… read more »
Howdy scavenger hunters! Welcome to the final clue! I know you’ve been all over the internet looking for clues, and I think I’m the last one. Huzzah! The end is in sight! Not sure what in the name of pantalones I’m talking about? Go have a “like” at the JD Robb Facebook page. There’s a multi-blog scavenger hunt going on, and there’s prizes up for grabs, including cheesecake. And really, who wouldn’t scour the internet to win free cheesecake? And chili! There’s chili, too. Seriously. Now I’m hungry. So! It is my job now to Post the Clue. Are you… read more »
SusiB reviewed this book for the RITA® Reader Challenge. This novel finaled in the Contemporary Single Title Category. Plot Summary: As the public face of Vows wedding planning company, Parker Brown has an uncanny knack for fulfilling every bride’s vision. She just can’t see where her own life is headed. Mechanic Malcomb Kavanaugh loves figuring out how things work, and Parker is no exception. Both know that moving from minor flirtation to major hook-up is a serious step. Parker’s business risks have always paid off, but now she’ll have to take the chance of a lifetime with her heart… And… read more »
This RITA® Reader Challenge was written by Elise Logan, who rules. This book finaled in the Romantic Suspense category. Plot Summary: First it was a limo driver shot through the neck with a crossbow. Then it was a high-priced escort stabbed through the heart with a bayonet. Random hits, thrill kills, murderers with a taste for the finer things in life – and death – are making NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas angry. And an angry Eve can be just as an efficient and dangerous predator as the killer. As time runs out on another innocent victim’s life, Eve’s investigation will… read more »
Nora Roberts received 54,687 nominations for this year’s RITA, so expect a few reviews of her books as we assemble all the RITA® Reader Challenge reviews. Fortunately, Black Velvet’s review today is a very positive one. Here’s a long-mo synopsis from BN: To most people, Fiona Bristow seems to have an idyllic life — a quaint house on an island off Seattle’s coast, a thriving dog-training school, and a challenging volunteer job performing canine search and rescue. Not to mention her three intensely loyal Labs. But Fiona got to this point by surviving a nightmare. Several years ago, she was… read more »
Los ebooks en Espanol? ¡Hombre, claro que si! Harlequin los tine! (Ebooks in Spanish? Like, DUH. Harlequin’s got them!) Have a look - they’re 25% off. ¡Qué guay! Time to gaze at covers and pick the best one - and struggle with it every time like I do, right? Yeah. It’s Cover Cafe voting time!. The voting runs until May 31st. The picking of the bestests and worstest covers MIGHT TAKE ME THAT LONG. Thanks to Karen for the heads up. Seriously. The worst cover selection this year was a choice between Bad Photoshop, Bad Stock Images, Bad Art Design… read more »
I went back to a comfort re-read because I’m in the middle of edits and revisions and my whole world is pretty much a festooned garland of those colorful track changes bubbles (I even looked for them in a cookbook yesterday - a printed one - eel!). I love comfort re-reads, books I can sink into knowing how much I’ll enjoy them, and knowing that even the third, or fourth, or fifth time, they’ll work for me. This weekend my comfort re-read is Instant Attraction by Jill Shalvis, and it still works. Oh, boy howdy, do I love this book.… read more »
Seriously, my inbox asplode. Let’s get started with the a-to-the-href, shall we? First: hear that sound? That’s the sound of champagne vendors wailing at the news that Nora Roberts will not be attending the RWA National Conference in New York this year, as I learned this morning. I’m a little bummed about this info, as her Q&A is awesome and who doesn’t love bumping into Nora Roberts in the bar? Alas, not this year. Maybe next year, I hope. * Benjamin Alsup in Esquire takes a look at sex in fiction, saying: Writing about sex is hard. Some writers claim… read more »
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