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: Roxanne St Claire
June 23, 2011 | Thursday | 9 Comments
This RITA® Reader Challenge review was written by Kathleen. Edge of Sight is nominated for the RITA in the Romantic Suspense category. Plot Summary: When Samantha Fairchild witnesses a murder in the wine cellar of the restaurant where she works, the Harvard-bound law student becomes the next target of a professional assassin. Desperate for protection the authorities won’t provide, Sam seeks help from Vivi Angelino, an investigative reporter who recruits her brother, Zach, to protect Samantha. A Special Forces vet with the scars to prove he’s equally fearless and flawed, Zach takes the job, despite the fact that he and…
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August 24, 2009 | Monday | 26 Comments
Here are some words that should never, ever begin a review: I am not a romantic suspense fan. It’s true. I’ve said it many times. I’m not a big romantic suspense reader because when I try suspense novels, they let me down. Too much running around in nightgowns, too much violence and not enough romance and sexual tension—or what tension there is gets resolved so quickly that I have to wait for Baddy McBugfuck to meet his or her bloody demise and ... meh. I’m not a fan. If all romantic suspense novels were like Hunt Her Down by Roxanne…
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July 02, 2009 | Thursday | 5 Comments
Question: are fill-in-the-blank javascripts the most funnest thing ever? Y/Y? Y! Thank you to the HOLY CRAP THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE of you who had fun with the Smart Bitch Romantic Suspense Blurbs Gone Wild! I’ll have to hang out with Mr. Java and his script to make more fun, huh? Woo! And now, a special message from Roxanne St. Claire: Two hours? Just gone. Two hours laughing my ass off at those mad libs, trying to pick winners, which was flipping impossible. I loved so many of them. Here are three that really caught me because they were either…
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June 30, 2009 | Tuesday | 352 Comments
Since I poked a little fun at vaguely religious pseudonyms, and since Roxanne St. Claire isn't a pseudonym, I thought, let's have another ARC giveaway, shall we? Yes, we shall! Your task: more fun with romantic suspense! Using your power of Word Knowlege, use the form below to generate a title and its tagline. As always, copy and paste your brilliant results into the comments. Two winners will be chosen to receive an advanced reader copy of Roxanne St. Claire's next book, Hunt Her Down. 24 hours, so grab the hand of your nearest male silhouette, and run, run like…
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June 23, 2009 | Tuesday | 81 Comments
There are a whole mess of pseudonyms out there, including multiple names for writers who publish in various genres. On one hand, choosing a name for yourself again and again might be fun. On the other hand, holy pressure, Batman. (Hmmm. Pseudonym: Pressure Batman?) What makes a good pseudonym? If you’re Leslie Parrish or Roxanne St. Claire, maybe it’s a subtle religious reference. Of course, Roxanne is using her real name. Leslie Parrish’s real actual legal name, if you didn’t know, is Bestselling Powerhouseauthor Withfabulousshoes. She goes by “Bes” among her friends, though. So, what do you think makes a…
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April 23, 2009 | Thursday | 8 Comments
What, it’s 1:30 in the morning so technically it’s Thursday, and that’s about as inspirational a title as you’ll get. Jane and I are eating M&Ms and drinking water after a loud and danceful evening of piano bars, tequila, beer, and really, really loud music. My ears are going to ring until Sunday. Jane and I made it over to the conference center today around breakfast time, and even though this is my second RT, I was surprised by how many people I recognized and how many people recognized me. I saw Beth Ciotta (whose hair looks fabulous) when we…
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December 03, 2008 | Wednesday | 5 Comments
Roxanne St. Claire and her publisher, Pocket Books, are giving away a free novella, the very first in the series to feature a female Bulletcatcher.
Originally part of the holiday anthology I’ll Be Home for Christmas, the story is now online for free download as one big honking PDF that is free, cheezy bread, free. According to the author, it stands alone, doesn’t require any familiarity with the series in order to read it, and is a great opportunity to sample the Bulletcatcher series.
My Kindle says, “Nom nom nom. Delicioso!”
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