Barefoot Season by Susan Mallery is 99c! This is the first book in her Blackberry Island series. This particular book is more along the lines of women’s fiction with two childhood friends trying to save their small town’s inn. Readers who like stories about close friendships recommend this and one of the heroines is a veteran who suffers from PTSD. The second book in the series is available for $2.99.
When I saw a book called Alice in Zombieland on a table at the RT Booklovers Convention I did such a rapid double take that I still have whiplash. That cover might just as well have been subtitled “A book specifically written to make CarrieS salivate with excitement.” I had high expectations, but the book was disappointing on many levels – unconvincing characters, unconvincing world-building, a lack of Alice in Wonderland elements (misleading titles drive … Continue reading Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter
Long back story shortish: Many millennia ago a group of warriors stole the dim Ouniak from the gods of the Greek variety and opened it. Why did they do this? To teach said gods a lesson – because that always turns out well. Their widdle feelings got hurt when a female warrior was picked to guard the box – that would be Pandora. Pride, as they say, goeth before a fall and now, I believe, … Continue reading The Darkest Touch by Gena Showalter
This is the 11th book in Gena Showalter’s Lords of the Underworld series but the first that I’ve read. I’d heard good reviews for her earlier books in this series so I was eager to read one and I’m sad to say that I was underwhelmed. Maybe I got my hopes too high but it didn’t knock me out of the park. The reader is dropped into the middle of the plot. Torin, the hero, … Continue reading The Darkest Touch by Gena Showalter
Two interview events, one now and one coming soon! First, as I mentioned last week, this evening at 6:30pm, I’m interviewing Gena Showalter at the Apple store in Soho, New York City (103 Prince Street). The interview will be about 40 minutes with time for Q&A, and will be taped for a podcast to be released later. Also: Tuesday, 24 May at 10:30am in the Sourcebooks Booth, #4356, I will be signing advance reader copies … Continue reading Questions? Questions? Upcoming Live Event Interviews with Gena Showalter and Nalini Singh
In this week’s podcast episode, we’re looking at the incredible ads and features for the September 2015 issue of RT Magazine. Thank you to Mari for this issue, and thank you to Alison for co-hosting with us! You can also find all the RTRW content at our category page for Romantic Times Rewind. If you want to listen and follow along with this entry, we have more detail in the audio, but you can click … Continue reading Romantic Times Rewind: September 2015 Ads & Features
In this week’s podcast episode, we’re looking at the book reviews for the December 2015 issue of Romantic Times, aka RT Book Reviews. Special and massive thanks to Shannon Stacey for sending me this issue! You can also find all the RTRW content at our category page for Romantic Times Rewind. And, most importantly, if you want to listen and follow along with this entry, we have more detail in the audio, but you can … Continue reading Romantic Times Rewind: December 2015 Reviews
This HaBO comes from Regina, who is looking for this paranormal romance: I’m searching for a paranormal romance book I read a few years ago ( I thought it was a Kresley Cole or Gena Showalter but no such luck—but probably in a similar vein). I remember some specific details, so hopefully you can find it! The book starts off with the main girl getting attacked by a group of men, this leads her to … Continue reading HaBO: Paranormal Warriors Fight for Her Hand in Marriage
Gena Showalter returns with a sizzling Lords of the Underworld story about an iron-willed sovereign and the somber beauty who melts him with a glance… Possessed by the demon of Misery, Cameo isn’t allowed to experience joy. If she dares, her memory is wiped clean. With no other recourse, she sneaks into a land more fantastical than any fairy tale, determined to find the one man with the key to her redemption. Lazarus the Cruel … Continue reading The Darkest Promise
At some point one might blink in un-surprise to yet another discovery of rampant holy shit plagiarism, but today is not that day (and frankly, I hope it doesn’t arrive). Per Courtney Milan, Tessa Dare, and many, many other people doing the terrible work of unearthing and checking books page by page, it seems writer Cristiane Serruya has lifted…sheesh, at this point, half the internet into her books? As always, a fan found it and let … Continue reading Cristiane Serruya: Alleged Plagiarist
