Anything But Vanilla is a Harlequin Kiss romance about Alex and Sorrel, who bicker over running an ice cream shop. The ice cream added a nice comfort read quality to the book, but tragically all the parts of the book that did not involve ice cream were sexist, nonsensical, or both. Sorrel runs Scoop!, an ice cream catering, entertainment, and delivery company. Sorrel gets the ice cream for her business from Ria, who owns a gourmet … Continue reading Anything but Vanilla by Liz Fielding →
Just for Now is a YA novel with some exalted exclamation-point-laden reviews on Goodreads, and contains very adult themes. It's on sale for $1.99. The day Preston Drake figured out that wealthy women paid well for a set of tight abs and a pretty face his life turned around. The run down rat-infested trailer he had shared with his alcoholic mother and three younger siblings was now only a place he visited to pay the … Continue reading Books on Sale: YA & Contemp Romance from Abbi Glines, Tera Lynn Childs, and Liz Fielding →
In this week’s podcast episode, we’re looking at the book reviews for the December 1997 issue of RT Magazine. Thank you to Mari, the Romance Girl for this issue, and big thanks to my old flatbed scanner, getting the job done page after page. 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 … Continue reading Romantic Times Rewind: December 1997 Reviews →
by SB Sarah · Jun 10, 2013 at 11:27 am ·
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First, the rebate at AllRomance for Tessa Dare's Any Duchess Will Do expires on 15 June 2013, so this is the last week. The after-rebate price is $3.00, plus you can use coupons if you have any! And if you're looking for a paper copy, you can try Amazon, BN, or your local library. And we have a Book Club Chat date, too! The Book Club Chat will be Thursday, June 27, at 9:00 pm ET. Tessa … Continue reading Books on Sale, and Book Club Reminders! →
Time to get all nosy up in your reading list – what are you reading this weekend? I'm reading several books at once, which is NOT good for my brain, especially when I mix genres, but I started too many things that I like. I have one book on the phone, one on the coffee table, one on my Kindle – it's getting messy. But Pig was right – Liz Fielding's Tempted by Trouble [Goodreads | Amazon … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? →
Every now and again, I receive exceptionally irate and often hilarious email messages from readers who are in the middle of a romance that is so WTFCRAZY they cannot keep it to themselves. And then my inbox is splodey with the awesome, and I love it. The book rants are epic. When we romance fans pick up a book that drives us bonkers with the WAT?, it can get ferociously funny. So I have a … Continue reading Book Rants: Killer Temptation →
Since January there's been coverage of plagiarism on Amazon, with folks self-publishing works in the public domain or copying works by other authors, slapping their own names on them, and selling them. NPR and FastCompany covered the problem in January regarding plagiarised works – including in one case a word-for-word copy of Dracula – posted as “erotica” – which tends to sell rather briskly. One issue is that even if Amazon responds and removes the … Continue reading Kay Manning, Peyton Bradshaw, Kristal Singletary, and Plagiarism →
While we’re on the subject of the Harlequin/Silhouette titles, most specifically the Presents line, take a look at this: The Romantic Novelists’ Association has announced the shortlist for the Romance Prize for 2008. The finalists are: Lucy Gordon’s The Mediterranean Rebel’s Bride Liz Fielding’s The Secret Life Of Lady Gabriella Fiona Harper’s Her Parenthood Assignment and English Lord, Ordinary Lady Kate Hardy’s Breakfast at Giovanni’s, which I had trouble finding in Amazon.com (that link is … Continue reading Category Titles: I don’t know what category to put them in. →
Thanks to Kalen Hughes, I have spied with my little bespectacled eye the Romantic Times nominations for Reader’s Choice awards. Hello there, Nathalie Gray, Victoria Dahl, and Kalen Hughes. And Julia Quinn. And damn, that’s a LOT of nominees. How long is this awards ceremony? I’m STILL SCROLLING. And look, Dot Frank. She lives in my town. And PC Cast and Kristin Cast – hot diggity. And J.D. Robb. OK, still scrolling. Holy cow. Samantha … Continue reading I Spy With My Little Eye: Nominated Bitches! →
Thanks to Robin and whomever posted and updated a page of the RITA finalists, we can announce the 2006 RITA Winners from last night’s gala. We hope it was much better than last year – someone give us an update how it went, please! And in the meantime, WOO HOO and YAY and all sorts of obnoxious fist pumping and elegant grunting to the 2006 RITA winners. Best First Book Show Her the Money by … Continue reading Gotta Getta RITA - 2006! →
