Have you ever felt like a book was fighting with you? I had such a hard time with my innocent-seeming paperback copy of Lady Traveller’s that you would have thought it was one of the feisty books in the Terry Pratchett universe that have to be chained to the shelves. It wouldn’t lie flat. It kept worming its way under couch cushions and blankets. Every time I picked it up I dropped it, and every time … Continue reading The Lady Traveler’s Guide to Deception With an Unlikely Earl by Victoria Alexander →
RECOMMENDED: Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare is $2.99! This is the first book in the Castles Ever After historical romance series and it won a RITA this past week – yay! It currently has 4-star rating on GR. Sarah reviewed it and gave it a B+:
I think this is a truly unique historical that will appeal to readers who aren’t often historical fans. This story captures both a distant time period, and the present day, reflecting it in the characters – with a story and a parallel set of references beside it that grow together until the meaning of both is intertwined and layered into something I haven’t read before. This is a romance that is also a little bit about the community around romance, and all the many, many people who believe in it and have their fondness for it in common.
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Every so often you get a book that has an interesting premise, interesting characters, a good repartee between the hero and heroine…. And then it falls apart on the execution so hard that you end up finishing the book out of spite. It’s possible my spite and your spite don’t work the same way. Look, it’s like this: Delilah is one of three sisters who all had boring first marriages with rich, titled husbands who … Continue reading The Scandalous Adventures of the Sister of the Bride by Victoria Alexander →
In this week’s podcast episode, we’re looking at the advertisements and features inside the July 2004 issue of Romantic Times, aka RT Book Reviews. Or, in this issue, Romantic Times Book Club. How many names did this magazine have?! Special and massive thanks to Kay Sisk for sending me this issue! Ready for an absolute mile and a half of WTFery from nearly 20 years ago? Oh, this is a weird memory lane, y’all. Brace yourself, … Continue reading Romantic Times Rewind: July 2004 Ads and Features →
Updated as of 1.15.20 4:00pm EST – jump to latest: More information has come to light about the audit of RWA’s actions, which is being run by Carol Ritter. New post: Where Does RWA Go From Here? One of the reasons I believed in RWA was because I saw how hard my friend, Courtney Milan, worked to push the organization’s inclusiveness. Today, the day before Christmas Eve, RWA notified her they’d agreed with ethics … Continue reading WTAF, RWA: Courtney Milan Banned, Suspended From RWA →
We have a pretty fun Rec League this week. Dori sent this one into us. Thanks, Dori! I am hoping a Rec League can help me out. I’m looking for recommendations for books with eccentric older aunts, grandmothers, godmothers, etc. that play a pivotal role in the main characters finding romance. Think Lady Osbaldestone or the eccentric aunt from Maya Rodale’s Wicked Wallflower. I find these characters so amusing and it always makes me enjoy … Continue reading The Rec League: Eccentric Older Women →
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 →
Set sail for love in this sparkling new adventure in #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Alexander’s Lady Travelers Society series. Harry Armstrong has spent years in Egypt, recovering relics and disregarding rules. Now he’s back in England with a new title and a new purpose: penning his exploits. But his efforts are overshadowed by London’s favorite writer about Egypt—a woman they call The Queen of the Desert, of all things. Worse, her stories—serialized in newspapers … Continue reading The Lady Travelers Guide to Deception with an Unlikely Earl →
Join the Lady Travelers Society in their latest romantic misadventure, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Alexander She must secure her future A lady should never be obliged to think of matters financial! But when Lady Wilhelmina Bascombe’s carefree, extravagant lifestyle vanishes with the demise of her husband, her only hope lies in retrieving a family treasure—a Renaissance masterpiece currently in the hands of a cunning art collector in Venice. Thankfully, the Lady Travelers Society … Continue reading The Lady Travelers Guide to Larceny with a Dashing Stranger →
Embark on the breathtaking romantic adventures of The Lady Travelers Society in the brand-new series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Alexander Really, it’s too much to expect any normal man to behave like a staid accountant in order to inherit the fortune he deserves to support the lifestyle of an earl. So when Derek Saunders’s favorite elderly aunt and her ill-conceived—and possibly fraudulent—Lady Travelers Society loses one of their members, what’s a … Continue reading The Lady Traveler’s Guide to Scoundrels and Other Gentlemen →
The classic tale of a fervent courtship between an American heiress and a dashing British earl from #1 New York Timesbestselling author Victoria Alexander Feel the pea through this bed and win the heart of the man you’ll wed. A true American princess, Cecily White stood to inherit her father’s business empire. And with the twentieth century right around the corner, the independent beauty had no intention of marrying some foreign nobleman seeking her money. … Continue reading The Princess and the Pea →
