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 →
Hey all! It’s time for Wednesday Links! I have breaking news and that all of the new MMORPGs I was excited for have been derailed by picking up Final Fantasy XIV again. Oops! Don’t you hate it when that happens? My audiobook hold for Perils of Pleasure just came in at the library. Did you know I’ve never read Julie Anne Long before? I inhaled the Maiden Lane series by Elizabeth Hoyt on audio a few years ago and … Continue reading Links: Book Tours, Non-Fiction, & More →
This Rec League request comes from Rose. Thanks, Rose! I’m looking for a romance series that contains a mystery of some sort that spans the length of the series, i.e. is introduced in the first book in the series, clues and whatnot (say, murder) happen and are given throughout the books in the series, and then it is solved in the last book of the series. BUT, I want the heroine/hero to be different in … Continue reading The Rec League: An Ongoing Mystery with Standalone Romances →
NB: This week, we’re taking a look back at 2021. We’ve got a week of best-of posts to share, with reviews, cover snark, sales, and more. We hope you enjoy revisiting our archives, and most of all, we wish you and yours a wonderful holiday and a happy new year – with all the very best of reading. … We’re counting down the best of our 2021 reviews, which I’m sure you’re all curious about. … Continue reading Best of Reviews 2021, Part One →
Help A Bitch Out - SOLVED!
This HaBO is from JJ, who is trying to track down this historical romance: I’m trying to remember the name of a historical romance or mystery that I’ve read in the past few years. The heroine is skilled at embroidery, but she does gruesome patterns, like a fox eating a chicken. The book is funny and characters are funny (like Lynne Messina or Deanna Raybourn) and there several interactions with family/friends commenting on her unusual … Continue reading HaBO: Macabre Embroidery →
I’m so happy to announce that I will be moderating a virtual event tomorrow, December 8, for East City Book Shop at 6pm ET with eight amazing romance authors: James Bailey Alexandria Bellefleur Elizabeth Hoyt Marina Adair Michelle Major Sarah Morgenthaler Carla De Guzman Jenn McKinlay The authors will be split into two teams, where they will answer holiday pop culture questions. I have a feeling it’ll be quite cutthroat and I’m positively looking forward … Continue reading East City Bookshop Romance Head to Head Event! →
The second novel in New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Elizabeth Hoyt’s Greycourt Series features an enemies-to-lovers romance with her signature blend of captivating characters and sensual romance. Ambitious, sly, and lethally intelligent, Gideon Hawthorne has spent his life clawing his way up from the gutter. For the last ten years, he’s acted as the Duke of Windemere’s fixer, performing the most dangerous tasks without question. Now Gideon’s ready to quit the duke’s service and work solely … Continue reading When a Rogue Meets His Match →
Time again for our most eeeeevil recommendation feature we have: READY, SET, GO! Here are the rules: We pick a specific sub-genre, trope, or type of romance, and we have to make ONE recommendation for that type. And no more than two sentences as to why. Just One. And our theme this month? It’s the first week of fall so this month’s READY SET GO Is: Autumn Romances! What one romance says “fall!” to you? … Continue reading Ready Set Go: Autumn Romances! →
Help A Bitch Out - SOLVED!
This HaBO was sent in by Wizard Karate, who is hoping to find this historical romance: I’m copy-pasting a request I posted on r/romancebooks yesterday and someone suggested I should try this site. The book I can’t remember is an historical romance I read a couple of years ago… So the plot goes something like this: Heroine is married to an evil man (duh) but she feels attracted to their mansion’s gardener, the hero of … Continue reading HaBO: Historical Heroine in Love with the Gardener →
Surprisingly, I was not the originator of this Rec League, even though it is definitely my jam! Thanks to Meryl for sending this one in: I’m looking for some recommendations for books in which the hero is the villain in a previous book in a series (not a jerk, but really a redeemed villain). I remember coming across one or two in my reading but I can’t remember what either of them are. Amanda: Elyse, … Continue reading The Rec League: Villains Redeemed →
Every now and again, I ask nosy questions around here. Sarah: Do you have opinions on epigraphs? (Those are the quotes or poems at the beginnings of book sections or sometimes chapters.) Elyse: Not really. Amanda: It depends. Sometimes they are cute, sometimes annoying. NOW EPILOGUES. FUCK THOSE. Sarah: HA! Elyse: I almost always skip the epigraph. Sarah: Amanda, why epilogues, or none? It’s interesting to me that you skip them, Elyse. I see the … Continue reading Discussion: Beginning and Endings, Epigraphs and Epilogues →
