Someone to Watch Over Me by Lisa Kleypas is $3.99. This is book 1 of her Bow Street Runners series, and features a courtesan, amnesia, and a hero who is kind of grumpy. Some readers loved him, others found it difficult to forgive him his assumptions about the heroine. Grant Morgan is one of London's most eligible and unattainable bachelors. He's also a powerful member of the Bow Street Runners, and when he's called to … Continue reading Books on Sale: Lisa Kleypas Novels, With Price Matching! →
Terrific deals today, you guys. Hang on to your hats. Or your wallets. Or both! Tempt Me at Twilight by Lisa Kleypas is $3.99 at most vendors. This is book 3 of the Hathaways series, and has all the Kleypas good parts: wonderful hero and heroine, evocative dialogue, and incredible writing. He was everything she'd sworn to avoid. Poppy Hathaway loves her unconventional family, though she longs for normalcy. Then fate leads to a meeting … Continue reading Books on Sale: Recommended Historical Fiction, Lisa Kleypas, Jennifer Crusie and Cat Hair →
Lisa Kleypas' Sugar Daddy is a Kindle Daily Deal today at $2.99- yay! (At least, I hope so. It's Wednesday evening for me right now because I'm en route to Perth, but it's Wednesday morning in the US – so I hope this is timed correctly!) (Also, more caffeine please.) This is Kleypas' first contemporary novel and a world she's returning to, I'm told, in her next book. SHE'S FROM THE WRONG SIDE OF THE … Continue reading Books on Sale: Sabrina Jeffries’ Swanlea Series Plus a Lisa Kleypas Daily Deal! →
Did you read the thread of t-shirt slogans? Y'all have hilarious apparel. That was totally fun to read. And now: winners! The following folks have won a copy of Lisa Kleypas' Rainshadow Road. Please email me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom with your mailing addresses. As deteremined by Random.org, here are the winners: #289 Laurie F #102 Nnekacharles718 #17 Holly #156 Patricia M. #430 michelle #253 gob #134 Barbara Studer #96 Renee #114 Awgee #338 Turtle Thank you … Continue reading Lisa Kleypas Rainshadow Road Winners! →
Lisa Kleypas' Rainshadow Road comes out in February, and her publisher has offered 10 finished copies to give away. Whoo! And not only do we have books to give away, but Lisa Kleypas was kind enough to answer several inane questions from me via email. Hooray – bonus interview! Rainshadow Road has magical realism while Friday Harbor did not. Why add it to this novel? Did you plan to go this way all along with the series? Well, … Continue reading Lisa Kleypas’ Rainshadow Road: An Interview and a Giveaway! →
This entry was inspired by Abby, who wrote to me and implored, “go to amazon.co.uk and look up Lisa Kleypas. WHY ARE THEIR BOOK COVERS SO MUCH BETTER THAN OURS?!?!?!! I am so upset about this, it’s kind of ridiculous. They just look so much classier! It’s totally unfair.” Is that so? Well, let’s have a look, shall we? All the pics are below the fold – but the poll, depending on the browser, may … Continue reading Lisa Kleypas’ UK vs US Cover Showdown →
There’s a free PDF short story afoot, from what I hear from E. Have a wander over here and register to download the Kleypas short story “A Hathaway Wedding.” I’m hoping it’s an actual story and not a chapter like the Lora Leigh giveaway a few months back.
We’re starting a new pile of awesome, and I have to say, Jane is the WordPress mastermind. We’ve created a new site just for the Save the Contemporary campaign. We’ll be announcing future contests both here and at Dear Author and steering interested folks who like free books and awesome prizes over to the new site. This month? Smooth Talking Stranger, by Lisa Kleypas. Jane and I both really enjoyed this book. I finished reading … Continue reading Save the Contemporary: Smooth Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas →
Reading Smooth Talking Stranger made me appreciate even more Lisa Kleypas’ skill and talent in writing romances that feature familiar themes with memorable, unique characters. It was a funny and enjoyably friendly and utterly sudsy fantasy. And it looked without blinking at painful realities that women deal with, from new motherhood to surviving abusive parents to figuring out who you really are. Kleypas takes the funny, frothy elements of contemporary romance, and imbues them with … Continue reading Smooth Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas →
Candy once said that Lisa Kleypas is her romance novel crack, and I can see why. Even as my brain questioned the possibilities and the circumstances of a happy ending for the two protagonists, I smiled and read along anyway, because her historical romances are comforting and happy in the way that soft flannel and hot cocoa are reassuring. I know the story isn’t going to demand too much of my brain or toss me … Continue reading Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas →
It Happened One Autumn in seven sentences and one acronym: Sassy American heiress meets high-in-the-instep English earl. Sassy American heiress immediately rubs high-in-the-instep English earl the wrong way. Sassy American heiress gets to rub high-in-the-instep English earl the right way, grrrwoof. Sassy American heiress snipes and spars some more with high-in-the-instep English earl. Sassy American heiress rubs high-in-the-instep English earl again. Rinse and repeat until marriage proposal. Impecunious aristo buddy of the high-in-the-instep English earl … Continue reading It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas →
