From Romance Writers of America® comes a never-before-published collection of tales that showcases the breadth and complexity of the world’s most popular genre of fiction! New York Times bestselling authors Cindy Gerard and Allison Brennan bring the thrills in their tales of romantic suspense. New York Times bestselling authors Sabrina Jeffries and Courtney Milan take you on a trip back in time with lush stories of historical romance. New York Times bestselling authors Vicki Lewis … Continue reading Premiere: A Romance Writers of America® Collection →
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This HaBO comes from Marie L, who is looking for a historical romance: I WORK in a library and I can’t find the title or author of this book anywhere. Thought in might be in Sabrina Jeffries series The Duke’s Men but I can’t find a matching description in NoveList. Help! Published at least five years ago, the cover had a slipper against a red velvet background. The heroine and her friend go to a … Continue reading HaBO: Historical with a Shoe Cover →
That Scandalous Summer by Meredith Duran is $1.99 right now. This is book 1 in the Rules for the Reckless series, and it came out in January 2013. The sequel, Fool Me Twice has been available at discounted pre-order (and still is – see below). So you can get books 1 and 2 for about $4.00. And hey, if you want the prequel novella, Your Wicked Heart, that's only .99c ( A | BN | K). … Continue reading Books on Sale: Historical Romances from Terrific Authors →
Cyber Monday, with its cute use of the word “cyber,” is here, and with it, lots of deals and specials. Many of the promotions that started Friday end at midnight tonight, plus there's new ones, too: AllRomance/OmniLit has a 50% Rebate today only on all eligible titles. This means you get 50% of your purchase price back in eBook Bucks, which you can use for other purchases in the future. And THAT means that, if … Continue reading Books on Sale: Aw, Cyber Monday - Contemporary Devices and Historical Romances →
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady by Sabrina Jeffries is today's Kindle Daily Deal and it's $1.99. This book has some tremendous reviews – and I've never tried a Jeffries novel so this might be the one I grab. It has a 4.07 average at Goodreads – which is kind of amazing. When a charming rogue proposes she marry him to meet her grandmother's ultimatum, the Sharpe clan's strong-willed sister makes a tempting counter-offer that … Continue reading Books on Sale: Historical Romance, Historical Mystery, and Inspirational Contemporary Romance →
This week's top ten is brought to you by the number 8, and the letter S, with special guest, the hidden mysteries of affiliate data! Painted Faces by L.H Cosway | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo iBooks Just Curious by Jude Deveraux | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo | iBooks Austenland by Shannon Hale | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo | iBooks A Rogue's Proposal with Bonus Material by …
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Avon Romance has launched a new social reading app on Facebook, the Avon Social Reader. Folks can read samples of books – up to 20% of a novel – and (this is the super cool part) there are links to buy that book DRM FREE from AllRomance. DRM. FREE. Readers can also “choose to purchase DRM-enabled versions of the books at other online retailers.” I have lit the bonfire of joy and am now dancing … Continue reading Select Avon Romances Are DRM Free at AllRomance! →
Data and deals, we have! First: Rainbow Romance Writers are doing a survey of romance readers and asked me to pass along the link to you. I enquired what the survey data was going to used for, and they told me, “we're mostly just gathering intel. It's sort of piggybacking off of the survey that RWA did recently but with a few more specific questions, with some focus on LGBT romance, although we're looking for … Continue reading Links and Random Data →
Cross dressing is an old and familiar plot trope in romance. We’ve talked about it here before, and there’s a pretty thorough list at AAR of all the cross dressing romances they’ve cataloged. I joke (A LOT) about how oddly easy it is for heroines to easily pass as boys. So many romance heroines years past puberty have grabbed some boys clothing, possibly from a well-hipped stable lad, I presume, and shoved a cap on … Continue reading Crossing Dress Lines →
Guilty Pleasures is a movie about romance, by which I mean the genre, as told through three readers, a writer, and a cover model (Sounds like the start of a bad joke, doesn’t it?. It premiered in the US in North Carolina at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and mega-power librarian Jennifer Lohmann went with her book club to see it. What follows is her review and reaction. I found it very fascinated particularly … Continue reading Guest Film Review: Guilty Pleasures →
There’s a whole lot of something going on at IASPR, the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance. The website is up and running with a whole mess of new features, including a Members’ Forum, which is not exclusively for IASPR members though there is a Members-only section (one hopes that it comes with those cool vinyl jackets with the snap collars, right?). There’s also a Cafe Press store and a slew of upcoming … Continue reading IASPR News and Updates →
