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In this week’s podcast episode, we’re looking at the incredible ads and features for the September 2015 issue of RT Magazine. Thank you to Mari for this issue, and thank you to Alison for co-hosting with us! You can also find all the RTRW content at our category page for Romantic Times Rewind. If you want to listen and follow along with this entry, we have more detail in the audio, but you can click … Continue reading Romantic Times Rewind: September 2015 Ads & Features →
In this week’s podcast episode, we’re looking at the book reviews for the September 2015 issue of RT Magazine. Thank you to Shannon Stacey for 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 click play and listen and read and absorb … Continue reading Romantic Times Rewind: September 2015 Reviews →
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 →
Fans of the site know that I’m not afraid to jump around within a series when it comes to my reading. I picked up The Savior having only read a few of the Black Dagger Brotherhood books before, and this is book seventeen. While I was able to follow everything that was going on (Ward provides a helpful glossary in the beginning of the book and offers context clues), I do think that this is a … Continue reading The Savior by JR Ward →
Consumed by JR Ward is an angsty contemporary romance with lots of dark themes and a hint of romantic suspense. I really liked the heroine, but the hero never clicked with me, and I felt like there was too much going on with the plot at times. Anne Ashburn is a New Brunswick firefighter who loves her job and carries a torch for her coworker, Danny McGuire. Anne and Danny had a mind-blowing one night … Continue reading Consumed by JR Ward →

Can you believe it’s October? I can’t! But a new month equals new books. Below are a handful of titles that the SBTB crew wants to read, but here are a couple more books that are probably on your TBR piles this month: Jasmine Guillory returns with The Proposal . Shades of Wicked is a new spin-off series by Jeaniene Frost. Nalini Singh’s Archangel’s Prophecy releases this month. Shadow and Ice by Gena Showalter is the first book in … Continue reading October’s New Releases →
I’d never read a J.R. Ward book before. When we were given this ARC at RT, people in the room squealed, and a few (who shall remain nameless) cried a little, and I was like, “…okay, that looks interesting.” And that’s kind of where I am with the whole book. This is not a paranormal, and it’s not really a romance; it’s a Southern soap opera with a bunch of horrible people making horrible choices. … Continue reading The Bourbon Kings by J.R. Ward →