A few weeks ago, I sat down to read a book by a new-to-me author that’s coming out soon. The premise had sounded intriguing, but to be honest, I’d requested it along with about a dozen others so by the time I started reading it I couldn’t even remember what it was supposed to be… Continue reading Discovering the book you wish you’d written
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Review: Tides of Passion by Tracy Sumner
Sizzling chemistry, a forward-thinking heroine, and a hero who would part the seas for the people he loves come together in this beautifully written story Feisty, forward-thinking activist Savannah Conner travels to an island off the North Carolina coastline in 1898 to help out at her friend’s school. Having grown up wealthy but without her… Continue reading Review: Tides of Passion by Tracy Sumner
Contemporaries to covet in December – and a giveaway with a twist!
This week I’m doing something a little different. Instead of hosting an interview and giveaway with an author, I want to tell you the contemporary romance novels I’m looking forward to in December and do a giveaway with a twist. I’ll choose one person who leaves a comment to win a $10 gift certificate to… Continue reading Contemporaries to covet in December – and a giveaway with a twist!
Review: Head Over Heels by Jill Shalvis
In nearly two years of reviewing, I’ve never given a single perfect score. Head Over Heels deserves to be the first. Chloe Traeger has a reputation for being Lucky Harbor’s wild child—a reputation she’s earned by saying “Screw you” to her severe asthma and living dangerously. She does extreme sports, frees dogs from notorious animal… Continue reading Review: Head Over Heels by Jill Shalvis
Are men worse at writing sex than women?
The Literary Review has announced its nominees for the 2011 Bad Sex in Fiction Award. If you’re not familiar with the Bad Sex in Fiction award, I can’t describe it any better than Jezebel magazine does: [E]ach year the Literary Review has singled out an author who writes awkwardly enough about sex to convince readers… Continue reading Are men worse at writing sex than women?