something to ponder…

The ever clever smart bitches have a grand post about fair use with a link you should so check out. Or you can just go for the text version here.

Bookmark 'em... one never knows when they might come in handy.

Hey at least it is a different time…

Susan Krinard has a new paranormal series coming out....

yes shocking isn't it

She sez on her site:

I have turned in the manuscript of Chasing Midnight, my first Werewolf/Vampire novel. Set in 1926's New York City, it will published by HQN in late 2007. The book will be given its own sub-page on my site a few months from now.

Always. Buy. The. Book.

I can't find Tangled by Mary Balogh! This irks me greatly. I know I had the damn thing in my hand. And now am wondering if I had an attack of guilt and didn't buy it because I have sooooo many book. blah blah blah Had no want to read it. Wouldn't have gotten to it at the time. blah blah blah

Damn it to hell, let this teach me a leason to always BUY THE BOOK!

But I really think I did because I always buy her old books when I find them. I have been eyeing a stack of books in my bedroom. But it are three stacks of at least 25. So going through them would take forever because it isn't like I just go - nope and go to the next one. Then there is another stack of about 60. It could be in either of those.

I have to go close a bank account tomorrow. There isn't much in there. I am seriously thinking I need to spend it all on postage and get rid of some of these sacks. I have to move in January you know... of course either way I am gonna call The Great Exchange on Monday and see if they still have it. yeah yeah I am sure if I was dumb enough to leave it there it is gone but one never knows.

Shameless by Karen Robards **Releases 31 Jan 2008**

Do you remember Shameless by Karen Robards?

If you don't it might be because it was first called Reckless... or at least that is how I recall reading about it in the Romantic Times. This is the long awaited finish to the Banning Sisters Trilogy. And it is... drum roll... historical! not romantic suspense. And it was set for release in April of 2006.

Now it will be released 31 Jan 2008!!

Tags: 2008, Banning Sisters Trilogy, Coming Attractions, Karen Robards, Shameless

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Slake… editoral link

from Laurie's Likes and Views #77:

More on Mother's Milk:
I know that the publisher at Slake did an editorial about breast-feeding in romances some time ago, but in light of that Beverly Barton book, I'd like to re-open it up for discussion

Slake editorial by Suzanne Goodwin
for odd people like me who care about things like this... I found this posted as 12/5/1998 but have no clue when it was first posted on slake

nothing on the net dies

looks like Slake use to be more than it is today... nifty

Cream, Sugar or Milk

cream, sugar or milk…

A small part of Jane's response in If You Can't Take the Heat, mentioned Passion's Breastfeeding sex bit:

Further for Ms. V to write that she didn't expect this type of response also seems a bit ridiculous. Her book was filled with extreme and provocative sex scenes (sex while breastfeeding?). Of course, there was going to be negative responses. I suspect Jaid Black get hate mail constantly for corrupting the morals of the world.

off of that Lisa Valdez asked:

Okay, and will someone please tell me what the big deal is with sex while breastfeeding? Why is that so shocking? Sex made the baby, and it's not as if the baby knows what's going on. I think it's weird that people think it's weird. Sorry, that's off topic. Forget I asked.

**now updated with list and links**

Now this is a topic I find mucho amusing, more because of a chat than about the book itself.

The scene in question takes place at the very end of the book. And I will have to go find mine to be sure but I think it is all of a paragraph. But it totally squicks some people out.

Does it squick you? Did you make note of it while reading?

A few months back (I think) while searching for something on AAR I came across something talking about sex while breast feeding (is this one word or two?). It was Laurie's News and Views #77 from August 1, 1999 (I soooooo love the old Laurie's News and Views much more than I like the ATBF of today. Is that just me?).

I expected it to be about Passion (no I didn't note the date at the time *g*). But it wasn't... there were OTHER books where this happens. The old list that the AARList members put together had these titles:

* Broomstick Cowboy by Kathleen Eagle 11/93
* Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
* Heaven Above by Sara Jarrod 9/96
* Caroline & the Raider by Linda Lael Miller 3/92
* Skye O'Malley by Bertrice Small
* Sunset Embrace by Sandra Brown
* Hawk O'Toole's Hostage by Sandra Brown
* The Shattered Rose by Jo Beverley
* Silver Flame buy Susan Johnson
* Night in Eden by Candice Proctor
* Between Friends by Candace Spencer
* Tender Trap by Beverly Barton 1/97
* Tangled by Mary Balogh 3/94

I have never read Kathleen Eagle, Diana Gabaldon, Jo Beverley or Candace Spencer. The Sara Jarrod book I have read in its redone form as an EC novel (more on that later). The Sandra Brown book I think is the one I am scared to read. And I haven't read Hawk O'Toole's Hostage (although I think I have it). Silver Flame and Night in Eden I have read but breastfeeding sex doesn't ring a bell at all. Maybe I didn't even notice? And I have Tangled but don't think I have read it.

Any others that anyone can think of? Have you read any of these books? Did you find them squicky? Do you even remember there being breastfeeding sex?

Would this make you put the book down and walk away? Would you just skip over the scene? Or would you not even notice it?

Just a Little Patience
If You Can't Take the Heat

Tags: Lisa Valdez, Passion

It’s a Wonderfully Sexy Life and Sierra’s Homecoming

If I recall correctly, quite a few people were very happy with Hope Tarr's last book. I forget the title but it was a historical! Next up for her is a Blaze... It's a Wonderfully Sexy Life

Baltimore street cop Mandy Delinski isn't expecting any miracles this Christmas. She's thirty, a little too round, still very single and she lives with her parents. So who could have guessed that her whole life would change before New Year's Eve? That a simple job policing a Christmas party would find her in the arms of sexy-as-sin bartender Josh Thornton? That they would be on the brink of making love before the night ended?

That Mandy would find her perfect man in the morgue the next day?

Or that she'd be given a magical chance to go back a week, save Josh…and have the best sex of her life. Does Christmas get any better than this?

You can't find it on the shelves yet but it is on the Harlequin site. The book is $3.80 and if you can find 5 books you want on this page you get one of them free.

My problem is I can never find five books on THAT page to order.

The only other book *I* want is:

Sierra's Homecoming by Linda Lael Miller

When she moved to her family's ancestral ranch, single mom Sierra McKettrick was disconcerted by the Triple M's handsome caretaker, Travis Reid. But when her son claimed to see a mysterious boy in the house, and an heirloom teapot started popping up in unexpected places, Sierra wondered if the attraction between herself and Travis might be the least of her worries.

In 1919, widowed Hannah McKettrick lived at the ranch with her son and her brother-in-law, Doss. Her confused feelings for Doss and her son's health problems occupied all her thoughts…until the family teapot started disappearing.

Could Sierra and her ancestor, Hannah, be living parallel lives?

The book is $3.99 and again... if you can find 5 books you want on this page you get one of them free. Good Luck!

It’s a Wonderfully Sexy Life and Sierra’s Homecoming

If I recall correctly, quite a few people were very happy with Hope Tarr's last book. I forget the title but it was a historical! Next up for her is a Blaze... It's a Wonderfully Sexy Life

Baltimore street cop Mandy Delinski isn't expecting any miracles this Christmas. She's thirty, a little too round, still very single and she lives with her parents. So who could have guessed that her whole life would change before New Year's Eve? That a simple job policing a Christmas party would find her in the arms of sexy-as-sin bartender Josh Thornton? That they would be on the brink of making love before the night ended?

That Mandy would find her perfect man in the morgue the next day?

Or that she'd be given a magical chance to go back a week, save Josh…and have the best sex of her life. Does Christmas get any better than this?

You can't find it on the shelves yet but it is on the Harlequin site. The book is $3.80 and if you can find 5 books you want on this page you get one of them free.

My problem is I can never find five books on THAT page to order.

The only other book *I* want is:

Sierra's Homecoming by Linda Lael Miller

When she moved to her family's ancestral ranch, single mom Sierra McKettrick was disconcerted by the Triple M's handsome caretaker, Travis Reid. But when her son claimed to see a mysterious boy in the house, and an heirloom teapot started popping up in unexpected places, Sierra wondered if the attraction between herself and Travis might be the least of her worries.

In 1919, widowed Hannah McKettrick lived at the ranch with her son and her brother-in-law, Doss. Her confused feelings for Doss and her son's health problems occupied all her thoughts…until the family teapot started disappearing.

Could Sierra and her ancestor, Hannah, be living parallel lives?

The book is $3.99 and again... if you can find 5 books you want on this page you get one of them free. Good Luck!

Chatty Cathy

I have had the pleasure of chatting with some of the most amazing people in romanceland. There was once a time, prolly about six months to a year ago, when you could find a group of us online most nights.

Sometimes it would be three peeps, sometimes 20. But is was always fun, crazy, confusing and wonderful. And you couldn't help but fall a lil bit in love with these wonderful, amazing, smart, caring people. They live all over the world, come from all types of backgrounds, and if you are lucky enough you get to call them friends.

Thank you for the laughter, fun, support, joy, discussion, and interests you have all brought into my life. The sleep lost was never missed *g*.

And on that note... for anyone who doesn't know this yet... THE maili is back.

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