Liviania’s review of Tempt Me with Darkness (Doomsday Brethren, Book 1) by Shayla Black Paranormal romance released by Pocket 26 Aug 08 Dorm rooms come with tiny shelves. Textbooks and course packets claim about half of that space. It makes it even more common for people to borrow “fun” books. Two of my friends read [...]

Shannon C.’s review of A Woman of Virtue by Liz Carlyle Historical romance released 27 Feb 01 by Pocket There are some books I like to gulp down, because they are exciting and quick and allow me to lose myself for a few hours. Then there are the books that slowly sink their hooks into [...]

Limecello’s review of A Seduction at Christmas by Cathy Maxwell Historical romance published by Avon on 28 Oct 2008 I haven’t read anything by Cathy Maxwell in a while, so I’m not quite sure what prompted me to pick up this book, but I’m glad I did. I’ve been in a reading slump recently, where [...]

I’ve been covered over with large quantities of visiting extended family, baking, cleaning, cooking (can you say Christmas Tamales?  I knew you could), and general holiday madness – not to mention trying to find time to meet Sybil to shift some books from her car to my car.  As a result I haven’t had time [...]

This just in… Samhain isn’t finished with ya’ll yet for this holiday season. 

Sandy M’s review of Untamed (MacKinnon’s Rangers, Book 2) by Pamela Clare Historical Romance released by Leisure Books 25 Nov 08 I’ve waited so long for this book.  It’s just a few months shy of three years since the first book in this trilogy, Surrender, was released, and then the fate of the next stories [...]

Shannon C.’s review of Wings of Change by Bianca D’Arc Fantasy erotic romance eBook released by Samhain 11 Sep 07 I recently glommed the first four books in Bianca D’Arc’s Dragon Knights series. You can read my thoughts on that set of books here. Originally, I’d started the fifth book during that initial glom, but [...]

Shannon C.’s review of Flood (Burke Series, Book 1) by Andrew Vachss Mystery fiction released by Vintage 10 Mar 98 I’m not sure that I would have picked up this book if I hadn’t seen a blog post about its author. I would provide a link, but blog posts run together in my head, and [...]

Sandy M’s review of Divorced, Desperate and Dating by Christie Craig Contemporary Mystery Romance published by Love Spell 25 Nov 08 Since we’re smack dab in the middle of the season where we look back and remember, thinking over the past year, for me, Christie Craig is the jewel of my finds when it comes [...]

Liviania’s review of Cycler by Lauren McLaughlin Young adult released by Random House 26 Aug 08 Lauren McLaughlin’s debut ambitiously approaches the concept of gender with a main character who cycles between female and male. It sounded somewhat weird but still cool to me, so I decided to give it a shot. In a double [...]

So I’ve thought about this before (some of you may or may not have seen this on twitter) – but anyway, two of my favorite authors are Susan Elizabeth Phillips, and Lisa Kleypas. I go to both their books as comfort reads. Once a book becomes a “comfort read” I also don’t always read it [...]

For those of you following along at home, we’ve been serving up excerpts all week from the Unlaced anthology by Jaci Burton, Jasmine Haynes, Joey W. Hill, and Denise Rossetti .  You still have time to win a copy.  Simply leave a comment on one of the excerpt posts and you’ll be entered to win. [...]

Sandy M’s review of The Missing by Shiloh Walker Contemporary Paranormal Romance published by Berkley Trade 4 Nov 08 Wow.  I tried to think of some way to start this review and I ran through the story again in my head.  Once I did that, all that ever came to me again was, “Wow.”  I’ve [...]

And now, some winners of our various giveaways.  If you didn’t win, no worries, there are more opportunities coming your way!

Wendy the Super Librarian‘s review of Notorious Lord, Compromised Miss by Annie Burrows Historical romance eBook short story released by Harlequin Historical Undone 01 December 2008 I know many readers who are not fans of short stories. There isn’t enough meat on the bone and they fail to satisfy their hunger for in depth character [...]