Sandy M’s review of Patience (Passion, Book 2) by Lisa Valdez Historical Romance published by Berkley 6 Apr 10 Wow, this book has me all wound up every which way, thrown for a loop all the way to next Sunday, and then boomeranged back right to where I started. Some of it good, some of [...]

Sandy M’s review of Shadow Bound (Shadow Series, Book 1) by Erin Kellison Paranormal Romance published by Leisure Books 29 Jun 10 I just love it when I find a debut author who wows me. Erin Kellison has written a mind-blowing first novel, full of fae, death, darkness, wraiths, and, of course, love and romance [...]

Wendy the Super Librarian‘s review of Night Moves by HelenKay Dimon Romantic suspense released by Harlequin Intrigue 08 Jun 2010 People who knock category romance tend to focus an awful lot on the word counts.  Stories apparently can’t be any good if they have small word counts, and the evil masterminds at Harlequin institute those [...]

C2’s review of Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean Historical romance published by Avon 30 March 2010 Ever get tired of following everybody’s rules? Dissatisfied with a life of bowing to society’s pressure and always doing what is expected of her, Lady Calpurnia Hartwell decides a change is in order. [...]

Limecello’s review of One Perfect Rose by Mary Jo Putney Historical romance reprint by Zebra 1 Apr 10 (originally released Jul 97) I’m not sure what prompted me to buy and read this book. I’m pretty sure it was very reasonably priced and people on twitter told me they loved it, so I listened to [...]

Yes! Yes! I know I’m behind on our contests. Life keeps getting in the way of the fun stuff. But I have our next winners from our Duck Chat with Meredith Duran.

Lynne Connolly’s review of Billionaire Doctor, Ordinary Nurse by Carol Marinelli Contemporary Romance published by Harlequin Presents 12 Aug 08 This one is a kind of cross between Presents and Medical, with the heat level fairly low, but higher than in most Medical romances. And I enjoyed it a lot.

Ash’s review of My Avenging Angel by Madelyn Ford Paranormal Romance ebook published by Samhain 25 May 10 I really wanted to like this story, I love bad-ass angels, but sadly it fell short.

So I get an e-mail from Sybil this morning with the loaded one line, “Can you do me a favor?” Oy!  Talk about a loaded question!  So I dipped my toe in the water (“Uh, suuuurrrreeeee….”) and found it was nothing more than posting a contest.  And frankly, who better to ask about posting this [...]

Sandy M’s review of The Wolf Next Door (Westfield Brothers, Book 3) by Lydia Dare Paranormal Romance published by Sourcebooks Casablanca 1 Jun 10 I’ve been anxiously awaiting this book since I read the first in this series. We get hints and even a few actual interactions between William and Prisca in A Certain Wolfish [...]

AKA What will make me wildly unpopular. Or, even less than wherever I am now? Whatever. This is a culmination of a number of thoughts and posts and conversations. In part, it’s why I’ve been quiet lately. Who am I kidding. For the past year. I’m blogging it now because… well, it’s a blog and I [...]

Birdie’s review of Ten Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn Historical Romance published by Avon 25 May 10 SIDE NOTE: I’m a JQ fan. Just getting that out there before I start the review. But if I say that I am a JQ fan, I also have to say that as of late [...]

Sandy M’s review of One Enchanted Evening (de Piaget Series, Book 6) by Lynn Kurland Time Travel Romance published by Jove 27 Apr 10 I’m in shock. There hasn’t been a Lynn Kurland book to date that I haven’t totally loved. Until now. I just like this one. It’s still a good book, wonderful characters, [...]

Ash’s review of Deals with Demons by Victoria Davies Paranormal Romance ebook published by Samhain 25 May 10 Deals with Demons has everything I want in a story — a sexy demon who I’d want for myself and a strong kick-ass heroine.

Wendy the Super Librarian‘s review of Erotique: Alex (Erotique #3) by Susan Lyons Erotic romance short story ebook released by Spice Briefs 01 March 2010 I know they can be frustrating for a lot of readers, but I love short stories.  Sometimes all I want is a tasty morsel, a quick read to occupy me [...]