EXCERPT: Home for the Holidays by Lisa Plumley ** 7 Oct 2008*

May 16, 2008

Book CoverLisa Plumley has a new book coming out this October, Home for the Holidays (Zebra, 7 Oct 08). Read on for a peek under, uh, between, uh, well, inside the covers. dammit - just read... ;-)

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EXCERPT: Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione **24 June 2008**

May 15, 2008

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PLEASURE UNBOUND (Book 1 in The Demonica Series) by Larissa Ione releases late June.  Read on for the blurb and an excerpt.  Another yummy paranormal series is on the way!

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EXCERPT: Enslaved by Hope Tarr ** Out Now **

May 15, 2008

Book CoverOk, this should have gone up before the excerpt from Untamed, but uh. . .I don't want to point fingers or blame anyone, so it's just going up now! It really is a good book.

SNEAK Peek from Chapter 3

Ever felt like you were leading a double life? Sparks fly and passions flare when former Roxbury House orphans, oh-so-proper barrister, Gavin Carmichael and music hall chanteuse Daisy Lake AKA Delilah du Lac meet fifteen years later in a smoky London supper club. Can this on the surface mismatched couple really have a shot at a sexy second chance at love?Raining Excerpts Read more

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EXCERPT: Seduced by the Storm by Sydney Croft **29 JULY 2008**

May 15, 2008

Seduced by the Storm by Sydney CroftSeduced by the Storm by Sydney Croft     **29 JULY 2008**

This is the 3rd book in the ACRO series! We have reviews for both books (hint: click on the tag that sez Sydney Croft). I ::hear:: this cover. Is it not the most?! Book sounds grand.  Read on for the blurb and an excerpt...

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EXCERPT: Hope Tarr’s UNTAMED ** Out Now **

May 14, 2008

Book Cover"Runaway Bride" meets Shakespeare’s "The Taming of the Shrew" in Hope Tarr's UNTAMED.

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A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas **Oct 14, 2008**

May 13, 2008

squee-by-kate.pngA Wallflower ChristmasA Wallflower Christmas is the story of Rafe Bowman, an American businessman who comes to London to marry an English bride. All the original wallflowers appear in the novel, and at Sybil's request I'm sharing a clip of a scene between Evie and Sebastian

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How Raw Becomes Real, or how to get from point A to point B

May 13, 2008

Book CoverThe publishing industry has never heard the adage, "The shortest distance between two points is a straight line."

You ever wonder what an author has to do to get from raw, unedited text to a finished product?  What changes do their creations go thru?  Do they have to give up really good stuff to make it work?

I'm happy you asked!  We have an example of what Lisa Kleypas went thru to get from the raw, unedited Seduce Me at Sunrise (St. Martin's releases it 30 Sep 08) excerpt we posted last October to what you see below - the finished product.  The process is actually quite fascinating...

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EXCERPT: Vanquished by Hope Tarr (take two)

May 12, 2008

Vanquished by Hope TarrThis was posted forever ago, in fact still is. Instead of moving the one that is already up I am reposting it (I can do that ;)  ) cuz I have excerpts for the next two books to go up today.

retro post all from April 13, 2008

Excerpt of Vanquished by Hope Tarr (Medallion, 1 Jul 06) - pretty covers, but some of the model's poses make me go "ouch!" Have you seen her recent Blaze cover? thumb2-raining-books.jpg

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EXCERPT and BOOK ALERT: Forbidden: the Billionaire’s Virgin Princess by Lucy Monroe **JULY 2008**

May 12, 2008

Forbidden: the Billionaire's Virgin Princess by Lucy MonroeAnother title that gives it to you in 5 seconds or less.  We don't want that from our heroes but it apparently works in a title ;). Forbidden: the Billionaire's Virgin Princess by Lucy Monroe, a new Harlequin Presents that comes out this July. Here's a sneak peek...

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Tuesday May 13th: Will be Lisa Kleypas Day

May 12, 2008

Blue-Eyed Devil by Lisa KleypasDid you know that? ::le gasp:: you didn't? 'Tis Lawson's fault. yep yep yep.... I told her to tell you... Cuz I have been sick and dying for ::counts on fingers:: drugs are fun. She forgot.

And then she got a headache and had to go night night .... Hopefully she will be all better today cuz someone has got to be well roundyere. LOL BUT to make up for our oversight... Hell do we need to? LISA KLEYPAS is going to be here Tuesday, May 13th! LOL. But just in case, here's an excerpt of BED.

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