What a Week It Was!

Well, it's taken me a week to recuperate and get back into the swing of things since I got home from San Francisco.  Was it all worth it?  Damn straight!

I was supposed to be at the RWA National Conference as a writer.  I started writing only a year or so ago, so I was really looking forward to learning more about the craft.  But who was I trying to kid?  I was 99.9% reader in San Francisco.   I couldn't help myself.  Everywhere I looked were authors I'd been reading for years, authors who I just discovered, and even newer authors who I hadn't yet discovered while at the conference.   And the books!  You've all seen my TBR mountain.  You all know how bad my addiction is.  There was no way in hell anyone could have kept me away from the books in the city by the bay, no matter how they tried.  So while I did learn a little, I had a dream of a week just schmoozing and staring in awe the majority of the week. Read more

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REVIEW: The Darkest Pleasure by Gena Showalter

Gwen's review of The Darkest Pleasure (Lords of the Underworld, Book 3) by Gena Showalter
Contemporary paranormal romance released by HQN 1 Jul 08

This new paranormal series from Showalter has been a very pleasant surprise - it has managed to stand out as unique and interesting in what has become a rather crowded field of contenders. And once again, the Cover Gods have shined a happy light on Showalter - isn't this one yummy? Read more

Tags: 2008, Contemporary, Gena Showalter, Grade B, Gwen, HQN, July 2008, Lords of the Underworld series, Paranormal Romance, Review, The Darkest Pleasure

REVIEW: The Darkest Kiss by Gena Showalter

Gwen's review of The Darkest Kiss (Lords of the Underworld, Book 2) by Gena Showalter
Contemporary paranormal romance released by HQN 1 Jun 08

The Cover Goddess has been very good to Showalter with this contemporary paranormal series. Every one of the books has a beautifully rendered photo of a gorgeous man. I think this book has the best of all of them. What's inside of the cover isn't half bad either. Read more

Tags: 2008, Contemporary, Gena Showalter, Grade B, Gwen, HQN, June 2008, Lords of the Underworld series, Paranormal Romance, Review, The Darkest Kiss

Gena Showalter

Anyone have any rec's? What type of books does she write? Is she any good? I saw a few of her books listed on Beverly's site and am interested.

oh and I updated my want list with a few I had forgotten to write in my notebook but the wonderful beverly had up.

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