Liviania’s review of Rainshadow Road (Friday Harbor, Book 2) by Lisa Kleypas Contemporary romance published by St. Martin’s Griffin 28 Feb 12 I resisted reading Lisa Kleypas’s new series, despite loving her historicals and Texas-set contemporaries.  “Friday Harbor” sounded twee and the cover and title of Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor seemed overly sentimental.   But [...]

Liviania’s review of Dream Lake (Friday Harbor, Book 3) by Lisa Kleypas Contemporary romance published by St. Martin’s Griffin 7 Aug 12 Lisa Kleypas returns to Friday Harbor for the second-to-last time.  The penultimate Friday Harbor novel brings together Zoë Hoffman and the youngest Nolan brother, Alex.  His older brothers have escaped the shadow of [...]

Laura C’s review of Rainshadow Road by Lisa Kleypas Contemporary Romance published by St. Martin’s Griffin 28 Feb 12 Okay, I realize I had overly high hopes for this one—I love contemporary romances and I melt glass myself. But we didn’t actually get to see much of Lucy’s glasswork. There’s a hint of magic in [...]

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Sandy M’s review of Smooth-Talking Stranger (Travis Series, Book 3) by Lisa Kleypas Contemporary Romance published by St. Martin’s 31 Mar 09 I’ve been wanting to read this book for more than a year now and something has always gotten in the way. But I’ve been keeping it close by lately so that when the [...]

This is the final copy and stepback of Married by Morning, which I should have posted yesterday. It is much larger below the cut. What do you think?  I like it better than the door but am not sure about how I feel about changing the look of a series in the middle of it.

We normally do a ‘raw and unedited’ excerpt with Lisa but it dawned on me last week that Mz Kleypas is already editing this so while this isn’t a final copy and still subject to change… it isn’t ‘raw and unedited’ (all the more reason we should get one for the next book even sooner [...]

Gwen’s review of Tempt Me At Twilight (The Hathaways, Book 3) by Lisa Kleypas Historical romance released by St. Martin’s 22 Sep 09 There are a few authors that I always enjoy.  Short story, novel, or just plain interacting with readers – they’re always pleasant and gracious.  Lisa Kleypas is one of those few sincerely [...]

Former Texan, creator of Sebastian, Lord St. Vincent and one of those people you would swear is just too nice to be real – Lisa Kleypas – will be dropping by the pond today.  She is VERY close to deadline… soon to be shaking hands with her drop dead date.  The way I look at [...]

Lisa Kleypas is under a September deadline and very nicely agreed to join us on the blog this week.  Sadly I  just sent her the questions yesterday, so Lisa will be here Monday September 28.  This gives you time to read the book and come armed with questions *g*. Hopefully she will have time to [...]

You’re in for a treat today! Welcome to Duck Chat! Ohmyohmyohmy!  Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!  Kathryn Smith is here!!!!! As most of you know, Kathryn’s vampire series, Brotherhood of the Blood, is a favorite of fans everywhere, but the really big news lately is that she’s writing straight historicals once again, and Kathryn will be talking about that [...]

This just in… MacMillan is giving away a short story in Lisa Kleypas’ Hathaway family series!

Liviania’s Duckies Do Series reviews of The Wallflowers Series by Lisa Kleypas Historical romances released by Avon Oct 2004 – Jul 2006 Four girls approach the Season no longer believing they have any real chance.  It is not their first and they still have no prospects.  Annabelle Peyton has beauty, but no money.  Lillian and [...]

Welcome once again to Duck Chat! Today we’re talking to Sophie Renwick, who some of you may know as Charlotte Featherstone. Sophie writes fun, light, and erotic contemporaries and dark and sexy paranormals, and you are in for a treat with her debut book, Hot In Here. It’s a friends-to-lover story that takes you for [...]

This just in… The old Squawk Radio gang is back in action!