Welcome to Smugglivus 2009 – Day 11! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2009, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2010.…
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Loretta Chase
Hello! We leave week one of Smugglivus behind and prepare ourselves for week two with loads more of exciting posts – if we may say so ourselves. But first, last week’s giveaway winners: Joel Sutherland Giveaway This is a…
Welcome to another Guest Dare – the August edition. For those new to the feature, our Guest Dare is a monthly endeavor in which we invite an unsuspecting victim to read a book totally outside of their comfort zone.…
5 weeks, several guests posts and giveaways and a grand total of 49 books reviewed later, we hereby declare our YA Appreciation Month closed. It was the best of times, but also the most mental of times and we…
Loretta Chase, fabulous historical romance writer, is one of our favourite authors. Writer of Lord of the Scoundrels (the One Romance to Rule Them All) , Mr Impossible, Your Scandalous Ways amongst many others, her books are constantly praised…
Title: Don’t Tempt Me Author: Loretta Chase Genre: Historical Romance Publisher: Avon Publishing Date: June 30, 2009 Paperback: 384 pages Stand Alone or series: Stand Alone (although part of a “series” of books about Fallen Women) Summary: “Spunky English…
Happy Sunday, everyone! Another huge basketball game on the line, so everyone send some good thoughts the Lakers’ way. Giveaway Winners: We held THREE giveaways this week, and it’s time to announce the lucky winners. Drumroll please… We had…
Howdy !!! We shall start by saying: yay, Roger Federer beat Roland Garros!!! He now holds the record (along with Pete Sampras) of 14 grand- slams titles. Congratulations to Federer – we are great fans here at the UK…
Day 4 (22 days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Loretta Chase , THE Loretta Chase, writer of romance novels. One of her books, Lord of Scoundrels, is considered by many to be the ultimate romance novel. It is one…
For this month’s dare we invited Karen Mahoney, writer of YA Urban Fantasy (her first story will be published in a YA anthology, The Eternal Kiss in Autumn 2009) . We love Karen’s livejournal (how could we not? A…
Another weekend comes to a close, but worry not! We have another busy week ahead. First, some housekeeping… Thanks to Julia Quinn for stopping by for the lovely chat! And we have our winners–drumroll please– Barbara and Kara You…
Our Sorting Hat hath spoken and the winners of the Your Scandalous Ways giveaway are: Itanaidajessewave Congratulations to the lucky winners! Please email your address to: thebooksmugglers (at) hotmail (dot) com And a big thank you to everyone that…
Loretta Chase writes wonderful historical romances and her book Lord of Scoundrels is constantly hailed as one of the best if not THE best romance novel of all times. It must be pretty clear by now how much I…
If I started reading romance because of Julia Quinn, it was Loretta Chase who cemented it for me. It was right after reading Lord of Scoundrels that I was able to hold my head high and say “Yes, I…
Title: Your Scandalous Ways Author: Loretta Chase Review number: 62 Genre: Historical Romance Stand Alone/ Series: Stand Alone Summary: James Cordier is all blue blood and entirely dangerous. He’s a master of disguise, a brilliant thief, a first-class lover—all…
Title: The Lion’s Daughter Author: Loretta Chase Review number: 32 Genre: Historical Romance Stand alone / series: It can be read as a stand alone but some characters reappear briefly in Captives of the Night which has the villain…
Title: The Last Hellion Author: Loretta Chase Review number: 10 Genre: Romance – Regency Stand alone or series: Stand alone, although many characters were introduced in Lord of Scoundrels. Summary: Amazon.com says In 1820s England, 28-year-old Lydia Grenville is…