Title: The Magic Knot Author: Helen Scott Taylor Genre: Fantasy Romance Publisher: Love Spell (Dorchester) Publishing Date: January 27th 2009 Paperback: 320 pages Stand Alones/ Series: First in a series of contemporary Fantasy romance but can be read as…
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Title: Talk Me Down Author: Victoria Dahl Genre: Romance – Contemporary Molly Jennings is back in town after ten years – small Tumble Creek, Colorado to get over a writer’s block and start anew after a few complicated months…
Title: Impossible Author: Nancy Werlin Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Dial Books (Penguin) Publication Date: September 2008 Hardcover: 384 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel. Why did I read this book: I had been eying this book…
Title: Kiss of a Demon King Author: Kresley Cole Genre: Paranormal Romance Publisher:Pocket Books Romance (Simon & Schuster) Publishing Date: Jan 20th 2009 Paperback: 432 pages Stand Alone/Series: Book 6 in the Immortals After Dark series Summary: For centuries,…
Title: At The Bride Hunt Ball Author: Olivia Parker Genre: Romance – Historical Publisher: Avon Publishing Date: May 2008 Paperback: 384 pages Stand Alone/Series:Stand Alone Summary: To Snare a Bride . . . To Gabriel Devine, Duke of Wolverest,…
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Manga Appreciation Week: Joint Review – The Tarot Cafe – The Wild Hunt by Chandra Rooney
Title: The Tarot Cafe -The Wild Hunt Author: Chandra Rooney Genre: Light Novel, Manhwa, Romance, Fantasy Publisher: TokyoPop Publication Date: January 2009 Paperback: 240 pages Stand Alone or Series: First spinoff novelization based on the popular Tarot Cafe manhwa…
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Manga Appreciation Week: Series Review – The Tarot Cafe by Park Sang-sun
Title: The Tarot Cafe (Vol. 1-7) Author: Park Sang-sun Genre: Manhwa Publisher: TokyoPop Publication Date: From 2005 to 2008 Paperback: Average 200 pages. Stand Alone/ Series: Series with 7 volumes Summary: (Wikipedia) In contemporary Great Britain, Pamela is the…
Title: What a Pirate Desires Author: Michelle Beattie Genre: Historical Romance Publisher: Berkley Sensation Publication Date: December 2008 Paperback: 304 pages Stand Alone/Series: Stand alone Summary: When her family was murdered by the brigand named Dervish, all that Samantha…
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Smugglivus Feats of Strength part 2 – Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
Title: Daughter of the Forest Author: Juliet Marillier Genre: Fantasy Stand Alone/ Series: Book 1 of 4 books set in the Sevenwaters world. It can be read as a stand- alone – the next books deal with the descendents…
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Smugglivus Feats of Strength: Desperate Duchesses by Eloisa James
Title: Desperate Duchesses Author: Eloisa James Genre: Historical Romance Stand alone or series: Book 1 in the Desperate Duchesses series Why did I read this book: As part two of our Smugglivus Feats of Strength, Ana dared me to…
It’s our third and final week of our Countdown to Smugglivus–and so, we give you our last FLASH GIVEAWAY! You know the drill–the giveaway lasts for a mere 24 hour period. You have until Sunday midday (December 21, 12:00…
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Smugglivus Muy Special Book Review: Hope’s Folly by Linnea Sinclair
Title: Hope’s Folly Author: Linnea Sinclair Genre: SciFi Romance Stand Alone/Series: third book in Linnea Sinclair’s Dock 5 series but it can be read as a stand alone. But really, you should read Gabriel’s Ghost and Shades of Dark…
Day 19 (7 Days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Linnea Sinclair, pioneering author of Science Fiction Romance! Linnea has won both RITA and PEARL awards and racked up starred reviews for her novels, making her one of the most…
Perusing our morning emails and blogs, we noticed this particular article posted over at Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist. The article is an opinion piece by Urban Fantasy author Lilith Saintcrow, of Dante Valentine fame, on the definition of Urban Fantasy,…
Title: The Girl Most Likely To…. Author: Susan Donovan Genre: Contemporary romance Stand Alone/ Series: Stand Alone Summary:Kat Cavanaugh was sixteen when she hitchhiked out of Persuasion, West Virginia, and vowed never to return. Who could blame her? In…
It’s week 2 of our official Countdown to Smugglivus–and we present you with our second FLASH GIVEAWAY! You know the drill–the giveaway lasts for a mere 24 hour period. You have until Sunday midday (December 14, 12:00 pm pacific)…
Bubbles and Blossom team up again after the last two (failed) attempts to read something that we both enjoy. (Buttercup is still MIA, last time we heard from her, she seemed to have ditched Batman in order to camp…
Day 3 (23 days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Meredith Duran, romance novel writer who debuted in 2008 with a romance many hail as one of the best of the year. It has made Ana’s top 10 of 2008.…
Title: What a Scoundrel Wants Author: Carrie Lofty (God, I hate this cover) Genre: Historical (medieval) romance Stand Alone/ Series: Stand Alone but there is another book in the same world in the works. Summary: In Sherwood Forest, outcast…
Title: When the Duke Returns Author: Eloisa James Genre: Historical Romance (set in Georgian times) Stand Alone/ Series: Book 4 in the Desperate Duchesses series Summary: Married by proxy as a child, Lady Isidore has spent years fending off…
Intro There are moments in the life of a reader when it seems like the reality is bending, stars are aligning and the Universe is conspiring to make one believe that anything is possible – that people fall in…
Title: Impulse and Initiative Author: Abigail Reynolds Genre: Historical Romance Stand Alone/ Series: This is a variation of Pride of Prejudice by Jane Austen – I recommend you read that one first. Summary: In Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice,…
Title: Silent in the Grave Author: Deanna Raybourn Genre: Mystery, Historical Stand alone or series: Book 1 of a (soon to be) three book series. Why did I read this book: I had picked up Silent in the Grave…
Title: To Seduce a Sinner Author: Elizabeth Hoyt Genre: Historical Romance Stand Alone/ Series: It is book 2 in a series called The Legend of The Four Soldiers but it can be read as a stand alone. Summary: THE…
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…