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Heart and Soul- Evolution of African American Romance

by Keira 02.02.2010

Black romance is a blooming section of romance industry and is still growing. Officially having its start in 1980 with Entwined Destines written by Rosalind Welles, black romance has expanded and taken shape over the years. While it’s true that the genre could benefit from more authors and more books, black romance is a force [...]

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Review: Taken by the Highest Bidder by Jane Porter (no spoilers)

by Cara Lynn 01.11.2010

By: Cara Lynn, guest reviewer This one had a few twists and turns I didn’t see coming, and it was more believable. The background of the leading characters unfolds throughout the book, and some of it you don’t find out until mid-point. Samantha van Bergen is in a disastrous marriage, mothering a step-daughter that she [...]

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Review: Lord of la Pampa by Kay Thorpe

by Keira 11.21.2009

MOC + second suitor + jealousy = win! Or… maybe not. When a tour mixes up dates, Lian is stranded in Argentina with a minimum of Spanish. She takes a job as a hostess at a club only to find to her horror that a hostess is really just a polite word for prostitute. Help [...]

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Review: Working Man, Society Bride by Mary Nichols

by Keira 09.18.2009

I have to say I’m way impressed by Harlequin’s historical line. The covers on these romances are awesome and singularly stunning. Especially this one [WMSB]. I love how the heroine’s head is tilted back; it’s provocative and slightly defiant. She looks like she is in the middle of a particularly sassy set down. He looks [...]

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Name the Authors- Contest # 2

by Susan S. 09.05.2009

by Susan S., guest blogger LRP readers are you ready for round two? Right now, I’m sipping an iced mocha while eyeing 2 beautiful Harlequin Blaze romances. If you’d like a chance to win one, get your fingers ready to google. I’ve reduced the number of questions from 20, down to 10. Not only will [...]

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Romancing Trashy Novels #5

by Keira 08.23.2009

There are over 50 hand selected links in this edition. That’s pretty fan-freaking-tastic if I do say so myself. Due to the crazy amount of awesome content linked to below, I pulled out what I think are the top 10 articles from the batch. If you read nothing else, read these. Have a great Sunday! [...]

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Celebrating 60 Years of Cover Art

by Keira 05.20.2009

If you haven’t already heard about it, Harlequin is celebrating 60 years this year! Seriously though, you couldn’t miss it with all the promotion from the news to their site to the 16 FREE ebooks! But there’s still more happening! In just 10 short days you can go out and celebrate with Harlequin at their [...]

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Sink Your Fangs into New Book Series

by Keira 01.17.2009

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter by Laurell K. Hamilton For a long while I was a fan of Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series. Anita Blake was a kick-ass heroine who’s policy was shoot first, apologize later if wrong. Her story started out overcoming her hatred of all things vampire. In the beginning a [...]