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Review: Wicked By Any Other Name by Linda Wisdom

by Hannah Abbey 11.08.2010

By: Mailani, guest reviewer Banned to the mortal world for an undistinguished amount of time, Staci Romanov and her good intentioned trouble making friends weave through the centuries masking themselves as ordinary muggles. Early on in the gold rush, Staci and her best friend Blair stumble upon the town located near the power radiating Moonstone [...]

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Review: Ningaloo Nights by Tracy Cooper-Posey

by Susan S. 10.10.2010

by Susan Sigler, guest reviewer Ningaloo Nights is a smooth, well-executed, hot steamy read. So hot in fact, I’d attach the following warning. Tracy’s novella may cause: Glasses to fog, an increase in blindfold sales, addictions to chocolate biscuits, a greater demand for hot Aussie men, increased sales of Ute trucks by single men, and [...]

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Can a Stay-at-Home Moms Talk Dirty?

by Guest Blogger 09.29.2010

by Renee Field, guest blogger and author of Be My Warlock Tonight Okay, I’m talking about your dirty laundry here. I’m talking about the dual lives many stay-at-home moms live. I can vividly remember participating in a play group with a bunch of other moms, watching our children while we dished the dirt on our [...]

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Review: Slave by Cheryl Brooks

by Keira 05.20.2010

Slave is a fun, light, SFR (sci-fi romance). It’s a little bit (okay a lot) silly at times, but also occasionally thought provoking. It’s the first book in the Cat Star Chronicles and takes place in a future where a lot of common phrases from today are considered ancient. Captain Jacinth “Jack” Rutland first spies [...]

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Reader Highlight with Mandi of SmexyBooks

by Keira 04.11.2010

Keira: You’re stuck in outer space on the space station with a very fickle mail system (because really how often do FedEx shuttles drop by). They will only bring you one subgenre of romance books. What subgenre do you pick and why: paranormal, historical, urban fantasy, m/m? Mandi: Although this is a hard choice, I [...]

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4 Tips for Writing Sex Scenes, pt 1

by Keira 12.06.2009

Sex scenes are hard – pun intended. They’ve become nearly essential to a good romance. Writing one that is believable and heated can require a lot of effort. If you’re uncomfortable it shows and turns off readers. So where does one start? By remembering that the sex scenes are for and about your characters and [...]

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Get Into Bed With Jamaica Layne (Author Interview)

by Keira 12.01.2009

LRP: I just read Market For Love and I was impressed by your details of the work atmosphere. Granted I have no background in finance America, you could have said anything and I would probably buy it, but that’s not the point. What you did write was entirely believable for me as a reader. So [...]

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What NOT to Write: 10 Ways to Commit Romance Novel Suicide

by Keira 07.27.2009

There are some things that just make it impossible to continue reading a book. So let’s be blunt about the stuff that really ticks us off…like a lot. How many of these romance novel suicides have you run across? Have your heroine or hero willingly/actually cheat on the other. Sometimes the hero or heroine find [...]