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Review: One Dance with a Duke by Tessa Dare

by Keira 07.21.2011

Prepare yourself to be dazzled. One Dance with a Duke is one of those exceptional romances that immediately found its way to my top favorites (ten of which I sent to Jane at Dear Author… if I had finished this book before sending off the list you would most assuredly have found it with the [...]

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Review: The Wolf Next Door by Lydia Dare

by Susan S. 07.11.2011

by Susan S., guest reviewer Lydia Dare whips up another captivating wolfish read! Her combination of intrigue, sexual tension, and humor will keep you reading well into the night. The Wolf Next Door is book three from Dare’s werewolf trilogy. This final installment gives us the story of Lord William Westfield, the middle brother, the [...]

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Coiling Lust

by Guest Blogger 02.04.2011

by Fiona Jayde, guest blogger and author of Cold Victory. I’ve been hooked on romance novels ever since my best friend in eighth grade let me borrow The Pirate and the Pagan by Virginia Henley. I never really understood what it was about romance that I liked, but I would rarely pick up a non-romance [...]

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Review: His Virgin Acquisition by Maisey Yates

by Keira 10.02.2010

I won my copy of His Virgin Acquisition. When Elaine finishes her presentation with business tycoon Marco De Luca, she’s confident he will see things her way and agree with the merger. What she doesn’t expect, is having to defend her proposal for a marriage of convenience. Surely he should see the benefits? If they [...]

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Become Smitten with Twilight’s Biting Appeal

by Keira 04.26.2010

I am very upset with Associated Press Movie Critic Christy Lemire’s review of Twilight. She gave the film 1.5 Stars and wrote a very unappealing look at the book’s film adaptation. I thoroughly enjoyed the film and I think the review was written to be controversial rather than an adequate depiction of the movie. I [...]

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Review: Préjà Vu by Alanna Coca

by Cara Lynn 03.10.2010

by Cara Lynn, guest reviewer Préjà Vu is a book right up my alley in many ways. I like romantic suspense, because it is a little less hard-edged than most mystery or detective stories that are gore filled. At the same time I suppose you could call this a psychic romance instead of a romantic [...]

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The Romance Novel – Women’s Porn?

by Keira 01.28.2010

This question has been asked in one form or another since romance novels went mainstream. Authors have been dismissed because they write romance instead of science fiction or crime books or other normal genres. If the cover has bulging pectorals and swooning women then it must be girl porn. Shame on you, haven’t you heard [...]

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Are Romances Built On Hormones A Good Thing?

by Guest Blogger 12.17.2009

by Tracy Cooper-Posey, guest blogger and author of Betting with Lucifer. I’ve been touring Betting With Lucifer around a few stops now, and a lot of the feedback I’ve been getting is that it’s a great “old fashioned romance” where the characters really get to know each other as they fall in love and commit [...]