10. My Week – It as been a good week. I ate bangers and mash last night in honor of St. Patrick’s day. Couldn’t find any green wine though. 9. I don’t know about you, but I am having a lot of fun this year with Dabwaha. For those who don’t know, this is like the March Madness Basketball tournament, but for books. It is too late to get your bracket in, but you can still vote and trash talk and campaign on Twitter (which is my favorite thing!) I have a column set up so I can see all the Continue Reading
Julia London Winners
The three winners of A Light at Winter’s End by Julia London are: Mary Natascha CrystalGB Congrats! Emails have been sent. Continue Reading
Thursday’s Lunch Break
One of the fun things about this romance community are all of the wonderful conferences as a reader you are able to go to. One such conference will be the RT Booklovers Conference held April 6-10 in Los Angeles. Now while that is across the country from me and not possible to attend this year, I know many, many authors and bloggers who will be going. If it is in your neighborhood, check out the schedule of events. There will be book signings, parties, and a variety of panels. In Continue Reading
Review: Insatiable by Cari Quinn
Insatiable by Cari Quinn Contemporary Romance February 15, 2011 E-Book Loose IDReviewed by MandiFavorite Quote: “You’re hard!”He didn’t even have the courtesy to look ashamed. Actually he appeared amused. “You don’t say.”Shawn and Rachel have been best friends for their entire lives. Their families, both very wealthy have always expected the two of them to end up together, but so far it has just been platonic. Rachel has purposefully led her life away from her family’s money, Continue Reading
Molly Harper Giveaway
Thanks to Simon & Schuster, I am able to giveaway two sets of Molly Harper’s new Naked Werewolf series. Northern Exposure Even in Grundy, Alaska, it’s unusual to find a naked guy with a bear trap clamped to his ankle on your porch. But when said guy turns into a wolf, recent southern transplant Mo Wenstein has no difficulty identifying the problem. Her surly neighbor Cooper Graham—who has been openly critical of Mo’s ability to adapt to life in Alaska—has trouble of his own. Werewolf Continue Reading
Review: Surrender To Me by Shayla Black
Surrender to Me by Shayla Black (Wicked Lovers #4) Erotic Romantic Suspense March 1, 2011 Trade Paperback Berkley Trade Reviewed by Mandi Note: This review contains spoilers. For Kata’s twenty-fifth birthday she flies to Vegas with her “friend with benefits” lover Ben and friends to celebrate. Months ago she had told Ben one of her fantasies was to have a ménage – and Ben has decided this trip is the perfect opportunity to give her this gift. He calls up his friend Hunter Continue Reading
Review: Falling Under by Gwen Hayes
Falling Under by Gwen Hayes (Falling Under #1) Paranormal YA March 1, 2011 Trade Paperback New American Library Reviewed by Mandi When Theia Alderson sees a burning man falling from the sky into her yard one night, her life as she knows it is over. Theia is seventeen, and lives a very sheltered life. Her mother died at her birth and her father is not only extremely strict, but makes her live a very oppressed, careful lifestyle – blaming her mother’s reckless carefree ways for her Continue Reading
Review: Beyond Eden by Kele Moon
Beyond Eden by Kele Moon Erotic BDSM M/M/F Romance September 8, 2010 E-Book Ellora’s Cave Reviewed by Mandi Eve and Paul were in love when they were 18 years old but then Eve left Tampa and went to NYC for college. Ten years later, after losing touch with Paul, Eve is home from New York after losing her job as an artist and just having all around bad luck. By chance she runs into Danny, at the grocery store. Danny is Paul’s best friend and a former classmate of Eve’s. They are Continue Reading
March Romance and Urban Fantasy Titles from Simon & Schuster
The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper ISBN: 9781439195871 Price: $7.99/$9.99 CAN On Sale: 3/29/11 Description Baring It All Generations of werewolves have been secretly residing in a secluded valley a stone's throw from Grundy, Alaska. So when a snooping Outsider comes to Grundy to investigate rumors of lycanthropic shenanigans in the area, the valley's pack alpha, Maggie Graham, resolves to chase him away, even if doing so takes a quick bite on the butt. What a pity that Continue Reading
Alice Clayton Winners
The winners of the Alice Clayton giveaway are: LittleMsBookish Anna (Bite Club) Congrats! Emails have been sent! Continue Reading