Title: Chasing Holiday TailA Holiday Rom-Com Charity Anthology Genre: Contemporary Romantic ComedyRelease Date: October 3, 2023 BLURB Get a head start on the holiday spirit by reading for a great cause!Fifteen of today’s most entertaining rom-com authors #chicks4charity have teamed up on #Books4Paws. This collection of festive shorts ranges from sweet to steamy and promises to entertain. 100% of the proceeds will benefit the Valley Humane Society, a no-kill animal shelter that has been caring Continue Reading
Blog Tour and Excerpt- Even If the Sky is Falling Anthology
EVEN IF THE SKY IS FALLINGAuthor: Taj McCoy, Farah Heron, Lane Clarke, Charish Reid, Sarah Smith, and Denise WilliamsPublication Date: May 30, 2023Publisher: Canary Street Press Book Summary: For readers of Bolu Babalola’s LOVE IN COLOR and Dhonielle Clayton’s BLACKOUT, a collection of six stories filled with hope, humor, and heat that explore the chances a couple may take when they mistakenly believe the world is ending; for fans of Love Actually and all the best 90s disaster films that Continue Reading
Family First Blog Tour & Giveaway
Family First A Black Romance Boxed Set with stories by Iris Bolling, Sharon C. Cooper, Delaney Diamond, Sherelle Green, Tina Martin, Stephanie Nicole Norris, Candace Shaw, Kiru Taye Pre-order your copy for only 99 cents (before the price goes to $4.99 on release day). Inside the pages of this limited edition box set is an introduction to 8 family series containing 8 contemporary romance novels from bestselling authors. Get ready for captivating stories of passion, family ties, and Black Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- Reviews for The Deadly Hours Anthology and The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry
The Deadly Hours by Susanna Kearsley, C.S. Harris, Christine Trent, Anna Lee HuberHistorical Mystery/Historical Fiction/AnthologySeptember 1, 2020 by Poisoned Pen PressARC I picked up this anthology mainly because of C.S. Harris and Susanna Kearsley, but I was more than happy to get an introduction to a couple of new to me authors. This is one of the better anthologies I've read in the last several years. Each story flowed smoothly into the next and these author's voices worked very Continue Reading
Guest Post: Choosing stories for an anthology by Rachel Kramer Bussel
As the editor of over 60 erotica short story anthologies, I’m often asked what I look for in the stories I select. It’s a good question, but a challenging one to answer. I don’t want to sound flip by saying "I know it when I see it,” as the famous Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart quote about pornography goes, but that’s pretty accurate. I have a sense of when a story will suit the vision I had in my head when I was simply staring at a blank page. When it came to making selections for my Continue Reading
Guest Post: Eight Kisses – Latkes, Light, and Love by Michelle Mars
Today author Michelle Mars stops by to talk a little about her story that is part of the Eight Kisses, Hanukkah anthology, available now. I'll have a mini review of the anthology tomorrow. But until then, here's Michelle talking about her experience being part of this anthology. It has been such an amazing and personally rewarding experience to be a part of making a Hanukkah anthology. Growing up in a minority religion, Jewish, I always knew I was different. Everything around me said so, as Continue Reading
Guest Post: Romance Take Two by Sabrina Sol
Second Chance romance is one of my absolute favorite tropes. When I saw that Sabrina is part of an anthology, Do It Again, featuring 5 novellas about second chance, I asked her to write a post about the trope and the anthology. Take it away Sabrina- Is love sweeter the second time around? According to the popular trope known as Second Chance Romance, the answer is a resounding “Yes!” I love a Second Chance Romance because I think the stakes are higher and the main characters have Continue Reading
Excerpt from Heart2Heart Anthology
Heart2Heart: A Charity Anthology, Volume 3 Release Date (Print & Ebook): October 1 - December 30, 2019 only. This collection will be available for only 90 days before it’s gone forever. Lily Morton is thrilled to offer an exclusive look at her Heart2Heart charity anthology contribution, “The Dog Walker:. About The Dog Walker by Lily Morton: Simeon Frith is a very successful businessman with everything that he needs at the tips of his fingers. Until a bad accident sidelines him Continue Reading
Once Upon a Wedding- Guest Post by Barbara Samuel
Author Barbara Samuel stopped by to give us some info on her contribution to the Once Upon a Wedding anthology, out June 11th. I LOVE second chance romance and can't wait to read this. I love reunion romances. I mean, really. Who doesn’t wonder what if about some old sweetheart? Awhile back, I read a statistic that said that if a pair of former boyfriend/girlfriends meet many years later and both are single, they have a very high probability of getting Continue Reading
Mixtape Monday
We're bringing you something a little different this Monday morning! An excerpt from on of the stories that is included in Mixtape: A Love Song Anthology which releases tomorrow, January 29. Pre-order for less than a dollar. Twelve bestselling and award-winning authors have curated an anthology of brand-new, standalone stories inspired by love songs, featuring a foreword written by NYT bestselling author Laurelin Paige. Press PLAY on this limited-edition collection that’s guaranteed to make Continue Reading