Getting to HEA While writing the eighth book in the Beyond series, I tweeted once or twice about needing Kleenex while writing because shit was getting seriously real. There may have been jokes about death tolls rising and my co-writer and me being on a mad killing spree. It started as a joke, but what followed was the magic that makes Twitter so fun—a spontaneous discussion of the promise of HEA in a romance series and whether that promise extends beyond the end of the Continue Reading
Audible Sale – What We Recommend
Audible has 150 of its books on sale right now, and here is what I (Mandi) have enjoyed: The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith - $4.95. Book one of a three book series so far....Robert Galbraith is the pen name for JK Rowling. This is adult murder mystery with an ADORABLE grumpy private detective and his temporary assistant who becomes his permanent assistant (and a slow course to love interest). I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this series. Book 3 is the best, but you need to listen to them in Continue Reading
Winner!
The winner of the Outlander Kitchen Cookbook is: Nonnash Congrats! An email has been sent. Continue Reading
Mandi’s June To-Be-Read
Allegiance of Honor by Nalini Singh - June 14. Slave to Sensaion, book one in this series, released TEN years ago!! Wow. What a great series this has become. Kindle l Nook Idol by Kristen Callihan - June 7. Love Callihan's Game On series, and now she is moving to rock stars?? Yasssss. I hear this has a jaded rock star and a grumpy heroine. This excites me greatly. Kindle The Bourbon Thief by Tiffany Reisz - June 28. I hear this is a big departure from her Sinners series - and I'm Continue Reading
Review: Claiming Her by Kris Kennedy
Claiming Her by Kris Kennedy (Renegades & Outlaws #1) Released: May 6, 2016 Historical Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: He was magnificent. What a terrible, terrible thing. Any moment now, he was going to do something wild and barbaric. What a fun book. A rebel Irish hero, with the sides of his head shaved and tattoos covering his body. And a heroine, loyal to the English throne, who has kept her Irish castle from invaders for years....until the hero Continue Reading
Giveaway: Outlander Kitchen Cookbook by Theresa Carle-Sanders
*** This giveaway has ended. A winner was chosen over the weekend. I'm a big Outlander fan, so when the publisher gave me the chance to give this Outlander-themed cookbook away, I thought it would be fun. Each recipe has a short excerpt from a book in the series as a companion. For example: It's really cute - I love cookbooks like this. This doesn't release until June 14, so the winner gets it early! I'll choose a winner on Saturday. Open to everyone - to Continue Reading
Review: Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas
Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas (The Ravenels #2) Released: May 31, 2016 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by Mandi I enjoyed this book more than book one, so yay for that! We meet Rhys and Helen in book (although this can be read as a standalone). They fall in love in book one, they get engaged in book one. What's left for this book, right? Well, at the end of book one (omg I'll stop saying "book one") they have a fight and they break up. This is where book two starts. Rhys was Continue Reading
Feature: Gambled Away – A Historical Romance Anthology
Releasing tomorrow (5/31), Spanning centuries and continents, five brand-new novellas from beloved historical romance authors tell the stories of men and women who find themselves wagered in a game of chance and are forced to play for the highest stakes of all: love. Below are the blurbs and playlists the author used for each story. This is such a fun playlist because there are so many factors at work. First we had five different authors writing in five different worlds – from ancient Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – May 27th
10. This will be me this Memorial Day Weekend. Except the only pool around is an inflatable kiddie pool. I still may ride on a blow up shark and yell this. 9. Kristen Ashley is coming out with a new erotic series next year. Called The Honey Series, here is the blurb for the first book, Deep End: Enter a decadent sensual world where gorgeous alpha males are pleasure slaves committed to fulfilling a woman's every desire. At the elite Honey club, no boundary will be left untested, and Continue Reading
Exclusive Excerpt from Missed Connections by Tamara Mataya
Exclusive Excerpt from MISSED CONNECTIONS I haven’t drunk enough to pretend it’s the liquor talking. While I could blame the situation or the music or my loneliness, really I just want him so badly it hurts. Not so badly I can’t think straight, because all I have are straight lines—Jack and me heading straight upstairs, straight to my bedroom, and getting him naked straight away. No, my mind is very clear about what I want. What I need. What I’ve been waiting to happen for Continue Reading