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Wednesday Midday Links: Kindle Lending Launches

I'm reposting these deals in case someone missed them yesterday.

Halfway to the Grave with Bonus Material: A Night Huntress Novel for $1.99 * Amazon | nook | Kobo
Cassie Palmer Series: Touch the Dark, Claimed by Shadow, Embrace the Night and Curse the Dawn in one bundle by Karen Chance for $7.51 – Amazon | (couldn't find this set at nook store) |  Kobo ($8.99 at Kobo)
*****[image error]Kindle library lending is no longer in beta.  According to a blog post at the Amazon Blogs, kindle library lending is...

DA Intro Interview & Giveaway: Nancy Naigle, Author of Sweet Tea and Secrets

To start, in the better-late-than-never department, the Intro Interview has winners from the RITA Best First Book series:

MaryK #21:  the historical bundle—A Tailor-Made Bride, When Harry Met Molly, and Pieces of Sky (which won the RITA!)
Jane Halsall #68:  Marcella Burnard's Enemy Within
Kaya H #44: the YA bundle, with I Now Pronounce You Someone Else, The Iron King, and The Summer of Skinny Dipping
RachelT #1:  the mystery/suspense bundle, with Firestorm and Wanna Get Lucky?

Winners, send...

REVIEW: Crusader Captive by Merline Lovelace

"A strategic marriage to a powerful Saracen lord with a penchant for virgins will enable wealthy Lady Jocelyn to keep her fortress home. But at what cost? Her only hope of escaping the depraved lord's harem is to lose her virginity—and fast!

Captured and tortured knight Simon de Rhys is in no position to refuse Lady Jocelyn's proposition: his freedom for one night with her. The task seems simple, and deeply pleasurable, until he discovers her secret…."

Dear Ms. Lovelace,

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Tuesday Midday Links: Redheads Are No Longer in Demand Says World Sperm Bank

Kindle lending is being tested by readers in the Seattle, Washington area. The Kindle Support page has been updated. You will only be able to use WiFi to access the library from your Kindle device:

Note: Public library books require an active Wi-Fi connection for wireless delivery to a Kindle device. Library books will not be delivered via your Kindle's 3G connection. If trying to send to a Kindle device and do not have an active Wi-Fi connection, you may instead choose to load your library...

REVIEW: Ex Equals by L.A. Witt

Jane's Note: We are posting this review in celebration of the Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal that is occurring today. We'll have a lovely post by Maili listing romances featuring deaf characters on Thursday.

Dear Ms. Witt.

I like your books. Your writing's solid, the characters are great, the sex is usually hot. So I was excited to see that you had another m/m romance coming out. I also very much liked that the story was military set, because I know you know what you're talking about when it...

REVIEW: Fateful by Claudia Gray

Dear Ms. Gray,

I've never read your other series, but as soon as I heard the pitch for this book, I knew I had to have it. Werewolves on the Titanic? How can I resist?  I'm always on the lookout for an intriguing twist, and this sounded perfect. While this book was enjoyable and the characterization spot-on, I felt that it was still missing some key elements that would move this from 'good read' to 'great read'.

[image error]Fateful follows the story of Tess Davies. She's a maid in the household of a...

REVIEW: The Gladiator's Master by Fae Sutherland and Marguerite Labbe

Dear Ms. Sutherland and Ms. Labbe.

Your book was pointed out to me by someone in my "trust network," the description intrigued me, and I checked it out. I'm glad I did. The book was compelling, even if I had issues with it all the way through.

[image error]I kind of cringe when I read historical books set before the eighteenth century. It's very difficult for me to believe that the authors can get it really right (not that I'm a historical expert by any means), because the way people think and relate to...

REVIEW: Working Arrangements by Ellen Wolf

Dear Ms. Wolf:

When I first started this book, I wondered if was a reprint of a formerly published book because I felt like I had read it before.  I double checked and no, it was a self published work and possibly your first one.  Yet, I had read a story very similar to this called In Bed with the Boss by Susan Napier which is one of my favorite Napier books.  The more that I read "Working Arrangements", the more uncomfortable I began to feel.  This wasn't plagiarism.  There was no overt...

Sunita reports from Bouchercon 2011, Part 2

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I went back to Bouchercon on Friday and Saturday and caught as many panels as I could, given my other responsibilities this weekend (why does everything always happen at the same time? Argh).  [Check out Sunita's report from Friday] Unfortunately I had evening commitments both days, so I couldn't hang out at the bar (which is of course where so much of the fun is). But the panels were well worth attending and I was able to speak to authors during the books signing slots, so I'm not...

DA/SBTB Bestseller List, Week Ending September 14

Week ending September 14, 2011

Conors Way by Laura Lee Guhrke Amazon | nook | Sony | Kobo Spiders Bite by Jennifer Estep Amazon | nook | Sony | Kobo Everything I Know about Love I Learned from Romance Novels by Sarah Wendell Amazon | nook | Sony | Kobo Baby I'm Yours by Susan Andersen Amazon | nook | Sony | Kobo Captured by the Highlander by Julianne MacLean Amazon | nook | Sony | Kobo Once a Princess by Johanna Lindsey Amazon | nook | Sony | Kobo Swept off Her Feet by Hester Browne a