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Daily Deals: Forbidden romance; con men; and female warriors

[image error]Wicked Deeds on a Winter’s Night by Kresley Cole. $3.99.

From Jacket Copy:

Her breathless kiss haunts him…

Bowen MacRieve of the Lykae clan was nearly destroyed when he lost the one woman meant for him. The ruthless warrior grew even colder, never taking another to his bed — until a smoldering encounter with his enemy, Mariketa the Awaited, reawakens his darkest desires. When sinister forces unite against her, the Highlander finds himself using all his strength and skill to keep her alive.

His sl...

REVIEW: On Dublin Street by Samantha Young

Dear Ms. Young:

I think it was Angela James who told me to read this book. We’ve both been glomming on as many New Adult books as we can, mostly from the self published ranks. On Dublin Street isn’t necessarily Mature YA or New Adult or whatever we are calling it, but it has a similar feel. It’s written in the first person and features a just graduated college student living in Scotland.

[image error]Jocelyn Butler is an orphan, having lost her family when she was a teenager in a terrible car wreck. Shuffle...

REVIEW: My Liege of Dark Haven by Cherise Sinclair

Dear Ms. Sinclair,

I’m pretty sure I’ve not read anything by you before. I saw Angela James talking about your book on Twitter and clicked over to Amazon to see whether the book might appeal to me.

Threatened by university cutbacks, Professor Abigail Bern’s only hope is to publish a provocative research paper–soon. Planning to covertly observe behavior in the notorious Dark Haven BDSM club, she takes a receptionist job. When the owner calls upon her to assist in a demonstration, she’s appalled....

Tuesday News: Expect more fake reviews; YA books purchased by a lot of adults (rain is wet);

Gartner predicts raft of fake online reviews by 2014 — Tech News and Analysis – One research company suggests that the negative reviews on social media sites will drive companies to hire reputation defenders to put pressure on reviews to be removed or engage in other activities to enhance positive reviews over negative ones. Perhaps the FTC will start prosecuting this behavior but it does seem like fake reviews might be the norm in the near future. GigaOm

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Bibliofile + Community Book / Nadeem H...

Blogger Feature: Have you heard of Romance Around the Corner

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Book bloggers help us discover new authors; make us think about our genre; and help us to connect with readers. This is a feature that we run approximately once a month to highlight a blogger in the community that you may not have heard of. Today’s featured blogger is Romance Around the Corner.

When did you first start blogging?

I started blogging on March, 2011. Romance Around the Corner is my first, and only, foray into the blogging world.

What inspired you to blog?

I don’t know if it counts a...

Daily Deals: Pleasuring heroes; Free Whispersync titles; and a sweet contemporary

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Free Whispersync books These are free books featuring both the digital version and the audio version, synced together. It’s one of Amazon’s newest features so you can listen to the audio book and pick up the digital version at the exact point the audio version left off. There are 22 books that are free in both digital and audio.

[image error]Jennifer Johnson Is Sick of Being Single by Heather McElhatton. $1.99.

From Jacket Copy:

A wicked comedy about the perils of making your dreams come true

Quirky, clever,...

GUEST REVIEW: Top Ten Reasons to read Motorcycle Man by Kristen Ashley

The following is a guest post from Angela James. Angela James is both the executive editor of Carina Press (but all views expressed when discussing books are purely her own) and an avid reader of all things romance since she snuck her first Harlequin category romance from her mom’s brown grocery bag full of them in fourth grade nearly 30 years ago. She’s also addicted to Twitter, tweeting compulsively about books, shoes, football, her daughter and her bad travel karma. You can find her at @a...

REVIEW: Hanging by a Thread by Sophie Littlefield

Dear Ms. Littlefield,

Your name’s been on my radar for a while now. Alas, I’m teetering on burnout when it comes to post-apocalyptic novels so I’ve consistently given your Harlequin Luna series a pass. This is no fault of your own. It’s all on me. But when I saw your new novel, a YA, on NetGalley, I decided to give it a go. Not post-apocalyptic and a standalone? Sign me up.

They say our house is cursed, and maybe it’s true. It’s been in my mom’s family for almost a hundred years. It was a dress...

Monday News: The State AGs’ settlement is given preliminary approval

On September 13, 2012, Judge Cote issued a preliminary approval of the states’ proposed settlements. The proposed settlements involve every state and territory except for the state of Minnesota. I don’t know why Minnesota is not a signatory to the settlement. The total pool of the settlement is $69 million. Order in PDF is here.

Hachette: $31.71 million
HarperCollins: $19.58 million
Simon & Schuster: $17.75 million

A fairness hearing is scheduled for February 8, 2013. The fairness hearing is to “...

Daily Deals: Rules of Civility by Amor Towles and three others

[image error] Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. $2.99.

From Jacket Copy:

The New York Times bestselling novel that “enchants on first reading and only improves on the second” (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

This sophisticated and entertaining first novel presents the story of a young woman whose life is on the brink of transformation. On the last night of 1937, twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent is in a second-rate Greenwich Village jazz bar when Tinker Grey, a handsome banker, happens to sit down at the neighbo...