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March 17, 2014
Writing Process Blog Hop - my turn: I was Tagged!!!

After a very long time, I am coming on with a post about my own writing. Yes, lots happening in the background; I'll keep you posted when it comes to the light, but anywho, today...
So, there's this blog hop going on for weeks now - the Writing Process Blog Hop. A set of 4 questions about how you write, and the authors who take part tag others. I got tagged by the lovely Kathy Bosman, who writes simply breathtaking and achingly sweet, heartfelt romance. I edited her book D...
Published on March 17, 2014 04:30
March 14, 2014
THE PERFECT MATCH: Katie Fforde's 20th book - Review + a Giveaway (UK, Commonwealth, Europe)!

Three years ago Bella Castle left her home town nursing a broken heart over Dominic Thane, the man she fell in love with but couldn't have.
Now she's made a new life for herself in the country, working as an estate agent.
Bella loves her job and she loves her boyfriend Nevil. But recently he's been preoccupied, and she's starting to question if his future hopes and dreams are a perfect match for hers.
And when Dominic turns up unexpectedly in search of his dream house, she begins to wonder...
Published on March 14, 2014 04:30
March 13, 2014
Blog Tour & Guest Post: FALLING IN HONEY: How a Tiny Greek Island Stole My Heart by Jennifer Barclay

Eat Pray Love meets My Big Fat Greek Wedding with a sprinkling of Mamma Mia in this unforgettable journey from heartbreak to happiness. One winter, when her love life falls apart, Jennifer Barclay decides on Three Gifts to Self. One and Two are reducing her workload and staying away from relationships. The Third is a month alone on a tiny, wild Greek island. It’s a chance to find another kind of contentment, one that comes from holding an octopus in your hands. She decides to stay longe...
Published on March 13, 2014 04:30
March 12, 2014
The Initiation of Ms Holly by KD Grace: Review + Guest Post - What is the lure of BDSM?

Sex with a mysterious stranger aboard a train leads Rita Holly to an initiation into the exclusive and secretive Mount club. Sophisticated and deviant rituals await Rita, as do the endless intrigues and power struggles deep within the heart of the organization.Rita learns that membership of the Mount Club is not for the sexually repressed. During her initiation, sex with her new lover from the train, Edward, is forbidden but Alex the dance instructor is happy to take his place and Leo t...
Published on March 12, 2014 04:30
March 11, 2014
THE CHANCE (Thunder Point #4) by Robyn Carr: Review + Q&A with the author!

With its breathtaking vistas and down-to-earth people, Thunder Point is the perfect place for FBI agent Laine Carrington to recuperate from a gunshot wound and contemplate her future. The locals embraced Laine as one of their own after she risked her life to save a young girl from a dangerous cult. Knowing her wounds go beyond the physical, Laine hopes she'll fit in for a while and find her true self in a town that feels safe. She may even learn to open her heart to others, something an...
Published on March 11, 2014 04:30
March 7, 2014
VBT: BEHAVING BADLY by Kristen Beairsto

Delaney Pierce is desperate, no, determined, to rebuild the family business, Manners Matter, after the disaster her own mother brought down on it, and her, a year ago. With two crazy aunts living life moving from one misadventure to the next and her younger sister waitressing to help make ends meet, she pins her hopes on her commission to curb the undesirable habits of Cyrus Chapman, one of New York's premier businessmen and one of the city's most eligible bachelors.
Her resolve to...
Published on March 07, 2014 00:00
March 6, 2014
NbtM Tour: THE CHANGEUP by Rhonda Shaw

Saw and requested this book off Netgalley a little while ago, then I got invited to join the blog tour of the author at Goddess Fish. So here I am today with a review and more about the story.
Blurb:
Playing for keeps
After nine years of striking out in the dating department, Maddie Hamlin is throwing in the towel. But just as this mom resolves to remain single, she meets sweet and sexy pitching phenom Chase Patton at a family dinner. He’s perfect for her and aside from the...
Published on March 06, 2014 00:00
February 28, 2014
Blog Tour: THE LATECOMERS FAN CLUB by Diane V. Mulligan

What is it about guys with guitars in their hands that makes them so irresistible, even when they are obviously self-centered jerks? If Abby and Maggie could answer that question, maybe they could finally get over Nathaniel. There’s just something about him when he picks up his guitar and gets behind the microphone, something that makes sensible women act like teeny-boppers instead of rational, self-respecting adults.
Abby was first sucked in by Nathaniel’s rock ’n roll swagger four year...
Published on February 28, 2014 00:43
February 27, 2014
Spotlight: MIDWIFE TO DESTINY by Nana Prah (Ubuntu Line @DecadentPub)

Absolutely thrilled today to bring to you one book that I am sure will knock your socks off, as it did mine!
This one landed in my inbox last year, after a call for African romance that we (me and the peeps at Decadent Publishing) had sent out when the Ubuntu line was launched. So this author I didn't know - but who had been following the progress of the Ubuntu line on the Net! - sent us her manuscript for consideration.
Set in Ghana (win #1), with strong African characters...
Published on February 27, 2014 03:30
February 25, 2014
Blog Tour: SAPPHIRE BLUE by G. Doucette
"WARNING: DARK THEMES, EXPLICIT CONTENT"

The Summary: Mara Cantor’s life is boring and uncomplicated, and she likes it that way. She has her internship at the museum—a job she shares with her roommate, Davis—and while it is low-paying and occasionally mind-numbing, it gives her all the free time she needs to finish her thesis. And that is just fine.But when Argent Leeds, the internationally famous playboy and raconteur, visits Mara’s mu...
Published on February 25, 2014 03:30