Author Guest
THE STORY GARDEN: I Got a Humungous Bookshelf For Christmas!
Would it surprise you to know that it’s been 18 years since the birth of the e-book forced the RWA Board of Directors to decide what the organization meant by “book”? You aren’t a published author unless you’ve published a book. As it turns out, not only do writers refuse to be boxed in by
Would it surprise you to know that it’s been 18 years since the birth of the e-book forced the RWA Board of Directors to decide what the organization meant by “book”? You aren’t a published author unless you’ve published a book. As it turns out, not only do writers refuse to be boxed in by [Continue reading]
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Author Spotlight
Spotlight on Marie Force
Visit Marie Force Twitter: Marie Force Facebook: Marie Force Marie Force Blogspot Featuring: Jack Harrington; Andrea Walsh 370 pages ISBN: 1466413654 EAN: 9781466413658 Kindle: B005YRL04Y e-Book Amazon Barnes and Noble iPad/Apple Smashwords All Romance Ebooks Kobo Goodreads * * * Treading Water #2 Featuring: Clare Harrington, Kate Harrington and Aidan O’Malley 404 pages EAN: 9781466413658 [Continue reading]
Spotlight on Shiloh Walker and THE DEPARTED
The unexpected hero… I’d like to introduce you to SAC Taylor Jones… the top dog of a special task force in the FBI. His team consists of psychics and if you ask just about any of them? They’ll tell you the same thing I would have said a few years ago… he’s a cold piece [Continue reading]
Fresh Pick
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Candace Havens
New Year, New Books, New Resolutions
It’s a new year and I don’t know about you but I’ve had to increase my book budget to handle all the cool releases coming out this year. Even with grad school I have a goal to read at least three books a month that are non-school related. For me, with my day job as [Continue reading]Fresh Takes from the Teen Shelves
Fresh Takes From the Teen Shelves | Not To Miss in September
So many cool books to tell you about this month! Some are departures–new things from established authors–and some are debuts, and some are just cool. PARANORMAL/SUPERNATURAL THE NAME OF THE STAR THE SHATTERING AFTER OBSESSION DRINK, SLAY, LOVE THE NAME OF THE STAR by Maureen Johnson (9/29/11 from Putnam) This one doesn’t come out until [Continue reading]
Interviews
Lady Of The War Of Roses: An Interview With Philippa Gregory
FRESH FICTION is delighted to welcome New York Times bestselling novelist Philippa Gregory. Ms. Gregory, well-known for her novels of the Tudor era, is currently concentrating on the War of the Roses. Several of her works were highlighted in the History Refreshed column THE WAR OF THE ROSES PART I, and her upcoming novel, THE [Continue reading]Urban Fantasy
Escape to Urban Fantasy In July
Enjoy the dog days of summer with any of these new and and exciting July releases. GREEN-EYED ENVY, Kasey Mackenzie (Ace, July 2011, $7.99, Shades of Fury) When the bodies of cat shape-shifters start piling up in Boston’s magical underbelly, Chief Magical Investigator Marissa Holloway finds one common thread that ties the victims together: all [Continue reading]
October is a great season for Urban Fantasy
October is this time of Halloween–supernaturals abound, even if they are the pretend kind asking for candy. This month Urban Fantasy reads just may make you think twice come this October- the next time you go to your mechanic, ask yourself- could she be a secret vampire hunter? MASQUES, Patricia Briggs (Ace, 9/28/2010, $7.99, Mery [Continue reading]
What’s Hot in April Urban Fantasy? You’d be surprised!
Urban Fantasy…April takes you to celebrity-mad London, to the boarding school where the students aren’t quite just “normal” and roommates are hard-to-handle. Or take a trip to Georgia, it’s different than expected. All this and more in April Urban Fantasy… Richelle Mead, SUCCUBUS SHADOWS (Kensington, 3/30/2010, $15.00) Georgina Kincaid’s already [Continue reading]
Blog-o-sphere
Hauntings Around the Blogosphere, Part 2
Howdy y’all— I couldn’t squeeze all the happenings around the blogsphere into just one post! Like I said before this is probably the best month ever in the blogsphere. Haunted Halloween: True Tales of the Paranormal (Oct 1st-31st) Hosts: Jess from Confessions of a Bookaholic and Lisa from A Life Bound by Books What Can [Continue reading]
Spooktacular Blog Events and Read-A-Thons in October
Howdy Y’all! It truly is the most Spooktacular Time of year in the blogsphere! Every year around this time the blogsphere explodes with ton of activities. So without further ado…. Read-A-Thons What is the 24 Hour Read-a-thon? It’s sort of a reading challenge, only everyone participates at the same time. For 24 hours, we read [Continue reading]
September Happenings Around the Blogsphere
Happy September! I am having a hard time believing that we are already heading into a new school year! Of course being from Texas, I can only hope that we are heading into fall sometime soon. This time of the year the blogsphere starts gearing up for its busiest months: Oct to Dec. September doesn’t [Continue reading]
Romance
Sizzling in July
The weather is hot. . . and reading one of these erotic tales could make it even hotter. WOLF TALES 10, Kate Douglas (Aphrodisia, July 2011 $14.00) Aphrodisia’s bestselling author does it again, with another sizzling, no-holds-barred installment in the unstoppable Wolf Tales series. NEED ME, Shelli Stevens (Aphrodisia, July 2011, $14.00) From the author [Continue reading]
Hot Romances in October…
Life can be frustrating, especially at this time of year with vampires, goblins and wizards–both real and imaginary. Sometimes a girl’s gotta have a little fun. So sit back and relax with these hot October romances. THE BID, Jax (Aphrodisia, October 2010, $14.00) As Jax, Jacquelyn Frank—New York Times bestselling author of the Nightwalkers and [Continue reading]
Get Your Sizzle On… What’s new in sensual romance… Sensual, Erotic and Romantic in April
The showers of April will probably be required when you take a look at some of the HOT books on sale now. From feral beasts to dangerous rakehells you’ll find a little special treat. Kate Douglas, Kathleen Dante, Devyn Quinn, SEXY BEAST VIII (Aphrodisia, 3/30/2010, $14.00) Kate Douglas headlines a brand-new collection in which fierce, [Continue reading]
Karen Kelley l Remembering the Hippie Days
Headbands, bell-bottoms, love beads, and Janis Joplin. Don’t worry about tomorrow, enjoy today. Getting back to nature, organic food…. I don’t know, maybe it’s the economy or something, but Karl and I planted a garden this year. We planted plenty of squash, peppers, and tomatoes because we figured some of the plants would die. They [Continue reading]
TJ Bennett |An Interview With
TJ Bennett is the author of “Dark and Daring Romance” and a former Romance Writers of America Golden Heart nominee. TJ writes “outside the box” historical romance featuring richly detailed settings and unusual subjects. Her critically-acclaimed debut novel, THE LEGACY, was rated a “Buried Treasure 2008″ and a “Desert Isle Keeper” by the influential reader [Continue reading]
Fresh Thrills
Fresh Thrills | It’s all about the suspense in October
Find a spot under a tree or spread out a blanket and enjoy the cool weather while you read some new romantic suspense. Lots of great stories to choose from this month. BLOOD TRAILS, book 3 in Sharon Sala’s The Searchers series, is the conclusion to the trilogy featuring three sisters looking for the truth [Continue reading]
October Best Bets for Suspense…
I love October. The summer heat is mostly gone. I no longer have to be up by 6:00am to take the dogs for a walk. The new TV season has started. I’ve been back at work for about 6 weeks, so everything has settled into a routine. I work in academia so I get to [Continue reading]
Fresh Thrills | Can you handle Suspense in August?
My birthday falls at the end of August. When I was a kid I hated the fact that my birthday was during summer break because I never got to celebrate with cupcakes or cookies in class. Now that I work at a University, I find that my birthday falls on, or shortly after, the first [Continue reading]
Fresh Thrills | It’s heating up … Best Suspense novels for June
It’s June and the Texas heat has settled in for the summer. If I’m not out the door by 6:45am, we skip the trip to the dog park because it’s just too hot. So, fun means indoor and air-conditioned activities. Movies, television, shopping, and going to the gym are all on the list. Of course, [Continue reading]
Fresh Thrills | Thrills and spine-tingling adventures in April
Hi and welcome to Fresh Thrills, a column for new releases in romantic suspense. Nail biting suspense, new romance, hot sex, great stories— what thrills you? STRONG, SLEEK AND SINFUL By Lorie O’Clare St. Martin’s Paperbacks, $7.99 The third book in O’Clare FBI series features Kylie Donovan who is a pro at catching online predators. [Continue reading]