The six winners of a copy of The Outlaw Demon Wails are: WendyShannon JanellLiLogan Tasha And the winner of the GRAND PRIZE – the entire collection of The Hollows books (1-6) is: Bamabelle All the winners please send your…
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Finally, Smugglivus is Coming! (*mostly*) On Monday, we start the official Countdown to Smugglivus (our crazy celebratory festival that starts Dec 26th. You can read about it here)and this is this week’s line up of guest authors coming to…
Title: What a Scoundrel Wants Author: Carrie Lofty (God, I hate this cover) Genre: Historical (medieval) romance Stand Alone/ Series: Stand Alone but there is another book in the same world in the works. Summary: In Sherwood Forest, outcast…
Title: When the Duke Returns Author: Eloisa James Genre: Historical Romance (set in Georgian times) Stand Alone/ Series: Book 4 in the Desperate Duchesses series Summary: Married by proxy as a child, Lady Isidore has spent years fending off…
Intro There are moments in the life of a reader when it seems like the reality is bending, stars are aligning and the Universe is conspiring to make one believe that anything is possible – that people fall in…
This week: We kick-off the week with a three-day Kim Harrison Extravaganza! On Monday, Thea reviews book 6 in The Hollows series, The Outlaw Demon Wails, in honor of the mass market paperback release of the book. On Tuesday…
If you are a regular around these shores you may have noticed that in the past few weeks we have been talking about something called…Smugglivus. Cryptic posts, shout outs, and the sidebar widget that changes every three days with…
A recent article entitled “Does an Author Have To Live It to Write It” over at Dear Author prompted a firestorm of impassioned responses–and elicited a strong reaction from us powerpuff girls as well. So, we decided to pool…
Title: Impulse and Initiative Author: Abigail Reynolds Genre: Historical Romance Stand Alone/ Series: This is a variation of Pride of Prejudice by Jane Austen – I recommend you read that one first. Summary: In Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice,…
Thanks to DarkUfo, we found this brand new look at the upcoming season of Lost! Isn’t it great? I love it. Love the “Destiny Calls” line, the fact that in the island side of the photo Sawyer is at…
Title: To Seduce a Sinner Author: Elizabeth Hoyt Genre: Historical Romance Stand Alone/ Series: It is book 2 in a series called The Legend of The Four Soldiers but it can be read as a stand alone. Summary: THE…
There I was yesterday, minding my own business at work when out of their own accord my sneaky little fingers (bad, bad fingers) decided to open Internet Explorer and go the website of The Best Movie Magazine in the…
For this month’s dare we invited Karen Mahoney, writer of YA Urban Fantasy (her first story will be published in a YA anthology, The Eternal Kiss in Autumn 2009) . We love Karen’s livejournal (how could we not? A…
Saddened with their latest Powerpuff offering and hopeful that Jo Goodman’s new book would get them both out of their reading slump, Katiebabs (aka Blossom ) and Ana (aka Bubbles) decided to join forces again and review The Price…
We bring out the Red Carpet to welcome Julia Quinn! Writer of fabulous historical romance novels and the one writer responsible for yours truly foray into the Romance Novel World. Julia Quinn has published two fantabulous books this year…
Our Smugglers Sorting Hat (also known as Random.org) has picked the lucky winners of the Demon Bound/Meljean Brook special giveaway: strlady! You won a copy of Demon Bound! AND RobynLeslieJessica Each of you won a copy of one book…
Title: The Missing Author: Shiloh Walker Genre: Paranormal Romance Stand Alone / Series: It can be read as a stand alone but I have the gutt feeling this is only the beginning. Summary: Her psychic gift drove away the…
Title: Flat-Out Sexy Author: Erin McCarthy Genre: Contemporary Romance Stand Alone/ Series: It can be read as a stand-alone but I am thinking this is going to the first in a series given the sheer amount of single-hot-funny secondary…
Title: Demon Bound Author: Meljean Brook Genre: Paranormal Romance Stand Alone/ Series: 4th full-length novel in the Guardians series. The books are written such that one could theoretically read them as stand alone novels, but I would highly recommend…
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Demon Bound Special: Meljean Brook on Influences
With the upcoming release of Demon Bound (our review will be up tomorrow , with a giveaway!) , the latest installment in Meljean Brook’s Guardian series, we invited the author to talk about her influences and sources of inspiration…
As we leave the hectic, crazy Halloween Week behind (“It was the best of times” [for Thea], “It was the worst of times” [for Ana, the Ninny] ) instead of taking a break, we jump straight into another hectic…
So, The Evil Dead movies . I am so ignorant in terms of horror that I hadn’t even heard of these until I met Thea and she started her campaign for me to watch them. When time came for…
Title: Marvel Zombies Author: Robert Kirkman, Sean Phillips Genre: Graphic Novel, Horror Stand alone or series: First Graphic novel in what is now a collection of 3 Marvel Zombie specials Summary: (From amazon.com)Torn from the pages of Ultimate Fantastic…
Thea encumbered me with the responsibility to write a shout out to Demons in literature and as I was organizing myself, it occurred to me that most demons I read about these days are not scary – at all.…