Once Upon A Time: There was a Japanese cartoon on TV, which little Ana loved to watch. Brazilian TV was populated with Japanese cartoons back then and they were my favorites alongside Thundercats and Dungeons and Dragons. The Japanese…
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Do you want to know why ghost stories, movies or books scare me and I avoid them as much as I can? Because to me, they are all within the realm of possibility, for I do believe ghosts are…
The Smugglers’ Sorting Hat has spoken and the winner of Immortal Warrior is: Hagelrat! Congratulations! Please email your address to us at thebooksmugglersAThotmailDOTcom Thanks to everyone who commented – stay tuned because we have quite a few giveaways coming…
Title: Phenomenal Girl 5 Author: A. J. Menden Genre: Part of the Shomi line by Dorchester Publishing – it is basically, paranormal romance. Stand Alone/ Series: Book 1 of EHJ (Elite Hands of Justice) series. Summary:Lainey Livingston has just…
Title: Immortal Warrior Author: Lisa Hendrix Genre: Paranormal Romance/ Historical (England circa 11th century) Stand Alone/ Series: Book 1 in a series about cursed Immortal Vikings. Summary: He came to England in search of treasure. Two hundred years later,…
Title: Orphans of Chaos Author: John C. Wright Genre: Fantasy Stand Alone/ Series: Volume 1 of Chronicles of Chaos trilogy Summary: For Amelia and her friends, the strict English boarding school she lives in is all she has ever…
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Happy Birthday, Linnea Sinclair!!!!
Today is Linnea Sinclair’s birthday. Linnea is the writer of many fabulous sci-fi romance books such as Games of Command, Gabriel’s Ghost and the most recent one, Shades of Dark. And she is hosting a party today at her…
Title: Delicious Author: Sherry Thomas Genre: Historical Romance Stand Alone/ Series: Stand Alone Summary: Famous in Paris, infamous in London, Verity Durant is as well-known for her mouthwatering cuisine as for her scandalous love life. But that’s the least…
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Tagged! Page 56 meme
We have been tagged by Kmont! The rules: Grab the nearest book. Open the book to page 56. Find the fifth sentence. Post the text of the next two to five sentences in your journal/blog along with these instructions.…
Title: Night Falls Darkly Author: Kim Lenox Genre: Paranormal Romance/ Historical Stand Alone/ Series: Book 1 of Shadow Guards series. Summary: ARCHER, Lord Black, returns to England at the behest of Queen Victoria to immerse himself in the dark,…
A few weeks ago Ciara and I kicked off the Windflower World Tour – where a copy of this classic, out of print, Romance novel is being passed around from blogger to blogger around the world. The idea is…
*Tag teams Katiebabs* Look at the beautiful cover for the next installment of Kresley Cole’s Immortal After Dark series! A big thank you to the great Katie and and to the awesome Meljean Brook for this gift! So what…
Another Powerpuff Girls Review! Both Katie (Blossum) and Ana (Bubbles) got review copies so what better way to go about it than to have another one of our joint efforts? By now, you must know the drill, Bubbles writes…
Title: It Happened One Night Authors: Mary Balogh, Stephanie Laurens, Jacquie D’Alessandro and Candice Hern Genre: Historical Romance Stand Alone/ Series: All fours stories are stand alone Summary: It Happened One Night . . . and nothing was ever…
Title: The Magical Christmas Cat Authors: Lora Leigh, Nalini Singh, Linda Winstead Jones and Erin McCarthy Genre: Paranormal Romance Stand Alone/ Series: It can be read as a stand alone but at least two of the stories (Nalini Singh’s…
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Monday Minis! Miniseries Review: Lost in Austen
Title: Lost in Austen Produced by: UK’s ITV, 4 episodes, aired between 3rd and 24th September 2008 Main Cast and characters: Jemima Rooper as Amanda Price, Alex Kingston as Mrs Bennet,Hugh Bonneville as Mr Bennet, Elliot Cowan as Fitzwilliam…
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Lisa Kleypas Week – Joint Review: A Wallflower Christmas
Title: A Wallflower Christmas Author: Lisa Kleypas Genre: Historical Romance Stand Alone/ Series: In the world of the Wallflower’s series but can be read as a stand alone Summary: Wealthy entrepreneur Rafe Bowman has come to London to marry…
Title: Seduce me at Sunrise Author: Lisa Kleypas Genre: Historical Romance Stand Alone/ Series: The second in The Hathaways series Summary: Win has been an invalid ever since she suffered a near-fatal case of scarlet fever. Merripen is a…
Title: Blue-Eyed Devil Author: Lisa Kleypas Genre: Romance (contemporary), Fiction Stand alone or series: Second book in the Travis’ series by Kleypas Summary: “Blue-Eyed Devil” is the story of the charming, volatile and ambitious Hardy Cates, who is determined…
Another month, another dare! Every month we dare a guest (usually another blogger) to read a book that is outside their comfort zone, chosen by us. When we asked CJ from the amazing The Thrillionth Page blog, which genres…
We will start this post by saying: Lisa Kleypas is one of the best romance novels writers out there and one of our favourites. Her stories are well-written and well-researched but above all, her stories have heart. It is…
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Giveaway Winners!
We had a record number of entries for these contests and some very nice comments about our blog: a HUGE THANK YOU to everybody that left a comment. Now, without further ago, the winners have been randomly picked by…
Bubbles and Blossum strike again! When the Amazing Katie introduced me to The Tairen Soul series earlier this year , I don’t think she predicted how much I would fall in love with this fantastic series. Lord of the…
Title: Mr Cavendish, I Presume Author: Julia Quinn Genre: Historical romance Stand Alone/series: Book 2 of a two books series called The Two Dukes of Wyndham Summary: Amelia Willoughby has been engaged to the Duke of Wyndham for as…
As of yesterday, Book Blogger Appreciation Week has officially started, and in celebration of this most incredible tour de force put together by Amy, we decided to contribute to the festivities with a give away of our own! We…