Title: Branded by Fire Author: Nalini Singh Genre: Paranormal Romance Publisher: Berkley Publishing Date: July 7, 2009 Paperback:368 pages Stand Alone or Series: Psy-Changeling book 6 – can not (should not) be read as a stand alone. Summary:Though DarkRiver…
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Ana here, to wish you all a Happy Sunday! What are you doing today? Me, I am fulfilling a childhood dream: I am going to see Bruce Springsteen today at Hyde Park! Hooray! I simply can not wait! Before…
Title: What Happens in London Author: Julia Quinn Genre: Historical Romance Publisher: Avon Publishing Date: June 30, 2008 Paperback: 384 Pages Stand Alone or Series: It is a stand alone but main female character is the best friend of…
Title: Bound By Your Touch Author: Meredith Duran Genre: Historical Romance I need to get this off my chest. I detest this cover. It does a disservice to such a brilliant, sophisticated novel. It screams of unoriginality, it reeks…
Flash giveaway winner: The winner of the Historical Flash giveaway is: Raina Congratulations! Please send your snail mail address to contact AT thebooksmugglers DOT com, and we will send you the books ASAP. Don’t Forget… …to read the amazing…
Loretta Chase, fabulous historical romance writer, is one of our favourite authors. Writer of Lord of the Scoundrels (the One Romance to Rule Them All) , Mr Impossible, Your Scandalous Ways amongst many others, her books are constantly praised…
Title: Don’t Tempt Me Author: Loretta Chase Genre: Historical Romance Publisher: Avon Publishing Date: June 30, 2009 Paperback: 384 pages Stand Alone or series: Stand Alone (although part of a “series” of books about Fallen Women) Summary: “Spunky English…
Title: The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns Author: Elizabeth Leiknes Genre: Fiction Publisher: Bancroft Press Publishing Date: June 15, 2009 Hardcover: 167 pages Stand Alone or series: Stand Alone Why did I read the book: The publisher contacted us…
Title: Mark of the Demon Author: Diana Rowland Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Bantam Publishing Date: June 23, 2009 Paperback: 384 pages Stand Alone or series: First in a planned series Summary: Cop and conjurer of demons, she’s a woman…
Book Reviews DNF Books
A Tale of Two DNFs: Book Discussion and Giveaway of Night’s Rose by Annaliese Evans
And now for something different: this is the first ever book that both Ana and Thea Did Not Finish. Instead of a proper joint review we will discuss the book and why it did not work for either of…
Title: The Adamantine Palace Author: Stephen Deas Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Gollancz Publishing Date: March 19, 2009 Paperback: 384 pages Stand Alone or series: first in a planned trilogy Summary: The Adamantine Palace lies at the centre of an empire…
Giveaways Inspirations and Influences
Guest Author and Giveaway: Sarah Rees Brennan on Inspiration and Influences
“Inspiration and Influences” is a new series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their …..well, Inspiration and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can…
Howdy !!! We shall start by saying: yay, Roger Federer beat Roland Garros!!! He now holds the record (along with Pete Sampras) of 14 grand- slams titles. Congratulations to Federer – we are great fans here at the UK…
Title: Salt and Silver Author: Anna Katherine (they are actually TWO writers under the name of Anna Katherine) Genre: Officially, Paranormal Romance but reads more like Fantasy or Urban Fantasy. Publisher: Tor Publishing Date: April, 2009 Paperback: 368 pages…
Fellow Powerpuff Girls (crime-fighters and book devourers) Blossum aka Katiebabs and Bubbles aka Ana team up one more time to read and review a book of their choosing. (Their friend Buttercup aka Thea is still AWOL, word on the…
Title: The Demon’s Lexicon Author: Sarah Rees Brennan Genre: YA/UF US Cover UK Cover Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s (UK) /Margaret K. McElderry (US) Publishing Date: June 1, 2009 Paperback: 432 pages (UK) / Hardcover: 336 pages (US) Stand…
Another Sunday, another stash! And we kick this one off with a HUGE thank you to a fellow blogger. CJ, I am talking to you!!! She gave me an award!! The Little CJ Award CJ and her mini-me Little…
Title: Frederica Author: Georgette Heyer Genre: Romance – Regency Publisher:Sourcebooks Casablanca Publishing Date:Reprint edition – January 1, 2009 Paperback:448 pages Stand Alone or series: Stand alone Summary: When Frederica brings her younger siblings to London determined to secure a…
Title: Black and White Author: Jackie Kessler and Caitlin Kittredge Genre: Fantasy – Superheroes Publisher: Bantam Dell Publishing Date: June 2, 2009 Paperback: 464 pages Stand Alone/ Series: book 1 in a new series but can be read as…
Title: This Duchess of Mine Author: Eloisa James Genre: Historical (Georgian) romance Publisher: Avon Publishing Date: May 26, 2009 Paperback: 384 pages Stand Alone/ Series: Book 5 in the Desperate Duchesses series, it can be read as a stand…
Hello, good afternoon and welcome!The weather is lovely here in the UK today and I am for a change, ready to start the week ahead! So, getting down to business: Giveaway winners: The winner of a copy of Don’t…
Patrick Rothfuss, writer of the glorious, amazing, BEST BOOK I READ IN YEARS, The Name of the Wind was in London last Thursday signing his books at Forbidden Planet. Unfortunately I could not attend the event (DAMN IT!) and…
Hello there! This is our recap/review (or rant as the case may be) of the season finale of Lost. We kick-off with a Flash-recap (25 caps or less!) of the 2-part finale followed by a discussion between us where…
I discovered Kate Noble’s books by chance – I got a batch of books sent to me by Berkley (thank you Berkley) and amongst them there was this mass market paperback called Revealed. I liked the look of it,…
Title: Compromised Author: Kate Noble Genre: Historical Romance Publisher: Berkley Sensation Publishing date: Reprint edition – February 3, 2009. Paperback: 368 pages Stand Alone/ Series: Stand Alone Summary: Miss Gail Alton is not having a good day. Or a…