sports romance

Wednesday News: Love in the library stacks; US bourbon maker commits heresy; First female baseball scout dies; eBook cards for authors

Wednesday News: Love in the library stacks; US bourbon maker commits heresy; First female baseball scout dies; eBook cards for authors

This summer, I will marry the girl of my dreams in a library. Here is our Save-The-Date.  – This redditor posted a picture of his Save the Date wedding announcement.  Adorbs, right? Maker’s Mark waters down its bourbon to meet rising demand – I don’t like this and I don’t even drink bourbon. Maker’s Mark(…)

Friday News: CT gov’t proposes fair prices for libraries; Cufflinks that open handcuffs; More rumors about S&S on sale

Friday News: CT gov’t proposes fair prices for libraries; Cufflinks that open handcuffs; More rumors about S&S on sale

Connecticut Government proposes bill to require publishers to sell to libraries – Connecticut is the first state to propose a bill which would “require publishers of electronic books to offer e-books for sale to public and academic libraries at the same rates as offered to the general public. ” I’m not sure this is constitutional(…)

REVIEW:  Merry Sexy Christmas Anthology by Beverly Jenkins, Kayla Perrin, Maureen Smith

REVIEW: Merry Sexy Christmas Anthology by Beverly Jenkins, Kayla Perrin, Maureen Smith

Dear Ms. Jenkins, Ms. Perrin, and Ms. Smith: I’m a sucker for Christmas stories, and anthologies are a great way to try out new authors, so a Christmas anthology can be a double winner for me. While I’ve read one of the contributors to this volume before, but the other two were new to me.(…)

REVIEW:  Lean on Me by HelenKay Dimon

REVIEW: Lean on Me by HelenKay Dimon

Dear HelenKay Dimon: Your Harlequin Intrigue books are autobuys for me, so when I saw that you had a straight contemporary romance coming out I snagged it right away without paying attention to what it was about. When I discovered one of the main characters was a professional climber, I was even happier, especially when(…)

REVIEW:  Tempting the Player by J. Lynn

REVIEW: Tempting the Player by J. Lynn

Dear Ms. Lynn: A sports romance! A sexy sports romance!  This is my kind of book. Chad Gamble is an all star pitcher for the Nationals whose contract is up.  Chad takes full advantage of his star power, cavorting with models, actresses and all manner of female flesh. his antics, however, are not impressing management. (…)

REVIEW:  Down for the Count by Christine Bell

REVIEW: Down for the Count by Christine Bell

Dear Ms. Bell: What a totally fun, sexy, and contemporary romance. The story is driven by well known tropes but the writing and the characters made it a fresh read. Lacey Garrity finds her husband with a bridesmaid during the wedding reception and flees on the back of her best friend’s brother’s motorcycle. The brother,(…)

REVIEW:  Playing to Win by Jaci Burton

REVIEW: Playing to Win by Jaci Burton

Dear Ms. Burton, I love a good sports romance, and your Play-by-Play series has thus far delivered some truly entertaining reads. Your fourth installment, Playing to Win, focuses on Cole Riley, a wide receiver for the St. Louis Traders. Cole is a bit of a bad boy, having been released by several teams for not(…)

REVIEW:  Pride, Prejudice and Curling Rocks by Andrea Brokaw

REVIEW: Pride, Prejudice and Curling Rocks by Andrea Brokaw

“Darcy Bennet lives to be on the ice. When the other little girls were watching the Olympics and dreaming of figure-skating, she was dreaming of representing her country not with skates but with a broom. At seventeen, Darcy still has Olympic dreams, but she has more immediate concerns. Like getting her team to Regionals, making(…)

REVIEW:  Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally

REVIEW: Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally

Dear Ms. Kenneally: I can’t recall how this book came to my attention. It may have been Elyssa Papa who sends me links to books that feature football. It may have popped up on Goodreads. I’m not a huge YA reader and thus it isn’t a book that I would come across in my normal(…)

Friday Film Review: Personal Best

Friday Film Review: Personal Best

Personal Best (1982) Genre: Sports/romance Grade: C I remember almost nothing about this movie when it initially was released but I got it in my head to try and find some movies about the Olympics and discovered that there aren’t too many Summer Games ones that could fit the bill. So, crossing my fingers I(…)

REVIEW: Hoops by Patricia McLinn

REVIEW: Hoops by Patricia McLinn

In honor of the Olympics, we are reposting some sports books this week.  McLinn actually has an Olympic book called “The Games“.  Jane has read it and will review it tomorrow. Dear. Ms McLinn, The first book of yours I read, “Widow Woman” made a very good impression on me. Then Jane read one of(…)

Friday News: Pretending to fall in love leads to actually falling love; Amazon hosts contest for Kindle Fires

Friday News: Pretending to fall in love leads to actually falling love; Amazon hosts contest for Kindle Fires

Win One of Ten Kindle Fires – Enter by July 23 for a chance to win one of 10 Kindle Fire devices, each accompanied by a $100 Amazon.com Gift Card. Use the Gift Card to load up your Kindle with the year’s best books, or choose from millions of other items at Amazon.com. We’ll randomly(…)

REVIEW:  My Wicked Gladiators by Lauren Hawkeye

REVIEW: My Wicked Gladiators by Lauren Hawkeye

Dear Ms. Hawkeye: Initially I wondered whether I should have sent this book to Jayne. She’s not much of a fan of the menage, but she does love the period. The best thing about the book is not the sex or the period but the almost gothic like atmosphere of the story. It is told(…)

REVIEW:  The Words of the Pitcher by Kei Swanson

REVIEW: The Words of the Pitcher by Kei Swanson

“When the Cleveland Chiefs baseball team signs Kentaro Ikuta as their new star pitcher, they are faced with a man unable to speak English and a media frenzy clamoring for his words. Management turns to the renown linguistics department of Case Western Reserve University for help. Doctoral candidate Claire Ferris is chosen to act as(…)

REVIEW: Taking a Shot by Jaci Burton

REVIEW: Taking a Shot by Jaci Burton

Dear Ms. Burton: I didn’t love Changing the Game  but enjoyed The Perfect Play and I was excited to read about the youngest Riley, Jenna. Jenna is the only girl of the Riley family and despite (or maybe because of) being around sports all of her life, she has sworn of all athletes. Not dating athletes is(…)