June 9, 2012

Recommended Reads Saturday: Hard Magic by Laura Anne Gilman

Guest ReviewerRecommended ReadsNew York City / Urban-Fantasy5 Comments

From the words of E: I am recommending this book because Set in the Cosa Nostradamus world HARD MAGIC is book one of the Paranormal Scene Investigations series. It introduces a group of mostly 20-somethings currently who are all very determined, have their own particular skills involving the use of ... more >

June 7, 2012

REVIEW: The Girl With the Cat Tattoo by Theresa Weir

SunitaA- Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / humorous / novella / widow12 Comments

Dear Ms. Weir, The idea of a cat as a major character and narrator in a romance would normally send me running from the room, but then I realized you were the author. If anyone could pull this off, you could. So I asked for the ARC and sat down ... more >

June 5, 2012

REVIEW: Chaos Burning by Lauren Dane

KatiB+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsBerkley Books / Paranormal / Recommended Reads4 Comments

Dear Ms. Dane, I have long been a fan of your books, in particular your contemporary voice, which I find works for me on a variety of levels. I read Heart of Darkness, the first of your Bound by Magick series, last year and found that the world building was ... more >

June 5, 2012

REVIEW: Master and God by Lindsey Davis

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsancient-Rome / friends-to-lovers / Historical / Recommended Reads / St.-Martins-Press9 Comments

Gaius Vinius Clodianus is a reluctant Praetorian Guard, with a disastrous marriage history and post-traumatic stress – but he is a hero. Flavia Lucilla has given the imperial ladies a ridiculous hairstyle and makes toupees for the increasingly paranoid emperor – and she is good at her job. A devastating ... more >

June 4, 2012

Dear Author Recommends for June

JaneRecommended ReadsRecommended Reads8 Comments

Contemporaries Bring Him Home by Karina Bliss, reviewed and recommended by Jane Unexpected Family by Molly O’Keefe, reviewed and recommended by Jane About Last Night by Ruthie Knox,  reviewed and recommended by Jane (link live on 6/11) Lucky in Love by Jill Shavis, recommended by Dabney Erotic Romance Chaos Burning by ... more >

June 4, 2012

REVIEW: Marriage of Mercy by Carla Kelly

JayneB Reviews / Recommended ReadsCarla-Kelly / class-difference / England / Harlequin Historical / Navy14 Comments

Dear Ms. Kelly, Somehow I got the setting/era for your latest novel, “Marriage of Mercy” completely turned around in my head, thinking that it was going to be set on the American Western Frontier. Then when I went back to the eHarlequin website to recheck the back blurb, I realized ... more >