DABWAHA is here! – It’s that time of the year again! The annual DABWAHA tourney. In celebration of books and my love of the NCAA basketball tournament, Dear Author and Smart Bitches have teamed up to bring you the DABWAHA competition. Step one involves nominating your own favorite book published ... more >
DABWAHA Voting started up again. Courtney Milan and Loretta Chase are dueling it out in a very close race. **** Borders romance buyer, Sue Grimshaw, will be the new Editor at Large and Category Specialist for Random House acquiring “selective romance titles for hardcover, paperback and original digital lists”. Original ... more >
It’s time for more voting. Only 16 books remain and it’s not just bragging rights for the DABWAHA and a iPad from AllRomanceeBooks on the line – there’s also bragging rights for the second chance tourney, with a Kindle from Samhain publishing up for grabs, too. It is on, folks. ... more >
A whisper thin margin of 12 votes separated the winner, Iron Kissed, from the runner up, The Spymaster’s Lady. An equally tiny margin separated the first place winner, CarolynJean, from Jennifer Y’s entry. Jennifer Y had maintained the top spot for nearly the entire tournament only to lose out at ... more >
After many a bracket and much trash talking, it’s down to two books: Patricia Briggs’ “Iron Kissed” vs. Joanna Bourne’s “The Spymaster’s Lady.” Quite a battle: exceptionally-researched and written historical romance with plot twists and uncommon characters battling conspiracy and mystery, pitted against a paranormal series with a kick-ass heroine ... more >
We are at a crucial juncture in the Final Four at the DABWAHA. Who will survive to the Championship Round? You decide with your votes. (cue ominous music). Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs won out over popular contemporary romance, Blue Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas in the first set of ... more >