May 10 - Book Review
BE IMPULSIVE! What to read this weekend...
Spring has sprung (and so have some amazing, new Avon Impulse titles)!
Spring has sprung (and so have some amazing, new Avon Impulse titles)!
Beauty and the Blacksmith by Tessa Dare: Out tomorrow (4/30), a NEW novella devoted to Diana’s story, story 3.5 in Tessa Dare’s most delicious Spindle Cove series, just 1.99 in e-book! Meanwhile, download some Spindle Cove e-books today for just $.99! A Night to Surrender – $0.99 A Week to Be Wicked – $0.99 A Lady by Midnight - $0.99
The Seen Trilogy is now available for pre-order on Amazon and these three novellas are priced at a crazy low price! I doubt this pricing will last and this is one of my favorite stories I’ve ever written. It is near and dear to my heart! She desires to be seen. He wants to watch. Anna Sampson has a naughty secret. Every night, she slips into her neighbor’s yard and swims naked in his pool. She fantasizes that the dynamic young billionaire watches her nightly nude aquatics, his brilliant green eyes gleaming with lust. She discovers this isn’t pure fantasy. Gabriel Blaine has been watching her via his security cameras, and now that he has returned to L.A., he doesn’t plan to stop. That’s all he wants—to watch. Anna knows she shouldn’t allow him and she certainly shouldn’t want more, but she craves Blaine’s attention, needing his gaze fixed on...
Rowena's review of Beauty and the Blacksmith (Spindle Cove #3.5) by Tessa Dare. Hero: Mr. Aaron Dawes Heroine: Lady Diana Haywood At last, Diana gets a romance of her own! But with the last man anyone in Spindle Cove expects... Beautiful and elegant, Miss Diana Highwood is destined to marry a wealthy, well-placed nobleman. At least, that's what her mother has loudly declared to everyone in Spindle Cove. But Diana's not excited by dukes and lords. The only man who makes her heart pound is the village blacksmith, Aaron Dawes. By birth and fortune, they couldn't be more wrong for each other...but during stolen, steamy moments in his forge, his strong hands feel so right. Is their love forged strong enough to last, or are they just playing with fire? This was a really quick read but one that I enjoyed. Tessa Dare is one of those historical authors that...
Holly and Rowena's review of With this Kiss, Pt. 3 by Eloisa James. Hero: Mr. Collin Barry Heroine: Lady Grace Ryburn Lieutenant Colin Barry returns from the wars injured in body and spirit, knowing that he has no right to steal Grace from the arms of her fiancé. Yet the same warrior's spirit that won so many battles at sea is prompting him to throw propriety to the winds, imitate his pirate father, and simply take what he most desires! Author's Note: Don't forget to read Parts One and Two! Reading this installment first would be like eating the icing before you even get it onto a cupcake. Read our joint reviews for Part 1 and Part 2. Holly: In Part 2, Grace kidnaps Colin with the intention of seducing him so he'll be forced to marry her. Only, he ends up seducing her in the carriage while under the...
Holly and Rowena's review of With this Kiss, Pt. 2 by Eloisa James. Hero: Lieutenant Colin Barry Heroine: Lady Grace Ryburn Lady Grace Ryburn has accepted another man's proposal after the love of her life, Lieutenant Colin Barry, asked for her own sister's hand in marriage. But when Colin returns home from the wars, injured in body and spirit, will she be able to turn her back and marry another? Or will she throw away every rule her mother taught her and try to seduce a man who has shown no interest in her kisses? Author's Note: Be sure to read Part One first! You need to know the story of how Grace fell in love with Colin . . . To read our review of the first part of this story, click here. * * Holly: In part one, Grace spent years writing to Colin, building castles in the sky...
We’re starting a really fun meme—Celebs who look like Avon Romance Heroes! Here’s the first one, Hugh from Christina Dodd’s A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER and his celeb doppelganger Dean Winchester (played byJensen Ackles) from tv show “Supernatural”!What do you think?
Great Escapes: An Avon Romance Summer E-Book Sampler (FREE!): It’s alive! GREAT ESCAPES, the second Avon Romance free e-book sampler (our first one It Happened One Valentine’s Day is still around, btw) is now available for pre-order. Available to download on May 21, 2013, Great Escapes features excerpts from upcoming releases as well as old favorites (we went way back!). Check out the cover! Do you like? And do go to our Pinterest board to see all the jackets from the books sampled.
All or Nothing A Trust No One Novel By Dixie Lee Brown (Avon Impulse| On Sale: 3/12/2013| E-Book ISBN 9780062273864 | $2.99) ________________________________________________________________________ Dixie Lee Brown launches her Trust No One series with this tale of a hunted woman and the one man who can save her life…if she’ll let him. How does debut author Dixie Lee Brown kick off her Trust No One series? With a tough-as-nails woman on the run—and the sexy mercenary who’s man enough to save her life! That’s how. Rife with action, adventure, and a sexy ex-soldier hero, All or Nothing is exactly what readers want: thrilling suspense and a steamy romance! Editor Chelsey Emmelhainz knew this right from the start: “When the manuscript of All or Nothing first made an appearance at our weekly editorial meeting, there were oohs and ahhs all around. Romantic suspense has made a serious comeback, and...
Writing and Human Towers and what the heck they have to do with each other. So here’s the deal. My friend sent this video to me, and I couldn’t help, but relate this team building/human tower exercise to writing a book. (Well, I am a author you know. Not a hard stretch.) These people struggle and struggle, each human body a link in the chain, I can’t help but see how it’s the same when writing a book. Bear with me please as I try to connect these two totally unrelated things in a transparent attempt to through up interesting content on my blog. Each person needs to do their part just as each scene in a book needs to do its part. If the base is weak the tower will never stand. If a character’s motivation is weak there’s no way the book will make readers believe. One weak link,...
