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Pre-Release Review! HOLIDAY HEART ON Charity Anthology (19 authors writing for a great cause!)

Published by beckymmoe on 09/29/2022

Get a head start on the holiday spirit by reading for a great cause! Nineteen of today’s most entertaining rom-com authors have teamed up on #Books4Beats. This collection of festive shorts ranges from sweet to steamy and promises to entertain. 100% of proceeds will benefit the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women® movement, an initiative designed to increase women’s heart health awareness and serve as a catalyst for change to improve the lives of women globally. Authors:Playing by Heart by Sylvie StewartBetter than Christmas by Brenda St John Brown and Serena BellHang Your Heart by Arell RiversHockey Hotties Heart-On…

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*Actual* 5 Star Review! AFTER DARK WITH THE DUKE by Julie Anne Long (The Palace of Rogues #4)

Published by beckymmoe on 08/03/2022

Sparks fly when a daring diva clashes with an ice-cold war hero in the newest thrilling romance in USA Today bestselling author Julie Anne Long’s Palace of Rogues series. She arrives in the dead of night, a mob out for blood at her heels: Mariana Wylde, the “Harlot of Haywood Street,” an opera diva brought low by a duel fought for her favors. But the ladies of the Grand Palace on the Thames think they can make a silk purse from scandal: They’ll restore her reputation and share in her triumph…provided they can keep her apart from that other guest.…

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New Release Review! I’M ONLY WICKED WITH YOU by Julie Anne Long (The Palace of Rogues #3)

Published by beckymmoe on 08/25/2021

USA Today bestselling author Julie Anne Long continues her Palace of Rogues series with a brand-new romance about an ambitious American and a headstrong British heiress. He’s the battle-hardened son of a bastard, raised in the wilds of New York. She’s the sheltered, blue-blooded darling of the London broadsheets, destined to marry a duke. Their worlds could only collide in a boardinghouse by the London docks…and when they do, the sparks would ignite all of England. Nothing can stop Hugh Cassidy’s drive to build an American empire…unless it’s his new nemesis, the arrogant, beautiful, too-clever-by-half Lady Lillias Vaughn. The fascination…

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A Conversation with Mira Lynn Kelly, Author of MAY THE BEST MAN WIN (The Best Men #1–with a new release review and giveaway!)

Published by beckymmoe on 08/02/2016

Welcome, Mira! What 5 things should readers know about you? I’m a write-at-home mom to four kids, an overgrown puppy beast, and one perpetually young-at-heart husband. I write contemporary romance…the sexy, flirty, fun kind. I’m a chronic stress-baker…and I’m always on deadline. So my house smells delicious most of the time! More than anything else…I love to laugh. More than anything else…I hate to clean. I’m a stress baker, and a procrastinating cleaner. I’m with you on #5, so you know when I start compulsive cleaning, it’s REALLY bad. Where did the inspiration for this book come from? The inspiration for…

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Release Day and Giveaway! LOVE BETWEEN THE COVERS a Documentary by Laurie Kahn (with 10 Surprising Facts about Romance Novels)

Published by beckymmoe on 07/12/2016

 I can’t recommend this film enough–it’s a must-see! 10 Surprising Facts about Romance Novels by Laurie Kahn   Four years ago, when I began making my documentary film Love Between the Covers, I stepped into a community I knew nothing about: the global network of women who write, read, and love romance novels. What I found surprised me. Here are ten things I learned:   Romance fiction is a billion-dollar industry Romance novel sales total more than a billion dollars a year. They sell as much as sci-fi, mystery, and fantasy combined.   The romance readership is HUGE and global More…

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New Release and Giveaway! WAY OF THE WARRIOR Homecoming Tour (8 Military Romances, all proceeds go to the Wounded Warrior Project)

Published by beckymmoe on 05/04/2015

I’m almost done with this one–review to come! Soooooo good–definitely worth every penny 🙂 Way of the Warrior Homecoming Tour! Suzanne Brockmann on “Home Fire Inferno” I write about a SEAL team, so my military heroes tend to show up in a rather large group! And although Home Fire Inferno focuses on Navy SEAL Dan Gillman (whose wife, Jenn, is about to have a baby!), you’ll also see quite a bit of Izzy Zanella, along with Mark Jenkins, Jay Lopez, and the inimitable Senior Chief Stan Wolchonok. Readers will also get to meet the SEAL with the face of a serial killer and…

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New Release Review and Giveaway! MEAN STREAK by Sandra Brown

Published by beckymmoe on 02/09/2015

I think I’ve found a new author to binge read! Mean Streak by Sandra Brown Published by: Grand Central Publication date: August 19th 2014 Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense Synopsis: Dr. Emory Charbonneau, a pediatrician and marathon runner, disappears on a mountain road in North Carolina. By the time her husband Jeff, miffed over a recent argument, reports her missing, the trail has grown cold. Literally. Fog and ice encapsulate the mountainous wilderness and paralyze the search for her. While police suspect Jeff of “instant divorce,” Emory, suffering from an unexplained head injury, regains consciousness and finds herself the captive of a man whose violent past…

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A Bollywood Style Giveaway with Sonali Dev (A BOLLYWOOD AFFAIR) and Susan Kaye Quinn (THIRD DAUGHTER)

Published by beckymmoe on 01/22/2015

Sonali Dev and Susan Kaye Quinn met in a most unusual place: Library Journal’s Top 10 E-Romance List for 2014. Sonali’s A Bollywood Affair and Susan’s Third Daughter both made the list with their Bollywood-themed romances – something that was so cool, it cried out to be celebrated! Romance and Intrigue: Bollywood Style Giveaway Something Bollywood Going On Here Scroll down to win some great Bollywood-themed prizes!   Contemporary and Steampunk Bollywood Romance A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev Mili Rathod hasn’t seen her husband in twenty years—not since she was promised to him at the age of four. Yet…

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New Release Review and Giveaway: WHATEVER LIFE THROWS AT YOU by Julie Cross

Published by beckymmoe on 10/16/2014

Looking for a really good sports-themed YA romance? Look no further! Life loves a good curveball… Seventeen-year-old Annie Lucas is too young to remember her dad’s glory days as a pitcher for the Yankees. So when her father is offered a coaching position with the Kansas City Royals, Annie is intrigued to see the baseball side of her dad. Of course, knowing he’ll be a mentor to hot young rookie pitcher, Jason Brody, certainly makes it more enticing. After an awkward first meeting with “Brody” involving very little clothing and a much-too-personal locker room interview, Annie’s convinced she knows Brody’s…

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New Release Review: THE UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE YEAR by Sarina Bowen

Published by beckymmoe on 10/04/2014

Just released this week! If you haven’t already, check out the giveaway here. The Understatement of the Year by Sarina Bowen Synopsis: What happened in high school stayed in high school. Until now. Five years ago, Michael Graham betrayed the only person who ever really knew him. Since then, he’s made an art of hiding his sexuality from everyone. Including himself. So it’s a shock when his past strolls right into the Harkness College locker room, sporting a bag of hockey gear and the same slow smile that had always rendered Graham defenseless. For Graham, there is only one possible reaction:…

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