All of the blogs and stories offered on Heroes and Heartbreakers with links back to the site for the full content. http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:57:20 +0000 Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management en-gb http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/2mChVmVsel4/lisa-kleypas-next-book-will-star-joe-travis <p><img alt="Smooth-Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Smooth-Talking-Stranger-by-Lisa-Kleypas200x318.jpg" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; " title="Smooth-Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas" />Twitter is buzzing with <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristineA/status/347440019876769793" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">the report from @ChristineA</a> that <a href="http://www.lisakleypas.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Lisa Kleypas</strong></a> has announced through a Lisa&#39;s Divas newsletter that her next book will feature Joe Travis!</p><p>Joe is the youngest Travis sibling and caught readers&#39;s fancy with his appearances in <em>Sugar Daddy</em>, <em>Blue-Eyed Devil</em>, and <em>Smooth-Talking Stranger</em>, in which his brothers (Gage and Jake) and sister (Haven) got their HEAs. Now it sounds like it&#39;s Joe&#39;s turn!</p><p>No release date has been announced yet, but we&#39;ll let you know as soon as we hear more.</p><p>Are you excited? Do you think his heroine will be someone from a previous novel, or are you hoping she&#39;ll be new to the scene? Is there anyone else in the series that you&#39;re hoping will get his/her book one day? Let&#39;s <strike>speculate wildly</strike> discuss!</p><p>Here&#39;s the original tweet:</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>I just heard the BEST book news EVER! <a href="https://twitter.com/LisaKleypas" rel="nofollow">@LisaKleypas</a> &#39;s next book is going to be Joe Travis&#39; story!!!!! Thank you, Lisa! ❤</p>&mdash; Christine (@ChristineA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristineA/statuses/347432434528309249" rel="nofollow">June 19, 2013</a></blockquote><script async="" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p>For all things Kleypas (including exclusive excerpts, discussion posts, and guest posts) visit H&amp;H&#39;s <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/features/series/lisa-kleypas" target="_blank">Lisa Kleypas Collection</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/lisa-kleypas-next-book-will-star-joe-travis">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2mChVmVsel4:tOoNiVAQWng:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2mChVmVsel4:tOoNiVAQWng:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2mChVmVsel4:tOoNiVAQWng:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2mChVmVsel4:tOoNiVAQWng:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2mChVmVsel4:tOoNiVAQWng:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2mChVmVsel4:tOoNiVAQWng:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2mChVmVsel4:tOoNiVAQWng:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2mChVmVsel4:tOoNiVAQWng:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2mChVmVsel4:tOoNiVAQWng:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2mChVmVsel4:tOoNiVAQWng:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2mChVmVsel4:tOoNiVAQWng:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2mChVmVsel4:tOoNiVAQWng:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/2mChVmVsel4" height="1" width="1"/> Heather Waters (redline_) Published Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:13:59 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/lisa-kleypas-next-book-will-star-joe-travis http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/lisa-kleypas-next-book-will-star-joe-travis http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/6XVpn5i1J9g/old-vey-jewish-characters-in-historical-romance <p><img alt="A Bed of Spices by Barbara Samuel" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/A-Bed-of-Spices-by-Barbara-Samuel200x326.jpg" title="A Bed of Spices by Barbara Samuel" />Where are all the Jewish characters in historical romance? Old Testament retellings of Biblical stories are readily found in inspirational romance, but isn&rsquo;t there more? The history of Jewish people in England, for example, goes back to the time of William the Conqueror, and the first documented Jewish immigrants set foot in the American colonies in 1649. With a rich culture, both religious and secular, and traditions that stretch back thousands of years and across the globe, there&rsquo;s an endless supply of interesting characters with stories ready to be told. Readers looking for a Jewish hero or heroine in English or American historical romance may have to do some digging, but oh, the gems that can be found. Where to look?</p><p>Medieval lovers might consider <a href="http://www.barbarasamuel.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Barbara Samuel</strong></a>&rsquo;s classic <em>A Bed of Spices</em>, which pulls no punches regarding the difficulties faced by interfaith lovers Rica and Solomon as the Black Death spreads across Europe, while anti-Semitism points an accusing finger at the Jews. Solomon, a physician in training, wants nothing more than to heal, and though he never expected to find his soulmate in Catholic Rica, he admires her intellect as well as her passion. To say that both families do not react well to this pairing is an understatement. At one point, Solomon&rsquo;s father gets physical with his son to keep him from bringing danger to both families, and yet it is Solomon&rsquo;s faith and traditions that form the backbone of his character, and indeed provide a way for the couple to be together at last.</p><p>[Want more recs? This way!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/old-vey-jewish-characters-in-historical-romance">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6XVpn5i1J9g:BWv2vWM5Yz4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6XVpn5i1J9g:BWv2vWM5Yz4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6XVpn5i1J9g:BWv2vWM5Yz4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6XVpn5i1J9g:BWv2vWM5Yz4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6XVpn5i1J9g:BWv2vWM5Yz4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6XVpn5i1J9g:BWv2vWM5Yz4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6XVpn5i1J9g:BWv2vWM5Yz4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6XVpn5i1J9g:BWv2vWM5Yz4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6XVpn5i1J9g:BWv2vWM5Yz4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6XVpn5i1J9g:BWv2vWM5Yz4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6XVpn5i1J9g:BWv2vWM5Yz4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6XVpn5i1J9g:BWv2vWM5Yz4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/6XVpn5i1J9g" height="1" width="1"/> Anna Bowling Published Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/old-vey-jewish-characters-in-historical-romance http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/old-vey-jewish-characters-in-historical-romance http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/ZISu4ZaXSLc/jr-ward-reveals-the-king-cover <p><img alt="The King by J.R. Ward" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Ward-The-King225x338.jpg" title="The King by J.R. Ward" />J.R. Ward said in late March that the next book in her Black Dagger Brotherhood series would be titled <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/03/and-the-next-book-in-the-jr-ward-black-dagger-brotherhood-series-will-be-the-king" target="_blank"><em>The King</em></a>, and would continue Wrath&#39;s story&mdash;and now there&#39;s a cover!</p><p>It&#39;s also up for pre-order. Here&#39;s the scant official information:</p><blockquote><p>The newest installment in J.R. Ward&rsquo;s #1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Wrath and the Brotherhood are locked in an epic battle over his throne and the very future of the vampire race.</p></blockquote><p><em>The King</em> will be released March 25, 2014.</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/jr-ward-reveals-the-king-cover">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZISu4ZaXSLc:GKjGU9UYO28:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZISu4ZaXSLc:GKjGU9UYO28:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ZISu4ZaXSLc:GKjGU9UYO28:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZISu4ZaXSLc:GKjGU9UYO28:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ZISu4ZaXSLc:GKjGU9UYO28:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZISu4ZaXSLc:GKjGU9UYO28:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZISu4ZaXSLc:GKjGU9UYO28:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ZISu4ZaXSLc:GKjGU9UYO28:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZISu4ZaXSLc:GKjGU9UYO28:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZISu4ZaXSLc:GKjGU9UYO28:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZISu4ZaXSLc:GKjGU9UYO28:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ZISu4ZaXSLc:GKjGU9UYO28:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/ZISu4ZaXSLc" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:57:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/jr-ward-reveals-the-king-cover http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/jr-ward-reveals-the-king-cover http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/4PFS2aCQ3D8/just-announced-the-director-for-fifty-shades-of-grey-will-be-sam-taylor-johnson <p><img alt="Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Fifty-Shades-of-Grey-by-EL-James200x308.jpg" title="Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James" />We&#39;re now one step closer to seeing <em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/features/series/el-jamess-fifty-shades-trilogy" target="_blank">Fifty Shades of Grey</a></em>&#39;s Christian and Ana on the big screen&mdash;moments ago, the word came down that <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2013/06/50-shades-of-grey-director-sam-taylor-johnson/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sam Taylor-Johnson has been chosen to direct the filmed version of E.L. James&#39;s <em>Fifty Shades Of Grey</em></a>.</p><p>One of the producers commented:</p><blockquote><p>Sam&rsquo;s unique ability to gracefully showcase complex relationships dealing with love, emotion and sexual chemistry make her the ideal director to bring Christian and Anastasia&rsquo;s relationship to life...E.L. James&rsquo; characters and vivid storytelling require a director who is willing to take risks and push the envelope where needed, and Sam is a natural fit.</p></blockquote><p>Like James and the screenwriter, Taylor-Johnson is a British woman. Do you think that perspective will affect the resulting movie?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/just-announced-the-director-for-fifty-shades-of-grey-will-be-sam-taylor-johnson">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4PFS2aCQ3D8:PdUO-A5jdwI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4PFS2aCQ3D8:PdUO-A5jdwI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=4PFS2aCQ3D8:PdUO-A5jdwI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4PFS2aCQ3D8:PdUO-A5jdwI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=4PFS2aCQ3D8:PdUO-A5jdwI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4PFS2aCQ3D8:PdUO-A5jdwI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4PFS2aCQ3D8:PdUO-A5jdwI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=4PFS2aCQ3D8:PdUO-A5jdwI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4PFS2aCQ3D8:PdUO-A5jdwI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4PFS2aCQ3D8:PdUO-A5jdwI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4PFS2aCQ3D8:PdUO-A5jdwI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=4PFS2aCQ3D8:PdUO-A5jdwI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/4PFS2aCQ3D8" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:29:13 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/just-announced-the-director-for-fifty-shades-of-grey-will-be-sam-taylor-johnson http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/just-announced-the-director-for-fifty-shades-of-grey-will-be-sam-taylor-johnson http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/VlSTITCTLz4/firefly-cafe <p><img align="left" alt="Firefly Cafe by Lily Everett" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/FireflyCafe475x622.jpg" title="Firefly Cafe by Lily Everett" /></p><p><strong>The first novella in the Billionaire Brothers series, <em>The Firefly Cafe,</em> is now available to read EXCLUSIVELY on Heroes and Heartbreakers for a limited time! Read the whole novella now&mdash;BEFORE it is released July 7, 2013:</strong></p><blockquote><p><em>For years, the Harrington family has dominated the business world.&nbsp; Gorgeous billionaire brothers Dylan, Logan and Miles Harrington command the family empire, which has given them everything they could ever want&hellip;except the one thing that matters most.&nbsp; Now they&rsquo;re about to travel to the windswept refuge of Sanctuary Island, where they&rsquo;ll discover that fortune, fame and power don&rsquo;t mean a thing without someone to share it with.</em></p><p><em>Dubbed &ldquo;the Bad Boy Billionaire&rdquo; by the tabloids, Dylan Harrison&rsquo;s playboy lifestyle is starting to lose its appeal.&nbsp;When he hops on his motorcycle and drives to Sanctuary Island, he&rsquo;s looking for time alone to get his head on straight. Instead, he gets pulled into the warm friendliness of the island&mdash;and an intense attraction to Penny Little, waitress at the Firefly Caf&eacute; and caretaker of his family&rsquo;s vacation home. &nbsp;Trouble is, Penny doesn&rsquo;t realize he&rsquo;s a Harrington brother&hellip;and he wants to keep it that way until he&rsquo;s sure he can trust her with his heart. But Penny has a secret of her own, and when the truth comes to light, will they still have a chance at love?</em></p></blockquote><p>[Log in or register to read <em>The Firefly Cafe...</em>]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/firefly-cafe">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VlSTITCTLz4:TuQcH4xQyng:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VlSTITCTLz4:TuQcH4xQyng:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=VlSTITCTLz4:TuQcH4xQyng:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VlSTITCTLz4:TuQcH4xQyng:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=VlSTITCTLz4:TuQcH4xQyng:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VlSTITCTLz4:TuQcH4xQyng:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VlSTITCTLz4:TuQcH4xQyng:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=VlSTITCTLz4:TuQcH4xQyng:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VlSTITCTLz4:TuQcH4xQyng:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VlSTITCTLz4:TuQcH4xQyng:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VlSTITCTLz4:TuQcH4xQyng:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=VlSTITCTLz4:TuQcH4xQyng:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/VlSTITCTLz4" height="1" width="1"/> Lily Everett Original Stories Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/firefly-cafe http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/firefly-cafe http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/QOdiH5AuoRI/first-look-megan-frampton-baring-it-all-june-24-2013 <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="Baring It All by Megan Frampton" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Baring-It-All-by-Megan-Frampton.jpg" title="Baring It All by Megan Frampton" /></span></strong><strong>Megan Frampton</strong><br /><em><strong>Baring It All</strong></em><br /><strong>Loveswept / June 24, 2013 / $.99 digital</strong></p><blockquote><p><em>It is with great discretion that this columnist discusses the sensitive topic of undergarments. Some ladies, it seems, do not pay strict attention to what they wear </em>under <em>their gowns. A crucial error, my ladies.</em></p><p>Lady Violet knows Lord Christian Jepstow is interested in women. The problem is, he hasn&rsquo;t seemed to realize that Violetis a living, breathing woman&mdash;a woman with <em>needs</em>. Which is a huge problem, considering the fact that Violet and Christian are betrothed. Violet has no intention of saying her vows without knowing if her husband has the capacity to love her properly, so she does what anyone would do in her situation&mdash;she steps into his study and offers to take off her clothes. What happens next could be an utter disaster . . . or it could be surprising, seductive, and sizzlingly sexy.</p></blockquote><p><em>(Full disclosure: Megan Frampton is the community manager for Heroes and Heartbreakers.)</em></p><p><a href="http://meganframpton.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Megan Frampton</strong></a>&#39;s<em> Baring It All </em>begins where most Regency romances end&mdash;the blushing innocent bride is happily engaged to the handsome, titled gentleman to the joy of both their families. What kind of story could come after that? When the young woman in question is Lady Violet, the story is sexy and playful and wonderful.</p><p>[The beginning in the end...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-megan-frampton-baring-it-all-june-24-2013">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QOdiH5AuoRI:cQph4pr9d-8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QOdiH5AuoRI:cQph4pr9d-8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=QOdiH5AuoRI:cQph4pr9d-8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QOdiH5AuoRI:cQph4pr9d-8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=QOdiH5AuoRI:cQph4pr9d-8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QOdiH5AuoRI:cQph4pr9d-8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QOdiH5AuoRI:cQph4pr9d-8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=QOdiH5AuoRI:cQph4pr9d-8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QOdiH5AuoRI:cQph4pr9d-8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QOdiH5AuoRI:cQph4pr9d-8:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QOdiH5AuoRI:cQph4pr9d-8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=QOdiH5AuoRI:cQph4pr9d-8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/QOdiH5AuoRI" height="1" width="1"/> Julia Broadbooks Published Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-megan-frampton-baring-it-all-june-24-2013 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-megan-frampton-baring-it-all-june-24-2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/HWyS_sDc1Vo/stacia-kane-wrong-way-down-cover-and-excerpt <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="Wrong Ways Down by Stacia Kane" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Wrong-Ways-Down-by-Stacia-Kane250x400.jpg" title="Wrong Ways Down by Stacia Kane" /></span></strong><strong>Stacia Kane</strong> has revealed the cover for <em><a href="http://www.staciakane.net/2013/06/19/wrong-ways-down-cover/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Wrong Ways Down</a></em>, a <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2011/06/the-graveyard-scene-in-stacia-kanes-downside-series" target="_blank">Downside Ghosts </a>story&mdash;but told from Terrible&#39;s point of view. Here&#39;s the blurb:</p><blockquote><p><em>It&rsquo;s a thin line between right and wrong. It&rsquo;s an even thinner one between wrong and dead&hellip;</em></p><p>Terrible has always been on the wrong side of the law, living up to the only name anyone ever gave him. As the chief enforcer for Downside&rsquo;s most powerful criminal, it&rsquo;s his job to collect debts and protection money by any means necessary. And he&rsquo;s very good at his job.</p><p>But part of that job is also to keep Bump&rsquo;s various employees safe. So when a street dealer is found dead and a prostitute is brutally attacked, Terrible immediately starts using his fists to hunt down the ones responsible.</p><p>He&rsquo;s determined to find and destroy them. They&rsquo;re determined to use his desire for the woman he secretly loves to break him.</p></blockquote><p>What&#39;s more, she&#39;s previewed more of the book as well.</p><blockquote><p>His phone beeped. A text.</p><p>From Sela. &ldquo;Home alone. Bored and lonely.&rdquo;</p><p>He knew what that meant. She probably already had her clothes off; she usually did, when she sent texts like that. Specially when she&rsquo;d been drinking some, which he guessed she had been with them shrieky dames she hung around.</p><p>&ldquo;Something wrong?&rdquo; Chess asked.</p><p>He glanced at her, glanced at the phone, and set it back down. He could tell Sela he was busy when he got it, be why he ain&rsquo;t answered. &ldquo;Naw, naw, just sayin no problems this night.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;So what&rsquo;s happening with that?&rdquo;</p></blockquote><p>Read the rest at <a href="http://www.staciakane.net/2013/06/19/wrong-ways-down-cover/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Stacia Kane&#39;s site.</a></p><p>And don&#39;t miss the <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/02/home-a-downside-ghosts-story" target="_blank">H&amp;H original story &ldquo;Home,&rdquo;</a>&nbsp;available as an e-book now, for another Downside Ghosts fix!</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/stacia-kane-wrong-way-down-cover-and-excerpt">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=HWyS_sDc1Vo:gulVScekgvA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=HWyS_sDc1Vo:gulVScekgvA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=HWyS_sDc1Vo:gulVScekgvA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=HWyS_sDc1Vo:gulVScekgvA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=HWyS_sDc1Vo:gulVScekgvA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=HWyS_sDc1Vo:gulVScekgvA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=HWyS_sDc1Vo:gulVScekgvA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=HWyS_sDc1Vo:gulVScekgvA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=HWyS_sDc1Vo:gulVScekgvA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=HWyS_sDc1Vo:gulVScekgvA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=HWyS_sDc1Vo:gulVScekgvA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=HWyS_sDc1Vo:gulVScekgvA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/HWyS_sDc1Vo" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:16:41 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/stacia-kane-wrong-way-down-cover-and-excerpt http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/stacia-kane-wrong-way-down-cover-and-excerpt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/2e6w6QNCHpo/july-2013-romance-new-releases-shopping-list <p>Find your future faves with this delightfully convenient shopping list of romance novels coming out in July. We&rsquo;ve divided them up by subgenre to make it easier for those who&rsquo;ve got a very specific obsession and there are some great books to look forward to&mdash;from modern-day marriages of convenience and secret babies to dragons and the ever-entertaining &ldquo;younger man&rdquo;. Our shopping list is the biggest yet, so don&rsquo;t forget to take this <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/newReleaseRoundup/July-2013-New-Releases.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>printable version with you</strong></a> when it&rsquo;s time to shop!</p><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 465px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="7" style="text-align: center; width: 465px;"><strong>Heroes and Heartbreakers July 2013 Shopping List!</strong></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td colspan="7" style="text-align: center;"><strong>Paranormal/Urban Fantasy/SfR</strong></td></tr><tr></tr><tr><td colspan="7" style="text-align: center; width: 465px; height: 341px;"><img align="left" alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/newReleaseRoundup/July-2013-Paranormal-Shopping-List.jpg" /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>[Check out the complete list!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/july-2013-romance-new-releases-shopping-list">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2e6w6QNCHpo:UxE2WtHUpXU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2e6w6QNCHpo:UxE2WtHUpXU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2e6w6QNCHpo:UxE2WtHUpXU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2e6w6QNCHpo:UxE2WtHUpXU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2e6w6QNCHpo:UxE2WtHUpXU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2e6w6QNCHpo:UxE2WtHUpXU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2e6w6QNCHpo:UxE2WtHUpXU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2e6w6QNCHpo:UxE2WtHUpXU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2e6w6QNCHpo:UxE2WtHUpXU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2e6w6QNCHpo:UxE2WtHUpXU:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2e6w6QNCHpo:UxE2WtHUpXU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2e6w6QNCHpo:UxE2WtHUpXU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/2e6w6QNCHpo" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/july-2013-romance-new-releases-shopping-list http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/july-2013-romance-new-releases-shopping-list http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/Gfkfs17TUgk/world-war-hero-who-would-it-be <p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qPGUtytMUk8" width="420"></iframe></p><p><em>World War Z</em>, starring Brad Pitt, opens this weekend, and it combines an action movie (with a fantastically good-looking hero) with fears about a zombie uprising and general apocalyptic concerns. From the trailer, it appears that Brad Pitt&#39;s character is the only guy who can possibly save the world as we know it.</p><p>If you had to rely on only one character to save the world as we know it, who would it be?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/world-war-hero-who-would-it-be">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Gfkfs17TUgk:zNdGb_hBLvo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Gfkfs17TUgk:zNdGb_hBLvo:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Gfkfs17TUgk:zNdGb_hBLvo:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Gfkfs17TUgk:zNdGb_hBLvo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Gfkfs17TUgk:zNdGb_hBLvo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Gfkfs17TUgk:zNdGb_hBLvo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Gfkfs17TUgk:zNdGb_hBLvo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Gfkfs17TUgk:zNdGb_hBLvo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Gfkfs17TUgk:zNdGb_hBLvo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Gfkfs17TUgk:zNdGb_hBLvo:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Gfkfs17TUgk:zNdGb_hBLvo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Gfkfs17TUgk:zNdGb_hBLvo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/Gfkfs17TUgk" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:23:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/world-war-hero-who-would-it-be http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/world-war-hero-who-would-it-be http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/6t9CoR2D8hI/summer-lovin-summer-tv-premieres-june-2013-part-3 <p><img alt="Franklin &amp; Bash" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Franklin-and-Basch-promo460x235.jpg" />Just as the summer wears on and the days grow ever longer, so too do the hours one can <strikethrough>squander</strikethrough> spend enjoying first-run television shows brought to us by networks both cable and non.</p><p>Following up on previous instalments <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/summer-lovin-summer-tv-premieres-mayjune-2013-part-1" target="_blank">Part 1</a> and <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/summer-lovin-summer-premieres-june-2013-part-2" target="_blank">Part 2</a>, here are the next crop of premiere offerings...</p><p><b><i>Franklin and Bash</i></b><br />TNT<br />Season Premiere: Wednesday, June 19</p><p>Best buds and unconventional lawyers Jared Franklin (Breckin Meyer) and Peter Bash (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) try an assortment of tricky cases while turning the upright and respectable firm of Infield Daniels on its head, with the aid of their trusty sidekicks, the ex-con Carmen (Dana Davis) and the agoraphobic, neurotic genius Pindar (Kumail Nanjiani).</p><p>Where&rsquo;s the love? The boys have various flings throughout the course of the show, but most notable is Bash&rsquo;s seemingly incurable adoration of tiresome prosecutor and ex-girlfriend, Janie (Claire Coffee).</p><p>Reason to tune in: Malcolm McDowell as the boys&rsquo; boss at the firm is always a pleasure, but the real reason to watch is the comfortable bro-chemistry of Meyer and Gosselaar. If you need more, though, Heather Locklear joins the cast in Season 3, and who isn&rsquo;t curious to see how she&rsquo;s doing nowadays?</p><p>[What else is on TV this week?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/summer-lovin-summer-tv-premieres-june-2013-part-3">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6t9CoR2D8hI:mTwQvUFgvX4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6t9CoR2D8hI:mTwQvUFgvX4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6t9CoR2D8hI:mTwQvUFgvX4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6t9CoR2D8hI:mTwQvUFgvX4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6t9CoR2D8hI:mTwQvUFgvX4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6t9CoR2D8hI:mTwQvUFgvX4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6t9CoR2D8hI:mTwQvUFgvX4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6t9CoR2D8hI:mTwQvUFgvX4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6t9CoR2D8hI:mTwQvUFgvX4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6t9CoR2D8hI:mTwQvUFgvX4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6t9CoR2D8hI:mTwQvUFgvX4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6t9CoR2D8hI:mTwQvUFgvX4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/6t9CoR2D8hI" height="1" width="1"/> Rachel Hyland Published Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/summer-lovin-summer-tv-premieres-june-2013-part-3 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/summer-lovin-summer-tv-premieres-june-2013-part-3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/phggJyLIPf0/meet-maya-banks-and-team-hh-in-nyc-tomorrow <p><img alt="Burn by Maya Banks" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Burn-by-Maya-Banks.jpg" title="Burn by Maya Banks" /><strong>Maya Banks</strong> will be meeting and greeting readers tomorrow evening at a special event in New York City&mdash;and you&#39;re invited! The Heroes and Heartbreakers staff will also be there, and we&#39;d love to see you!</p><p>The event is being held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Opal Bar in Manhattan. Here are <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/129938317194954/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">the details</a>:</p><blockquote><p>Meet Maya Banks for an evening of romance and conversation! Maya will mix and mingle with readers and answer questions about her popular books. There will also be a book signing with books available onsite for purchase.</p><p>Food and refreshments will be served.</p><p>Readers will also have the opportunity to meet the great team from the romance site Heroes and Heartbreakers, who will be offering fun door prizes to readers.</p><p>This event is FREE.</p><p>Please do <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/129938317194954/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">RSVP to let the Love Always Team</a> know if you&rsquo;ll be attending!</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/meet-maya-banks-and-team-hh-in-nyc-tomorrow">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=phggJyLIPf0:lDK2sdVJPdE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=phggJyLIPf0:lDK2sdVJPdE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=phggJyLIPf0:lDK2sdVJPdE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=phggJyLIPf0:lDK2sdVJPdE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=phggJyLIPf0:lDK2sdVJPdE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=phggJyLIPf0:lDK2sdVJPdE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=phggJyLIPf0:lDK2sdVJPdE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=phggJyLIPf0:lDK2sdVJPdE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=phggJyLIPf0:lDK2sdVJPdE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=phggJyLIPf0:lDK2sdVJPdE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=phggJyLIPf0:lDK2sdVJPdE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=phggJyLIPf0:lDK2sdVJPdE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/phggJyLIPf0" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:21:43 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/meet-maya-banks-and-team-hh-in-nyc-tomorrow http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/meet-maya-banks-and-team-hh-in-nyc-tomorrow http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/pOiWC0RBZnM/june-2013-bloggers-recommendations-psy-changelings-avengers-wedding-photographers-and-ore <p><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><img alt="Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Heart-of-Obsidian-by-Nalini-Singh-Psy-Changeling225x340.jpg" style="width: 200px; height: 302px; " title="Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh" /></span></em><em>Each month, we ask our bloggers to share the best thing they&rsquo;ve read (or&nbsp;</em>things<em>, plural, if our bloggers declare a tie &rsquo;cause they just can&rsquo;t choose). It doesn&rsquo;t have to be a new book, as evidenced below; just something that made the month sparkle a bit more.</em></p><p><em>Without further ado, here&rsquo;s the installment for April 2013 (and if you&rsquo;ve missed any, be sure to check out past recs via the related posts section at the bottom of the post):</em></p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/Jennifer%20Myers#filter" target="_blank"><u><strong>Jennifer Myers</strong></u></a></p><p><em>Heart of Obsidian </em>by Nalini Singh was my most anticipated book of the year.&nbsp; That is saying a lot for a book where I didn&rsquo;t even know the name of the hero or heroine until a couple of weeks before release day. It didn&rsquo;t disappoint. Ms. Singh gave us a truly epic love story combined with breakingtaking steps in the fall of the PsyNet. Neither plot nor romance was sacrificed for the other when it came to this book.&nbsp; We were given so many answers; who Kaleb had been looking for, the identity of the Ghost, what will happening to the remaining council members, what happens with Pure Psy, yet we were also left with questions we all are desperate to solve. Ms. Singh totally outdid herself with this one.&nbsp; Now to find out the identity of the next hero...</p><p>[The rest of the best...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/june-2013-bloggers-recommendations-psy-changelings-avengers-wedding-photographers-and-ore">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pOiWC0RBZnM:Jfdxt3pgbT0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pOiWC0RBZnM:Jfdxt3pgbT0:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=pOiWC0RBZnM:Jfdxt3pgbT0:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pOiWC0RBZnM:Jfdxt3pgbT0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=pOiWC0RBZnM:Jfdxt3pgbT0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pOiWC0RBZnM:Jfdxt3pgbT0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pOiWC0RBZnM:Jfdxt3pgbT0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=pOiWC0RBZnM:Jfdxt3pgbT0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pOiWC0RBZnM:Jfdxt3pgbT0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pOiWC0RBZnM:Jfdxt3pgbT0:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pOiWC0RBZnM:Jfdxt3pgbT0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=pOiWC0RBZnM:Jfdxt3pgbT0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/pOiWC0RBZnM" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/june-2013-bloggers-recommendations-psy-changelings-avengers-wedding-photographers-and-ore http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/june-2013-bloggers-recommendations-psy-changelings-avengers-wedding-photographers-and-ore http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/FEfeMDsjl8E/holding-out-through-the-hiatus-speculation-on-lost-girl-season-4 <p><img alt="Lost Girl's Anna Silk and Ksenia Solo as Bo and Kenzi" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/LG-Bo-Kenzi-smiling225x297.jpg" title="We've got a secret--a good one." />It&rsquo;s a long hiatus to Season 4 of <em>Lost Girl</em>, scheduled to premiere in the U.S. in January 2014. That doesn&rsquo;t stop us from speculating on what might be afoot in Faeville next season. After the long suffering of having to endure season three&rsquo;s disappointing and ultimately failed Doccutopia, <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/04/lost-girl-season-3-episode-13-recap" target="_blank">the season ended with a literal bang</a> with all players (save Doctor Lauren) in jeopardy and tossed to the far winds.</p><p>Word is that Season 4 starts right up from where Season 3 ended: Bo off somewhere with a now red-headed Wanderer. Dyson and Tamsin saved from their Thelma and Louise cliff dive as they were swept from the truck by The Black Smoke right before impact. Kenzi and Bruce hunting down the druid, Massimo, so Kenzi can maybe become Fae. A hunted Trick running off to Scotland with Stella. A newly-dethroned Hale <em>finally</em> chasing after Kenzi amidst what looks to be the beginnings of another Great Fae War. Or is it a Fae vs. Human War? The Dal blown up!</p><p>With their first table read on Friday, May 31st, the cast began filming Season 4 on Monday, June 3rd. Rick Howland, Ksenia Solo, Kris Holden-Ried, KC Collins, and Paul Amos all had call times last week. Anna Silk has a delayed start due to some recent &ldquo;giving birth&rdquo; excuse (lame). No word yet on whether or not Zoie Palmer&rsquo;s had her first day on set.</p><p>[What&#39;s next for our favorites?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/holding-out-through-the-hiatus-speculation-on-lost-girl-season-4">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=FEfeMDsjl8E:ZUwZc4swm64:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=FEfeMDsjl8E:ZUwZc4swm64:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=FEfeMDsjl8E:ZUwZc4swm64:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=FEfeMDsjl8E:ZUwZc4swm64:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=FEfeMDsjl8E:ZUwZc4swm64:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=FEfeMDsjl8E:ZUwZc4swm64:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=FEfeMDsjl8E:ZUwZc4swm64:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=FEfeMDsjl8E:ZUwZc4swm64:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=FEfeMDsjl8E:ZUwZc4swm64:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=FEfeMDsjl8E:ZUwZc4swm64:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=FEfeMDsjl8E:ZUwZc4swm64:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=FEfeMDsjl8E:ZUwZc4swm64:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/FEfeMDsjl8E" height="1" width="1"/> Kiersten Hallie Krum Published Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/holding-out-through-the-hiatus-speculation-on-lost-girl-season-4 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/holding-out-through-the-hiatus-speculation-on-lost-girl-season-4 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/mF5pdtIPqMo/first-look-rebecca-zanetti-twisted-june-20-2013 <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="Twisted by Rebecca Zanetti" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Twisted-by-Rebecca-Zanetti225x348.jpg" title="Twisted by Rebecca Zanetti" /></span></strong><strong>Rebecca Zanetti</strong><br /><em><strong>Twisted</strong></em><br /><strong>eKensington / June 20, 2013 / $2.99 digital</strong></p><blockquote><p>Maggie is a wolf shifter who was captured and experimented on by the Kurjans. Now that a cure has finally been found for shifters (although not for vampire mates or witches), she can concentrate on creating a new life for herself and finally accepting that her memories are gone forever. Most memories, that is. Sometimes in the hazy world between dreams and dawn, she hears a Scottish voice, dark and deep, that sounds suspiciously like wolf-shifter Terrent Vilks. A man she happened to anger by kidnapping a few years back. Hey, it was for a good cause.</p><p>Terrent Vilks knows more than he&rsquo;s let on for the past several years. After digging for answers, he knows exactly why the demons want Maggie dead. And he remembers his past with Maggie&hellip;very well. She is finally where he wants her. Now all he has to do is discover what exactly the Kurjans did to her, beat the demons into so much submission they leave her alone, and get her to fall in love with him. Again. Good thing he&rsquo;s used to wrangling monsters.</p></blockquote><p><em>Twisted</em>, the latest book in <a href="http://rebeccazanetti.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Rebecca Zanetti</strong></a>&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2011/10/fresh-meat-rebecca-zanettis-claimed" target="_blank">Dark Protector series</a>, gives us the missing pieces from the life of the wolf-shifter Maggie. The vampires&#39; mortal enemies, the Kurjans, have been infecting vampire mates and shifters with their Virus-27 for 10 years now. When they first developed their virus, they certainly weren&rsquo;t against testing it on live subjects. In fact, they had incredible results turning shifters into werewolves, making them into mindless and controllable killing machines.</p><p>[That seems...unpleasant...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-rebecca-zanetti-twisted-june-20-2013">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mF5pdtIPqMo:ql3EU6S-KUQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mF5pdtIPqMo:ql3EU6S-KUQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=mF5pdtIPqMo:ql3EU6S-KUQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mF5pdtIPqMo:ql3EU6S-KUQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=mF5pdtIPqMo:ql3EU6S-KUQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mF5pdtIPqMo:ql3EU6S-KUQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mF5pdtIPqMo:ql3EU6S-KUQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=mF5pdtIPqMo:ql3EU6S-KUQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mF5pdtIPqMo:ql3EU6S-KUQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mF5pdtIPqMo:ql3EU6S-KUQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mF5pdtIPqMo:ql3EU6S-KUQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=mF5pdtIPqMo:ql3EU6S-KUQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/mF5pdtIPqMo" height="1" width="1"/> Lucy Dosch Published Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-rebecca-zanetti-twisted-june-20-2013 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-rebecca-zanetti-twisted-june-20-2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/-4ZeAVrG2tk/sean-bean-meets-his-waterloo-in-sharpes-waterloo <p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XJCh4s1Ks4M" width="420"></iframe></p><p>A long time ago, before the time when seeing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJODirze5EM" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sean Bean on-screen meant that his character would die,</a> Bean starred as Richard Sharpe, based on <a href="http://www.bernardcornwell.net/series/the-sharpe-books/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">the series written by Bernard Cornwell</a>, about a low-born soldier who eventually reaches the position of Lieutenant-Colonel in the British army.</p><p>And why are we telling you about this today? Because June 18th is the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, when the Emperor Napoleon was defeated by an army led by the Duke of Wellington. The period of the Napoleonic Wars is the backdrop of many historical romances set in the Regency period, with heroes (and sometimes heroines) either returning from war, spying for England, or dealing with war&#39;s ramifications.</p><p>To celebrate Napoleon&#39;s defeat, might we suggest eyeballing young Mr. Bean? Especially right in at the two-minute mark, where his shirt is interestingly unbuttoned.</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/sean-bean-meets-his-waterloo-in-sharpes-waterloo">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=-4ZeAVrG2tk:69PVR-9qTaI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=-4ZeAVrG2tk:69PVR-9qTaI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=-4ZeAVrG2tk:69PVR-9qTaI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=-4ZeAVrG2tk:69PVR-9qTaI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=-4ZeAVrG2tk:69PVR-9qTaI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=-4ZeAVrG2tk:69PVR-9qTaI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=-4ZeAVrG2tk:69PVR-9qTaI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=-4ZeAVrG2tk:69PVR-9qTaI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=-4ZeAVrG2tk:69PVR-9qTaI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=-4ZeAVrG2tk:69PVR-9qTaI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=-4ZeAVrG2tk:69PVR-9qTaI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=-4ZeAVrG2tk:69PVR-9qTaI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/-4ZeAVrG2tk" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:15:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/sean-bean-meets-his-waterloo-in-sharpes-waterloo http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/sean-bean-meets-his-waterloo-in-sharpes-waterloo http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/kuhNc5bO9fU/no-prinny-in-sight-not-your-usual-historicals-shopping-list-for-june-2013 <p><img alt="Sweet Revenge by Zoe Archer" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Sweet-Revenge-by-Zoe-Archer225x368.jpg" style="width: 200px; height: 327px; " title="Sweet Revenge by Zoe Archer" />Hey, we love Almack&rsquo;s, the Season, ballrooms, and Dukes&mdash;but sometimes a girl needs a little change of scenery. Without further ado, here are some historical romances hitting the shelves in June that will take readers away from the Regency marriage mart.</p><p><u><strong>Action &amp; Adventure!</strong></u></p><p><em>Sweet Revenge</em> by Zoe Archer</p><blockquote><p>When Jack Dalton escapes from Dunmoor Prison, he has only one thing in mind&mdash;finding the nobleman who murdered his sister and making him pay. But when he reaches the inn where the Lord Rockley is rumored to be staying, three well-dressed strangers are there to meet him instead. And the pretty blonde is aiming a pistol right at his head &hellip;</p><p>Joining Nemesis, Unlimited has made Eva Warrick much more than the well-mannered lady she appears to be&mdash;one who can shoot, fight, and outsmart any man in the quest to right the injustices so often suffered by the innocent. She&rsquo;s not afraid of the burly escaped convict, but she is startled by their shared attraction. She and her partners need Jack&rsquo;s help to get to Rockley, but Eva finds she wants Jack for scandalous reasons all her own&hellip;</p></blockquote><p>[More unusual historicals this-a way...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/no-prinny-in-sight-not-your-usual-historicals-shopping-list-for-june-2013">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kuhNc5bO9fU:F1CSSQXmdZ8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kuhNc5bO9fU:F1CSSQXmdZ8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=kuhNc5bO9fU:F1CSSQXmdZ8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kuhNc5bO9fU:F1CSSQXmdZ8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=kuhNc5bO9fU:F1CSSQXmdZ8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kuhNc5bO9fU:F1CSSQXmdZ8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kuhNc5bO9fU:F1CSSQXmdZ8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=kuhNc5bO9fU:F1CSSQXmdZ8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kuhNc5bO9fU:F1CSSQXmdZ8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kuhNc5bO9fU:F1CSSQXmdZ8:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kuhNc5bO9fU:F1CSSQXmdZ8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=kuhNc5bO9fU:F1CSSQXmdZ8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/kuhNc5bO9fU" height="1" width="1"/> Wendy the Super Librarian Published Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/no-prinny-in-sight-not-your-usual-historicals-shopping-list-for-june-2013 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/no-prinny-in-sight-not-your-usual-historicals-shopping-list-for-june-2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/eTlyWN3bkXU/exclusive-cover-reveal-what-the-groom-wants-by-jade-lee <p><img alt="What the Groom Wants by Jade Lee" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/What-the-Groom-Wants-by-Jade-Lee250x410.jpg" title="What the Groom Wants by Jade Lee" />We&#39;re pleased to show you the cover for <strong><a href="http://jadeleeauthor.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jade Lee</a></strong>&#39;s <em>What the Groom Wants</em>, Book 4 in the Bridal Favors series. Apparently what the groom wants is to get him and his heroine less clothed! Funny, we&#39;re looking forward to that as well...</p><p>Here&#39;s the cover blurb:</p><blockquote><p>Wendy Drew, co-owner of A Lady&#39;s Favor dress shop, is working at a gambling den to help pay off a relative&#39;s debt when she catches the eye of the den&#39;s owner. Wendy is attracted to his dark, dangerous ways, but she has no idea how far he&#39;ll go to make her his.&nbsp;</p><p>Seaman Jacob Teel has been in love with Wendy from the first time he met her. Now he&#39;s home, done with the seafaring life, and has recently inherited a Welsh title. Finally, he can court Wendy for real&mdash;if he only he knew about his deadly competition.</p></blockquote><p><em>What the Groom Wants</em> will be available on February 4, 2014. In the meantime, look out for Book 3 in the series, <em>What the Bride Wore</em>, out this August!</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/exclusive-cover-reveal-what-the-groom-wants-by-jade-lee">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eTlyWN3bkXU:JcmBxVj1nYI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eTlyWN3bkXU:JcmBxVj1nYI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=eTlyWN3bkXU:JcmBxVj1nYI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eTlyWN3bkXU:JcmBxVj1nYI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=eTlyWN3bkXU:JcmBxVj1nYI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eTlyWN3bkXU:JcmBxVj1nYI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eTlyWN3bkXU:JcmBxVj1nYI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=eTlyWN3bkXU:JcmBxVj1nYI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eTlyWN3bkXU:JcmBxVj1nYI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eTlyWN3bkXU:JcmBxVj1nYI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eTlyWN3bkXU:JcmBxVj1nYI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=eTlyWN3bkXU:JcmBxVj1nYI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/eTlyWN3bkXU" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:38:24 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/exclusive-cover-reveal-what-the-groom-wants-by-jade-lee http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/exclusive-cover-reveal-what-the-groom-wants-by-jade-lee http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/oYRZD-IS-PA/londons-last-true-scoundrel-new-excerpt <p><img align="left" alt="London's Last True Scoundrel by Christina Brooke" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/Brooke-Londons-Last-True-Scoundrel250x419.jpg" title="London's Last True Scoundrel by Christina Brooke" /></p><blockquote><p><b>LONDON&rsquo;S ULTIMATE BAD BOY&hellip;</b></p><p>Physically reckless, irrepressibly roguish, and poised on the brink of ruin, Jonathon Westruther, Earl of Davenport, returns from the dead only to throw himself into dissipation.&nbsp;Until he meets his worst nightmare: a straitlaced former schoolteacher he can&rsquo;t get out of his head. He resolves to seduce&nbsp;the delightful Miss Hilary deVere by fair means or foul. But when his past returns to endanger Hilary, he must protect her at all costs&hellip;</p><p><b>MEETS ENGLAND&rsquo;S MOST PROPER MISS</b></p><p>Dismissed from her post at a ladies&rsquo; academy because of prejudice against&nbsp;her uncouth family, Hilary will do anything to avoid going back to live with her loutish brothers.&nbsp;She longs for a London season to show the world a deVere can behave with utmost decorum and to find a respectable&nbsp;husband. Everything about Lord Davenport appalls her but desperation makes strange bedfellows. To get to London, Hilary strikes a bargain with the devilish Davenport, confident that she&rsquo;s immune to his charm. But&nbsp;as she discovers surprising depths beneath his rakish surface, this infamous scoundrel&nbsp;becomes more temptation than even the most proper lady can withstand&hellip;</p></blockquote><p><strong>Get a sneak peek of Christian Brooke&#39;s <em>London&#39;s Last True Scoundrel</em> (available July 2, 2013) with an exclusive&nbsp; excerpt of the first two chapters!</strong></p><p><strong>Chapter 1</strong></p><p>Jonathon Westruther, Earl of Davenport, surveyed the three men standing over him with a jaundiced eye. They were an impressive lot, he supposed: large, well muscled, with that arrogant way of carrying themselves the Westruthers had perfected over centuries of uninterrupted rule.</p><p>&ldquo;What a bunch of old sobersides you&rsquo;ve become,&rdquo; he said with a lazy grin. &ldquo;What&rsquo;ve I done this time?&rdquo;</p><p>[Log in or register to read the full excerpt of <em>London&#39;s Last True Scoundrel</em>]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/londons-last-true-scoundrel-new-excerpt">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=oYRZD-IS-PA:dIYHFyebqQk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=oYRZD-IS-PA:dIYHFyebqQk:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=oYRZD-IS-PA:dIYHFyebqQk:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=oYRZD-IS-PA:dIYHFyebqQk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=oYRZD-IS-PA:dIYHFyebqQk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=oYRZD-IS-PA:dIYHFyebqQk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=oYRZD-IS-PA:dIYHFyebqQk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=oYRZD-IS-PA:dIYHFyebqQk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=oYRZD-IS-PA:dIYHFyebqQk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=oYRZD-IS-PA:dIYHFyebqQk:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=oYRZD-IS-PA:dIYHFyebqQk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=oYRZD-IS-PA:dIYHFyebqQk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/oYRZD-IS-PA" height="1" width="1"/> Christina Brooke Excerpts Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/londons-last-true-scoundrel-new-excerpt http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/londons-last-true-scoundrel-new-excerpt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/7IO2dxt3d7Q/the-white-queen-strong-women-war-and-romance <p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="239" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/s2o8bsqvlUQ" width="425"></iframe></p><p><em>The White Queen</em> (BBC One), an adaptation of <a href="http://www.philippagregory.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Philippa Gregory</strong></a>&rsquo;s best-selling trilogy of novels set around the Wars of the Roses, had a strong debut in the UK on BBC One over the weekend, a good sign for when the series debuts August 10 in the United States on the Starz network. <em>The White Queen </em>centers on Elizabeth Woodville, wife of the man who became England&rsquo;s first Yorkist king, Edward IV.</p><p>A glimpse at the full trailer shows just why it&#39;s so appealing. Will you be watching? Could it perhaps help fill the void left by historical dramas <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/and-mine-the-borgias-deliciously-dark-and-twisted-series-finale" target="_blank"><em>The Borgias </em></a>and (while it&#39;s on hiatus) <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/features/series/downton-abbey" target="_blank"><em>Downton Abbey</em></a>?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/the-white-queen-strong-women-war-and-romance">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7IO2dxt3d7Q:8TztpyF9b4Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7IO2dxt3d7Q:8TztpyF9b4Q:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=7IO2dxt3d7Q:8TztpyF9b4Q:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7IO2dxt3d7Q:8TztpyF9b4Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=7IO2dxt3d7Q:8TztpyF9b4Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7IO2dxt3d7Q:8TztpyF9b4Q:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7IO2dxt3d7Q:8TztpyF9b4Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=7IO2dxt3d7Q:8TztpyF9b4Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7IO2dxt3d7Q:8TztpyF9b4Q:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7IO2dxt3d7Q:8TztpyF9b4Q:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7IO2dxt3d7Q:8TztpyF9b4Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=7IO2dxt3d7Q:8TztpyF9b4Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/7IO2dxt3d7Q" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:36:10 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/the-white-queen-strong-women-war-and-romance http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/the-white-queen-strong-women-war-and-romance http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/aTgtSQvoDgg/true-blood-season-6-episode-1-recap-like-an-evil-naked-superman <p><img alt="Eric and Pam in True Blood Season 6, episode 1, Who Are You, Really?" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/TB-601-Pam-Eric300x246.jpg" style="width: 275px; height: 226px; " title="Ah, family bonding time." />****<strong>SPOILERS</strong>****</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/features/series/true-blood" target="_blank">Last season on <em>True Blood</em></a> things went a bit off the rails for book readers. The Vampire Authority wasn&rsquo;t a part of <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/tags/Charlaine%20Harris" target="_blank"><strong>Charlaine Harris</strong>&rsquo;s Sookie Stackhouse series</a>. So Bill&rsquo;s turn into Billith was a complete shock. Will Sookie recover from seeing her former lover go vampire god? Will he go crazy on all humans? Everything along this line will be a surprise. Plus, the writers twisted the faerie plot, too, so Andy&rsquo;s a dad times four!</p><p>This season we get to meet Niall (finally?) and maybe we&rsquo;ll get lucky and we&rsquo;ll see the turn of Arlene Fowler a la the book events. Fingers crossed.</p><p>[Onward to Season 6!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/true-blood-season-6-episode-1-recap-like-an-evil-naked-superman">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aTgtSQvoDgg:FJXFwWGiS3s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aTgtSQvoDgg:FJXFwWGiS3s:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=aTgtSQvoDgg:FJXFwWGiS3s:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aTgtSQvoDgg:FJXFwWGiS3s:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=aTgtSQvoDgg:FJXFwWGiS3s:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aTgtSQvoDgg:FJXFwWGiS3s:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aTgtSQvoDgg:FJXFwWGiS3s:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=aTgtSQvoDgg:FJXFwWGiS3s:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aTgtSQvoDgg:FJXFwWGiS3s:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aTgtSQvoDgg:FJXFwWGiS3s:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aTgtSQvoDgg:FJXFwWGiS3s:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=aTgtSQvoDgg:FJXFwWGiS3s:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/aTgtSQvoDgg" height="1" width="1"/> Chelsea Mueller Published Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:07:19 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/true-blood-season-6-episode-1-recap-like-an-evil-naked-superman http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/true-blood-season-6-episode-1-recap-like-an-evil-naked-superman http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/vvAFSdZ-jnQ/what-does-he-like-to-read <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Dream-Daddy225.jpg" /></p><p>Yesterday was Father&#39;s Day, where we celebrated the procreating males in our lives.</p><p>So if they had their wish of reading whatever they wanted to, what would it be?</p><p>What do the fathers in your life like to read best?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/what-does-he-like-to-read">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vvAFSdZ-jnQ:Ni9Vv5-JGeM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vvAFSdZ-jnQ:Ni9Vv5-JGeM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=vvAFSdZ-jnQ:Ni9Vv5-JGeM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vvAFSdZ-jnQ:Ni9Vv5-JGeM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=vvAFSdZ-jnQ:Ni9Vv5-JGeM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" 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href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vvAFSdZ-jnQ:Ni9Vv5-JGeM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=vvAFSdZ-jnQ:Ni9Vv5-JGeM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/vvAFSdZ-jnQ" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:09:17 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/what-does-he-like-to-read http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/what-does-he-like-to-read http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/93gR8K3AGBk/shipping-sunday-true-blood-sookie-eric <p><img alt="Alexander Skarsgard and Anna Paquin as Eric and Sookie in True Blood" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/TB-Eric-Sookie-kiss.jpg" />Given that tonight is the premiere of its sixth season on HBO, how could we not dedicate the second edition of <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/shipping-sunday-angel-wesley-fred">Shipping Sunday </a>to a couple from <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/features/series/true-blood" target="_blank"><em>True Blood</em></a>? And since we know that many of you are Sookie/Eric fans...well, this one&#39;s for you!</p><p>Let us know what you think and please do add your own Eric/Sookie pictures in the comments!</p><p>[+2 more very, very pretty pics!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/shipping-sunday-true-blood-sookie-eric">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=93gR8K3AGBk:yobySeC6Q-k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=93gR8K3AGBk:yobySeC6Q-k:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=93gR8K3AGBk:yobySeC6Q-k:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=93gR8K3AGBk:yobySeC6Q-k:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=93gR8K3AGBk:yobySeC6Q-k:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=93gR8K3AGBk:yobySeC6Q-k:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=93gR8K3AGBk:yobySeC6Q-k:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=93gR8K3AGBk:yobySeC6Q-k:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=93gR8K3AGBk:yobySeC6Q-k:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=93gR8K3AGBk:yobySeC6Q-k:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=93gR8K3AGBk:yobySeC6Q-k:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=93gR8K3AGBk:yobySeC6Q-k:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/93gR8K3AGBk" height="1" width="1"/> Heather Waters (redline_) Published Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:56:20 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/shipping-sunday-true-blood-sookie-eric http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/shipping-sunday-true-blood-sookie-eric http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/2uGNewr5rjw/first-look-barbara-delinsky-sweet-salt-air-june-18-2013 <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Sweet-Salt-Air-by-Barbara-Delinsky225x354.jpg" /></span></strong><strong>Barbara Delinsky&nbsp;</strong><br /><em><strong>Sweet Salt Air</strong></em><br /><strong>St. Martin&rsquo;s Press / June 18, 2013 / $25.99 print, $11.04 digital</strong></p><blockquote><p>Charlotte and Nicole were once the best of friends, spending summers together in Nicole&#39;s coastal island house off of Maine. But many years, and many secrets, have kept the women apart. A successful travel writer, single Charlotte lives on the road, while Nicole, a food blogger, keeps house in Philadelphia with her surgeon-husband, Julian. When Nicole is commissioned to write a book about island food, she invites her old friend Charlotte back to Quinnipeague, for a final summer, to help. Outgoing and passionate, Charlotte has a gift for talking to people and making friends, and Nicole could use her expertise for interviews with locals. Missing a genuine connection, Charlotte agrees.</p><p>But what both women don&#39;t know is that they are each holding something back that may change their lives forever. For Nicole, what comes to light could destroy her marriage, but it could also save her husband. For Charlotte, the truth could cost her Nicole&rsquo;s friendship, but could also free her to love again. And her chance may lie with a reclusive local man, with a heart to soothe and troubles of his own.</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://barbaradelinsky.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Barbara Delinsky</strong></a>&#39;s <em>Sweet Salt Air</em> is an emotional story with strong, likeable central characters&mdash;Charlotte, Nicole and Leo&mdash;all of whom are guarding secrets. It would be too simple to say that <em>Sweet Salt Air </em>is solely about secrets, as it goes much deeper than that. Delinsky&rsquo;s story is about atonement and redemption. It is also about and a sense of belonging and of finding oneself, especially for Charlotte. Delinsky has chosen a wonderfully rich and vibrant coastal island as backdrop, the close-knit community of Quinnipeague, Maine, and its eclectic inhabitants.</p><p>[In other words, perfect summer reading?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-barbara-delinsky-sweet-salt-air-june-18-2013">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2uGNewr5rjw:pNd1sP4zExU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2uGNewr5rjw:pNd1sP4zExU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2uGNewr5rjw:pNd1sP4zExU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2uGNewr5rjw:pNd1sP4zExU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2uGNewr5rjw:pNd1sP4zExU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2uGNewr5rjw:pNd1sP4zExU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2uGNewr5rjw:pNd1sP4zExU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2uGNewr5rjw:pNd1sP4zExU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2uGNewr5rjw:pNd1sP4zExU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2uGNewr5rjw:pNd1sP4zExU:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2uGNewr5rjw:pNd1sP4zExU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2uGNewr5rjw:pNd1sP4zExU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/2uGNewr5rjw" height="1" width="1"/> Stephanie Walters-Rowe Published Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-barbara-delinsky-sweet-salt-air-june-18-2013 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-barbara-delinsky-sweet-salt-air-june-18-2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/IgHlPNP2VSU/poll-do-you-like-normal-heroes <p><img alt="Tempting the Billionaire by Jessica Lemmon" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Poll-Billionaires-220.jpg" title="Tempting the Billionaire by Jessica Lemmon" />Lately in romance so often we have the billionaire hero, the clan chief, and the pack alpha. On Facebook earlier this week, we asked how you felt about &ldquo;normal&rdquo; heroes and now we&#39;re asking you here!</p><p>Of course, we want our heroes to be extraordinary, but do you want to see more normal heroes with normal jobs? What&#39;s a &ldquo;normal&rdquo; job that you don&#39;t think gets nearly enough love in romance? What do you think of the high-ranking men that have dominated (*wink, wink* in more ways than one!) the genre lately?</p><p><script language="javascript" src="http://www.blogpoll.com/poll/view_Poll.php?type=java&poll_id=217956"></script><noscript><a href="http://www.blogpoll.com" rel="nofollow">Free Blog Poll</a></noscript></p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/poll-do-you-like-normal-heroes">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IgHlPNP2VSU:Y8-kbANgneg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IgHlPNP2VSU:Y8-kbANgneg:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=IgHlPNP2VSU:Y8-kbANgneg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IgHlPNP2VSU:Y8-kbANgneg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=IgHlPNP2VSU:Y8-kbANgneg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IgHlPNP2VSU:Y8-kbANgneg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IgHlPNP2VSU:Y8-kbANgneg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=IgHlPNP2VSU:Y8-kbANgneg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IgHlPNP2VSU:Y8-kbANgneg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IgHlPNP2VSU:Y8-kbANgneg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IgHlPNP2VSU:Y8-kbANgneg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=IgHlPNP2VSU:Y8-kbANgneg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/IgHlPNP2VSU" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/poll-do-you-like-normal-heroes http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/poll-do-you-like-normal-heroes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/Jkxks8AWcHU/the-secrets-of-mia-danvers-exclusive-excerpt <p><img alt="The Secrets of Mia Danvers by Robyn DeHart" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/Secrets-of-Mia-Danvers-250.jpg" title="The Secrets of Mia Danvers by Robyn DeHart" /></p><blockquote>Since losing her sight in a childhood accident, Mia Danvers has resided in a small cottage on the vast Carrington estate. Thought to be dead, Mia lives a life of virtual seclusion&mdash;until one night, while walking home, she happens upon a horrendous crime.<br /><br />Alex Foster, Eighth Duke of Carrington, lives according to society&rsquo;s expectations for him. He&rsquo;s never met the woman who lives in the cottage at the edge of his property. But when she arrives at his door in the pouring rain terrified and claiming she has witnessed a murder, she seizes his attention.<br /><br />Mia is determined to help the authorities track down the culprit, even though the only person willing to accept her aid is the handsome, arrogant duke. Working closely together proves difficult as Mia&rsquo;s beauty and independence tempts Alex to ignore convention and follow his desire. But what neither of them know is that this murderer has struck before in Whitechapel, taunting the British press only to vanish&mdash;a ruthless killer who knows that Mia is the only living witness to his crime&hellip;</blockquote><p><strong>Get a sneak peek of Robyn DeHart&#39;s <em>The Secrets of Mia Danvers </em>(available June 18, 2013) with an exclusive excerpt of a selected scene. </strong></p><p>&ldquo;Lord Carrington, why are you here?&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;There was another killing,&rdquo; he said abruptly.</p><p>Mia&rsquo;s blood turned to ice. Though the weather was not as cold today as it had been in previous days, a chill chased up and down her extremities, making her wool dress feel like nothing more than a flimsy night rail. One moment they&rsquo;d been discussing the benign and now another poor girl was dead. Mia&rsquo;s hands fisted and she realized how badly they&rsquo;d been shaking, though not from the cold. She was instantly quite thankful she&rsquo;d already set down her sculpture and tools so that she did not break anything. She wrapped her arms around herself. &ldquo;Another? Here, at Danbridge?&rdquo;</p><p>[Log in or register to read the full excerpt of <em>The Secrets of Mia Danvers</em>...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/the-secrets-of-mia-danvers-exclusive-excerpt">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Jkxks8AWcHU:tqzwxIbW-Q4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Jkxks8AWcHU:tqzwxIbW-Q4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Jkxks8AWcHU:tqzwxIbW-Q4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Jkxks8AWcHU:tqzwxIbW-Q4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Jkxks8AWcHU:tqzwxIbW-Q4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Jkxks8AWcHU:tqzwxIbW-Q4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Jkxks8AWcHU:tqzwxIbW-Q4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Jkxks8AWcHU:tqzwxIbW-Q4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Jkxks8AWcHU:tqzwxIbW-Q4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Jkxks8AWcHU:tqzwxIbW-Q4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Jkxks8AWcHU:tqzwxIbW-Q4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Jkxks8AWcHU:tqzwxIbW-Q4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/Jkxks8AWcHU" height="1" width="1"/> Robyn DeHart Excerpts Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/the-secrets-of-mia-danvers-exclusive-excerpt http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/the-secrets-of-mia-danvers-exclusive-excerpt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/z2t_7wYpPss/friday-beefcake-henry-cavill <p><img alt="Henry Cavill for GQ" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Beefcake-Henry-Cavill-for-GQ.jpg" title="Oh hello, blue eyes!" />Recently when looking at <em>Man of Steel</em> star, Henry Cavill, we couldn&#39;t help but quote Emma Stone&#39;s famous line in <em>Crazy Stupid Love </em>&ldquo;Seriously? It&#39;s like you&#39;re Photoshopped.&rdquo;</p><p>The man is certainly made of steel&mdash;whether it&#39;s buns of steel, abs of steel, or...pretty much his whole body. When looking up photos, there certainly isn&#39;t a shortage of Beefcake-worthy material as he&#39;s been seen nearly-naked in almost everything he&#39;s been in. From <em>Tudors</em>, to <em>Immortals</em>, and most recently, <em>Man of Steel</em>&mdash;and we most certainly don&#39;t mind!</p><p>Share your favorite pictures of Henry Cavill in the comments. Will you be seeing Man of Steel this weekend?</p><p>[+3 more mouthwatering, and shirtless!, pics that will <em>steel</em> your breath...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/friday-beefcake-henry-cavill">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=z2t_7wYpPss:SidLZx6x80s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=z2t_7wYpPss:SidLZx6x80s:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=z2t_7wYpPss:SidLZx6x80s:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=z2t_7wYpPss:SidLZx6x80s:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=z2t_7wYpPss:SidLZx6x80s:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=z2t_7wYpPss:SidLZx6x80s:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=z2t_7wYpPss:SidLZx6x80s:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=z2t_7wYpPss:SidLZx6x80s:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=z2t_7wYpPss:SidLZx6x80s:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=z2t_7wYpPss:SidLZx6x80s:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=z2t_7wYpPss:SidLZx6x80s:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=z2t_7wYpPss:SidLZx6x80s:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/z2t_7wYpPss" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/friday-beefcake-henry-cavill http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/friday-beefcake-henry-cavill http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/uzer4fOQaYc/first-look-mary-alice-monroe-the-summer-girls-june-25-2013 <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/The-Summer-Girls-by-Mary-Alice-Monroe225x352.jpg" /></span></strong><strong>Mary Alice Monroe</strong><br /><em><strong>The Summer Girls</strong></em><br /><strong>Gallery Books / June 25, 2013 / $26.00 print, $10.38 digital</strong></p><blockquote>Three granddaughters. Three months. One summer house.<p>Set amid ancient live oaks and palmettos, overlooking the water, historic Sea Breeze is Marietta Muir&rsquo;s ancestral summer home. Her granddaughters once adored vacations there, but it&rsquo;s been years since they&rsquo;ve visited. Mamaw fears once she is gone, the family bonds will fray. The Muir family is one of Charleston&rsquo;s oldest and the blood of their pirate captain ancestor runs strong, so Marietta drops a subtle promise of loot&mdash;pearl necklaces, priceless antique furniture, even the house&mdash;to lure her &ldquo;summer girls&rdquo; back to the lowcountry.</p><p>For years, Carson Muir has drifted, never really settling, certain only that a life without the ocean is a life half lived. Adrift and penniless in California, Carson is the first to return to Sea Breeze, wondering where things went wrong . . . until the sea she loves brings her a minor miracle. Her astonishing bond with a dolphin helps Carson renew her relationships with her sisters and face the haunting memories of her ill-fated father. As the rhythms of the island open her heart, Carson begins to imagine the next steps toward her future.</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.maryalicemonroe.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Mary Alice Monroe</strong></a> is at her best with the first in her new trilogy, <em>The Summer Girls</em>. When she&rsquo;s at the top of her game, she engages a reader&rsquo;s emotions and makes intimate places and situations that may be far removed from personal experience. Southern Fiction evokes a laid-back, naturalistic lifestyle that keeps the focus on family and fighting personal demons. Romance is a lovely part of this, but it&rsquo;s just one component. The most profound type of romance in Southern Fiction relates to its setting, nature, and often with Monroe, animals.</p><p>[Let it sweep you away...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-mary-alice-monroe-the-summer-girls-june-25-2013">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uzer4fOQaYc:e_1RUrZqroA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uzer4fOQaYc:e_1RUrZqroA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=uzer4fOQaYc:e_1RUrZqroA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uzer4fOQaYc:e_1RUrZqroA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=uzer4fOQaYc:e_1RUrZqroA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uzer4fOQaYc:e_1RUrZqroA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uzer4fOQaYc:e_1RUrZqroA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=uzer4fOQaYc:e_1RUrZqroA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uzer4fOQaYc:e_1RUrZqroA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uzer4fOQaYc:e_1RUrZqroA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uzer4fOQaYc:e_1RUrZqroA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=uzer4fOQaYc:e_1RUrZqroA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/uzer4fOQaYc" height="1" width="1"/> Laurie Gold Published Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-mary-alice-monroe-the-summer-girls-june-25-2013 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-mary-alice-monroe-the-summer-girls-june-25-2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/IizPURhGsgk/pater-familias-lord-hargate-in-loretta-chases-carsington-brothers-series <p><img alt="Miss Wonderful by Loretta Chase" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Miss-Wonderful-by-Loretta-Chase200x323.jpg" title="Miss Wonderful by Loretta Chase" />Fathers of the heroes and heroines of historical romance novels come in a variety of flavors. There&rsquo;s the father who is absent due to death or abandonment, the father who is an ineffective bumbler, and the father who, through indifference or outright malice, harms the protagonist. Even the good father is often nothing more than a paper-doll figure. I&rsquo;ve long thought that <a href="http://www.lorettachase.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Loretta Chase</strong></a> is an exception to the norm, creating throughout her career some of the most interesting father figures in historical romance fiction, from the scene-stealing Devil Desmond in <em>The Devil&rsquo;s Delilah</em> (1989) to the solid Lord Lexham in <em>Don&rsquo;t Tempt Me</em> (2009), but by far the most interesting of Chase&rsquo;s fictional fathers is the Earl of Hargate.</p><p>Hargate is the father of five sons, the heroes of the Carsington Brothers series: Alistair (<em>Miss Wonderful</em>), Rupert (<em>Mr. Impossible</em>), Benedict (<em>Lord Perfect</em>), Darius (<em>Not Quite a Lady</em>), and Geoffrey, who is happily married when the series opens and is never seen, only mentioned occasionally. Hargate is a character for whom the term &ldquo;lord&rdquo; is more than recognition of his status as an aristocrat. His sons view him as a godlike figure, omnipotent and omniscient. He sets the hero on his journey in the first, second, and fourth books and serves as the deus ex machina who resolves the hero&rsquo;s dilemma in the third book.</p><p>[Father knows best...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/pater-familias-lord-hargate-in-loretta-chases-carsington-brothers-series">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IizPURhGsgk:YkQxlm5yXys:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IizPURhGsgk:YkQxlm5yXys:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=IizPURhGsgk:YkQxlm5yXys:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IizPURhGsgk:YkQxlm5yXys:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=IizPURhGsgk:YkQxlm5yXys:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IizPURhGsgk:YkQxlm5yXys:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IizPURhGsgk:YkQxlm5yXys:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=IizPURhGsgk:YkQxlm5yXys:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IizPURhGsgk:YkQxlm5yXys:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IizPURhGsgk:YkQxlm5yXys:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IizPURhGsgk:YkQxlm5yXys:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=IizPURhGsgk:YkQxlm5yXys:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/IizPURhGsgk" height="1" width="1"/> Janga Published Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/pater-familias-lord-hargate-in-loretta-chases-carsington-brothers-series http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/pater-familias-lord-hargate-in-loretta-chases-carsington-brothers-series http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/pNYoSjO7IKs/first-look-robyn-dehart-the-secrets-of-mia-danvers-june-18-2013 <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="The Secrets of Mia Danvers by Robyn DeHart" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/The-Secrets-of-Mia-Danvers-by-Robyn-DeHart225x363.jpg" title="The Secrets of Mia Danvers by Robyn DeHart" /></span></strong><strong>Robyn DeHart</strong><br /><em><strong>The Secrets of Mia Danvers </strong></em><br /><strong>Intermix / June 18, 2013 / $3.99 digital</strong></p><blockquote><p>Since losing her sight in a childhood accident, Mia Danvers has resided in a small cottage on the vast Carrington estate. Thought to be dead, Mia lives a life of virtual seclusion&mdash;until one night, while walking home, she happens upon a horrendous crime.</p><p>Alex Foster, Eighth Duke of Carrington, lives according to society&rsquo;s expectations for him. He&rsquo;s never met the woman who lives in the cottage at the edge of his property. But when she arrives at his door in the pouring rain terrified and claiming she has witnessed a murder, she seizes his attention.</p><p>Mia is determined to help the authorities track down the culprit, even though the only person willing to accept her aid is the handsome, arrogant duke. Working closely together proves difficult as Mia&rsquo;s beauty and independence tempts Alex to ignore convention and follow his desire. But what neither of them know is that this murderer has struck before in Whitechapel, taunting the British press only to vanish&mdash;a ruthless killer who knows that Mia is the only living witness to his crime.</p></blockquote><p>Mia Danvers, the heroine of <a href="http://www.robyndehart.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Robyn DeHart</strong></a>&#39;s <em>The Secrets of Mia Danvers</em>, was only 16 when her mothers and sisters dropped her off at the little cottage on the edge of the property belonging to the Duke of Carrington. After a riding accident left her without sight, her mother didn&rsquo;t have time for a damaged daughter who would never find a husband. She had two other girls who needed to find husbands to support the family now that their father was dead. Although her mother intended to leave Mia there alone, her governess and dearest friend Rachel would not abandon her and together the two women made a life in the little cottage that would become a place for Mia to spread her wings.</p><p>[At least until her life gets turned upside-down again, huh?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-robyn-dehart-the-secrets-of-mia-danvers-june-18-2013">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pNYoSjO7IKs:2mv0fuKb7gY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pNYoSjO7IKs:2mv0fuKb7gY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=pNYoSjO7IKs:2mv0fuKb7gY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pNYoSjO7IKs:2mv0fuKb7gY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=pNYoSjO7IKs:2mv0fuKb7gY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pNYoSjO7IKs:2mv0fuKb7gY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pNYoSjO7IKs:2mv0fuKb7gY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=pNYoSjO7IKs:2mv0fuKb7gY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pNYoSjO7IKs:2mv0fuKb7gY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pNYoSjO7IKs:2mv0fuKb7gY:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pNYoSjO7IKs:2mv0fuKb7gY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=pNYoSjO7IKs:2mv0fuKb7gY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/pNYoSjO7IKs" height="1" width="1"/> Lucy Dosch Published Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-robyn-dehart-the-secrets-of-mia-danvers-june-18-2013 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-robyn-dehart-the-secrets-of-mia-danvers-june-18-2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/p0lyFXww20Q/preparing-for-sunday-infusion-of-true-blood <p><img alt="Joe Manganiello" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Joe-Manganiello-Mens-Health225.jpg" title="Joe Manganiello in Men's Health UK" /></p><p>This Sunday sees the return of <em>True Blood</em>, with a brand-new showrunner, Brian Buckner, who promises changes: He says that the show will &ldquo;<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/12/true-blood-premiere-season-6_n_3431576.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">get back to a little bit of our soap opera roots and remember that romance matters in the midst of all the plot we do.</a>&rdquo;</p><p>Thank you, Brian!</p><p>While we wait for Sunday, can we point you to two of our most delicious <em>True Blood</em> posts, both penned by the Vampire Book Lover herself, <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/Chelsea%20Mueller#filter" target="_blank">Chelsea Mueller</a>?</p><p>First there&#39;s the post where she painstakingly goes through and catalogues every instance of Alexander Skarsgard, as Eric Northman, in the altogether, the <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2011/08/true-blood-booty-call-alexander-skarsgard-nude-and-with-impeccable-timing" target="_blank">True Blood Booty Call </a>post. And then there&#39;s her compilation of all the reasons she thinks <em>True Blood </em>will be worth the wait: <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/04/20-reasons-we-cant-wait-for-true-blood-season-6" target="_blank">20 Reasons We Can&#39;t Wait for True Blood Season Six.</a></p><p>Finally, there&#39;s Joe Manganiello, who graces this month&#39;s issue of Men&#39;s Health, and who is also&mdash;reportedly&mdash;getting naked in the first episode.</p><p>Who&#39;s in for <em>True Blood</em> Season Six?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/preparing-for-sunday-infusion-of-true-blood">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=p0lyFXww20Q:6qmmhMihYhk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=p0lyFXww20Q:6qmmhMihYhk:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=p0lyFXww20Q:6qmmhMihYhk:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=p0lyFXww20Q:6qmmhMihYhk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=p0lyFXww20Q:6qmmhMihYhk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=p0lyFXww20Q:6qmmhMihYhk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=p0lyFXww20Q:6qmmhMihYhk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=p0lyFXww20Q:6qmmhMihYhk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=p0lyFXww20Q:6qmmhMihYhk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=p0lyFXww20Q:6qmmhMihYhk:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=p0lyFXww20Q:6qmmhMihYhk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=p0lyFXww20Q:6qmmhMihYhk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/p0lyFXww20Q" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:04:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/preparing-for-sunday-infusion-of-true-blood http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/preparing-for-sunday-infusion-of-true-blood http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/eJUkVDnMIBI/first-look-sabrina-jeffries-what-the-duke-desires-june-18-2013 <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="What the Duke Desires by Sabrina Jeffries" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/What-the-Duke-Desires-by-Sabrina-Jeffries225x366.jpg" title="What the Duke Desires by Sabrina Jeffries" /></span></strong><strong>Sabrina Jeffries</strong><br /><em><strong>What the Duke Desires</strong></em><br /><strong>Pocket / June 18, 2013 / $7.99 print, $6.64 digital</strong></p><blockquote><p>Maximilian Cale, the Duke of Lyons, long ago buried his grief for his missing elder brother, Peter, who was presumed dead after being kidnapped. When a mysterious note arrives from Tristan Bonnaud asserting that the Duke&#39;s brother is alive, it leads Max straight to the winsome Lisette Bonnaud, illegitimate daughter of a viscount and Tristan&#39;s sister. Soon he and Lisette are traveling to Paris posing as husband and wife, in search of Tristan, who has disappeared. And the longer he spends with Lisette, the easier it is for Max to see that the line between dukedom and desire is easier to cross than he imagined.</p></blockquote><p><em>What the Duke Desires</em> is the first book in <a href="http://www.sabrinajeffries.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Sabrina Jeffries</strong></a>&#39;s new The Duke&rsquo;s Men series, and although the title indicates that we should be more interested in the duke, this story is much more fascinating in following what Lisette desires.</p><p>[And what does Lisette desire, hmm?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-sabrina-jeffries-what-the-duke-desires-june-18-2013">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eJUkVDnMIBI:X2VPfqYAMTw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eJUkVDnMIBI:X2VPfqYAMTw:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=eJUkVDnMIBI:X2VPfqYAMTw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eJUkVDnMIBI:X2VPfqYAMTw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=eJUkVDnMIBI:X2VPfqYAMTw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eJUkVDnMIBI:X2VPfqYAMTw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eJUkVDnMIBI:X2VPfqYAMTw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=eJUkVDnMIBI:X2VPfqYAMTw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eJUkVDnMIBI:X2VPfqYAMTw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eJUkVDnMIBI:X2VPfqYAMTw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eJUkVDnMIBI:X2VPfqYAMTw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=eJUkVDnMIBI:X2VPfqYAMTw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/eJUkVDnMIBI" height="1" width="1"/> Lucy Dosch Published Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-sabrina-jeffries-what-the-duke-desires-june-18-2013 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-sabrina-jeffries-what-the-duke-desires-june-18-2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/EkIkETTZF-A/lana-mcgraw-boldt-heads-to-oregon-in-fionnas-will <p><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Fionnas-Will-by-Lana-McGraw-Boldt200x325.jpg" /></span></em><em>We&rsquo;re reading our way across America&hellip;one romance at a time.</em></p><p><strong>Oregon: <em>Fionna&rsquo;s Will</em> by Lana McGraw Boldt</strong></p><p>Now we turn to the very novel that inspired the entire <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/features/series/perfect-unions" target="_blank">Perfect Unions</a> project. Here&rsquo;s the story (and what a story it is): One day, I was in the basement, cleaning out the cats&rsquo; litter box (ah, the thrilling life of the freelance blogger), when my eye fell upon a bookshelf loaded with old paperbacks that hadn&rsquo;t been touched in years. One of them was<a href="http://www.lanamcgrawboldt.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> <strong>Lana McGraw Boldt</strong></a>&rsquo;s wildly readable <em>Fionna&rsquo;s Will</em>, and because thinking about this Oregon-set historical epic was considerably more pleasant than thinking about what I was doing at the time, I began to meditate upon the fact that I had absolutely loved it when I first read it back in college. And then, the light bulb: &ldquo;You know, there really aren&rsquo;t that many romance novels set in Oregon. Or New Mexico or Nebraska or Delaware&hellip;but I&rsquo;ll bet there are some.&rdquo;</p><p>Anyway, I picked up the book for a re-read, wondering how it would compare with the book I knew and loved back in the day (I was in college, let us say, <em>several</em> years ago). And guess what: It holds up just fine!</p><p>[What makes it so readable?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/lana-mcgraw-boldt-heads-to-oregon-in-fionnas-will">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=EkIkETTZF-A:__ym7Npa_Wk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=EkIkETTZF-A:__ym7Npa_Wk:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=EkIkETTZF-A:__ym7Npa_Wk:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=EkIkETTZF-A:__ym7Npa_Wk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=EkIkETTZF-A:__ym7Npa_Wk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=EkIkETTZF-A:__ym7Npa_Wk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=EkIkETTZF-A:__ym7Npa_Wk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=EkIkETTZF-A:__ym7Npa_Wk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=EkIkETTZF-A:__ym7Npa_Wk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=EkIkETTZF-A:__ym7Npa_Wk:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=EkIkETTZF-A:__ym7Npa_Wk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=EkIkETTZF-A:__ym7Npa_Wk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/EkIkETTZF-A" height="1" width="1"/> Kate Nagy Published Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/lana-mcgraw-boldt-heads-to-oregon-in-fionnas-will http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/lana-mcgraw-boldt-heads-to-oregon-in-fionnas-will http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/JmBJELnN0xk/chose-the-wrong-guy-gave-him-the-wrong-finger-exclusive-excerpt <p><img align="left" alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/Wrong-Guy-Wrong-Finger-250.jpg" /></p><blockquote>Ten years ago,&nbsp;Quinn Barton was on her way to the altar to marry Burke Morrison, her high school sweetheart, when something derailed her. Rather, someone derailed her&mdash;the&nbsp;Best&nbsp;Man who at the last minute begged her to reconsider the marriage. He told her that Burke had been cheating on her.&nbsp;For a long time. Quinn, stunned, hurt, and confused, struggled with the obligation of fulfilling her guests&rsquo; expectations&mdash;providing a wedding&mdash;and running for her life.<p>She chose running. With the Best Man. Who happened to be Burke&rsquo;s brother, Frank.</p><p>That relationship didn&rsquo;t work either. How could it, when&nbsp;Quinn had been engaged to, in love with, Frank&rsquo;s brother? Quinn opted for neither, and, instead, spends the next seventeen years working in her family&rsquo;s Middleburg, Virginia, bridal shop, Talk of the Gown, where she subconsciously does penance for the disservice she did to marriage.</p><p>But when the two men return to town for another wedding, old anger, hurt, and passion resurface. Just because you&rsquo;ve traded the good guy for the bad guy for no guy doesn&rsquo;t mean you have to stay away from love for the rest of your life, does it? Told with Beth Harbison&#39;s flair for humor and heart, Chose the Wrong Guy will keep you guessing and make you believe in the possibilities of love.</p></blockquote><p><strong>Get a sneak peek of Beth Harbison&#39;s <em>Chose the Wrong Guy, Gave Him the Wrong Finger</em> (available July 9, 2013) with an exclusive audio excerpt of Chapter 1!</strong></p><p><object height="67" width="192"> <param name="move" value="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/media/tridian/swf/playerSingle.swf" /> <embed flashvars="playerSkin=1&amp;overColor=#FFFFFF&amp;autoPlay=no&amp;soundPath=http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/audioclips/Chose_the_Wrong_Guy.mp3" height="67" id="audio1371042701993" name="audio1371042701993" quality="high" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/media/tridian/swf/playerSingle.swf" style="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="192"></embed> </object></p><p>[Want more? Log in or register to see how things heat up in a selected scene from <em>Chose the Wrong Guy, Gave Him the Wrong Finger...</em>]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/chose-the-wrong-guy-gave-him-the-wrong-finger-exclusive-excerpt">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JmBJELnN0xk:pwmW2KX5eYo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JmBJELnN0xk:pwmW2KX5eYo:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=JmBJELnN0xk:pwmW2KX5eYo:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JmBJELnN0xk:pwmW2KX5eYo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=JmBJELnN0xk:pwmW2KX5eYo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JmBJELnN0xk:pwmW2KX5eYo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JmBJELnN0xk:pwmW2KX5eYo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=JmBJELnN0xk:pwmW2KX5eYo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JmBJELnN0xk:pwmW2KX5eYo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JmBJELnN0xk:pwmW2KX5eYo:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JmBJELnN0xk:pwmW2KX5eYo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=JmBJELnN0xk:pwmW2KX5eYo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/JmBJELnN0xk" height="1" width="1"/> Beth Harbison Excerpts Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/chose-the-wrong-guy-gave-him-the-wrong-finger-exclusive-excerpt http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/chose-the-wrong-guy-gave-him-the-wrong-finger-exclusive-excerpt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/553r0QA92Rw/third-times-the-charm-what-might-happen-in-s-u-pacats-captive-prince-volume-three <p><img alt="Captive Prince by S.U. Pacat" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Captive-Prince-by-SU-Pacat200x311.jpg" title="Captive Prince by S.U. Pacat" /></p><blockquote><p><strong><em>Captive Prince</em> by S.U. Pacat</strong></p><p>Damen is a warrior hero to his people, and the rightful heir to the throne of Akielos, but when his half brother seizes power, Damen is captured, stripped of his identity, and sent to serve the prince of an enemy nation as a pleasure slave.</p><p>Beautiful, manipulative and deadly, his new master Prince Laurent epitomizes the worst of the court at Vere. But in the lethal political web of the Veretian court, nothing is at it seems, and when Damen finds himself caught up in a play for the throne, he must work together with Laurent to survive and save his country.</p><p>Forced to hide his identity, Damen finds himself increasingly drawn to the dangerous, charismatic Laurent. But as the fledgling trust between the two men deepens, the truth of secrets from both their pasts is poised to deal them the crowning death blow.</p></blockquote><p><strong>SPOILER ALERT FOR VOLUMES ONE AND TWO OF <em>THE CAPTIVE PRINCE. </em>MANY SPOILERS, INCLUDING DEATHS AND PLOT TWISTS.</strong></p><p>(For an introduction to the story, check out Mandi Schreiner&#39;s post <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/captivated-by-su-pacats-captive-prince" target="_blank">Captivated by S.U. Pacat&#39;s <em>Captive Prince</em></a>.)</p><p><em>Captive Prince </em>by <a href="http://www.captiveprince.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>S.U. Pacat</strong></a> began online, being posted for free, chapter-by-chapter, in the author&rsquo;s journal. In February 2013, it became two independently-published volumes. In May 2013, rights to publish the existing two volumes and the upcoming Volume Three were purchased by Penguin Berkley. This has both good and less good aspects for longtime fans. The good: the author will attain a wider audience, and the sale might lead to a faster release of Volume Three, which would be a boon because of Volume Two&rsquo;s cliffhanger ending. The less good: Volume Three won&rsquo;t be released chapter-by-chapter, so waiting for the completed book might be more difficult for those accustomed to the serialization model.</p><p>So, what do we do in the interim? We speculate, of course!</p><p>Here are my thoughts on three big events we might expect in Volume Three.</p><p>[What do you think might be ahead for Damen and Laurent?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/third-times-the-charm-what-might-happen-in-s-u-pacats-captive-prince-volume-three">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=553r0QA92Rw:P0JrlK9pIV4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=553r0QA92Rw:P0JrlK9pIV4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=553r0QA92Rw:P0JrlK9pIV4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=553r0QA92Rw:P0JrlK9pIV4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=553r0QA92Rw:P0JrlK9pIV4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=553r0QA92Rw:P0JrlK9pIV4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=553r0QA92Rw:P0JrlK9pIV4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=553r0QA92Rw:P0JrlK9pIV4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=553r0QA92Rw:P0JrlK9pIV4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=553r0QA92Rw:P0JrlK9pIV4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=553r0QA92Rw:P0JrlK9pIV4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=553r0QA92Rw:P0JrlK9pIV4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/553r0QA92Rw" height="1" width="1"/> Victoria Janssen Published Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/third-times-the-charm-what-might-happen-in-s-u-pacats-captive-prince-volume-three http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/third-times-the-charm-what-might-happen-in-s-u-pacats-captive-prince-volume-three http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/86OIrHFpBW8/whats-your-favorite-dystopian-romance <p><img class="blog-pic-left-align "alt="" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/Harrison-Young-Bladerunner225.jpg" /></p><p>Recent headlines have caused people to revisit&mdash;and purchase&mdash;George Orwell&#39;s <em>1984</em>, published 64 years ago, the &ldquo;nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world.&rdquo; At this writing, one edition is at #83 in Amazon&#39;s Kindle store, and has the top slot on &ldquo;Literature &amp; Fiction &gt; Genre Fiction &gt; Science Fiction &gt; Dystopian.&rdquo;</p><p>But since we&#39;re romance readers, we want to know what you think is the best romance corrollary to 1984? What&#39;s the best dystopian romance novel?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/whats-your-favorite-dystopian-romance">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=86OIrHFpBW8:uj079zmq45o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=86OIrHFpBW8:uj079zmq45o:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=86OIrHFpBW8:uj079zmq45o:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=86OIrHFpBW8:uj079zmq45o:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=86OIrHFpBW8:uj079zmq45o:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=86OIrHFpBW8:uj079zmq45o:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=86OIrHFpBW8:uj079zmq45o:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=86OIrHFpBW8:uj079zmq45o:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=86OIrHFpBW8:uj079zmq45o:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=86OIrHFpBW8:uj079zmq45o:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=86OIrHFpBW8:uj079zmq45o:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=86OIrHFpBW8:uj079zmq45o:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/86OIrHFpBW8" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:38:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/whats-your-favorite-dystopian-romance http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/whats-your-favorite-dystopian-romance http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/2eDd6ZySjr0/kickstarting-rachel-caines-morganville-series-for-web-tv <p><img align="left" alt="Glass Houses by Rachel Caine" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/May2013/Caine-Glass-Houses180x289.jpg" title="Glass Houses by Rachel Caine" />Rachel Caine&rsquo;s legions of fans were recently delighted to hear that a <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2059515068/morganville-the-web-tv-series" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Kickstarter campaign to make a web series about the Morganville Vampires</a> was in the works, headed up by filmmaker, and local boy (for me at least) Blake Calhoun!</p><p>I&rsquo;m sure the collective squees were deafening, and why shouldn&rsquo;t they be? Morganville sucked me in from the very beginning&mdash;despite my being generally hard on YA&mdash;and 14 books in is still going strong (the 15th, <em>Daylighters</em>, is due in November).</p><p>The novels are narrated by 16 year old Claire Danvers, who is accepted at Texas Prairie University in Morganville (yes, she&rsquo;s super smart), and of course, Morganville is run by vamps. Her uber braininess comes to the attention of Amelie, Morganville&rsquo;s founder, and she decides Claire would be a great assistant to alchemist Myrnin, a vamp who is as crazy as he is brilliant. Claire&rsquo;s roomies at the Glass House are Michael Glass, Shane Collins, and goth girl Eve Rosser. The combo makes for sparks in more ways than one, and the relationships between the roommates is one of the highlights of the series in my opinion, so I&rsquo;m hoping for some astute casting here, because chemistry is a must!</p><p>[And chemistry is only the tip of the Iceberg...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/kickstarting-rachel-caines-morganville-series-for-web-tv">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2eDd6ZySjr0:NSbzjFHuTSQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2eDd6ZySjr0:NSbzjFHuTSQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2eDd6ZySjr0:NSbzjFHuTSQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2eDd6ZySjr0:NSbzjFHuTSQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2eDd6ZySjr0:NSbzjFHuTSQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2eDd6ZySjr0:NSbzjFHuTSQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2eDd6ZySjr0:NSbzjFHuTSQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2eDd6ZySjr0:NSbzjFHuTSQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2eDd6ZySjr0:NSbzjFHuTSQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2eDd6ZySjr0:NSbzjFHuTSQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2eDd6ZySjr0:NSbzjFHuTSQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2eDd6ZySjr0:NSbzjFHuTSQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/2eDd6ZySjr0" height="1" width="1"/> Kristin Centorcelli Published Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:10:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/kickstarting-rachel-caines-morganville-series-for-web-tv http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/kickstarting-rachel-caines-morganville-series-for-web-tv http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/8Vwd8xfkDDI/gentle-giants-and-towering-beasts-big-heroes-in-romance-novels <p><img alt="Meant to Be by Terri Osburn" class="blog-pic-right-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Meant-to-Be-by-Terri-Osburn200x302.jpg" title="Meant to Be by Terri Osburn" />Several months ago, I read <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/first-look-terri-osburn-meant-to-be-may-21-2013" target="_blank"><em>Meant to Be</em></a>, <a href="http://www.terriosburn.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Terri Osburn</strong></a>&#39;s debut novel. As with nearly all the romance novels that make up my keepers, I fell in love with the characters, major and minor. One of the minor characters whom I really hope to see more of in future books is Randy Navarro. Osburn describes Randy as a &ldquo;gentle giant&rdquo; with night-dark, curly hair and a &ldquo;massive breadth of chest and shoulders.&rdquo; When he later proves to be a protective type with a sense of humor, I knew he deserved to be the hero of his own story. Thinking about this Osburn character made me remember other big heroes whose stories I love. Among them are some of the most memorable heroes in the genre.</p><p>First, there was Hugo, or the unknown Ajax as he is christened in <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2011/06/mark-this-georgette-heyers-mark-i-heroes" target="_blank"><strong>Georgette Heyer</strong></a>&rsquo;s novel by that title. <em>The Unknown Ajax</em> (1959) is one of Heyer&rsquo;s funniest books with a cast of wonderfully drawn characters from a pair of feuding valets to an aristocratic matron whose hauteur and self-possession are inimitable (though many have tried), but the star of the book is Major Hugh &ldquo;Hugo&rdquo; Darracott, the product of a misalliance between the second son of an arrogant peer and a weaver&rsquo;s daughter. When the lord&rsquo;s eldest son and his heir drown, Hugo, to the great dismay of his grandfather and most of the Darracott family, becomes the heir. When Hugo arrives at the family estate to meet his paternal relatives for the first time, he realizes they think he is an uneducated bumpkin with little wit and less social poise. Since Hugo&rsquo;s besetting sin is his &ldquo;levity,&rdquo; he cannot resist giving his family what they expect. He speaks in a broad Yorkshire accent that leaves them cringing and assumes the role of a na&iuml;ve bumbling giant of a man, graceless and limited in intellect.</p><p>[Sexy beasts indeed...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/gentle-giants-and-towering-beasts-big-heroes-in-romance-novels">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8Vwd8xfkDDI:CjKsw726fJI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8Vwd8xfkDDI:CjKsw726fJI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=8Vwd8xfkDDI:CjKsw726fJI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8Vwd8xfkDDI:CjKsw726fJI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=8Vwd8xfkDDI:CjKsw726fJI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8Vwd8xfkDDI:CjKsw726fJI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8Vwd8xfkDDI:CjKsw726fJI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=8Vwd8xfkDDI:CjKsw726fJI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8Vwd8xfkDDI:CjKsw726fJI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8Vwd8xfkDDI:CjKsw726fJI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8Vwd8xfkDDI:CjKsw726fJI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=8Vwd8xfkDDI:CjKsw726fJI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/8Vwd8xfkDDI" height="1" width="1"/> Janga Published Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/gentle-giants-and-towering-beasts-big-heroes-in-romance-novels http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/gentle-giants-and-towering-beasts-big-heroes-in-romance-novels http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/vZgMFPxz61s/mooning-over-june-2013-digital-reissues <p><img alt="Heart of the West by Penelope Williamson" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Laurie-June-Reissues-Heart-of-the-West-180x296.jpg" title="Heart of the West by Penelope Williamson" />This month, readers will find all manner of digital reissues. First up, <em>Heart of the West</em>, a western historical from Penelope Williams, followed by Patricia Gaffney&rsquo;s Victorian series, the Wyckerly trilogy, and, finally, a category romance&mdash;<em>Against the Rules</em>&mdash;from Linda Howard, reissued with digital-only 2010 release from newish author Marie Force.</p><p><strong>Penelope Williamson</strong>: <em>Heart of the West </em>(First published in 1995, digital reissue June 25, 2013)</p><p>Two-time best novel RITA-winning Penelope Williamson wrote large, expansive romances. <em>Heart of the West</em> clocks in at 800 pages, with a time span covering twelve years in late 1800s Montana.</p><p>Clementine Kennicutt, the daughter of an abusive New England minister, dreams of a different future, away from the straightjacket of a life she foresees if she stays in Boston. With her mother&rsquo;s approval, she elopes with cowboy Gus McQueen, wholly unprepared for her new home&mdash;a Green Acres type house in the middle of nowhere&mdash;and her reaction to his brother Zach. Gus is his family&rsquo;s golden boy, Zach its black sheep.</p><p>[I&#39;m sensing a love triangle and some angst...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/mooning-over-june-2013-digital-reissues">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vZgMFPxz61s:xHdTFKOdtvQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vZgMFPxz61s:xHdTFKOdtvQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=vZgMFPxz61s:xHdTFKOdtvQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vZgMFPxz61s:xHdTFKOdtvQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=vZgMFPxz61s:xHdTFKOdtvQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vZgMFPxz61s:xHdTFKOdtvQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vZgMFPxz61s:xHdTFKOdtvQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=vZgMFPxz61s:xHdTFKOdtvQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vZgMFPxz61s:xHdTFKOdtvQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vZgMFPxz61s:xHdTFKOdtvQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vZgMFPxz61s:xHdTFKOdtvQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=vZgMFPxz61s:xHdTFKOdtvQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/vZgMFPxz61s" height="1" width="1"/> Laurie Gold Published Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/mooning-over-june-2013-digital-reissues http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/mooning-over-june-2013-digital-reissues http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/USmanng8R70/first-look-cecilia-grant-a-woman-entangled-june-25-2013 <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="A Woman Entangled by Cecilia Grant" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/A-Woman-Entangled-by-Cecilia-Grant.jpg" title="A Woman Entangled by Cecilia Grant" /></span></strong><strong>Cecilia Grant</strong><br /><em><strong>A Woman Entangled</strong></em><br /><strong>Bantam / June 25, 2013 / $7.99 print &amp; digital</strong></p><blockquote><p>Kate Westbrook has dreams far bigger than romance. Love won&rsquo;t get her into London&rsquo;s most consequential parties, nor prevent her sisters from being snubbed and looked down upon&mdash;all because their besotted father unadvisedly married an actress. But a noble husband for Kate would deliver a future most suited to the granddaughter of an earl. Armed with ingenuity, breathtaking beauty, and the help of an idle aunt with connections, Kate is poised to make her dreams come true. Unfortunately, a familiar face&mdash;albeit a maddeningly handsome one&mdash;appears bent on upsetting her scheme.</p><p>Implored by Kate&rsquo;s worried father to fend off the rogues eager to exploit his daughter&rsquo;s charms, Nick Blackshear has set aside the torch he&rsquo;s carried for Kate in order to do right by his friend. Anyway, she made quite clear that his feelings were not returned&mdash;though policing her won&rsquo;t abate Nick&rsquo;s desire. Reckless passion leads to love&rsquo;s awakening, but time is running out. Kate must see for herself that the charms of high society are nothing compared to the infinite sweet pleasures demanded by the heart.</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.ceciliagrant.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Cecilia Grant</strong></a>&rsquo;s third novel, <em>A Woman Entangled</em>, once again features a couple with substantial and believable obstacles in the way of their having a life together. The story is told with Grant&rsquo;s trademark complex characterization and snappy dialogue, with some literary references for added spice. The various conflicts, most relating to marriage and its effects upon one&rsquo;s family, expand upon ideas put forth in <em>Pride and Prejudice</em>, which Kate is borrowing from the lending library in the first chapter. There are later references to <em>Emma</em> and the titular character&rsquo;s relationship with Mr. Knightley. Kate approves of marriages made for sensible reasons, and feels that marrying an unsuitable person, merely for love, is not only a selfish act but can cause great harm to others.</p><p>[Yet somehow she ended up in a romance novel of her own...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-cecilia-grant-a-woman-entangled-june-25-2013">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=USmanng8R70:QKrJ10RYBHE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=USmanng8R70:QKrJ10RYBHE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=USmanng8R70:QKrJ10RYBHE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=USmanng8R70:QKrJ10RYBHE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=USmanng8R70:QKrJ10RYBHE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=USmanng8R70:QKrJ10RYBHE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=USmanng8R70:QKrJ10RYBHE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=USmanng8R70:QKrJ10RYBHE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=USmanng8R70:QKrJ10RYBHE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=USmanng8R70:QKrJ10RYBHE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=USmanng8R70:QKrJ10RYBHE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=USmanng8R70:QKrJ10RYBHE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/USmanng8R70" height="1" width="1"/> Victoria Janssen Published Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-cecilia-grant-a-woman-entangled-june-25-2013 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-cecilia-grant-a-woman-entangled-june-25-2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/j57fs5g9iWs/getting-your-knickers-in-a-twist-different-words-for-panties <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/The-Panty-Affair-Samara-King225.jpg" /></p><p>We&#39;ve featured many Squick! posts, the most recent of which is <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/squick-me-out-part-4-return-of-the-moist" target="_blank">Squick Me Out, Part 4: Return of the Moist</a>, where we&#39;ve shared the words used in romance novels that make us shudder.</p><p>But there are some words that aren&#39;t entirely shudder-inducing, but are awkward. Case in point? Panties.</p><p>Does anyone <u>say</u> panties? Say it aloud, and see if it doesn&#39;t sound goofy (hint: it does!). The alternatives, underwear and underpants, don&#39;t sound any better.</p><p>What other undergarments euphemisms have you seen? Which is your preference?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/getting-your-knickers-in-a-twist-different-words-for-panties">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j57fs5g9iWs:BpVrs4U2EYo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j57fs5g9iWs:BpVrs4U2EYo:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=j57fs5g9iWs:BpVrs4U2EYo:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j57fs5g9iWs:BpVrs4U2EYo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=j57fs5g9iWs:BpVrs4U2EYo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j57fs5g9iWs:BpVrs4U2EYo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j57fs5g9iWs:BpVrs4U2EYo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=j57fs5g9iWs:BpVrs4U2EYo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j57fs5g9iWs:BpVrs4U2EYo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j57fs5g9iWs:BpVrs4U2EYo:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j57fs5g9iWs:BpVrs4U2EYo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=j57fs5g9iWs:BpVrs4U2EYo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/j57fs5g9iWs" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:27:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/getting-your-knickers-in-a-twist-different-words-for-panties http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/getting-your-knickers-in-a-twist-different-words-for-panties http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/32_H8bchU3k/summer-lovin-summer-premieres-june-2013-part-2 <p><img alt="Camp, NBC, premieres Monday, June 10" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Hyland-Summer-TV-2-Camp-466.jpg" title="Camp, NBC, premieres Monday, June 10" />Here we are, already two weeks into the summer season, and there are yet more television series premieres coming our way... ahead, the highly anticipated premiere of <i>Camp</i>, the welcome returns of <i>Necessary Roughness</i> and <i>Magic City</i> and...well, I guess <i>True Blood</i>, for those of you who like your vampires with a side of ick. Among much else.</p><p>For a look at the shows already in progress, see <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/summer-lovin-summer-tv-premieres-mayjune-2013-part-1" target="_blank">Summer Lovin&rsquo;: Summer TV Premieres, May/June 2013, Part 1</a>.</p><p>But in this week&rsquo;s news:</p><p><b><i>Camp</i></b><br />NBC<br />Series Premiere: Monday, June 10</p><p>Come spend the summer at Little Otter Family Camp, where the staff are zany, the campers are troublesome and the scent of pine is only eclipsed by that of rampaging teenage pheromones.</p><p>[Pheromones=Love, so where&#39;s the romance!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/summer-lovin-summer-premieres-june-2013-part-2">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=32_H8bchU3k:WHa4U1gSd6M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=32_H8bchU3k:WHa4U1gSd6M:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=32_H8bchU3k:WHa4U1gSd6M:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=32_H8bchU3k:WHa4U1gSd6M:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=32_H8bchU3k:WHa4U1gSd6M:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=32_H8bchU3k:WHa4U1gSd6M:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=32_H8bchU3k:WHa4U1gSd6M:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=32_H8bchU3k:WHa4U1gSd6M:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=32_H8bchU3k:WHa4U1gSd6M:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=32_H8bchU3k:WHa4U1gSd6M:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=32_H8bchU3k:WHa4U1gSd6M:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=32_H8bchU3k:WHa4U1gSd6M:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/32_H8bchU3k" height="1" width="1"/> Rachel Hyland Published Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/summer-lovin-summer-premieres-june-2013-part-2 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/summer-lovin-summer-premieres-june-2013-part-2 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/2PWhKtCuqUk/scandal-in-the-night-exclusive-excerpt <p><img alt="Scandal in the Night by Elizabeth Essex" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/Scandal-in-the-Night-250.jpg" title="Scandal in the Night by Elizabeth Essex" /><em>Assuming a false identity as a prim and proper governess, the bold and beautiful Cat Rowan thinks she has finally escaped the wild misadventures of her past&mdash;and the wickedly handsome spy who seduced her in India. Imagine her surprise when her employer introduces his brother: the very same cad who destroyed her heart!</em></p><p><em>The Honorable Thomas Jellicoe cannot believe his eyes when he sees his beloved Cat&mdash;the Scottish beauty who nearly jeopardized his mission in India. Disguised as a horse trader from the bazaars of the Punjab, the British spy risked his life for one night of passion in her arms. But here and now&mdash;breaking all rules of decorum&mdash;one heated kiss ignites a flurry of gunfire. For their enemies have followed them home. And love is the greatest danger of all&hellip;</em></p><p><strong>Get a sneak peek of Elizabeth Essex&#39;s <em>Scandal in the Night</em> (available July 2, 2013) with an excerpt of Chapters 1 &amp; 2.</strong></p><p><strong>Chapter 1</strong><br /><em>Wimbourne Chase, Hampshire<br />Early summer, 1830</em></p><p>In India, there was an ancient proverb: Pilgrims seldom come home saints.</p><p>Thomas Jellicoe stood as the proof. He had been a pilgrim in the wide, wicked world for so many years he had long ago lost his faith&mdash;misplaced on some dusty, less-traveled roadside&mdash;and he had all but forgotten how to find his wandering way home.</p><p>He could only stand before the ancient lodge gate like a supplicant, and hope he had finally come to the place where&mdash;no matter how long he had been gone, or what he had done&mdash;they would finally let him in.</p><p>[Log in or register to read the full excerpt of <em>Scandal in the Night</em>...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/scandal-in-the-night-exclusive-excerpt">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2PWhKtCuqUk:M0MTsraMyek:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2PWhKtCuqUk:M0MTsraMyek:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2PWhKtCuqUk:M0MTsraMyek:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2PWhKtCuqUk:M0MTsraMyek:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2PWhKtCuqUk:M0MTsraMyek:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2PWhKtCuqUk:M0MTsraMyek:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2PWhKtCuqUk:M0MTsraMyek:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2PWhKtCuqUk:M0MTsraMyek:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2PWhKtCuqUk:M0MTsraMyek:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2PWhKtCuqUk:M0MTsraMyek:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2PWhKtCuqUk:M0MTsraMyek:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2PWhKtCuqUk:M0MTsraMyek:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/2PWhKtCuqUk" height="1" width="1"/> Elizabeth Essex Excerpts Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/scandal-in-the-night-exclusive-excerpt http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/scandal-in-the-night-exclusive-excerpt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/ZGSbLbUxJCg/manda-collins-cover <p><img align="left" alt="Why Earls Fall in Love Cover Pose 2 -- image by Steve Gardener" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/May2013/Why-Earls-Fall180x300.jpg" title="Why Earls Fall in Love Cover Pose 2 -- image by Steve Gardener" />Ever wondered how the art for your favorite romances is chosen, or wished you could be part of the process? Here&#39;s your chance! H&amp;H is excited to offer readers the opportunity to have a <em>major</em> say in the cover for <a href="http://www.mandacollins.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Manda Collins</strong></a>&#39;s forthcoming novel <em>Why Earls Fall In Love, </em>the second book in the Wicked Widows series, released in January 2014.</p><p><strong>The deal:</strong><br />From now until Thursday at 5 p.m. ET on the H&amp;H Facebook page, you can <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.586740581360182.1073741826.164005373633707&amp;type=1&amp;l=b2bd3eb5fe" rel="nofollow">cast your vote for 1 of 3 possible poses for the hero and heroine by &ldquo;liking&rdquo; your favorite pose</a>: The image/pose with the most &ldquo;likes&rdquo; on Facebook* after 5 p.m. ET that day is the pose that will end up on the final cover!</p><p>Remember the art/cover** is not yet final&mdash;you&rsquo;re picking the pose of the hero and heroine, which the art department will then include in the cover design.</p><p>Once the <em>Why Earls Fall In Love</em> cover is finished, look for a reveal of the final <em>Why Earls Fall in Love</em> cover on HeroesandHeartbreakers.com!</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.586740581360182.1073741826.164005373633707&amp;type=1&amp;l=b2bd3eb5fe" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Head on over to Facebook now to check out the images and to cast your vote for your favorite pose!</a></p><p><span style="font-size:14px;">*YOU MUST &ldquo;LIKE&rdquo; THE PICTURE of your choice&mdash;comments here or on the Facebook post are fantastic and you can certainly use the comments to lobby for your favorite pose, but comments WILL NOT count as a vote. The image with the most Facebook Likes will win.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:14px;">**The art for all 3 poses, including the image used at the top of this post, is courtesy of Steve Gardner, </span><a href="http://www.shootpw.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.shootpw.com</a><span style="font-size:14px;">.</span></p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/manda-collins-cover">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZGSbLbUxJCg:KirGg4SlZsY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZGSbLbUxJCg:KirGg4SlZsY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ZGSbLbUxJCg:KirGg4SlZsY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZGSbLbUxJCg:KirGg4SlZsY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ZGSbLbUxJCg:KirGg4SlZsY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZGSbLbUxJCg:KirGg4SlZsY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZGSbLbUxJCg:KirGg4SlZsY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ZGSbLbUxJCg:KirGg4SlZsY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZGSbLbUxJCg:KirGg4SlZsY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZGSbLbUxJCg:KirGg4SlZsY:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZGSbLbUxJCg:KirGg4SlZsY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ZGSbLbUxJCg:KirGg4SlZsY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/ZGSbLbUxJCg" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:55:58 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/manda-collins-cover http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/manda-collins-cover http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/6cSjJdRrh1A/author-cassie-alexander-on-putting-the-normal-in-paranormal <p><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><img alt="Shapeshifted by Cassie Alexander" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Shapeshifted225x368.jpg" title="Shapeshifted by Cassie Alexander" /></span></em><em>Please join us in welcoming author Cassie Alexander to Heroes and Heartbreakers. Cassie&#39;s most recent book, </em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/05/shapeshifted-exclusive-excerpt" target="_blank">Shapeshifted</a><em>, is the third in the urban fantasy Edie Spence series. Edie is a nurse who treats paranormal creatures, and in her real life, Cassie is a nurse as well. Today she&#39;s here to talk about how normal some paranormal stuff actually is. Thanks, Cassie!</em></p><p>Since my books deal with supernatural creatures in the hospital, I&rsquo;ve had to look around for a lot of plausible reasons to put them there, and have discovered that there&rsquo;s more overlap between our world and &lsquo;theirs&rsquo; than the casual reader might think.</p><p>In the 1970s a medical theory was floated for all the vampire legends &ndash; the blood disease of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythropoietic_protoporphyria " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">porphyric hemophilia</a>. You may have seen people suffering from this on the TV show <em>House</em>. One of the symptoms of porphyria is painful photosensitivity, with burning and itching rashes under exposure to light, and in one episode they almost cut a girl&rsquo;s arm off because of her reaction to the operating room lights. (Contracting porphyric hemophilia is also the way you become a vampire in the video game Oblivion, which I find hugely amusing.) While people still debate as to if this actual disease is the cause of the mythology, it&rsquo;s easy to imagine people who had to hide indoors in olden days because of intense reactions to light being labeled as vampires.</p><p>[Putting it all in perspective...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/author-cassie-alexander-on-putting-the-normal-in-paranormal">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6cSjJdRrh1A:PwGmi_whQIc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6cSjJdRrh1A:PwGmi_whQIc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6cSjJdRrh1A:PwGmi_whQIc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6cSjJdRrh1A:PwGmi_whQIc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6cSjJdRrh1A:PwGmi_whQIc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6cSjJdRrh1A:PwGmi_whQIc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6cSjJdRrh1A:PwGmi_whQIc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6cSjJdRrh1A:PwGmi_whQIc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6cSjJdRrh1A:PwGmi_whQIc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6cSjJdRrh1A:PwGmi_whQIc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6cSjJdRrh1A:PwGmi_whQIc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6cSjJdRrh1A:PwGmi_whQIc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/6cSjJdRrh1A" height="1" width="1"/> Cassie Alexander Published Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/author-cassie-alexander-on-putting-the-normal-in-paranormal http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/author-cassie-alexander-on-putting-the-normal-in-paranormal http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/egDTTd6-QWU/whats-your-most-unexpectedly-favorite-genre-or-author <p><img class="blog-pic-left-align "alt="" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Unexpected-Maisey-Yates225.jpg" />You read romance, that&#39;s a given, because you&#39;re here. But chances are you read in other genres, as well, making people you discuss your reading choices with cock an eyebrow when you say you love _________ or _________.</p><p>Are you a romance fan, but also love science fiction/fantasy? Maybe you have a weakness for reading tell-all memoirs? Or you are a fan of an author who writes outside the genre?</p><p>What&#39;s your most unexpectedly favorite genre or author?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/whats-your-most-unexpectedly-favorite-genre-or-author">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=egDTTd6-QWU:BLJjx3Wjv-o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=egDTTd6-QWU:BLJjx3Wjv-o:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=egDTTd6-QWU:BLJjx3Wjv-o:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=egDTTd6-QWU:BLJjx3Wjv-o:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=egDTTd6-QWU:BLJjx3Wjv-o:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=egDTTd6-QWU:BLJjx3Wjv-o:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=egDTTd6-QWU:BLJjx3Wjv-o:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=egDTTd6-QWU:BLJjx3Wjv-o:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=egDTTd6-QWU:BLJjx3Wjv-o:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=egDTTd6-QWU:BLJjx3Wjv-o:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=egDTTd6-QWU:BLJjx3Wjv-o:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=egDTTd6-QWU:BLJjx3Wjv-o:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/egDTTd6-QWU" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:19:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/whats-your-most-unexpectedly-favorite-genre-or-author http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/whats-your-most-unexpectedly-favorite-genre-or-author http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/3eBsGEYZyCQ/and-mine-the-borgias-deliciously-dark-and-twisted-series-finale <p><img alt="Holliday Grainger and Francois Arnaud as Lucrezia and Cesare in The Borgias 3x10, The Prince" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Borgias-310-shock225x276.jpg" title="Brother, did you get blood on my favorite carpet?!" />*****<strong>MAJOR, MAJOR SPOILERS for&nbsp;<i>The Borgias&#39;s s</i>eries finale&mdash;3.10, &ldquo;The Prince&rdquo;&mdash;below.*****</strong></p><p><strong>Seriously, DO NOT READ until you&#39;ve seen the episode for yourself.</strong></p><p>While the series finale hasn&#39;t yet aired on U.S. television, this morning Showtime posted the final episode of <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/my-body-is-a-cage-the-borgias-cesare-lucrezia" target="_blank"><em>The Borgias</em></a>&nbsp;online for subscribers at <a href="http://www.showtimeanytime.com/#/series/754" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ShowtimeAnytime</a>, and it is a wild ride.</p><p>[How does it all end?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/and-mine-the-borgias-deliciously-dark-and-twisted-series-finale">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3eBsGEYZyCQ:Syn4mgOejcM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3eBsGEYZyCQ:Syn4mgOejcM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=3eBsGEYZyCQ:Syn4mgOejcM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3eBsGEYZyCQ:Syn4mgOejcM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=3eBsGEYZyCQ:Syn4mgOejcM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3eBsGEYZyCQ:Syn4mgOejcM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3eBsGEYZyCQ:Syn4mgOejcM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=3eBsGEYZyCQ:Syn4mgOejcM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3eBsGEYZyCQ:Syn4mgOejcM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3eBsGEYZyCQ:Syn4mgOejcM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3eBsGEYZyCQ:Syn4mgOejcM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=3eBsGEYZyCQ:Syn4mgOejcM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/3eBsGEYZyCQ" height="1" width="1"/> Heather Waters (redline_) Published Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:09:49 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/and-mine-the-borgias-deliciously-dark-and-twisted-series-finale http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/and-mine-the-borgias-deliciously-dark-and-twisted-series-finale http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/Ok8HKbgBFZg/wishinglisting-on-a-historical-star-a-historical-romance-starter-kit <p><img alt="In the Arms of the Heiress by Maggie Robinson" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/In-the-Arms-of-the-Heiress-by-Maggie-Robinson200x323.jpg" title="In the Arms of the Heiress by Maggie Robinson" />One thing I love about the romance genre is the amount of variety. I can literally go from reading a book featuring a shape-shifting vampire angel to a contemporary action-adventure story featuring a Navy SEAL.&nbsp; That being said, the Old Gray Lady of the genre, the reason the genre as we know it exists today, is because of historical romance.&nbsp;</p><p>Over the years, readers have delighted in romantic sagas that spanned generations and continents, to more precisely-focused stories that rarely stray out of the Regency-era ballroom.&nbsp; Historicals have ebbed and flowed, come and gone, but have always remained a steady presence in the genre.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s why I love historicals so much, and why I get frustrated when I read theories and impending predications that the subgenre is on its last legs.</p><p>I don&rsquo;t believe that, and nothing anybody says is going to sway me otherwise.&nbsp; But that doesn&rsquo;t mean I don&rsquo;t think that historicals couldn&rsquo;t do with a little renovation project; the foundation is still solid, but nobody wants to live in a house with an outdated kitchen, shag carpeting and not enough closet space.&nbsp; So just like any home improvement project, I start with a wish list.&nbsp; I kick the tires, look at samples, and dream of what could be.&nbsp; What&rsquo;s on my historical romance wish list? Let me give you the starter kit:</p><p>[First stop: Edwardian period...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/wishinglisting-on-a-historical-star-a-historical-romance-starter-kit">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Ok8HKbgBFZg:E_Srn7VNYWE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Ok8HKbgBFZg:E_Srn7VNYWE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Ok8HKbgBFZg:E_Srn7VNYWE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Ok8HKbgBFZg:E_Srn7VNYWE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Ok8HKbgBFZg:E_Srn7VNYWE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Ok8HKbgBFZg:E_Srn7VNYWE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Ok8HKbgBFZg:E_Srn7VNYWE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Ok8HKbgBFZg:E_Srn7VNYWE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Ok8HKbgBFZg:E_Srn7VNYWE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Ok8HKbgBFZg:E_Srn7VNYWE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Ok8HKbgBFZg:E_Srn7VNYWE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Ok8HKbgBFZg:E_Srn7VNYWE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/Ok8HKbgBFZg" height="1" width="1"/> Wendy the Super Librarian Published Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/wishinglisting-on-a-historical-star-a-historical-romance-starter-kit http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/wishinglisting-on-a-historical-star-a-historical-romance-starter-kit http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/W6MSH5-Qg4I/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-10-season-finale-recap-family-matters <p><img alt="Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones 3.10, Mhysa" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/GoT-310-Cersei225x311.jpg" title="Brother?" /><em>How is it already</em> Game of Thrones <em>finale time?!</em>&nbsp;<em>If you need to catch up, don&#39;t miss Regina Thorne&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/03/game-of-thrones-season-3-is-coming-a-reminder-of-season-2" target="_blank">Season 2 refresher</a>&nbsp;or her recap of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/04/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-1-recap-dressed-to-kill" target="_blank">episode 3.01</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/04/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-2-recap-out-of-the-frying-pan" target="_blank">episode 3.02</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/04/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-3-recap" target="_blank">episode 3.03</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/04/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-4-recap-free-your-slaves-and-the-rest-will-follow" target="_blank">episode 3.04</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/04/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-5-recap-kissed-by-secrets" target="_blank">episode 3.05</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-6-recap-the-midseason-lull" target="_blank">episode 3.06</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-7-recap-bearly-alive-bearly-in-love" target="_blank">episode 3.07</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-8-recap-dysfunctionally-erect" target="_blank">episode 3.08</a>.</em></p><p><em>And now, onto last night&#39;s episode 3.10, &ldquo;Mhysa.&ldquo;</em></p><p>***<strong>SPOILERS FOR THE GAME OF THRONES SEASON 3 FINALE</strong>***</p><p>It&rsquo;s hard to top the Red Wedding, so it&rsquo;s probably wise that &ldquo;Mhysa,&rdquo; the <em>Game of Thrones</em> season 3 finale, didn&rsquo;t even try. Instead, we got a kitchen sink episode that set the stage for next season while giving us closure on some of the plot arcs of this season.</p><p>We open at the Twins where the Red Wedding is still going on in full swing, with Frey soldiers slaughtering the remainder of Robb Stark&rsquo;s army. From somewhere, Sandor Clegane has found a horse and is riding away slowly with Arya Stark in front of him. Arya is still blessedly unconscious from when Sandor knocked her out, but unfortunately she wakes up in time to see the Freys parading Robb&rsquo;s decapitated body with the head of his direwolf sewn onto it, as they chant &ldquo;the King in the North.&rdquo; The look on Arya&rsquo;s face is pure devastation; she will remember this forever.</p><p>[If only we could all un-see that...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-10-season-finale-recap-family-matters">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=W6MSH5-Qg4I:saotZLoFul0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=W6MSH5-Qg4I:saotZLoFul0:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=W6MSH5-Qg4I:saotZLoFul0:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=W6MSH5-Qg4I:saotZLoFul0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=W6MSH5-Qg4I:saotZLoFul0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=W6MSH5-Qg4I:saotZLoFul0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=W6MSH5-Qg4I:saotZLoFul0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=W6MSH5-Qg4I:saotZLoFul0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=W6MSH5-Qg4I:saotZLoFul0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=W6MSH5-Qg4I:saotZLoFul0:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=W6MSH5-Qg4I:saotZLoFul0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=W6MSH5-Qg4I:saotZLoFul0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/W6MSH5-Qg4I" height="1" width="1"/> Regina Thorne Published Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:37:13 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-10-season-finale-recap-family-matters http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-10-season-finale-recap-family-matters http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/1wDl5kdAj2E/the-four-ps-of-self-published-books-popularity <p><img alt="Bared to You by Sylvia Day" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Bared-to-You-by-Sylvia-Day200x304.jpg" title="Bared to You by Sylvia Day" />The publishing world is reeling with how well some self-published e-books are doing. Previously unknown&mdash;much less published&mdash;names are skyrocketing to the top of the book sales charts, and hundreds of people are posting reviews to Amazon and Goodreads and writing the books up on their blogs.</p><p>But&mdash;why? Why are so many self-published e-books doing this well?</p><p>Well, as it happens, there are a few intriguing elements to consider:</p><p>&mdash;Price: Most of these e-books are priced below $3, some as low as .99 cents, so there is very little to risk by taking a chance on a new-to-you author.</p><p>&mdash;Pretty: Most of the e-book covers are striking in some way, and the cover image gives an indication of the content; a shirtless muscular man clutching a female on the cover means the book is a New Adult book. An image of an object means the content is erotic these days. Sometimes there are three people on the cover, which indicates a love triangle (if they&#39;re not touching) or a menage (if they are).</p><p>[What else makes self-published e-books so popular now?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/the-four-ps-of-self-published-books-popularity">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1wDl5kdAj2E:Ht52onbstTM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1wDl5kdAj2E:Ht52onbstTM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1wDl5kdAj2E:Ht52onbstTM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1wDl5kdAj2E:Ht52onbstTM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1wDl5kdAj2E:Ht52onbstTM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1wDl5kdAj2E:Ht52onbstTM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1wDl5kdAj2E:Ht52onbstTM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1wDl5kdAj2E:Ht52onbstTM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1wDl5kdAj2E:Ht52onbstTM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1wDl5kdAj2E:Ht52onbstTM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1wDl5kdAj2E:Ht52onbstTM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1wDl5kdAj2E:Ht52onbstTM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/1wDl5kdAj2E" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/the-four-ps-of-self-published-books-popularity http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/the-four-ps-of-self-published-books-popularity http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/OHiTg0IHxQQ/whos-the-most-obsessive-hero <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Jennifer-Armentrout-Obsession225.jpg" /></p><p>Current popular romance seems to be populated with a lot of heroes who are obsessed with the object of their affection&mdash;so much so, in fact, that sometimes the heroes veer on the scary side.</p><p>Today we ask&mdash;who&#39;s got your vote for the title of Most Obsessive Hero?</p><p>Suggestions might include, but are not limited to, Gideon Cross, Christian Grey, Damien Stark, and Dragos Cuelebre.</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/whos-the-most-obsessive-hero">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OHiTg0IHxQQ:fFNzPxnw98M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OHiTg0IHxQQ:fFNzPxnw98M:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=OHiTg0IHxQQ:fFNzPxnw98M:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OHiTg0IHxQQ:fFNzPxnw98M:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=OHiTg0IHxQQ:fFNzPxnw98M:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OHiTg0IHxQQ:fFNzPxnw98M:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OHiTg0IHxQQ:fFNzPxnw98M:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=OHiTg0IHxQQ:fFNzPxnw98M:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OHiTg0IHxQQ:fFNzPxnw98M:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OHiTg0IHxQQ:fFNzPxnw98M:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OHiTg0IHxQQ:fFNzPxnw98M:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=OHiTg0IHxQQ:fFNzPxnw98M:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/OHiTg0IHxQQ" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:23:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/whos-the-most-obsessive-hero http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/whos-the-most-obsessive-hero http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/1l4qvCJUcUI/shipping-sunday-angel-wesley-fred <p><em>Shipping Sunday is a new feature for us&mdash;it&#39;ll put the spotlight on favorite TV, movie, and book couples, a.k.a. &#39;ships. If you like it, we&#39;ll make it a regular piece, so do let us know what you think and/or if you have any requests for future posts!</em></p><p>Fans of <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/the-avengers-joss-whedon-reigning-king-of-angst" target="_blank">Joss Whedon</a>&#39;s <em>Angel </em>&#39;ship Wesley/Fred are being given a rare opportunity: the chance to see the actors who played them together again as a couple in a new project. Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof, once Winifred &ldquo;Fred&rdquo; Burkle and&nbsp; Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, are now on the big screen as Beatrice and Benedick in Joss Whedon&#39;s film adaptation of <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/03/a-first-look-at-joss-whedons-much-ado-about-nothing-trailer" target="_blank">Shakespeare&#39;s&nbsp;</a><em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/03/a-first-look-at-joss-whedons-much-ado-about-nothing-trailer" target="_blank">Much Ado About Nothing</a>, </em>which is in select U.S. theaters now.</p><p>In honor of the premiere of <em>Much Ado</em>, we thought we&#39;d take a trip down memory lane and celebrate some highlights of the Fred/Wesley &#39;ship. Enjoy, and please share your favorite pics/vids/fics in the comments!</p><p><img alt="Fred and Wesley kiss in Angel" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Angel-Wesley-Fred460x245.jpg" /></p><p>[+More Fred/Wesley goodness...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/shipping-sunday-angel-wesley-fred">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1l4qvCJUcUI:7B0hY9_4K8M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1l4qvCJUcUI:7B0hY9_4K8M:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1l4qvCJUcUI:7B0hY9_4K8M:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1l4qvCJUcUI:7B0hY9_4K8M:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1l4qvCJUcUI:7B0hY9_4K8M:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1l4qvCJUcUI:7B0hY9_4K8M:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1l4qvCJUcUI:7B0hY9_4K8M:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1l4qvCJUcUI:7B0hY9_4K8M:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1l4qvCJUcUI:7B0hY9_4K8M:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1l4qvCJUcUI:7B0hY9_4K8M:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1l4qvCJUcUI:7B0hY9_4K8M:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1l4qvCJUcUI:7B0hY9_4K8M:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/1l4qvCJUcUI" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Sun, 09 Jun 2013 18:08:18 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/shipping-sunday-angel-wesley-fred http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/shipping-sunday-angel-wesley-fred http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/xP9KluFULS0/history-hot-men-and-historical-hot-men-in-cathy-spellmans-historicals <p><img alt="So Many Partings by Cathy Cash Spellman" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/So-Many-Partings-by-Cathy-Cash-Spellman200x296.jpg" title="So Many Partings by Cathy Cash Spellman" />If you&rsquo;re unfamiliar with <a href="http://www.cathycashspellman.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Cathy Cash Spellman</strong></a>, you should know that she has a <em>lot</em> to say. She&rsquo;s a prolific columnist and blogger, writing movingly about a life that has seen more than its share of upheaval and heartbreak, along with moments of transcendent joy. She&rsquo;s an accomplished marketing guru whose clients include Revlon, Armani, Louis Vuitton, Bloomingdale&rsquo;s, and the Great American Chocolate Factory. She&rsquo;s an avid astrologer with an interest in alternative healing and metaphysics.</p><p>She has also written a novel or two.</p><p>Although Spellman is arguably best known for her thrillers, particularly <em>Bless the Child</em>, she wrote several sprawling family chronicles in the 1980s that should be in everyone&rsquo;s TBR pile. These novels are full of passion, adventure, romance, revenge, and above all history, from the barricades of Dublin during a historic rebellion to the dusty streets of Leadville, Colorado during the silver boom. They&rsquo;re what I call &ldquo;One More Chapter&rdquo; books&mdash;as in, you say &ldquo;It&rsquo;s late, but I need to see what happens! Just one more chapter.&rdquo; And the next thing you know, you&rsquo;re closing the book, it&rsquo;s 3 a.m., and you have no idea where the time went but you have no regrets.</p><p>[Don&#39;t stop, never stop...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/history-hot-men-and-historical-hot-men-in-cathy-spellmans-historicals">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=xP9KluFULS0:eKOT49gO1fU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=xP9KluFULS0:eKOT49gO1fU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=xP9KluFULS0:eKOT49gO1fU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=xP9KluFULS0:eKOT49gO1fU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=xP9KluFULS0:eKOT49gO1fU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=xP9KluFULS0:eKOT49gO1fU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=xP9KluFULS0:eKOT49gO1fU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=xP9KluFULS0:eKOT49gO1fU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=xP9KluFULS0:eKOT49gO1fU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=xP9KluFULS0:eKOT49gO1fU:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=xP9KluFULS0:eKOT49gO1fU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=xP9KluFULS0:eKOT49gO1fU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/xP9KluFULS0" height="1" width="1"/> Kate Nagy Published Sun, 09 Jun 2013 15:52:51 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/history-hot-men-and-historical-hot-men-in-cathy-spellmans-historicals http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/history-hot-men-and-historical-hot-men-in-cathy-spellmans-historicals http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/RroODRDw82M/friday-beefcake-a-tall-drink-of-waterfillion-hiddleston-and-more <p><img alt="Tom Hiddleston" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Tall-Beefcake-Hids.jpg" style=" height: 297px; width: 466px;" title="We'd love to cuddle under the umbrella with him!" />At Heroes and Heartbreakers, we have a bit of a soft spot for tall guys. We&#39;re sharing a few of our favorites, from Nathan Fillion (whose movie <em>Much Ado About Nothing</em> comes out today), Tom Hiddleston, Queens of the Stone Age frontman, Josh Homme, and Richard Armitage.</p><p>Do you like very tall men? Do you find you gravitate towards tall heroes, too? Share your favorites in the comments!</p><p>[+More tall drinks of water!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/friday-beefcake-a-tall-drink-of-waterfillion-hiddleston-and-more">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RroODRDw82M:GPEjeEwNC90:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RroODRDw82M:GPEjeEwNC90:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=RroODRDw82M:GPEjeEwNC90:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RroODRDw82M:GPEjeEwNC90:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=RroODRDw82M:GPEjeEwNC90:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RroODRDw82M:GPEjeEwNC90:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RroODRDw82M:GPEjeEwNC90:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=RroODRDw82M:GPEjeEwNC90:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RroODRDw82M:GPEjeEwNC90:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RroODRDw82M:GPEjeEwNC90:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RroODRDw82M:GPEjeEwNC90:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=RroODRDw82M:GPEjeEwNC90:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/RroODRDw82M" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/friday-beefcake-a-tall-drink-of-waterfillion-hiddleston-and-more http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/friday-beefcake-a-tall-drink-of-waterfillion-hiddleston-and-more http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/zH4912Z9BPM/a-touch-of-fae-recommendations-for-fans-of-lost-girls-fae <p><img alt="Lost Girl poster" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Lost-Girl-poster-cast225x313.jpg" />It&rsquo;s been <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/04/lost-girl-season-3-episode-13-recap" target="_blank">over a month now</a> since <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/tags/Lost%20Girl" target="_blank"><em>Lost Girl</em></a>&#39;s wacky gang of misfit Fae (as well as an awesome human or two) have delighted us with their banter, fighting bad guys, and just generally entertaining us with the twists and turns of life on the less-than-normal side of things. If you haven&rsquo;t started watching the series from the beginning again and maybe need a suggestion or two of what to read in the meantime, look no further!</p><p>Over the three seasons of <em>Lost Girl</em>, we&rsquo;ve seen all manner of Fae on the small screen. From Baba Yaga to Bacchus, from Sirens (Hale!) to the fearsome Garuda, the creators have brought us world myths and blended them into the lives of the unaligned Succubus and her cohorts. With season four on the horizon, we know there will be a lot more in store for us, but other than our suspicions about Odin, there is definitely still plenty of room for more mythological surprises yet to come. Here are a few more suggestions that can compare in their expansive content of supernatural beings:</p><p><u><strong>What to Read</strong></u></p><p>Charlaine Harris&rsquo;s <em>Dead Until Dark</em> (et al). Harriss&rsquo; insanely popular Sookie Stackhouse series has recently come to a close. For me, this is the best time to start a series, when you know there is a definitive end, plus you don&rsquo;t have to wait for the next book to release. Harris has taken lots of flack about how she ended the series, but as readers, what we should take from these books is the sheer entertainment value they offer and just go with it.</p><p>[More fae-filled recs...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/a-touch-of-fae-recommendations-for-fans-of-lost-girls-fae">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=zH4912Z9BPM:XRvhP28t2-0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=zH4912Z9BPM:XRvhP28t2-0:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=zH4912Z9BPM:XRvhP28t2-0:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=zH4912Z9BPM:XRvhP28t2-0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=zH4912Z9BPM:XRvhP28t2-0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=zH4912Z9BPM:XRvhP28t2-0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=zH4912Z9BPM:XRvhP28t2-0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=zH4912Z9BPM:XRvhP28t2-0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=zH4912Z9BPM:XRvhP28t2-0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=zH4912Z9BPM:XRvhP28t2-0:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=zH4912Z9BPM:XRvhP28t2-0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=zH4912Z9BPM:XRvhP28t2-0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/zH4912Z9BPM" height="1" width="1"/> Jackie Lester Published Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:30:40 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/a-touch-of-fae-recommendations-for-fans-of-lost-girls-fae http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/a-touch-of-fae-recommendations-for-fans-of-lost-girls-fae http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/H2OwNjsaYNk/first-look-stephanie-tyler-defiance-june-10-2013 <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="Defiance by Stephanie Tyler" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Defiance-by-Stephanie-Tyler225x356.jpg" title="Defiance by Stephanie Tyler" /></span></strong><strong>Stephanie Tyler</strong><br /><em><strong>Defiance</strong></em><br /><strong>Carina Press / June 10, 2013 / $3.99 digital</strong></p><blockquote>Rebelling against her legacy as the MC&#39;s princess, Tru Tennyson escaped the ruthless, male-dominated culture of the Defiance motorcycle club. Three years later, her newfound freedom is ripped away, thanks to a massive hybrid storm that killed millions. Now, in the post-Chaos world of semi-darkness and near-total anarchy where gangs rule, she discovers the dangerous world of Defiance may be the one thing that can keep her safe.<p>Tru is at the MC&#39;s mercy when she&#39;s dragged back to her former home&hellip;and to the only man she&#39;s ever pictured a future with. Caspar is the bastard son of the club&#39;s leader, her safe haven when life got rough&mdash;and her onetime lover the night she left. When Tru refuses to trade sex for power and be claimed by a rival club leader, she also dares to announce she wants Caspar instead, throwing the MC into turmoil.</p><p>Tru&#39;s brazen revolt could start a gang war and destroy the club from within. Now both Tru and the MC must wait for Caspar&#39;s response&hellip;and the inevitable fallout.</p></blockquote><p>Motorcycle clubs (MCs) and post-apocalyptic worlds are big in romance novels these days. <a href="http://stephanietyler.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Stephanie Tyler</strong></a> combines these two in her <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/01/the-best-new-adult-books-now-colleen-hoover-tammara-webber-and-more" target="_blank">New Adult romance</a> <em>Defiance</em>, a story about two people struggling to find their place in their new world and in each other&rsquo;s lives. Both grew up as part of the Defiance MC; Tru as the princess of the club, because of her father&rsquo;s role as the club&rsquo;s enforcer, and Caspar as the bastard son of the club&rsquo;s leader. Tru abandoned the club, tired of her abusive father&rsquo;s behavior, but returned after the Chaos, a cataclysmic weather event that destroyed much of the world&rsquo;s infrastructure, realizing that she had little chance of survival on her own.</p><p>[Can she carve out a better life with the Defiance MC?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-stephanie-tyler-defiance-june-10-2013">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=H2OwNjsaYNk:w8LwdQHnf4s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=H2OwNjsaYNk:w8LwdQHnf4s:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=H2OwNjsaYNk:w8LwdQHnf4s:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=H2OwNjsaYNk:w8LwdQHnf4s:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=H2OwNjsaYNk:w8LwdQHnf4s:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=H2OwNjsaYNk:w8LwdQHnf4s:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=H2OwNjsaYNk:w8LwdQHnf4s:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=H2OwNjsaYNk:w8LwdQHnf4s:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=H2OwNjsaYNk:w8LwdQHnf4s:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=H2OwNjsaYNk:w8LwdQHnf4s:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=H2OwNjsaYNk:w8LwdQHnf4s:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=H2OwNjsaYNk:w8LwdQHnf4s:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/H2OwNjsaYNk" height="1" width="1"/> Jennifer Porter Published Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-stephanie-tyler-defiance-june-10-2013 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-stephanie-tyler-defiance-june-10-2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/89JZGHGdmBg/midnights-captive-exclusive-excerpt <p><img alt="Midnight's Captive by Donna Grant" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/Grant-Midnight-Captive250x409.jpg" title="Midnight's Captive by Donna Grant" /><em>Laura Black knows her boss is a man of many secrets&mdash;haunted by some unknowable force, driven by some unspeakable destiny&mdash;and yet it makes her crave the devilishly handsome, roguishly charming Charon all the more. When she uncovers a betrayal that will send her into a world of magic, she turns to the only one she trusts: Charon. Even when she&rsquo;s in jeopardy of losing her heart&hellip;</em></p><p><em>Charon Bruce endures a relentless yearning to have Laura for his own, an ache he knows will never be fulfilled.&nbsp; After the town he has protected for centuries is targeted by a ruthless Druid, he has no choice but to reveal his secret to Laura. He must fight the deadliest foe he&rsquo;s ever known if he&rsquo;s to keep her safe.&nbsp; But when Laura is captured by his nemesis, he must choose between winning the battle of good versus evil&mdash;or losing the woman he loves&hellip;</em></p><p><strong>Get a sneak peek of the sixth book in Donna Grant&#39;s Dark Warriors series with an excerpt from Chapter 1 &amp; 2 of <em>Midnight&#39;s Captive </em>(part 1 of the e-serial starts June 11, full volume available July 2, 2013).</strong></p><p><strong>Chapter One</strong></p><p><em>Ferness, Scotland<br />May 2013</em></p><p>Charon slowed his car as he pulled off the main road into a strategically hidden drive. He eased his charcoal gray CL65 AMG Mercedes cautiously over the dirt road until he came to the rock-lined parking area behind the pub he owned.</p><p>He put the car in park and shut off the engine. For several minutes Charon sat silently, contemplating the previous hours.</p><p>The game had changed.</p><p>Again.</p><p>[Log in or register to read the full excerpt of <em>Midnight&#39;s Captive</em>]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/midnights-captive-exclusive-excerpt">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=89JZGHGdmBg:Nbam5dOoScE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=89JZGHGdmBg:Nbam5dOoScE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=89JZGHGdmBg:Nbam5dOoScE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=89JZGHGdmBg:Nbam5dOoScE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=89JZGHGdmBg:Nbam5dOoScE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=89JZGHGdmBg:Nbam5dOoScE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=89JZGHGdmBg:Nbam5dOoScE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=89JZGHGdmBg:Nbam5dOoScE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=89JZGHGdmBg:Nbam5dOoScE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=89JZGHGdmBg:Nbam5dOoScE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=89JZGHGdmBg:Nbam5dOoScE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=89JZGHGdmBg:Nbam5dOoScE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/89JZGHGdmBg" height="1" width="1"/> Donna Grant Excerpts Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/midnights-captive-exclusive-excerpt http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/midnights-captive-exclusive-excerpt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/nmzt-cfT7Oc/have-tech-will-travel-big-list-of-tech-based-time-travel-romances <p><img alt="Love Story 2050 film poster" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Love-Story-2050-225x325.jpg" title="Love Story 2050" />There are two general modes of travel in time travel romances: magic/paranormal (e.g., magic amulet; portal) and scientific devices (e.g., time machine). As a fan of science fiction romance, I gravitate toward the latter. The ability to manipulate the sands of time using mechanical devices is a fun concept. And placing that kind of technology in the context of a romance doubles the entertainment. Tech-based time traveling devices can provide a romance with all kinds of interesting challenges.</p><p>I&#39;m always on the lookout for new (or new-to-me) titles in this category. While perusing the <a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/05/sffh-link-post-for-2013-05-11/#more-76122" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror</a> links at SF Signal recently, one post about <a href="http://www.kindlepost.com/2013/05/guest-blogger-author-ce-murphy-on-time-travel-romances.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Time Travel Romances</a> by author C.E. Murphy caught my eye. I became excited and hoped I&#39;d learn about some new titles.</p><p>Here are the titles she mentions:</p><ul><li><em>The Time Traveler&#39;s Wife </em>by Audrey Niffenegger</li><li><em>Doctor Who </em>(the show)</li><li><em>The Doomsday Book</em> by Connie Willis</li><li>The Walker Papers series by C.E. Murphy (begins with 2005&#39;s <em>Urban Shaman</em>)</li></ul><p>Umm&hellip;wahh! I&#39;d expected quite a few more books. Perhaps C.E. Murphy and I have different definitions of a post involving &ldquo;time travel romances.&rdquo;</p><p>[What would you choose?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/have-tech-will-travel-big-list-of-tech-based-time-travel-romances">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=nmzt-cfT7Oc:GUSWXBFzzGc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=nmzt-cfT7Oc:GUSWXBFzzGc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=nmzt-cfT7Oc:GUSWXBFzzGc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=nmzt-cfT7Oc:GUSWXBFzzGc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=nmzt-cfT7Oc:GUSWXBFzzGc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=nmzt-cfT7Oc:GUSWXBFzzGc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=nmzt-cfT7Oc:GUSWXBFzzGc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=nmzt-cfT7Oc:GUSWXBFzzGc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=nmzt-cfT7Oc:GUSWXBFzzGc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=nmzt-cfT7Oc:GUSWXBFzzGc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=nmzt-cfT7Oc:GUSWXBFzzGc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=nmzt-cfT7Oc:GUSWXBFzzGc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/nmzt-cfT7Oc" height="1" width="1"/> Heather Massey Published Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/have-tech-will-travel-big-list-of-tech-based-time-travel-romances http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/have-tech-will-travel-big-list-of-tech-based-time-travel-romances http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/IWRgaQo9ThE/these-girls-are-women-orange-is-the-new-black-trailer <p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="239" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nryWkAaWjKg" width="425"></iframe></p><blockquote><p>I have been felt up, stalked, and called Taylor Swift.</p></blockquote><p>Netflix has been expanding its roster of originally produced series, and the trailer for their forthcoming <em>Orange Is the New Black</em> looks to be an excellent addition. It&#39;s based on the same-titled memoir by Piper Kerman, who spent a year in prison. While this isn&#39;t similar thematically to HBO&#39;s <em>Girls</em>, both series feature potentially unlikeable leads and supporting characters dealing with their respective situations in sometimes suspect ways.</p><p>Thank you, <em>Bridesmaids</em>, for blazoning this trail.</p><p><em>Orange is the New Black</em> debuts on Netflix on July 11.</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/these-girls-are-women-orange-is-the-new-black-trailer">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IWRgaQo9ThE:I3eQNxj0CQg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IWRgaQo9ThE:I3eQNxj0CQg:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=IWRgaQo9ThE:I3eQNxj0CQg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IWRgaQo9ThE:I3eQNxj0CQg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=IWRgaQo9ThE:I3eQNxj0CQg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IWRgaQo9ThE:I3eQNxj0CQg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IWRgaQo9ThE:I3eQNxj0CQg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=IWRgaQo9ThE:I3eQNxj0CQg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IWRgaQo9ThE:I3eQNxj0CQg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IWRgaQo9ThE:I3eQNxj0CQg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=IWRgaQo9ThE:I3eQNxj0CQg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=IWRgaQo9ThE:I3eQNxj0CQg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/IWRgaQo9ThE" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:02:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/these-girls-are-women-orange-is-the-new-black-trailer http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/these-girls-are-women-orange-is-the-new-black-trailer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/rLwPwopcmrE/good-writing-great-stories-literary-fiction-meets-paranormal-romance <p><img alt="A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/A-Discovery-of-Witches-by-Deborah-Harkness200x303.jpg" title="A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness" />Like the vampire on the prowl for fresh prey, it seems that the paranormal element is on a search for new territory. The hunt is closing in on the Literary Fiction Genre. Is this shift a result of fiction running out of places to go? Or rather is it born out of the desire to get new readers from the Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance genres into Lit Fic? At any rate, the escapism of the supernatural is becoming more desirable to mostly traditional regular fiction readers (not genre readers). People are looking for a way to escape the day to day drudgery of &ldquo;real life&rdquo; into worlds of the unknown, the urban legend and others while demanding a more challenging read. Here are some books that are blurring the lines between literary fiction and paranormal romance:</p><p><strong><em>A Discovery of Witches</em> by <a href="http://deborahharkness.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Deborah Harkness</a></strong></p><blockquote><p>Deep in the stacks of Oxford&#39;s Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research. Descended from an old and distinguished line of witches, Diana wants nothing to do with sorcery; so after a furtive glance and a few notes, she banishes the book to the stacks. But her discovery sets a fantastical underworld stirring, and a horde of daemons, witches, and vampires soon descends upon the library. Diana has stumbled upon a coveted treasure lost for centuries-and she is the only creature who can break its spell.</p></blockquote><p>Much of the story takes place in France and Oxford&#39;s Bodleian Library. A vampire and witch meet, and what ensues is a <em>Da Vinci Code</em> meets <em>Practical Magic </em>sort of story.<em>&nbsp; Discovery of</em> <em>Witches</em> concerns a magical text and the battle of who will eventually possess it. Harkness draws elements of esoterica, wine making and even gemology into the story, something I found interesting, but at some points does make the story read a bit text bookish. Her main characters are stubborn, egocentric and not particularly likeable, but those elements are what makes this book stand out and place it in the lit fic arena.</p><p>[But wait, there&#39;s more!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/good-writing-great-stories-literary-fiction-meets-paranormal-romance">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=rLwPwopcmrE:Co_pKHoeqaw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=rLwPwopcmrE:Co_pKHoeqaw:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=rLwPwopcmrE:Co_pKHoeqaw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=rLwPwopcmrE:Co_pKHoeqaw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=rLwPwopcmrE:Co_pKHoeqaw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=rLwPwopcmrE:Co_pKHoeqaw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=rLwPwopcmrE:Co_pKHoeqaw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=rLwPwopcmrE:Co_pKHoeqaw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=rLwPwopcmrE:Co_pKHoeqaw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=rLwPwopcmrE:Co_pKHoeqaw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=rLwPwopcmrE:Co_pKHoeqaw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=rLwPwopcmrE:Co_pKHoeqaw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/rLwPwopcmrE" height="1" width="1"/> Synde Korman Published Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/good-writing-great-stories-literary-fiction-meets-paranormal-romance http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/good-writing-great-stories-literary-fiction-meets-paranormal-romance http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/UkvxC3oS4dI/exclusive-cover-reveal-donna-grant-dark-heat-the-dark-kings-stories <p><img alt="Dark Heat by Donna Grant" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Dark-Heat-by-Donna-Grant250x409.jpg" title="Dark Heat by Donna Grant" />Today we&#39;re pleased to reveal the cover for <a href="http://www.donnagrant.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Donna Grant</strong></a>&#39;s forthcoming <em>Dark Heat</em>, which gathers the three previously e-published <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/exclusive-cover-reveal-donna-grant-dark-kings-series" target="_blank">Dark Kings novellas</a>, and publishes them in print along with a brand-new story, &ldquo;Passion&#39;s Claim.&rdquo; Here are the details about this new Donna Grant collection:</p><blockquote><p><strong>The Dark Kings are sworn to defend an ancient legacy of dragon magic. But their fiercest challenge lies in the modern world, where a woman&rsquo;s love conquers all. <em>These are their stories</em>.</strong></p><p><strong><em>Dark Craving</em></strong></p><p>Fueled by ancient magic&mdash;and enflamed by human desire&mdash;the Dragon King known as Hal can transform himself at will into one of the legendary winged creatures he is sworn to protect. But one thing he can never do is fall in love...with a mortal woman.</p><p><strong><em>Night&rsquo;s Awakening</em></strong></p><p>The dark immortal warriors were never meant to experience human desire. But when Guy, a member of an ancient order of shape-shifting warriors, meets Elena&mdash;a mere mortal whose beauty and blind ambition shake him to his core&mdash;all bets are off...</p><p><strong><em>Dawn&rsquo;s Desire</em></strong></p><p>For centuries, the Dragon Kings have hidden their shapeshifting powers from the world. But when a mortal enemy threatens to expose them, the warrior Banan must leave his secret lair in the Highlands to risk his life for the dragons within&mdash;and resist the temptations of human love.</p><p><strong><em>Passion&rsquo;s Claim </em>(bonus story!)</strong></p><p>Banan has been waiting for centuries for someone like Jane. Guy knew it was love at first sight with Elena. Can two Dragon Kings commit to two immortal women for eternity? Or does fate have something else in store?</p></blockquote><p><em>Dark Heat</em> will be out on December 31, 2013.</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/exclusive-cover-reveal-donna-grant-dark-heat-the-dark-kings-stories">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=UkvxC3oS4dI:c0x9ilf35Oo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=UkvxC3oS4dI:c0x9ilf35Oo:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=UkvxC3oS4dI:c0x9ilf35Oo:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=UkvxC3oS4dI:c0x9ilf35Oo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=UkvxC3oS4dI:c0x9ilf35Oo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=UkvxC3oS4dI:c0x9ilf35Oo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=UkvxC3oS4dI:c0x9ilf35Oo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=UkvxC3oS4dI:c0x9ilf35Oo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=UkvxC3oS4dI:c0x9ilf35Oo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=UkvxC3oS4dI:c0x9ilf35Oo:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=UkvxC3oS4dI:c0x9ilf35Oo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=UkvxC3oS4dI:c0x9ilf35Oo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/UkvxC3oS4dI" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:06:38 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/exclusive-cover-reveal-donna-grant-dark-heat-the-dark-kings-stories http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/exclusive-cover-reveal-donna-grant-dark-heat-the-dark-kings-stories http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/Zntp66xCEOM/author-cat-devon-and-editor-jennifer-enderlin-discuss-vampires-heroes-death-sex-and-chocolate <p><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><img alt="Sleeping with the Entity by Cat Devon" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Sleeping-with-the-Entity-by-Cat-Devon225x367.jpg" title="Sleeping with the Entity by Cat Devon" /></span></em><em>We&#39;re delighted to welcome author Cat Devon, whose </em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/04/sleeping-with-the-entity-exclusive-excerpt" target="_blank">Sleeping with the Entity</a><em> is out this week, and her St. Martin&#39;s Press editor, Jennifer Enderlin, here to talk&mdash;in their words&mdash;about &ldquo;vampire powers, favorite hero traits, death, sex, and chocolate.&rdquo; Thanks, Cat and Jennifer</em>!</p><p><strong>From Jennifer Enderlin to Cat Devon</strong>:</p><p>Who are your favorite vampire heroes and who are your favorite non-vampire heroes (who embody vampiric qualities)? I have to say, as a reader, Maxim deWinter from <em>Rebecca</em> always seemed like the perfect vampire hero: gloomy old house, restless, traveled the world, mysterious first wife, weird staff (Mrs. Danvers). What about you, Cat?</p><p><strong>Cat:</strong> For me, it would be Mr. Rochester from <em>Jane Eyre</em> who has to keep a terrible secret, just as vampires keep their dangerous secrets. Again, you have the spooky house with strange sounds and the suspicious comings and goings of the servants. I&#39;d also add Sebastian Ballister from Loretta Chase&#39;s <em>Lord of Scoundrels</em>. Here is a man who embodies everything dangerous and bad. Favorite vampire heroes would be those from TV&mdash;actor Ian Somerhalder in <em>The Vampire Diaries </em>(talk about a bad vampire but oooh so sexy and capable of love, we hope!) and actor Alex O&#39;Laughlin in <em>Moonlight</em> (a vampire with a conscience, out to right the wrongs in the world and protect his soul mate....oh yeah!). Both are very hot!</p><p>[Yep, vampires still do it for us...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/author-cat-devon-and-editor-jennifer-enderlin-discuss-vampires-heroes-death-sex-and-chocolate">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Zntp66xCEOM:4PThkSqzmbY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Zntp66xCEOM:4PThkSqzmbY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Zntp66xCEOM:4PThkSqzmbY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Zntp66xCEOM:4PThkSqzmbY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Zntp66xCEOM:4PThkSqzmbY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Zntp66xCEOM:4PThkSqzmbY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Zntp66xCEOM:4PThkSqzmbY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Zntp66xCEOM:4PThkSqzmbY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Zntp66xCEOM:4PThkSqzmbY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Zntp66xCEOM:4PThkSqzmbY:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Zntp66xCEOM:4PThkSqzmbY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Zntp66xCEOM:4PThkSqzmbY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/Zntp66xCEOM" height="1" width="1"/> Cat Devon Published Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/author-cat-devon-and-editor-jennifer-enderlin-discuss-vampires-heroes-death-sex-and-chocolate http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/author-cat-devon-and-editor-jennifer-enderlin-discuss-vampires-heroes-death-sex-and-chocolate http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/JT9Tvh07u8A/now-win-this-the-day-after-dark-sweepstakes <p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/dayafterdarksweepstakes" target="_blank"><strong>Log in or register to enter for a chance to a special swag bag from Sylvia Day&#39;s Day After Dark: <em>Entwined with You</em> Gala!</strong></a></p><p><img align="left" alt="Entwined with You by Sylvia Day" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/sweepstakes/Day-Entwined-with-You200x301.jpg" title="Entwined with You by Sylvia Day" /></p><p>Heroes and Heartbreakers was lucky enough to attend a Sylvia Day event held in New York City this week&mdash;and we also got a few minutes to speak with Sylvia about what&#39;s next in the Crossfire series, and how her vision of Gideon and Eva came about.</p><p>The series was inspired when she was writing her historical <em>Seven Years to Sin</em>:</p><blockquote><p>&ldquo;In [<em>Seven Years to Sin</em>], Jessica was the survivor of childhood abuse, and the hero was emotionally abused by his stepfather, so they come into this relationship very damaged...I got about three quarters of the way through the book, and in that case, that history of feeling unwelcomed and unwanted and unloved as children is what drew them together as their point of reference. But as I was writing it and doing research on it, I realized the opposite happens. A lot of abuse survivors find each other, but their relationships are very difficult, because they&rsquo;ve both come up with different coping mechanisms and they have to to learn how to adapt to survive. But if I&rsquo;m gonna do this topic justice, and talk about two people coming into a relationship with so much damage, I need to do it realistically, so as soon as <em>Seven Years to Sin</em> was finished, I started working on this...at first, I just took Alastair and Jessica and put them into modern-day New York City...it took a couple chapters before they became their own people.&rdquo;</p></blockquote><p>Later on, Sylvia shared some news about the series: fans won&#39;t have to wait long for the fourth book in the series, and she solicited title suggestions as well. The <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/04/sylvia-days-crossfire-series-optioned-for-television" target="_blank">series has been optioned for television</a>, and her own fan casting for Gideon would be Henry Cavill. The producers are fans of the series themselves, and have no intention of changing things the fans won&#39;t like.</p><p>We also managed to snag a couple of extra goody bags just for you!</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/dayafterdarksweepstakes" target="_blank"><strong>Log in or register to enter for a chance to win!</strong></a></p><p><span style="font-size:11px;">NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.&nbsp;A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. You must be 18 or older and a legal resident of the 50 United States or D.C. to enter.&nbsp;Promotion begins June 6, 2013, at 11:20 am ET, and ends June 13, 2013, 11:29 am ET. Void in Puerto Rico and wherever prohibited by law.<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/page/official-rules-the-day-after-dark-sweepstakes" style="text-decoration: none; " target="_blank"> Click here for&nbsp;details and official rules</a>.</span></p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/now-win-this-the-day-after-dark-sweepstakes">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JT9Tvh07u8A:3xK0XajO3HI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JT9Tvh07u8A:3xK0XajO3HI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=JT9Tvh07u8A:3xK0XajO3HI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JT9Tvh07u8A:3xK0XajO3HI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=JT9Tvh07u8A:3xK0XajO3HI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JT9Tvh07u8A:3xK0XajO3HI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JT9Tvh07u8A:3xK0XajO3HI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=JT9Tvh07u8A:3xK0XajO3HI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JT9Tvh07u8A:3xK0XajO3HI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JT9Tvh07u8A:3xK0XajO3HI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JT9Tvh07u8A:3xK0XajO3HI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=JT9Tvh07u8A:3xK0XajO3HI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/JT9Tvh07u8A" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/now-win-this-the-day-after-dark-sweepstakes http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/now-win-this-the-day-after-dark-sweepstakes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/kRkk_9DPNvs/larissa-ione-reveals-cover-for-reaver <p><img align="left" alt="Reaver by Larissa Ione" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Ione-Reaver200x320.jpg" title="Reaver by Larissa Ione" />Moments ago on her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=636783673017807&amp;set=a.176866179009561.47238.175365775826268&amp;type=1&amp;theater" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Facebook page, Larissa Ione</a> revealed the cover for <em>Reaver</em>, the next book in her Demonica series. She also shared the blurb:</p><blockquote><p>WARRIOR OF HEAVEN</p><p>Reaver is an angel with a past, a record, and a less-than-heavenly attitude. Powerful enough to fight alongside the fiercest battle angels-and crazy enough to risk his wings on a one-way mission to hell-he&#39;s agreed to go where no angel has ever gone before . . . to steal the most seductive and dangerous prize of Satan himself.</p></blockquote><p>Read the rest at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=636783673017807&amp;set=a.176866179009561.47238.175365775826268&amp;type=1&amp;theater" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Larissa&#39;s Facebook page</a>!</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/larissa-ione-reveals-cover-for-reaver">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kRkk_9DPNvs:DsMJS3hWtv4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kRkk_9DPNvs:DsMJS3hWtv4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=kRkk_9DPNvs:DsMJS3hWtv4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kRkk_9DPNvs:DsMJS3hWtv4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=kRkk_9DPNvs:DsMJS3hWtv4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kRkk_9DPNvs:DsMJS3hWtv4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kRkk_9DPNvs:DsMJS3hWtv4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=kRkk_9DPNvs:DsMJS3hWtv4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kRkk_9DPNvs:DsMJS3hWtv4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kRkk_9DPNvs:DsMJS3hWtv4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kRkk_9DPNvs:DsMJS3hWtv4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=kRkk_9DPNvs:DsMJS3hWtv4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/kRkk_9DPNvs" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:23:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/larissa-ione-reveals-cover-for-reaver http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/larissa-ione-reveals-cover-for-reaver http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/kSbLGBrcyrw/first-look-ruthie-knox-flirting-with-disaster- <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="Flirting with Disaster by Ruthie Knox" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Flirting-with-Disaster-by-Ruthie-Knox225x305.jpg" title="Flirting with Disaster by Ruthie Knox" /></span></strong><strong>Ruthie Knox</strong><br /><em><strong>Flirting with Disaster</strong></em><br /><strong>Loveswept / June 10, 2013 / $9.99 print, $3.99 digital</strong></p><blockquote><p>Fresh out of a fiasco of a marriage, Katie Clark has retreated to her hometown to start over. The new Katie is sophisticated, cavalier, and hell-bent on kicking butt at her job in her brother&rsquo;s security firm. But on her first assignment&mdash;digging up the truth about the stalker threatening a world-famous singer-songwriter&mdash;Katie must endure the silent treatment from a stern but sexy partner who doesn&rsquo;t want her help . . . or her company.</p></blockquote><blockquote><p>Sean Owens knows that if he opens his mouth around Katie, she&rsquo;ll instantly remember him as the geeky kid who sat behind her in high school. Silence is golden, but he can&rsquo;t keep quiet forever, not with Katie stampeding through their investigation. It&rsquo;s time for Sean to step up and take control of the case, and his decade-old crush. If he can break through Katie&rsquo;s newfound independence, they just might find they make a perfect team&mdash;on the road, on the job, and in bed.</p></blockquote><p><em>Flirting With Disaster</em> is the third book in <a href="http://www.ruthieknox.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Ruthie Knox</strong></a>&rsquo;s Camelot series. Our heroine, Katie, is the sister of Caleb from <em>Along Came Trouble</em>. She is a little lost, a little aimless and a lot determined. She has convinced Caleb to allow her to help with a job, one that involves fieldwork instead of paperwork.</p><blockquote><p>This job was the big chance she&rsquo;d been waiting for-her opportunity to get out of Camelot and see new places, rub elbows with interesting people, become somebody independent of Levi and Caleb. Her own somebody.</p></blockquote><p>[Enter Sean Owens...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-ruthie-knox-flirting-with-disaster-">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kSbLGBrcyrw:yyxsmNLLSFA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kSbLGBrcyrw:yyxsmNLLSFA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=kSbLGBrcyrw:yyxsmNLLSFA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kSbLGBrcyrw:yyxsmNLLSFA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=kSbLGBrcyrw:yyxsmNLLSFA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kSbLGBrcyrw:yyxsmNLLSFA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kSbLGBrcyrw:yyxsmNLLSFA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=kSbLGBrcyrw:yyxsmNLLSFA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kSbLGBrcyrw:yyxsmNLLSFA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kSbLGBrcyrw:yyxsmNLLSFA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=kSbLGBrcyrw:yyxsmNLLSFA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=kSbLGBrcyrw:yyxsmNLLSFA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/kSbLGBrcyrw" height="1" width="1"/> Jennifer Myers Published Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-ruthie-knox-flirting-with-disaster- http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-ruthie-knox-flirting-with-disaster- http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/j6QvDaQULqk/do-you-read-different-genres-with-different-expectations <p><img class="blog-pic-left-align "alt="" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/dickens-great-expectations225.jpg" />Twitter is frequently the inspiration for discussion posts, and today it was author <a href="https://twitter.com/IsobelCarr" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Isobel Carr</a> providing the inspiration&mdash;she tweeted, &ldquo;I don&#39;t read UF [urban fantasy] the way I do Romance. Many UFs I like, I wld not enjoy w/my rom glasses on.&rdquo;</p><p>Does this apply to you? Do you read genres other than romance with different expectations than you do your romance books?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/do-you-read-different-genres-with-different-expectations">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j6QvDaQULqk:ul33LvuLJo4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j6QvDaQULqk:ul33LvuLJo4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=j6QvDaQULqk:ul33LvuLJo4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j6QvDaQULqk:ul33LvuLJo4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=j6QvDaQULqk:ul33LvuLJo4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j6QvDaQULqk:ul33LvuLJo4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j6QvDaQULqk:ul33LvuLJo4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=j6QvDaQULqk:ul33LvuLJo4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j6QvDaQULqk:ul33LvuLJo4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j6QvDaQULqk:ul33LvuLJo4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j6QvDaQULqk:ul33LvuLJo4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=j6QvDaQULqk:ul33LvuLJo4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/j6QvDaQULqk" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:04:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/do-you-read-different-genres-with-different-expectations http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/do-you-read-different-genres-with-different-expectations http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/khvYG5EIy-c/my-body-is-a-cage-the-borgias-cesare-lucrezia <p><img alt="Lucrezia and Cesare Borgia in The Borgias" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Borgias-Season-3-460x243.jpg" /></p><p><em>(This post contains <strong>SPOILERS</strong> for <strong>Showtime&#39;s </strong></em><strong>The Borgias</strong>, <em>which, it was just announced, <a href="http://tvline.com/2013/06/05/the-borgias-cancelled-showtime/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">will end its run with its Season 3 finale&mdash;now being dubbed the series finale&mdash;on June 16</a>.)</em></p><p>So there&#39;s this TV couple. The characters are beautiful and fascinating individually, but together they steal the show. These two are best friends and trust each other above all, and with good reason&mdash;though highly ambitious and far from angelic, they never lie to each other and are arguably their best selves together^*. When it seems like the whole world is against them, they always have each other. They may just have the healthiest relationship on the show. There&#39;s no question they&#39;re soulmates, if epically star-crossed. Plus, have I mentioned they&#39;re beautiful, and have a metric ton of chemistry?</p><p>Sounds awesome, right? There&#39;s just one problem. Their names are Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia. They&#39;re siblings.</p><p>Yeahhhhh. Awkward.&nbsp;Let&#39;s get controversial, shall we?</p><p>I&#39;ve shipped some crazy stuff in the past&mdash;almost in-laws (Starbuck and Apollo in <em>Battlestar Galactica</em>), master assassins (Black Widow/Hawkeye in <em>The Avengers</em>), prison inmate and drug-addict doctor (Michael/Sara in <em>Prison Break</em>), alien and human (Max/Liz in <em>Roswell</em>), etc. etc.&mdash;but <em>The Borgias</em>&#39; Cesare/Lucrezia probably takes the cake.</p><p>[You don&#39;t say?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/my-body-is-a-cage-the-borgias-cesare-lucrezia">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=khvYG5EIy-c:N_6BlyaY78o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=khvYG5EIy-c:N_6BlyaY78o:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=khvYG5EIy-c:N_6BlyaY78o:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=khvYG5EIy-c:N_6BlyaY78o:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=khvYG5EIy-c:N_6BlyaY78o:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=khvYG5EIy-c:N_6BlyaY78o:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=khvYG5EIy-c:N_6BlyaY78o:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=khvYG5EIy-c:N_6BlyaY78o:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=khvYG5EIy-c:N_6BlyaY78o:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=khvYG5EIy-c:N_6BlyaY78o:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=khvYG5EIy-c:N_6BlyaY78o:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=khvYG5EIy-c:N_6BlyaY78o:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/khvYG5EIy-c" height="1" width="1"/> Heather Waters (redline_) Published Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:28:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/my-body-is-a-cage-the-borgias-cesare-lucrezia http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/my-body-is-a-cage-the-borgias-cesare-lucrezia http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/1DV1UJWAiv4/kresley-cole-shares-an-excerpt-of-macrieve <p><img alt="MacRieve by Kresley Cole" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/MacRieve-250.jpg" title="MacRieve by Kresley Cole" />Earlier today, <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/tags/Kresley%20Cole" target="_blank"><strong>Kresley Cole</strong></a> answered fan questions during an <a href="http://xoxoafterdark.com/2013/05/16/live-chat-with-kresley-cole-weds-65-2pm-est/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">XOXO After Dark author chat</a>. As well as answering questions, Cole also shared an excerpt of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/07/kresley-cole-announces-next-title-in-immortals-after-dark-series-macrieve" target="_blank"><em>MacRieve</em></a>. Cole said she tried to keep the excerpt as PG as possible because (wait for it) <em>MacRieve</em> will be the hottest Immortals After Dark book yet.</p><blockquote><p>This was probably a bad idea, but at that moment, Chloe couldn&rsquo;t recall a single reason why. If MacRieve stopped this, she was fairly certain she&rsquo;d slide-tackle him.</p><p>He didn&rsquo;t stop. His lips were hot on her, scorching a line up her neck.</p><p>Excitement drummed through her, her dread completely absent, her senses overloaded. She smelled the rain, the blossoms, his heady scent. How could he possibly smell so good?</p><p>When his clever tongue flicked rain from her damp skin, she wondered, <i>Why fight this?</i></p><p>She was as eager as she&rsquo;d been during her first pro soccer game. She hadn&rsquo;t let anything stand in her way that day, just surrendered completely to the thrill, the adrenaline, the driving need to experience everything.</p><p>She would do the same with this.<i> Don&rsquo;t be a coward. See where this path leads you.</i></p><p>So far this path was making her question how she&rsquo;d been living without MacRieve her entire life.</p></blockquote><p>Click through to read <a href="http://xoxoafterdark.com/2013/06/05/exclusive-macrieve-excerpt-from-kresley-cole/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">the rest of the excerpt. </a></p><p>On her <a href="http://kresleycole.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">website</a>, Cole also <a href="http://kresleycole.com/downloads/Kresley-Cole-MacRieve-Excerpt.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">offered the first three chapters of the book</a> prior to the July 2 release of <em>MacRieve</em>. What are you looking forward to most about <em>MacRieve</em>? What do you think of the excerpts? More importantly, what do you think Chloe <em>is</em>?</p><p><strong>Update:</strong> Cole also let it slip during the chat that the next Immortals After Dark book will be out in early 2014, who will you be looking forward to reading next in the series? Also, I got a chance to ask Cole if there will be more diverse heroines outside of the Valkyrie in the series and she said &ldquo;MacRieve has new heroine.&rdquo; What other creatures are you looking to see in IAD?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/kresley-cole-shares-an-excerpt-of-macrieve">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1DV1UJWAiv4:Q45Jg4W65wA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1DV1UJWAiv4:Q45Jg4W65wA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1DV1UJWAiv4:Q45Jg4W65wA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1DV1UJWAiv4:Q45Jg4W65wA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1DV1UJWAiv4:Q45Jg4W65wA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1DV1UJWAiv4:Q45Jg4W65wA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1DV1UJWAiv4:Q45Jg4W65wA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1DV1UJWAiv4:Q45Jg4W65wA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1DV1UJWAiv4:Q45Jg4W65wA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1DV1UJWAiv4:Q45Jg4W65wA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1DV1UJWAiv4:Q45Jg4W65wA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1DV1UJWAiv4:Q45Jg4W65wA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/1DV1UJWAiv4" height="1" width="1"/> Jennifer Proffitt Published Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:15:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/kresley-cole-shares-an-excerpt-of-macrieve http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/kresley-cole-shares-an-excerpt-of-macrieve http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/3KhztI1Cf0w/louise-plummers-minnesota-love-in-the-unlikely-romance-of-kate-bjorkman <p><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><img alt="The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman by Louise Plummer" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/The-Unlikely-Romance-of-Kate-Bjorkman-by-Louise-Plummer200x310.jpg" title="The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman by Louise Plummer" /></span></i><i>We&rsquo;re reading our way across America&hellip;one romance at a time.</i></p><p><b>Minnesota: <i>The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman</i> by Louise Plummer</b></p><p>Once perhaps best known to generations of young women as the frigid state from whence Brandon and Brenda Walsh migrated to warmer, <i>90210</i>-ian climes, Minnesota&mdash;thirty-second state to join the Union&mdash;actually has much else to recommend it. There are its fabled Twin Cities: Minneapolis and St. Paul. Its valiant sporting teams: the Timberwolves, Vikings, Wild and Twins (not to mention the Mighty Ducks). And its colorful elected representatives: a pro wrestler as Governor and a comedian in Congress. Plus, being so far north, it&rsquo;s a great home for vampires, or so suggest MaryJanice Davidson and Tate Hallaway, among others. People of renown hailing from the North Star State (apart from the aforementioned Davidson and Hallaway) include F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jessica Biel, Terry Gilliam, the Coen Brothers, Bob Dylan, Charles M. Schultz and Marshall from <i>How I Met Your Mother</i>. It is also home&mdash;for the more geekily inclined amongst you&mdash;to <i>MST3K</i>, and that is certainly worth a hell of a lot of Something.</p><p>But here we deal with a geek of an entirely different&mdash;or at least, mostly different&mdash;kind, in Louise Plummer&rsquo;s truly excellent 1995 Young Adult novel, <i>The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman</i>.</p><p>[What makes it so great?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/louise-plummers-minnesota-love-in-the-unlikely-romance-of-kate-bjorkman">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3KhztI1Cf0w:TU87xvVlEVU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3KhztI1Cf0w:TU87xvVlEVU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=3KhztI1Cf0w:TU87xvVlEVU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3KhztI1Cf0w:TU87xvVlEVU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=3KhztI1Cf0w:TU87xvVlEVU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3KhztI1Cf0w:TU87xvVlEVU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3KhztI1Cf0w:TU87xvVlEVU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=3KhztI1Cf0w:TU87xvVlEVU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3KhztI1Cf0w:TU87xvVlEVU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3KhztI1Cf0w:TU87xvVlEVU:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3KhztI1Cf0w:TU87xvVlEVU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=3KhztI1Cf0w:TU87xvVlEVU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/3KhztI1Cf0w" height="1" width="1"/> Rachel Hyland Published Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/louise-plummers-minnesota-love-in-the-unlikely-romance-of-kate-bjorkman http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/louise-plummers-minnesota-love-in-the-unlikely-romance-of-kate-bjorkman http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/iUGo8Rt_F-0/my-big-fat-demon-slayer-wedding-exclusive-excerpt <p><img alt="My Big Fat Demon Slayer Wedding by Angie Fox" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/Demon-Slayer-Wedding-250.jpg" title="My Big Fat Demon Slayer Wedding by Angie Fox" /><em>Lizzie Brown is about to have the destination wedding of her dreams. But as this former preschool teacher knows, being a demon slayer makes everything more complicated. The vengeful Earl of Hell is still on her tail. And now it seems that one of the guests at the eccentric, seaside mansion is possessed and trying to kill her. Maybe she should just elope.</em></p><p><em>The groom, studly shape-shifting griffin Dimitri Kallinikos, vows to protect her at all costs. Yet even he is acting suspiciously. And minions of the devil are popping up everywhere. Now Lizzie must protect her socialite mother, her Greek in-laws and her grandmother&rsquo;s gang of biker witches &ndash; all of whom are convinced they know what&rsquo;s best for her, and her big day. As the wedding draws closer, Lizzie has to learn who is behind the attacks &ndash; and fast &ndash; or risk losing everyone she loves.</em></p><p><strong>Get a sneak peek of Angie Fox&#39;s <em>My Big Fat Demon Slayer Wedding</em> (available July 1, 2013) with an excerpt of Chapter 1. </strong></p><p><br /><strong>Chapter 1</strong></p><p>My biker witch grandma shut down her Harley and pulled off her helmet, letting loose a tangle of long, gray hair. &ldquo;You need help, Lizzie Brown,&rdquo; she said, as if I were the one sporting a flaming skull do-rag, rhinestone-studded riding glasses, and a brand new <em>Ride it Like You Stole It</em> tattoo.</p><p>I snorted. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not the one making us late.&rdquo; I pried off my riding gloves as she blithely hitched her leg over her motorcycle. Shaking my head, I watched her amble toward a bohemian farmers market set up on the side of a country road. It was as if it sprang from the earth between two California strawberry fields.</p><p>[Log in or register to read the full excerpt of <em>My Big Fat Demon Slayer Wedding</em>...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/my-big-fat-demon-slayer-wedding-exclusive-excerpt">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iUGo8Rt_F-0:jLrh1zYHEtg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iUGo8Rt_F-0:jLrh1zYHEtg:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=iUGo8Rt_F-0:jLrh1zYHEtg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iUGo8Rt_F-0:jLrh1zYHEtg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=iUGo8Rt_F-0:jLrh1zYHEtg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iUGo8Rt_F-0:jLrh1zYHEtg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iUGo8Rt_F-0:jLrh1zYHEtg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=iUGo8Rt_F-0:jLrh1zYHEtg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iUGo8Rt_F-0:jLrh1zYHEtg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iUGo8Rt_F-0:jLrh1zYHEtg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iUGo8Rt_F-0:jLrh1zYHEtg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=iUGo8Rt_F-0:jLrh1zYHEtg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/iUGo8Rt_F-0" height="1" width="1"/> Angie Fox Excerpts Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/my-big-fat-demon-slayer-wedding-exclusive-excerpt http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/my-big-fat-demon-slayer-wedding-exclusive-excerpt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/x2r_quBQTJI/tell-me-what-to-do-top-5-bossiest-romance-heroes <p><img alt="Safe Word by Teresa Mummert" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Safe-Word-by-Teresa-Mummert200x297.jpg" title="Safe Word by Teresa Mummert" />Alpha heroes in romance novels have major appeal to readers. They are often overprotective, in total control and as a result, bossy. It is their way or the highway. One doesn&rsquo;t have to look hard to find examples of these types of characters, and I admit that I actively search these heroes out. I enjoy their tendency to take charge, but love watching them meet their matches.&nbsp; Here is a peek at five of the bossiest heroes that I&rsquo;ve had the good fortune to come across.</p><p>Colt, from <strong>Teresa Mummert</strong>&rsquo;s <em>Safe Word</em>, is an ex-cop who did time for actions while on the force. He is making his way up the criminal ladder. But one night, the woman he loved in high school walks back into his life and becomes ensnared in this unsavory activities. While together, Colt firmly asserts his control. He is after all keeping her hostage. But there is much more going on between the two. When their situation grows dangerous, Colt reveals that &ldquo;I&rsquo;m fucking selfish Rose, I wanted you. You and I belong together. That prick can&rsquo;t keep you safe. They wanted you dead and there is nothing that fucking lawyer could have done to stop them.&rdquo; And by the way, Colt is just as bossy in bed.</p><p>[Read more. Now....]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/tell-me-what-to-do-top-5-bossiest-romance-heroes">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=x2r_quBQTJI:gLdnn86auWo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=x2r_quBQTJI:gLdnn86auWo:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=x2r_quBQTJI:gLdnn86auWo:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=x2r_quBQTJI:gLdnn86auWo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=x2r_quBQTJI:gLdnn86auWo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=x2r_quBQTJI:gLdnn86auWo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=x2r_quBQTJI:gLdnn86auWo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=x2r_quBQTJI:gLdnn86auWo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=x2r_quBQTJI:gLdnn86auWo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=x2r_quBQTJI:gLdnn86auWo:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=x2r_quBQTJI:gLdnn86auWo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=x2r_quBQTJI:gLdnn86auWo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/x2r_quBQTJI" height="1" width="1"/> Jennifer Porter Published Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/tell-me-what-to-do-top-5-bossiest-romance-heroes http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/tell-me-what-to-do-top-5-bossiest-romance-heroes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/sIYeRj0FobQ/midweek-madness-wednesdays-and-thursdays-best-for-e-book-sales <p><img class="blog-pic-left-align "alt="" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Catherine-Bybee-Wife-by-Wednesday225.jpg" /></p><p><em>The New York Times</em> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/27/business/media/daily-deals-propel-older-e-books-to-popularity.html?_r=0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">recently ran an article</a> about how Daily Deals are affecting books and publishing, and in it, the vice president for e-books at Barnes &amp; Noble&rsquo;s Nook unit, said &ldquo;sales generally peak on Wednesday and Thursday, when customers start planning for the weekend and thinking about which books they are going to read.&rdquo;</p><p>What day do you purchase the most books?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/midweek-madness-wednesdays-and-thursdays-best-for-e-book-sales">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sIYeRj0FobQ:Iq2cayRurhE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sIYeRj0FobQ:Iq2cayRurhE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=sIYeRj0FobQ:Iq2cayRurhE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sIYeRj0FobQ:Iq2cayRurhE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=sIYeRj0FobQ:Iq2cayRurhE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sIYeRj0FobQ:Iq2cayRurhE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sIYeRj0FobQ:Iq2cayRurhE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=sIYeRj0FobQ:Iq2cayRurhE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sIYeRj0FobQ:Iq2cayRurhE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sIYeRj0FobQ:Iq2cayRurhE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sIYeRj0FobQ:Iq2cayRurhE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=sIYeRj0FobQ:Iq2cayRurhE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/sIYeRj0FobQ" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:11:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/midweek-madness-wednesdays-and-thursdays-best-for-e-book-sales http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/midweek-madness-wednesdays-and-thursdays-best-for-e-book-sales http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/mw0rMs8L7MY/first-look-rhyannon-byrd-take-me-under-june-4-2013 <p><img alt="Take Me Under by Rhyannon Byrd" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Rhyannon-Byrd-Take-Me-Under225.jpg" title="Take Me Under by Rhyannon Byrd" /><strong>Rhyannon Byrd</strong><br /><em><strong>Take Me Under&nbsp;</strong></em><br /><strong>Berkley / June 4, 2013 / $15.00 print, $9.99 digital</strong></p><blockquote><p>Ben Hudson had a thing for shy, sexy Reese Monroe from the moment he first saw her three years ago. Back then, she was married and living in Boston&mdash;two very good reasons for the Miami detective with a bad-boy reputation to stay away.</p><p>But that was then&hellip;</p><p>Now Reese is divorced and moving to Florida, where her mother has rented her a small beach house&mdash;one that happens to be owned by Ben. Living right next door, he can&rsquo;t get Reese&rsquo;s soft curves out of his mind. He has waited three long years to touch her in all the ways he&rsquo;s been dreaming about, and this time he won&rsquo;t let anything get in his way.</p><p>For Reese, Ben&rsquo;s sudden advances are thrilling but leave her stunned. With her limited experience in the bedroom, she never expected a man with such a wicked reputation to go after her. She knows she should be on guard, but he&rsquo;s a temptation she can&rsquo;t resist. And when trouble follows her down from Boston, threatening her life, Ben may be the only one who can help her.</p></blockquote><p>There&#39;s something perfect about the mix of erotic romance and romantic suspense&mdash;that nail-biting rush of adrenaline with the pitch-perfect, high-intensity love scenes makes for a potent combination. Add in a big, sexy detective with commitment issues and a girl-next-door with a fighting spirit who&#39;s coming out of a bad divorce, and the beginning of <a href="http://rhyannonbyrd.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Rhyannon Byrd</strong></a>&#39;s Dangerous Tides series promises an addicting plunge into summer reading.</p><p>[Go ahead, dive in...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-rhyannon-byrd-take-me-under-june-4-2013">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mw0rMs8L7MY:FMUJWcGqYcs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mw0rMs8L7MY:FMUJWcGqYcs:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=mw0rMs8L7MY:FMUJWcGqYcs:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mw0rMs8L7MY:FMUJWcGqYcs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=mw0rMs8L7MY:FMUJWcGqYcs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mw0rMs8L7MY:FMUJWcGqYcs:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mw0rMs8L7MY:FMUJWcGqYcs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=mw0rMs8L7MY:FMUJWcGqYcs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mw0rMs8L7MY:FMUJWcGqYcs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mw0rMs8L7MY:FMUJWcGqYcs:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mw0rMs8L7MY:FMUJWcGqYcs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=mw0rMs8L7MY:FMUJWcGqYcs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/mw0rMs8L7MY" height="1" width="1"/> Tiffany Tyer Published Tue, 04 Jun 2013 22:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-rhyannon-byrd-take-me-under-june-4-2013 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-rhyannon-byrd-take-me-under-june-4-2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/170CQqgtK1E/first-look-virginia-kantra-carolina-girl-june-4-2013 <p><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="Carolina Girl by Virginia Kantra" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Carolina-Girl-by-Virginia-Kantra225x365.jpg" title="Carolina Girl by Virginia Kantra" /></span></b><b>Virginia Kantra</b><br /><em><b>Carolina Girl </b></em><br /><b>Berkley / June 4, 2013 / $7.99 print &amp; digital</b></p><blockquote>Meet the Fletchers of Dare Island: ambitious Meg, the daughter who never looked back; steady Matt, the son who stayed; and rebel Luke, the Marine who thought he&rsquo;d never return<p>Meg Fletcher spent her childhood dreaming of escaping Dare Island&mdash;her family&rsquo;s home for generations. So after she landed a high-powered job in New York City, she left and never looked back. But when she loses both her job and the support of her long-term, live-in boyfriend, she returns home to lick her wounds and reevaluate her life.</p><p>Helping out her parents at the family inn, she can&rsquo;t avoid the reminders of the past she&rsquo;d rather forget&mdash;especially charming and successful Sam Grady, her brother&#39;s best friend. Their one disastrous night of teenage passion should have forever killed their childhood attraction, but Sam seems determined to reignite those long-buried embers. As Meg discovers the man he&rsquo;s become, she&rsquo;s tempted to open her vulnerable heart to him. But she has no intention of staying on Dare Island&mdash;no matter how seductive Sam&rsquo;s embrace might be.</p></blockquote><p>Three things converged to make <em>Carolina Girl</em>, the second book in the Dare Island series, one of my highly anticipated books of 2013: (1) it is written by <a href="http://virginiakantra.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Virginia Kantra</strong></a>. I truly enjoy Ms. Kantra&rsquo;s voice. Her characters are well-fleshed out, multi-dimensional and believable. Her conflicts are genuine and realistic, and her writing is as smooth as silk. (2) the characters introduced in <em>Carolina Dare</em> captured my imagination so I was looking forward to revisiting them; and (3) books about competent heroines attract me like bees to honey.</p><p>[And then there&#39;s the hero...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-virginia-kantra-carolina-girl-june-4-2013">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=170CQqgtK1E:4xYThQDcYNU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=170CQqgtK1E:4xYThQDcYNU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=170CQqgtK1E:4xYThQDcYNU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=170CQqgtK1E:4xYThQDcYNU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img 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src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=170CQqgtK1E:4xYThQDcYNU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=170CQqgtK1E:4xYThQDcYNU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/170CQqgtK1E" height="1" width="1"/> Leigh Davis Published Tue, 04 Jun 2013 21:15:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-virginia-kantra-carolina-girl-june-4-2013 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-virginia-kantra-carolina-girl-june-4-2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/vZ08OuYv-ng/nalini-singhs-heart-of-obsidian-spoiler-thread <p><img alt="Heart of Obsidian Spoiler Thread banner" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Heart-of-Obsidian-Spoiler460x200.jpg" title="Heart of Obsidian Spoiler Thread" /></p><p><a href="http://www.nalinisingh.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Nalini Singh</strong></a>&#39;s <em>Heart of Obsidian</em> is out today, revealing the identity of the Ghost, the romance between Kaleb and [HEROINE&#39;S NAME REDACTED], and other significant events in the Psy-Changeling world.</p><p>So&mdash;what do you think of <em>Heart of Obsidian</em>?</p><p>Please ***<strong>SPOIL</strong>*** us in comments!</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/nalini-singhs-heart-of-obsidian-spoiler-thread">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vZ08OuYv-ng:Gw-Djy-zc_A:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a 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href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vZ08OuYv-ng:Gw-Djy-zc_A:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vZ08OuYv-ng:Gw-Djy-zc_A:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vZ08OuYv-ng:Gw-Djy-zc_A:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=vZ08OuYv-ng:Gw-Djy-zc_A:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/vZ08OuYv-ng" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:15:11 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/nalini-singhs-heart-of-obsidian-spoiler-thread http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/nalini-singhs-heart-of-obsidian-spoiler-thread http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/F-ukqgh7hVc/first-look-mary-kay-andrews-ladies-night-june-4-2013 <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Ladies-Night-by-Mary-Kay-Andrews225x338.jpg" /></span></strong><strong>Mary Kay Andrews</strong><br /><em><strong>Ladies&#39; Night</strong></em><br /><strong>St. Martin&#39;s Press / June 4, 2013 / $26.99 print, $10.99 digital</strong></p><blockquote><p>Grace Stanton&rsquo;s life as a rising media star and beloved lifestyle blogger takes a surprising turn when she catches her husband cheating and torpedoes his pricey sports car straight into the family swimming pool.&nbsp; Grace suddenly finds herself locked out of her palatial home, checking account, and even the blog she has worked so hard to develop in her signature style.&nbsp; Moving in with her widowed mother, who owns and lives above a rundown beach bar called The Sandbox, is less than ideal.&nbsp; So is attending court-mandated weekly &ldquo;divorce recovery&rdquo; therapy sessions with three other women and one man for whom betrayal seems to be the only commonality.&nbsp; When their &ldquo;divorce coach&rdquo; starts to act suspiciously, they decide to start having their own Wednesday &ldquo;Ladies&#39; Night&rdquo; sessions at The Sandbox, and the unanticipated bonds that develop lead the members of the group to try and find closure in ways they never imagined.&nbsp; Can Grace figure out a new way home and discover how strong she needs to be to get there?&nbsp;</p><p>Heartache, humor, and a little bit of mystery come together in a story about life&rsquo;s unpredictable twists and turns.&nbsp;&nbsp;Mary Kay Andrews&#39; <i>Ladies&#39; Night</i>&nbsp;will have you raising a glass and cheering these characters on.&nbsp;</p></blockquote><p>Big blockbuster movies love to take an against all odds story to a happy ending for good reason. We can&rsquo;t get enough of them. <em>Ladies&rsquo; Night</em>, the new release by <a href="http://marykayandrews.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Mary Kay Andrews</strong></a>, explores this premise to great advantage. With an authentic Florida backdrop&mdash;I definitely know now to avoid a Brazilian pepper tree&mdash;Ms. Andrews mixes women&rsquo;s fiction and mystery with dollops of whimsy and wisdom.</p><p>[Mystery and whimsy and wisdom, oh my!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-mary-kay-andrews-ladies-night-june-4-2013">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=F-ukqgh7hVc:Dhtd6u71YpI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=F-ukqgh7hVc:Dhtd6u71YpI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=F-ukqgh7hVc:Dhtd6u71YpI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=F-ukqgh7hVc:Dhtd6u71YpI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=F-ukqgh7hVc:Dhtd6u71YpI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=F-ukqgh7hVc:Dhtd6u71YpI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=F-ukqgh7hVc:Dhtd6u71YpI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=F-ukqgh7hVc:Dhtd6u71YpI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=F-ukqgh7hVc:Dhtd6u71YpI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=F-ukqgh7hVc:Dhtd6u71YpI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=F-ukqgh7hVc:Dhtd6u71YpI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=F-ukqgh7hVc:Dhtd6u71YpI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/F-ukqgh7hVc" height="1" width="1"/> Leigh Davis Published Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-mary-kay-andrews-ladies-night-june-4-2013 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-mary-kay-andrews-ladies-night-june-4-2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/Vl9NoXo8VKY/captivated-by-su-pacats-captive-prince <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Captive-Prince-by-SU-Pacat200x311.jpg" />Just last week, author <a href="http://www.captiveprince.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>S.U. Pacat</strong></a> announced her <em>Captive Prince</em>&nbsp;novels will be published by Penguin. Pacat notes that this will be the publisher&#39;s &ldquo;first m/m romance paperback release.&rdquo; The final book in the trilogy will be published in both trade paperback and e-book.</p><p>Long before this development, Mandi from Smexybooks was championing the series. Here&#39;s why:</p><p>I don&rsquo;t normally seek out fantasy books, but when I received several recommendations for Pacat&rsquo;s Captive Prince series, I decided to try it out. A planned trilogy, <em>Captive Prince:&nbsp;Volume One</em> and <em>Volume Two</em> are already out, with <em>Volume Three</em> eagerly anticipated as the second book ends on a cliffhanger. Pacat not only writes and builds an amazing world, but she gives us two heroes who start as such great enemies and eventually will have a happily ever after. It&rsquo;s really quite amazing how she writes this story.</p><p>Damen, a prince and the rightful heir to the throne of Akielos, gets drugged, kidnapped, and sent into enemy territory as a slave. He gets sent to the court in Vere, and is now owned by Prince Laurent. Laurent is an ice-cold, frigid twenty-year-old, and in less than a year, will rise to become King. No one in Vere knows Damen&rsquo;s true identity, thinking he is just another slave, or that Damen killed Laurent&rsquo;s brother on the battlefield years ago. This death devastated Laurent, and he has vowed revenge against Damen. If he only knew he now owned him.</p><p>[Keeps gettin&#39; better...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/captivated-by-su-pacats-captive-prince">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vl9NoXo8VKY:ZOJqxRX2w9g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vl9NoXo8VKY:ZOJqxRX2w9g:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Vl9NoXo8VKY:ZOJqxRX2w9g:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vl9NoXo8VKY:ZOJqxRX2w9g:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Vl9NoXo8VKY:ZOJqxRX2w9g:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vl9NoXo8VKY:ZOJqxRX2w9g:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vl9NoXo8VKY:ZOJqxRX2w9g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Vl9NoXo8VKY:ZOJqxRX2w9g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vl9NoXo8VKY:ZOJqxRX2w9g:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vl9NoXo8VKY:ZOJqxRX2w9g:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vl9NoXo8VKY:ZOJqxRX2w9g:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Vl9NoXo8VKY:ZOJqxRX2w9g:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/Vl9NoXo8VKY" height="1" width="1"/> Mandi Schreiner Published Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/captivated-by-su-pacats-captive-prince http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/captivated-by-su-pacats-captive-prince http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/CXTiQizF81M/sylvia-day-entwined-with-you-spoiler-thread <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Entwined-with-You-Spoiler-Thread460x200.jpg" /><a href="http://www.sylviaday.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Sylvia Day</strong></a>&#39;s third Crossfire novel, <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/sylvia-day-releases-entwined-with-you-chapter-1-excerpt-crossfire-series" target="_blank"><em>Entwined with You</em></a>, is finally out! Have you read it? What did you think? Were you pleased with the ending&mdash;and looking forward to<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/sylvia-days-crossfire-series-gossip-more-books-to-come" target="_blank"> the rest of the series</a>? Where will Gideon and Eva go from here? Let&#39;s discuss!</p><p>***SPOILERS*** in COMMENTS!</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/sylvia-day-entwined-with-you-spoiler-thread">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=CXTiQizF81M:nWK7W3wjbho:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=CXTiQizF81M:nWK7W3wjbho:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=CXTiQizF81M:nWK7W3wjbho:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=CXTiQizF81M:nWK7W3wjbho:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=CXTiQizF81M:nWK7W3wjbho:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=CXTiQizF81M:nWK7W3wjbho:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=CXTiQizF81M:nWK7W3wjbho:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=CXTiQizF81M:nWK7W3wjbho:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=CXTiQizF81M:nWK7W3wjbho:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=CXTiQizF81M:nWK7W3wjbho:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=CXTiQizF81M:nWK7W3wjbho:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=CXTiQizF81M:nWK7W3wjbho:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/CXTiQizF81M" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:48:43 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/sylvia-day-entwined-with-you-spoiler-thread http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/sylvia-day-entwined-with-you-spoiler-thread http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/eiD_ctzKxK4/jamie-and-claire-head-for-the-starz-ronald-d-moores-outlander-tv-series-greenlit <p><img alt="Outlander by Diana Gabaldon" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Outlander-by-Diana-Gabaldon200x326.jpg" title="Outlander by Diana Gabaldon" />Remember that&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/07/outlander-jamie-and-claire-coming-to-tv" target="_blank">potential TV adaptation of <strong>Diana Gabaldon</strong>&#39;s Outlander series</a> we mentioned in July? Well, according to <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2013/06/outlander-greenlighted-to-series-by-starz/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Hollywood news site Deadline</a>, it&#39;s been picked up by Starz for 16 episodes, with production set to begin in October in Scotland!</p><p>The show, which assumably will follow <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2011/02/romantic-couple-jamie-and-claire-from-diana-gabaldons-outlander" target="_blank">time-traveling Sassenach Claire Randall and Scottish warrior Jamie Fraser </a>as they meet and fall in love, is being developed by Ronald D. Moore, the mind behind <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2011/03/romance-of-bsg" target="_blank"><em>Battlestar Galactica </em>2003 and the female Starbuck</a> we know and love.</p><p>We&#39;ll share more news as we get it, but in the meantime, what say you? Think you&#39;ll watch? We&#39;ve talked about <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2011/04/outlander-fantasy-casting" target="_blank">fantasy casting <em>Outlander </em></a>before, but any guesses on who might get cast as Jamie and Claire for this series?&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/jamie-and-claire-head-for-the-starz-ronald-d-moores-outlander-tv-series-greenlit">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eiD_ctzKxK4:BQ6w_fY4d2s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eiD_ctzKxK4:BQ6w_fY4d2s:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=eiD_ctzKxK4:BQ6w_fY4d2s:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eiD_ctzKxK4:BQ6w_fY4d2s:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=eiD_ctzKxK4:BQ6w_fY4d2s:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eiD_ctzKxK4:BQ6w_fY4d2s:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eiD_ctzKxK4:BQ6w_fY4d2s:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=eiD_ctzKxK4:BQ6w_fY4d2s:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eiD_ctzKxK4:BQ6w_fY4d2s:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eiD_ctzKxK4:BQ6w_fY4d2s:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eiD_ctzKxK4:BQ6w_fY4d2s:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=eiD_ctzKxK4:BQ6w_fY4d2s:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/eiD_ctzKxK4" height="1" width="1"/> Heather Waters (redline_) Published Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:56:01 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/jamie-and-claire-head-for-the-starz-ronald-d-moores-outlander-tv-series-greenlit http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/jamie-and-claire-head-for-the-starz-ronald-d-moores-outlander-tv-series-greenlit http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/DSCxMfukP44/famous-last-words-exclusive-excerpt <p><img align="left" alt="Famous Last Words by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/Doktorski-Famous-Last-Words250x379.jpg" title="Famous Last Words by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski" /></p><blockquote><em>Sixteen-year-old Samantha D&rsquo;Angelo has death on the brain. Her summer internship at the local newspaper has her writing obituaries instead of soaking up the sun at the beach. Between Shelby, Sam&rsquo;s boy-crazy best friend; her boss Harry, a true-blue newspaper man; and AJ, her fellow &ldquo;intern scum&rdquo; (aka the cute drummer for a band called Love Gas), Sam has her hands full. But once she figures out what&mdash;or who&mdash;is the best part of her summer, will she mess it all up?</em><blockquote><p><em>As Sam learns her way around both the news room and the real world, she starts to make some momentous realizations about politics, ethics, her family, romance, and most important&mdash;herself.</em></p></blockquote></blockquote><p><strong>Get a sneak peek of Jennifer Salvato Doktorski&#39;s <em>Famous Last Words</em> (available July 2, 2013) with an exclusive excerpt of a selected scene.</strong></p><p><strong>Chapter 1</strong><br /><em>The Obit Page</em></p><blockquote><p><strong>Samantha Elisabeth D&rsquo;Angelo, </strong>the <em>Herald Tri&shy;bune</em>&rsquo;s youngest-ever obituary writer, died Fri&shy;day. She was 16. Born and raised in Chestnutville, New Jersey, D&rsquo;Angelo would have been a senior at Chestnutville High School in September. She is survived by her fabulous-looking and infi nitely cooler mother and father, Christina and David D&rsquo;Angelo, and her quirky grandmother, Alfon&shy;sina D&rsquo;Angelo. A funeral mass will be held Satur&shy;day at 9:00 a.m. at St.&nbsp; Rose of Lima Church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Snore, the D&rsquo;Angelo family foundation for other extraor&shy;dinarily boring high school students whose lives are so dull, they make up their own obituaries.</p></blockquote><p>I&rsquo;m not dead. But sometimes I feel like I might as well be. I stare at my computer screen one second more before quickly highlighting select all and hitting delete. I don&rsquo;t want Bernadette, the copy-desk editor, to catch me screwing around with my own fake obituary when I should be working. My second day here, she dubbed me the bane of her existence because of my atrocious spelling. I&rsquo;m now halfway through my third week, and our relationship hasn&rsquo;t improved. Not even a smidge.</p><p>[Log in or register to read the full excerpt of <em>Famous Last Words</em>]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/famous-last-words-exclusive-excerpt">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=DSCxMfukP44:AzjG9ZDbuBI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=DSCxMfukP44:AzjG9ZDbuBI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=DSCxMfukP44:AzjG9ZDbuBI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=DSCxMfukP44:AzjG9ZDbuBI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=DSCxMfukP44:AzjG9ZDbuBI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=DSCxMfukP44:AzjG9ZDbuBI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=DSCxMfukP44:AzjG9ZDbuBI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=DSCxMfukP44:AzjG9ZDbuBI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=DSCxMfukP44:AzjG9ZDbuBI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=DSCxMfukP44:AzjG9ZDbuBI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=DSCxMfukP44:AzjG9ZDbuBI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=DSCxMfukP44:AzjG9ZDbuBI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/DSCxMfukP44" height="1" width="1"/> Jennifer Salvato Doktorski Excerpts Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/famous-last-words-exclusive-excerpt http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/06/famous-last-words-exclusive-excerpt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/j8e_rvvhM2A/first-look-kristen-ashley-fire-inside-june-4-2013 <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="Fire Inside by Kristen Ashley" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Fire-Inside-by-Kristen-Ashley225x359.jpg" title="Fire Inside by Kristen Ashley" /></span></strong><strong>Kristen Ashley</strong><br /><em><strong>Fire Inside </strong></em><strong>(a Chaos novel)</strong><br /><strong>Hachette / June 4, 2013 / $3.79 digital</strong></p><blockquote><p>Lanie Heron isn&#39;t looking for love-no surprise, considering her last serious relationship nearly got her killed. So when Lanie propositions Hop Kincaid, all she wants is one wild night with the hot-as-hell biker who patrols with the Chaos Motorcycle Club . . .</p><p>For Hop, Lanie has always been untouchable. She&#39;s too polished and too classy for his taste. But when she gives Hop the once-over with her bedroom eyes and offers him a night in paradise, he can&#39;t say no. And he doesn&#39;t regret it when he finds that Lanie is the best thing that&#39;s ever happened to him-in or out of bed. Now the trick will be to convince her of that.</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.kristenashley.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Kristen Ashley</strong></a> fans have had June 4th circled on their calendar for months, panting for more than the tantalizing glimpse we got of Lanie and Hop in <em>Own the Wind.</em> So many questions sprang to mind: Wasn&rsquo;t Hop, even by MC standards, somewhat of a &ldquo;man-hoor&rdquo;? How would Chaos president Tack, married to Lanie&rsquo;s best friend Tyra, react to his top lieutenant carrying on with a member of his wife&rsquo;s extended family? The Connecticut princess and the Chaos biker&hellip;oh the drama, could it possibly live up to expectations and hype? Readers, worry not, <em>Fire Inside</em> is adolescent, fiery, sprawling, and over-the-top, a fabulous roller-coaster of a read in the best Kristen Ashley <em>Motorcycle Man </em>tradition.</p><p>[Annnnd SOLD!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-kristen-ashley-fire-inside-june-4-2013">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j8e_rvvhM2A:gn5xkH_3qUA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j8e_rvvhM2A:gn5xkH_3qUA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=j8e_rvvhM2A:gn5xkH_3qUA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j8e_rvvhM2A:gn5xkH_3qUA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=j8e_rvvhM2A:gn5xkH_3qUA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j8e_rvvhM2A:gn5xkH_3qUA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j8e_rvvhM2A:gn5xkH_3qUA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=j8e_rvvhM2A:gn5xkH_3qUA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j8e_rvvhM2A:gn5xkH_3qUA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j8e_rvvhM2A:gn5xkH_3qUA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=j8e_rvvhM2A:gn5xkH_3qUA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=j8e_rvvhM2A:gn5xkH_3qUA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/j8e_rvvhM2A" height="1" width="1"/> Janet Webb Published Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-kristen-ashley-fire-inside-june-4-2013 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-kristen-ashley-fire-inside-june-4-2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/QHKfo7vtLws/traveling-light-a-paperback-and-an-e-reader <p><img class="blog-pic-left-align "alt="" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Love-is-in-the-Air.jpg" /></p><p>One of our bloggers, <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/Chelsea%20Mueller#filter" target="_blank">Chelsea Mueller</a>, was tweeting recently about a traveling dilemma: knowing that she would have to power down her e-reader in 15 minutes, should she start a new book?</p><p>What do you do when you travel? Do you amuse yourself with the in-flight catalog while you aren&#39;t able to e-read, or do you prepare by bringing a paperback and an e-reader, so you&#39;re never out of reading material?</p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23701579@N00/444194790/in/photolist-FfBCS-8xGdXu-CpPVY-dyQShr-b7EXHR-dyQSHc-uTmJG-b8ppRD-6RkCHu-8wNxYg-7AaFxG-655vbE-651MFa-5FdUfT-8sQK4E-9eqiNH-fbbG4-7Q4NE2-9q2EFc-KuwG9-JFJg2-h2XkD-agvjBQ-4mLejU-6UXHZk-cuHmnW-bQqVA2-8DszWt-5qvyn4-6v64wv-7D88AH-7LtSA8-7LtTdn-7LxEH1-7LtFxg-7LxDxq-7LtRFH-7LxGmC-7LtRce-7LtEpz-7LxQvm-7LxZj7-7LtUKZ-7LxYTu-6nmcJY-8ykqC3-8ys2Cn-8yv52G-8yv5DG-8yhnBg-8yv5uE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em><span style="font-size:11px;">Photo courtesy of Lin Pernille Photography</span></em></a></p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/traveling-light-a-paperback-and-an-e-reader">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QHKfo7vtLws:fy8o1fn1ekA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QHKfo7vtLws:fy8o1fn1ekA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=QHKfo7vtLws:fy8o1fn1ekA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QHKfo7vtLws:fy8o1fn1ekA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=QHKfo7vtLws:fy8o1fn1ekA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QHKfo7vtLws:fy8o1fn1ekA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QHKfo7vtLws:fy8o1fn1ekA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=QHKfo7vtLws:fy8o1fn1ekA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QHKfo7vtLws:fy8o1fn1ekA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QHKfo7vtLws:fy8o1fn1ekA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QHKfo7vtLws:fy8o1fn1ekA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=QHKfo7vtLws:fy8o1fn1ekA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/QHKfo7vtLws" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:05:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/traveling-light-a-paperback-and-an-e-reader http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/traveling-light-a-paperback-and-an-e-reader http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/S4cBSlJ-URY/orphan-blacks-season-finale-it-takes-a-clone-to-know-one <p><img alt="Sarah in Orphan Black 1x10" class="blog-pic-right-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Orphan-Black-Sarah-110-300x200.jpg" title="Kick-ass heroine? Check." /><strong>This post contains spoilers for the first season of <em>Orphan Black,</em> including minor spoilers for Saturday&#39;s Season 1 finale, &ldquo;Endless Forms Most Beautiful.&rdquo;</strong></p><p>Saturday night was the Season 1 finale of the <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/orphan-black-sarah-paul-tainted-love" target="_blank">amazing <em>Orphan Black</em></a> on BBC America. After a bit of a slow if steady start, all the pieces shifted into place, the last five episodes raced viewers breathlessly toward Saturday&rsquo;s season finale with excellent writing, brilliant acting, and an ever-more complex mystery that continues to boggle the mind.</p><p><em>Orphan Black </em>begins when punk Brit Sarah Manning returns to her hometown after 10 months on the run. She wants to find a quick way to finally cut loose of her drug dealing ex-boyfriend and reclaim custody of her young daughter, Kira. But before she can do more than claim her baggage, a weeping woman catches her eye. As Sarah moves across the platform to investigate, the woman turns&hellip; she is the spitting image of Sarah. Before Sarah can say &ldquo;doppelganger much?&rdquo; the woman steps off the platform and straight into the path of a speeding train right before Sarah&rsquo;s eyes. Shocked and horrified, Sarah steals the dead woman&rsquo;s purse and discovers the she is Detective Beth Childs. Unable to resist, and in need of a fast score to fund her plans for Kira, Sarah switches identities to fake her own death, enters Beth&rsquo;s home, and takes over her life.</p><p>[And Beth&#39;s life takes her over right back...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/orphan-blacks-season-finale-it-takes-a-clone-to-know-one">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=S4cBSlJ-URY:YxA4P78mN9w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=S4cBSlJ-URY:YxA4P78mN9w:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=S4cBSlJ-URY:YxA4P78mN9w:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=S4cBSlJ-URY:YxA4P78mN9w:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=S4cBSlJ-URY:YxA4P78mN9w:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=S4cBSlJ-URY:YxA4P78mN9w:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=S4cBSlJ-URY:YxA4P78mN9w:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=S4cBSlJ-URY:YxA4P78mN9w:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=S4cBSlJ-URY:YxA4P78mN9w:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=S4cBSlJ-URY:YxA4P78mN9w:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=S4cBSlJ-URY:YxA4P78mN9w:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=S4cBSlJ-URY:YxA4P78mN9w:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/S4cBSlJ-URY" height="1" width="1"/> Kiersten Hallie Krum Published Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:29:23 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/orphan-blacks-season-finale-it-takes-a-clone-to-know-one http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/orphan-blacks-season-finale-it-takes-a-clone-to-know-one http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/7Ub2ceUBm1o/first-look-michele-sinclair-seducing-the-highlander-june-4-2013 <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="Seducing the Highlander by Michele Sinclair" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Seducing-the-Highlander-by-Michele-Sinclair225x368.jpg" title="Seducing the Highlander by Michele Sinclair" /></span></strong><strong>Michele Sinclair</strong><br /><em><strong>Seducing the Highlander</strong></em><br /><strong>Kensington / June 4, 2013 / $7.99 print, $6.99 digital</strong></p><blockquote><p>Of the seven McTiernay brothers to protect their Scottish Highlands, Craig is most willing to place duty before love&mdash;until he&#39;s enchanted by the last woman he expects...</p><p>Meriel Schellden knows that marrying Craig McTiernay will strengthen the ties between their clans. She insists she is motivated by duty and responsibility, nothing more. But when a mere formality becomes a kiss far from platonic, Meriel must question where her true intentions lie...</p><p>Though Meriel entices him far more than she realizes, Craig&#39;s commitments have always kept his passions restrained. But no sense of duty to his clan can make Craig forget the way Meriel&#39;s touch left him teased, tantalized, and desperate for more. Now as a surprising rival contents for Meriel&#39;s affections, there has never been a better time to listen to what his heart has desired all along...</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.michelesinclair.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Michele Sinclair</strong></a>&#39;s<em> Seducing the Highlander</em> is the fifth book in the McTiernay Brothers series set in the early 14th century Scottish Highlands. Its hero, Craig McTiernay, is the middle brother of the seven the series focuses on.</p><p>The wives of the McTiernay brothers want to prove that the feelings Meriel Schelldene has for Craig McTiernay go much deeper than friendship. But years ago, Meriel had decided she wasn&rsquo;t interested in marriage and her best friend, Craig, was of the same mind. Her twin sister (married to Craig&#39;s brother) has other ideas.</p><p>[A matchmaking sister? Look out!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-michele-sinclair-seducing-the-highlander-june-4-2013">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7Ub2ceUBm1o:xhSi3DTm5aE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7Ub2ceUBm1o:xhSi3DTm5aE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=7Ub2ceUBm1o:xhSi3DTm5aE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7Ub2ceUBm1o:xhSi3DTm5aE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=7Ub2ceUBm1o:xhSi3DTm5aE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7Ub2ceUBm1o:xhSi3DTm5aE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7Ub2ceUBm1o:xhSi3DTm5aE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=7Ub2ceUBm1o:xhSi3DTm5aE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7Ub2ceUBm1o:xhSi3DTm5aE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7Ub2ceUBm1o:xhSi3DTm5aE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7Ub2ceUBm1o:xhSi3DTm5aE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=7Ub2ceUBm1o:xhSi3DTm5aE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/7Ub2ceUBm1o" height="1" width="1"/> Stephanie Walters-Rowe Published Mon, 03 Jun 2013 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-michele-sinclair-seducing-the-highlander-june-4-2013 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-michele-sinclair-seducing-the-highlander-june-4-2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/MydpMbwroOM/author-amanda-hocking-on-shipping-downton-abbey-mary-branson <p><img alt="Tidal by Amanda Hocking" class="blog-pic-right-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/Hocking-Tidal200x304.jpg" title="Tidal by Amanda Hocking" /><em>Today we&#39;re pleased to welcome <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/07/author-amanda-hocking-on-why-batman-makes-the-best-superhero-boyfriend" target="_blank">author Amanda Hocking</a> here to talk about her wishes for the fourth season of </em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/features/series/downton-abbey" target="_blank">Downton Abbey</a><em>. The third book in Amanda&#39;s <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/07/wake-new-excerpt" target="_blank">Watersong series</a>, </em>Tidal<em>, releases this week, and also might include some unlikely pairings, similar the one she&#39;s suggesting below. </em><em>Thanks for being here, Amanda!</em></p><p>I am a huge <em>Downton Abbey</em> fan. I&rsquo;m British (by way of my grandparents on both sides of my family, not by birthplace), so I think that I finally understand the way some Italian Americans feel about <em>The Sopranos</em>.</p><p>Not only is the show brilliantly written, exquisitely designed and costumed, but it has Maggie Smith. Really, everything else could be terrible, and Dowager Countess of Grantham&rsquo;s wit could still carry the whole thing. Fortunately, though, the show is amazing and insanely addictive. Who knew the goings on of the household staff in a turn-of-the-century manor could be so exciting?</p><p>But onto the heart of the matter&mdash;I am totally shipping Mary Crawley and Tom Branson for the next season of <em>Downton Abbey</em>.</p><p>Before Season 3 of <em>Downton </em>started, I was looking up a few things about the show, and I accidentally made a grisly discovery. Namely that two beloved characters weren&rsquo;t going to survive onto the next season (though, no <strong>SPOILERS</strong> can actually prepare you for the abrupt devastation of either of their deaths, or the onslaught of tears).</p><p>[Oh yes, <em>that </em>season...SPOILERS inbound]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/author-amanda-hocking-on-shipping-downton-abbey-mary-branson">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MydpMbwroOM:NJcZGbwQ7_o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MydpMbwroOM:NJcZGbwQ7_o:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=MydpMbwroOM:NJcZGbwQ7_o:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MydpMbwroOM:NJcZGbwQ7_o:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=MydpMbwroOM:NJcZGbwQ7_o:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MydpMbwroOM:NJcZGbwQ7_o:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MydpMbwroOM:NJcZGbwQ7_o:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=MydpMbwroOM:NJcZGbwQ7_o:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MydpMbwroOM:NJcZGbwQ7_o:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MydpMbwroOM:NJcZGbwQ7_o:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MydpMbwroOM:NJcZGbwQ7_o:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=MydpMbwroOM:NJcZGbwQ7_o:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/MydpMbwroOM" height="1" width="1"/> Amanda Hocking Published Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/author-amanda-hocking-on-shipping-downton-abbey-mary-branson http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/author-amanda-hocking-on-shipping-downton-abbey-mary-branson http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/rA76zIzP714/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-9-recap-nice-day-for-a-red-wedding <p><img alt="Robb and Catelyn Stark" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/GoT-309-Robb-Catelyn460x255.jpg" />Game of Thrones<em>&nbsp;Season 3 is here! Need to catch up? Don&#39;t miss Regina Thorne&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/03/game-of-thrones-season-3-is-coming-a-reminder-of-season-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " target="_blank">Season 2 refresher</a>&nbsp;or her recap of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/04/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-1-recap-dressed-to-kill" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " target="_blank">episode 3.01</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/04/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-2-recap-out-of-the-frying-pan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " target="_blank">episode 3.02</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/04/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-3-recap" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " target="_blank">episode 3.03</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/04/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-4-recap-free-your-slaves-and-the-rest-will-follow" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " target="_blank">episode 3.04</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/04/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-5-recap-kissed-by-secrets" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " target="_blank">episode 3.05</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-6-recap-the-midseason-lull" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " target="_blank">episode 3.06</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-7-recap-bearly-alive-bearly-in-love" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " target="_blank">episode 3.07</a>, and <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-8-recap-dysfunctionally-erect" target="_blank">episode 3.08</a>.</em></p><p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; "><em>And now, onto last night&#39;s episode 3.09, &ldquo;The Rains of Castamere."</em></p><p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">***<strong>MAJOR SPOILERS FOR LAST NIGHT&#39;S EPISODE</strong>***</p><p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">In last night&rsquo;s episode of <em>Game of Thrones</em>, the Freys hired Dothraki wedding planners (Motto: at least three deaths or your money back!) and threw a party at the Twins that no one in Westeros will ever forget. We focused on the Starks (and Dany), though the Lannisters certainly made their presence known. And we also found out that Roose Bolton likes fat girls, killer one-liners and sobriety at weddings.</p><p>We open with Robb asking Catelyn&rsquo;s advice about his plans to attack Casterly Rock, the seat of House Lannister. Considering how rocky their relationship has been since Cat released Jaime Lannister, she&rsquo;s a bit surprised that Robb is even talking to her, let alone asking her what she thinks. He tells her that her advice about not sending Theon back to the Greyjoys was absolutely correct and that because he ignored her, Winterfell, Bran and Rickon are lost. Cat nobly refrains from saying &ldquo;I told you so!&rdquo; and instead says that Robb&rsquo;s plan is dangerous, though he thinks he can succeed with the help of the Freys. If the Lannisters catch Robb&rsquo;s forces between Casterly Rock and the sea, &ldquo;we&rsquo;ll lose the war and die the way Father died. Or worse,&rdquo; Robb says somberly, in a chilling bit of foreshadowing. Catelyn tells Robb that she wants the Lannisters to suffer by losing what they love.</p><p>[If wishes were horses...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-9-recap-nice-day-for-a-red-wedding">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=rA76zIzP714:Q597FzEgFqE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=rA76zIzP714:Q597FzEgFqE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=rA76zIzP714:Q597FzEgFqE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=rA76zIzP714:Q597FzEgFqE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=rA76zIzP714:Q597FzEgFqE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=rA76zIzP714:Q597FzEgFqE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=rA76zIzP714:Q597FzEgFqE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=rA76zIzP714:Q597FzEgFqE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=rA76zIzP714:Q597FzEgFqE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=rA76zIzP714:Q597FzEgFqE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=rA76zIzP714:Q597FzEgFqE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=rA76zIzP714:Q597FzEgFqE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/rA76zIzP714" height="1" width="1"/> Regina Thorne Published Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:43:23 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-9-recap-nice-day-for-a-red-wedding http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/game-of-thrones-season-3-episode-9-recap-nice-day-for-a-red-wedding http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/fQB5Vx5Tv4I/cover-reveal-christina-brooke-the-greatest-lover-ever <p><img alt="The Greatest Lover Ever by Christina Brooke" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/June2013/The-Greatest-Lover-Ever-by-Christina-Brooke250x409.jpg" title="The Greatest Lover Ever by Christina Brooke" />Today we&#39;re pleased to reveal the cover for <a href="http://www.christina-brooke.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Christina Brooke</strong></a>&#39;s provocatively titled <em>The Greatest Lover Ever. </em>Find out what happens when spirited meets stubborn&mdash;it&#39;s nothing short of scandalous!</p><p>Here&#39;s the official description:</p><blockquote><p><strong>THE SWEETEST SCANDAL</strong></p><p>Beautiful, exuberant, and stubborn Georgiana Black has more spirit than sense&mdash;which she learns when an ultimatum to the Earl of Beckenham ends their engagement. Six years later, Georgie is less concerned with impending spinsterhood than with making sure her young sister doesn&rsquo;t make the same mistakes she did. But soon Georgie stumbles into a scandalous encounter with none other than her former fianc&eacute;. Beckenham is still breathtakingly desirable&mdash;and as iron-willed as ever...</p><p><strong>THE TRUEST TEMPTATION</strong></p><p>Beckenham&rsquo;s brief engagement to Georgie taught him one thing&mdash;when it comes to a wife, he wants a woman who will do her duty and cause no trouble. When the fiery Georgie falls unexpectedly into his arms, Beckenham remembers just how lushly delectable she is. Suddenly, the idea of actually marrying Georgie is irresistible. Convincing her will take more than a simple proposal, however. In a battle of wills, can passion conquer pride?</p></blockquote><p><em>The Greatest Lover Ever</em> will be out on December 31, 2013. Which seems like forever, but! Check back with H&amp;H soon, because very soon we&#39;ll be sharing an exclusive excerpt of <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/11/exclusive-cover-reveal-christina-brooke-londons-last-true-scoundrel" target="_blank">Christina Brooke&#39;s <em>London&#39;s Last True Scandal</em></a>, which releases in a few short weeks, on June 25.</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/cover-reveal-christina-brooke-the-greatest-lover-ever">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=fQB5Vx5Tv4I:cDTdGlNZUU4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=fQB5Vx5Tv4I:cDTdGlNZUU4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=fQB5Vx5Tv4I:cDTdGlNZUU4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=fQB5Vx5Tv4I:cDTdGlNZUU4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=fQB5Vx5Tv4I:cDTdGlNZUU4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=fQB5Vx5Tv4I:cDTdGlNZUU4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=fQB5Vx5Tv4I:cDTdGlNZUU4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=fQB5Vx5Tv4I:cDTdGlNZUU4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=fQB5Vx5Tv4I:cDTdGlNZUU4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=fQB5Vx5Tv4I:cDTdGlNZUU4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=fQB5Vx5Tv4I:cDTdGlNZUU4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=fQB5Vx5Tv4I:cDTdGlNZUU4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/fQB5Vx5Tv4I" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:58:30 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/cover-reveal-christina-brooke-the-greatest-lover-ever http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/cover-reveal-christina-brooke-the-greatest-lover-ever http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/lICM870izeU/california-demons-on-my-mind-carpe-demon-by-julie-kenner <p><img align="left" alt="Carpe Demon by Julie Kenner" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/May2013/Kenner-Carpe-Demon200x326.jpg" title="Carpe Demon by Julie Kenner" /><i>We&rsquo;re reading our way across America&hellip;one romance at a time.</i></p><p><strong>California: <i>Carpe Demon</i> by Julie Kenner (Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom, Book 1)</strong></p><p>Ah, California. The Golden State, the land of opportunity, the realm of champagne wishes and caviar dreams. From its glorious beaches to its verdant farmland and from its fabulous mansions to its hippy communes (plus, Disneyland!), California&mdash;Cali, to its friends&mdash;is a tangled pop culture web of photogenic and promiscuous teens, ruthless studio execs, strident feminists/animal rights activists/marriage equality revolutionaries and gangsta rappers straight outta Compton. Plus there&rsquo;s, like, Valley Speak and people who are famous for being famous and health nuts preaching the dubious benefits of the Paleo diet/healing crystals/a&ccedil;ai. There is delicious local wine and Ghiradelli chocolate and the world headquarters of Google, and it&rsquo;s even where Barbie built her first dream house. Also, there&rsquo;s pot. From stately San Francisco to surfie San Diego, from the purple mountains majesty of Yosemite to the aquamarine, uh, marine delights of Monterey Bay, and from the...well, whatever is further inland and yet is still pretty in this second-largest mainland state (thirty-first to join the Union, by the by), perhaps nowhere in the world is as well documented in story and song, and certainly not on film.</p><p>[California Dreamin&#39;...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/california-demons-on-my-mind-carpe-demon-by-julie-kenner">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=lICM870izeU:jFj0_2QGvCo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=lICM870izeU:jFj0_2QGvCo:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=lICM870izeU:jFj0_2QGvCo:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=lICM870izeU:jFj0_2QGvCo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=lICM870izeU:jFj0_2QGvCo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=lICM870izeU:jFj0_2QGvCo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=lICM870izeU:jFj0_2QGvCo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=lICM870izeU:jFj0_2QGvCo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=lICM870izeU:jFj0_2QGvCo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=lICM870izeU:jFj0_2QGvCo:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=lICM870izeU:jFj0_2QGvCo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=lICM870izeU:jFj0_2QGvCo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/lICM870izeU" height="1" width="1"/> Rachel Hyland Published Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/california-demons-on-my-mind-carpe-demon-by-julie-kenner http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/california-demons-on-my-mind-carpe-demon-by-julie-kenner http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/ao8iRLUadDI/whats-in-a-name <p><img alt="Nikolaj Coster-Waldau" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/May2013/Nikolaj-Coster-Waldau225.jpg" title="Just because! " />Although it can be initially jarring to encounter a character with a very unusual name, it&#39;s nothing compared to when a character shares the same name as someone in your real life.</p><p>For example, you pick up a book by one of your favorite authors only to find out the hero&#39;s name is the same as your little brother&#39;s&mdash;eww!</p><p>Do you find it hard to read the book when the characters&#39; names are the same as someone in your real life?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/whats-in-a-name">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ao8iRLUadDI:zykNz3xjIQI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ao8iRLUadDI:zykNz3xjIQI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ao8iRLUadDI:zykNz3xjIQI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ao8iRLUadDI:zykNz3xjIQI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ao8iRLUadDI:zykNz3xjIQI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ao8iRLUadDI:zykNz3xjIQI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ao8iRLUadDI:zykNz3xjIQI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ao8iRLUadDI:zykNz3xjIQI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ao8iRLUadDI:zykNz3xjIQI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ao8iRLUadDI:zykNz3xjIQI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ao8iRLUadDI:zykNz3xjIQI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ao8iRLUadDI:zykNz3xjIQI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/ao8iRLUadDI" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:23:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/whats-in-a-name http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/whats-in-a-name http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/gqY2jHEyBX8/first-look-sarah-dessens-the-moon-and-more-june-4-2013 <p><img align="left" alt="The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/May2013/Dessen-Moon-and-More200x302.jpg" title="The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen" /><strong>Sarah Dessen</strong><br /><em><strong>The Moon and More</strong></em><br /><strong>Viking Children&#39;s / June 4, 2013 / $19.99 print / $10.99 digital</strong></p><blockquote><p>Luke is the perfect boyfriend: handsome, kind, fun. He and Emaline have been together all through high school in Colby, the beach town where they both grew up. But now, in the summer before college, Emaline wonders if perfect is good enough.</p></blockquote><blockquote>Enter Theo, a super-ambitious outsider, a New Yorker assisting on a documentary film about a reclusive local artist. Theo&#39;s sophisticated, exciting, and, best of all, he thinks Emaline is much too smart for Colby.</blockquote><blockquote>Emaline&#39;s mostly-absentee father, too, thinks Emaline should have a bigger life, and he&#39;s convinced that an Ivy League education is the only route to realizing her potential. Emaline is attracted to the bright future that Theo and her father promise. But she also clings to the deep roots of her loving mother, stepfather, and sisters. Can she ignore the pull of the happily familiar world of Colby?</blockquote><blockquote>Emaline wants the moon and more, but how can she balance where she comes from with where she&#39;s going?</blockquote><p>Many of Sarah Dessen&rsquo;s readers, like myself, have long left behind their coming of age years. But even if the problems her characters face are no longer relevant to my life, the lessons they learn always seem so meaningful and far-reaching. That is one reason Ms. Dessen&rsquo;s books have such a widespread appeal.</p><p>But most engaging to me is Ms. Dessen&rsquo;s talent in creating multi-dimensional characters&mdash;drawn with strokes of realism and authenticity. One way that she does this is to tell the story from the first person point of view and showcase the different sides of her characters, like Emaline, from <em>The Moon and More</em>, as Emaline interacts with her friends, her family, her boyfriend, and the new guy in town.</p><p>[Sounds interesting...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-sarah-dessens-the-moon-and-more-june-4-2013">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=gqY2jHEyBX8:fZWliFNi2Eg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=gqY2jHEyBX8:fZWliFNi2Eg:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=gqY2jHEyBX8:fZWliFNi2Eg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=gqY2jHEyBX8:fZWliFNi2Eg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=gqY2jHEyBX8:fZWliFNi2Eg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=gqY2jHEyBX8:fZWliFNi2Eg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=gqY2jHEyBX8:fZWliFNi2Eg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=gqY2jHEyBX8:fZWliFNi2Eg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=gqY2jHEyBX8:fZWliFNi2Eg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=gqY2jHEyBX8:fZWliFNi2Eg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=gqY2jHEyBX8:fZWliFNi2Eg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=gqY2jHEyBX8:fZWliFNi2Eg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/gqY2jHEyBX8" height="1" width="1"/> Leigh Davis Published Sun, 02 Jun 2013 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-sarah-dessens-the-moon-and-more-june-4-2013 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-sarah-dessens-the-moon-and-more-june-4-2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/f-UMxXC-2oQ/poll-do-you-like-motorcycle-club-romances <p><img alt="Should Jax just get back on his bike and keep going or stay awhile, maybe take off those leathers?" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/May2013/Poll-Motorcylce-Clubs-466.jpg" title="Should Jax just get back on his bike and keep going or stay awhile, maybe take off those leathers?" /></p><p>Recently, Motorcycle Clubs have come to the forefront of romance, from unlikely guises like the TV show <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/03/recommended-reading-for-nashville-sons-of-anarchy-characters" target="_blank"><em>Sons of Anarchy</em></a> to books like <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/tags/kristen%20ashley" target="_blank"><strong>Kristen Ashley</strong></a>&#39;s <em>Motorcycle Man</em> and her Chaos series. What do you think of motorcycle clubs in romance? Should they just be left to the open road or are you looking for a little hot rod action? Let us know in this week&#39;s poll and then tell us in the comments what you like or don&#39;t about Motorcycle Club romances.</p><p><script language="javascript" src="http://www.blogpoll.com/poll/view_Poll.php?type=java&poll_id=217670"></script><noscript><a href="http://www.blogpoll.com" rel="nofollow">Free Blog Poll</a></noscript></p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/poll-do-you-like-motorcycle-club-romances">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=f-UMxXC-2oQ:TMswPFs981U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=f-UMxXC-2oQ:TMswPFs981U:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=f-UMxXC-2oQ:TMswPFs981U:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=f-UMxXC-2oQ:TMswPFs981U:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=f-UMxXC-2oQ:TMswPFs981U:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=f-UMxXC-2oQ:TMswPFs981U:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=f-UMxXC-2oQ:TMswPFs981U:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=f-UMxXC-2oQ:TMswPFs981U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=f-UMxXC-2oQ:TMswPFs981U:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=f-UMxXC-2oQ:TMswPFs981U:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=f-UMxXC-2oQ:TMswPFs981U:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=f-UMxXC-2oQ:TMswPFs981U:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/f-UMxXC-2oQ" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Sat, 01 Jun 2013 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/poll-do-you-like-motorcycle-club-romances http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/poll-do-you-like-motorcycle-club-romances http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/VxM4BTcABb8/first-look-jaci-burtons-one-sweet-ride-june-4-2013 <p><img class="blog-pic-left-align "align="left" alt="One Sweet Ride by Jaci Burton" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/May2013/Burton-One-Sweet-Ride200x301.jpg" title="One Sweet Ride by Jaci Burton" /><strong>Jaci Burton</strong><br /><em><strong>One Sweet Ride</strong></em><br /><strong>Berkley Trade / June 4, 2013 / $15.00 print / $9.99 digital</strong></p><blockquote><p>Gray Preston was born into money, but he&rsquo;s built his racing empire on hard work and muscle. And now that Gray has millions of fans, his senator father sends one of his aides, Evelyn Hill, to elicit Gray&rsquo;s help in garnering votes for the upcoming national election. Gray wants nothing to do with his estranged father&rsquo;s campaign, but Evelyn can be pretty persuasive. She&rsquo;s willing to learn about racing, and maybe even get a little dirty.<br /><br />Evelyn&rsquo;s number-one goal is politics, which makes working with Gray difficult, because his only passion is fast cars. As she and Gray spend time together, he teaches her about the sport he loves, and she learns a lot about the man behind the wheel. The more she learns, the more she wants him. But any desire that threatens to derail the carefully laid plans for her future is a dangerous one.<br /><br />With the passion Gray and Evelyn share running hotter than either imagined, one of them is going to have to compromise, or else run the risk of losing more than their hearts.&nbsp;</p></blockquote><p>With <em>One Sweet Ride </em>Jaci Burton&#39;s Play-by-Play series covers new ground: the ups and downs, twists and turns of stock car racing. And when this is combined with the equally fast-paced race of a different sort&mdash;the political realm&mdash;there&#39;s a savvy symmetry that elevates this series and keeps it from getting stuck in any ruts. Above all, race car driver Gray Preston and political aide Evelyn Hill juxtapose and complement each other as well as their two different worlds surprisingly do.</p><p>[This is what it&#39;s like when world&#39;s collide]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-jaci-burtons-one-sweet-ride-june-4-2013">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VxM4BTcABb8:HYhaxWllzI4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VxM4BTcABb8:HYhaxWllzI4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=VxM4BTcABb8:HYhaxWllzI4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VxM4BTcABb8:HYhaxWllzI4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=VxM4BTcABb8:HYhaxWllzI4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VxM4BTcABb8:HYhaxWllzI4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VxM4BTcABb8:HYhaxWllzI4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=VxM4BTcABb8:HYhaxWllzI4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VxM4BTcABb8:HYhaxWllzI4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VxM4BTcABb8:HYhaxWllzI4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VxM4BTcABb8:HYhaxWllzI4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=VxM4BTcABb8:HYhaxWllzI4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/VxM4BTcABb8" height="1" width="1"/> Tiffany Tyer Published Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-jaci-burtons-one-sweet-ride-june-4-2013 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/06/first-look-jaci-burtons-one-sweet-ride-june-4-2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/Ee4av3_xx3o/friday-beefcake-sylvia-days-gideon-cross <p><img align="left" alt="Matt Bomer" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/May2013/Matt-Bomer475x356.jpg" title="Matt Bomer" />Next Tuesday is the much anticipated release of <em>Entwined with You</em>, the third book in Sylvia Day&#39;s Crossfire series. The <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/04/sylvia-days-crossfire-series-optioned-for-television" target="_blank">Crossfire series has been optioned for television</a>, but even before that news came out, fans were suggesting who would be best to play the role of Gideon Cross.</p><blockquote><p>&ldquo;What mesmerized me most was his piercing blue eyes and the unmistakeable vulnerability that sifted through them like smoke.&rdquo;&mdash;Sylvia Day&#39;s <em>Reflected in You</em></p></blockquote><p>So today we&#39;re presenting pictures of the most popular mentions; weigh in with your thoughts in the comments section!</p><p>[Plus more possible Gideon Beefcake!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/friday-beefcake-sylvia-days-gideon-cross">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Ee4av3_xx3o:A8X9yXOBzh8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Ee4av3_xx3o:A8X9yXOBzh8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Ee4av3_xx3o:A8X9yXOBzh8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Ee4av3_xx3o:A8X9yXOBzh8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Ee4av3_xx3o:A8X9yXOBzh8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Ee4av3_xx3o:A8X9yXOBzh8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Ee4av3_xx3o:A8X9yXOBzh8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Ee4av3_xx3o:A8X9yXOBzh8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Ee4av3_xx3o:A8X9yXOBzh8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Ee4av3_xx3o:A8X9yXOBzh8:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Ee4av3_xx3o:A8X9yXOBzh8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Ee4av3_xx3o:A8X9yXOBzh8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/Ee4av3_xx3o" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Fri, 31 May 2013 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/friday-beefcake-sylvia-days-gideon-cross http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/friday-beefcake-sylvia-days-gideon-cross http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/dOi4iU8t2Dw/have-a-great-summer-where-network-tvs-couples-left-off-this-finale-season <p><img align="left" alt="Now, where did we leave off?" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/May2013/Community-Britta-Troy250x174.jpg" title="Now, where did we leave off?" />One of the hardest things about the long summer TV hiatus is the months and months of uncertainty with regard to our beloved onscreen couples. Remember the agonising wait between Seasons 2 and 3 of <em>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</em>, when Buffy had sent Angel to Hell? Or the questions surrounding Brennan&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2011/10/anticipating-bones-season-7" target="_blank">pregnancy announcement</a> at the end of <em>Bones</em>&rsquo; Season 6? (The resolution of which made me so furious I completely stopped watching, by the by.) We say <em>adieu</em> to these folks for the summer and sure, we spend that time checking in with the likes of Fiona and Michael, and Sookie and Eric, and Franklin and Bash, but their regular season counterparts inevitably stay with us, and often have us feverishly wondering just where they might go from here.</p><p>So where did we leave off with our TV romances this time around? Well, let us see... (Please bear in mind here that while I do watch a lot of the shows, I don&rsquo;t watch <em>all</em> of the shows, so if I have left off your favorite ship here, share your thoughts on their current fates in the comments!)</p><p>[Time for a summer cruise on your favorite ship...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/have-a-great-summer-where-network-tvs-couples-left-off-this-finale-season">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dOi4iU8t2Dw:GV0X0kvPIgw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dOi4iU8t2Dw:GV0X0kvPIgw:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=dOi4iU8t2Dw:GV0X0kvPIgw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dOi4iU8t2Dw:GV0X0kvPIgw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=dOi4iU8t2Dw:GV0X0kvPIgw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dOi4iU8t2Dw:GV0X0kvPIgw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dOi4iU8t2Dw:GV0X0kvPIgw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=dOi4iU8t2Dw:GV0X0kvPIgw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dOi4iU8t2Dw:GV0X0kvPIgw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dOi4iU8t2Dw:GV0X0kvPIgw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dOi4iU8t2Dw:GV0X0kvPIgw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=dOi4iU8t2Dw:GV0X0kvPIgw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/dOi4iU8t2Dw" height="1" width="1"/> Rachel Hyland Published Fri, 31 May 2013 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/have-a-great-summer-where-network-tvs-couples-left-off-this-finale-season http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/have-a-great-summer-where-network-tvs-couples-left-off-this-finale-season http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/cSln27mBIps/carolina-girl-exclusive-excerpt <p><img alt="Carolina Girl by Virginia Kantra" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/Carolina-Girl-250.jpg" title="Carolina Girl by Virginia Kantra" /></p><p><em><b id="yui_3_8_1_1_1369423280082_1523" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; font: inherit; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; ">Meet the Fletchers of Dare Island</b><br />Ambitious Meg, the daughter who never looked back<br />Steady Matt, the son who stayed<br />And rebel Luke, the Marine who thought he&rsquo;d never return<br />&nbsp;<br />Meg Fletcher spent her childhood dreaming of escaping Dare Island&mdash;her family&rsquo;s home for generations. So after she landed a high-powered job in New York City, she left and never looked back.&nbsp;But when she loses both her job and the support of her long-term, live-in boyfriend, she returns home to lick her wounds and reevaluate her life.<br />&nbsp;<br />Helping out her parents at the family inn, she can&rsquo;t avoid the reminders of the past she&rsquo;d rather forget&mdash;especially charming and successful Sam Grady, her brother&#39;s best friend. Their one disastrous night of teenage passion should have forever killed their childhood attraction, but Sam seems determined to reignite those long-buried embers. As Meg discovers the man he&rsquo;s become, she&rsquo;s tempted to open her vulnerable heart to him. But she has no intention of staying on Dare Island&mdash;no matter how seductive Sam&rsquo;s embrace might be…</em></p><p><strong>Get a sneak peek of Virginia Kantra&#39;s Carolina Girl (available June 4, 2013) with an exclusive excerpt of a selected scene.</strong></p><p>Heat radiated off Sam like sun off the tarmac. His dark shirt, wilted in the heat, clung to the planes and muscles of his chest. He was broader than Meg remembered, standing close enough for her to see the darker rim circling his irises and the halo around his pupils, gold against green.</p><p>Too close.</p><p>[Log in or register to read the full excerpt of <em>Carolina Girl</em>...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/05/carolina-girl-exclusive-excerpt">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cSln27mBIps:WJvKAKcCdkk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cSln27mBIps:WJvKAKcCdkk:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=cSln27mBIps:WJvKAKcCdkk:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cSln27mBIps:WJvKAKcCdkk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=cSln27mBIps:WJvKAKcCdkk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cSln27mBIps:WJvKAKcCdkk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cSln27mBIps:WJvKAKcCdkk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=cSln27mBIps:WJvKAKcCdkk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cSln27mBIps:WJvKAKcCdkk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cSln27mBIps:WJvKAKcCdkk:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cSln27mBIps:WJvKAKcCdkk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=cSln27mBIps:WJvKAKcCdkk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/cSln27mBIps" height="1" width="1"/> Virginia Kantra Excerpts Fri, 31 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/05/carolina-girl-exclusive-excerpt http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/05/carolina-girl-exclusive-excerpt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/dTmGOVZ_nso/lisa-renee-joness-being-me-june-11-2013 <p><img alt="Being Me by Lisa Renee Jones" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/May2013/Jones-Being-Me200x312.jpg" title="Being Me by Lisa Renee Jones" /><strong>Lisa Renee Jones</strong><br /><em><strong>Being Me</strong></em><br /><strong>Gallery / $15.00 print / $7.59 digital / June 11, 2013</strong></p><blockquote><p>I arch into him, drinking in his passion, instantly, willingly consumed by all that he is and could be to me. . . .</p><p>Sara McMillan is still searching for Rebecca, the mysterious woman whose dark, erotic journal entries both enthralled and frightened her. Tormented by a strong desire to indulge the demands of her new boss while also drawn deeper into her passionate bond with the troubled artist, Chris Merit, Sara must face a past as deeply haunting as Rebecca&rsquo;s written words. In one man&rsquo;s arms, Sara will find the safe haven to reveal her most intimate secrets and explore her darkest fantasies. But is safety just an illusion, when the truth about Rebecca has yet to be discovered?</p></blockquote><p>Fascinated by the dark fantasies in the journals she&rsquo;s discovered, and the two men who have now found a place in her life, Sara McMillan finds herself torn between her new life and her past. Now, more than ever, Sara identifies with the lost journal writer, Rebecca, and is certain that something sinister has happened.</p><p>In the arms of the sexy, tormented artist Chris Merit, Sara seeks answers about Rebecca and ends up discovering things about herself she never knew existed. Chris forces Sara to reconsider who she is and what she truly wants from life&mdash;but not before his dark desires threaten to tear them apart. Her boss, Mark Compton, offers her the shelter to understand just what those needs mean to her, and what they might have meant to Rebecca, but can she trust him to lead her to a final conclusion to Rebecca&rsquo;s story?</p><p>[Only one way to find out...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/lisa-renee-joness-being-me-june-11-2013">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dTmGOVZ_nso:15Nq0L-vdjk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dTmGOVZ_nso:15Nq0L-vdjk:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=dTmGOVZ_nso:15Nq0L-vdjk:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dTmGOVZ_nso:15Nq0L-vdjk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=dTmGOVZ_nso:15Nq0L-vdjk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dTmGOVZ_nso:15Nq0L-vdjk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dTmGOVZ_nso:15Nq0L-vdjk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=dTmGOVZ_nso:15Nq0L-vdjk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dTmGOVZ_nso:15Nq0L-vdjk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dTmGOVZ_nso:15Nq0L-vdjk:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dTmGOVZ_nso:15Nq0L-vdjk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=dTmGOVZ_nso:15Nq0L-vdjk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/dTmGOVZ_nso" height="1" width="1"/> Jennifer Myers Published Fri, 31 May 2013 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/lisa-renee-joness-being-me-june-11-2013 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/lisa-renee-joness-being-me-june-11-2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/I4Lk8bXWH14/sand-between-the-toes-books-in-the-hand-perfect-beach-reads <p><img align="left" alt="Little Gale Gumbo by Erika Marks" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/May2013/Marks-Little-Gale-Gumbo200x299.jpg" title="Little Gale Gumbo by Erika Marks" />Nothing screams summer more than a great beach read. My favorites are those that actually <em>take place</em> on the beach. Romantic women&rsquo;s fiction bookshelves are brimming with covers of a lone woman or group of friends strumming their toes through the sand. When I see them, remembrances of salt air and the squawk of gulls fill me longing for my beloved Jersey Shore of The Wildwoods. Two tales I&rsquo;ve read recently really struck me as romantic, timeless, and I shall be reading them again this summer, on the beach, ignoring my family and friends.</p><p><strong>Erika Marks</strong>&rsquo;s <em>Little Gale Gumbo</em> is a mix of history, southern charm, magic, and of course romance. Dahlia and Josie Bergeron continue their mother&rsquo;s legacy, a Creole caf&eacute; on the island of Little Gale, Maine. Her passing left a gaping hole in their hearts, but they make it work even though they fight all the time and couldn&rsquo;t be any more different. Josie is pale like her father, whereas Dahlia is dark like her mother. Josie is rooted to family and tradition and Dahlia is a free but cynical spirit, never having time for their mother&rsquo;s voodoo spells and potions. As only sisters can, they even fight about the unspoken; the one who got away from them both. Matty, the boy they grew up with, loved Dahlia and Josie loved him. A sisterly love triangle, ooohhhh the drama!</p><p>[Summer lovin&#39;, had me a blast...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/sand-between-the-toes-books-in-the-hand-perfect-beach-reads">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=I4Lk8bXWH14:HB6sxEOCKPg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=I4Lk8bXWH14:HB6sxEOCKPg:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=I4Lk8bXWH14:HB6sxEOCKPg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=I4Lk8bXWH14:HB6sxEOCKPg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=I4Lk8bXWH14:HB6sxEOCKPg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=I4Lk8bXWH14:HB6sxEOCKPg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=I4Lk8bXWH14:HB6sxEOCKPg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=I4Lk8bXWH14:HB6sxEOCKPg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=I4Lk8bXWH14:HB6sxEOCKPg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=I4Lk8bXWH14:HB6sxEOCKPg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=I4Lk8bXWH14:HB6sxEOCKPg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=I4Lk8bXWH14:HB6sxEOCKPg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/I4Lk8bXWH14" height="1" width="1"/> Charli Mac Published Fri, 31 May 2013 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/sand-between-the-toes-books-in-the-hand-perfect-beach-reads http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/sand-between-the-toes-books-in-the-hand-perfect-beach-reads http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/BAGMLwoAYYk/do-you-still-read-historical-romance <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/May2013/Willingham-To-Sin-with-a-Viking225.jpg" /></p><p>Yesterday, we did a <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/historical-romance-still-alive-and-kicking" target="_blank">post on historical romance</a>, and today we want to ask you:</p><p>What&#39;s the last historical romance you read? Are you reading as many historicals as you used to? Which historical authors do you read?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/do-you-still-read-historical-romance">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BAGMLwoAYYk:BjyXKs4eFJM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BAGMLwoAYYk:BjyXKs4eFJM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=BAGMLwoAYYk:BjyXKs4eFJM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BAGMLwoAYYk:BjyXKs4eFJM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=BAGMLwoAYYk:BjyXKs4eFJM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BAGMLwoAYYk:BjyXKs4eFJM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BAGMLwoAYYk:BjyXKs4eFJM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=BAGMLwoAYYk:BjyXKs4eFJM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BAGMLwoAYYk:BjyXKs4eFJM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BAGMLwoAYYk:BjyXKs4eFJM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BAGMLwoAYYk:BjyXKs4eFJM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=BAGMLwoAYYk:BjyXKs4eFJM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/BAGMLwoAYYk" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Fri, 31 May 2013 12:14:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/do-you-still-read-historical-romance http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/do-you-still-read-historical-romance http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/cPnHunmMX88/historical-romance-still-alive-and-kicking <p><img alt="I don't want to go on the cart..." class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/May2013/Holy-Grail-Not-Dead-Yet250x161.jpg" style=" caption" title="I don't want to go on the cart..." />Are you a historical romance fan? Have you noticed that this genre seems to be suffering of late? It certainly seems to be the source of some debate&mdash;Dear Author&rsquo;s Jane Litte recently wrote a provocative post titled &ldquo;<a href="http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/we-should-let-the-historical-genre-die/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">We should let the historical genre die</a>." In it, Jane argues that there is a lack of diversity in the historical romance genre, as most books published today are Regencies. She also argues that sales for these historical romances are dropping in relation to books in other genres (contemporary, New Adult, erotic, etc).</p><p>I don&rsquo;t read nearly as many historicals as I used to. There are many reasons for this&mdash;too numerous to recount here. But in contrast to Jane&rsquo;s opinion, I&rsquo;m finding that I am shying away because of major changes in Regency-set stories. While dukes still abound, many romances these days feature mistresses, courtesans and/or working class protagonists. And quite honestly, I&rsquo;m more interested in romances featuring young debutants who meet their true loves in the ballroom. These are much harder to find as authors seek to remake the Regency romance.</p><p>[Fading, but not forgotten...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/historical-romance-still-alive-and-kicking">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cPnHunmMX88:9ImIcMpDc1c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cPnHunmMX88:9ImIcMpDc1c:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=cPnHunmMX88:9ImIcMpDc1c:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cPnHunmMX88:9ImIcMpDc1c:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=cPnHunmMX88:9ImIcMpDc1c:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cPnHunmMX88:9ImIcMpDc1c:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cPnHunmMX88:9ImIcMpDc1c:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=cPnHunmMX88:9ImIcMpDc1c:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cPnHunmMX88:9ImIcMpDc1c:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cPnHunmMX88:9ImIcMpDc1c:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cPnHunmMX88:9ImIcMpDc1c:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=cPnHunmMX88:9ImIcMpDc1c:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/cPnHunmMX88" height="1" width="1"/> Jennifer Porter Published Thu, 30 May 2013 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/historical-romance-still-alive-and-kicking http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/historical-romance-still-alive-and-kicking http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/dFXJqgAVNjA/lady-mercy-danforthe-flirts-with-scandal-exclusive-excerpt <p><img alt="Lady Mercy Danforthe Flirts with Scandal by Jayne Fresina" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/Lady-Mercy-250.jpg" title="Lady Mercy Danforthe Flirts with Scandal by Jayne Fresina" /></p><p><em>When a Perfectly Proper Lady...</em></p><p><em>Lady Mercy Danforthe always has a plan. It&#39;s what makes her such a successful matchmaker, and why she&#39;s obligated to spend a great deal of time generously organizing the lives of her friends and family. But there&#39;s one man beyond her help. One man whose recklessness she can&#39;t rein in; whose chaos she can&#39;t contain. Her ex-husband, Rafe Hartley. Her one&mdash;and only!&mdash;mistake.</em></p><p><em>Flirts with a Reckless Rogue...</em></p><p><em>Rafe has never forgiven Mercy for running out on him. Their hastily annulled marriage may have only lasted three hours, but that doesn&#39;t mean he needs her help finding a proper wife. Someone needs to teach little Miss Know-It-All a lesson about keeping her adorably freckled nose out of other people&#39;s business. And it just so happens that Mercy &ldquo;Silky Drawers&rdquo; Danforthe still owes him a wedding night...</em></p><p><em>A Scandal&#39;s Never Far Behind</em></p><p><strong>Get a sneak peek of Jayne Fresina&#39;s <em>Lady Mercy Danforthe Flirts with Scandal</em> (available June 4, 2013) with an exclusive excerpt of a selected scene.&nbsp;</strong></p><p>He&rsquo;d waited five years for this. For her. Not that there hadn&rsquo;t been other women, but there were none like this one, and he knew it the first time he saw her, when he was twelve. Then, looking for some way to get the strange redhead&rsquo;s attention, he&rsquo;d lobbed a ball at her head and knocked her bonnet off, directly into a puddle. She promptly called him an &ldquo;ignorant peasant,&rdquo; and thus he&rsquo;d decided she wasn&rsquo;t worth his notice anyway. Fate had seemed determined to keep them on opposing sides of every argument from then on. Everyone thought he ought to be with Molly Robbins, until even he began to think it. Molly was a part of his world, and this woman never could be. When he was sensible, he knew that.</p><p>[Log in or register to read the full excerpt of <em>Lady Mercy Danforthe Flirts with Scandal</em>...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/05/lady-mercy-danforthe-flirts-with-scandal-exclusive-excerpt">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dFXJqgAVNjA:3iU23uWpEHQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dFXJqgAVNjA:3iU23uWpEHQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=dFXJqgAVNjA:3iU23uWpEHQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dFXJqgAVNjA:3iU23uWpEHQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=dFXJqgAVNjA:3iU23uWpEHQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dFXJqgAVNjA:3iU23uWpEHQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dFXJqgAVNjA:3iU23uWpEHQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=dFXJqgAVNjA:3iU23uWpEHQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dFXJqgAVNjA:3iU23uWpEHQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dFXJqgAVNjA:3iU23uWpEHQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=dFXJqgAVNjA:3iU23uWpEHQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=dFXJqgAVNjA:3iU23uWpEHQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/dFXJqgAVNjA" height="1" width="1"/> Jayne Fresina Excerpts Thu, 30 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/05/lady-mercy-danforthe-flirts-with-scandal-exclusive-excerpt http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2013/05/lady-mercy-danforthe-flirts-with-scandal-exclusive-excerpt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/uLN0Cq-wovs/elizabeth-hoyt-shares-an-excerpt-from-duke-of-midnight <p><img align="left" alt="Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2013/May2013/Hoyt-Duke-of-Midnight175x283.jpg" title="Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt" />On her <a href="http://www.elizabethhoyt.com/books/dukeofmidnight.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">website</a>, <a href="http://www.elizabethhoyt.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Elizabeth Hoyt </a>offers the first chapter of her forthcoming October 2013 release, <em>Duke of Midnight</em>, the sixth book in the Maiden Lane series. Here&#39;s the blurb:</p><blockquote><p>WHEN A MASKED MAN . . .<br />Twenty years ago Maximus Batten witnessed the brutal murders of his parents. Now the autocratic Duke of Wakefield, he spends his days ruling Parliament. But by night, disguised as the Ghost of St. Giles, he prowls the grim alleys of St. Giles, ever on the hunt for the murderer. One night he finds a fiery woman who meets him toe-to-toe&mdash;and won&rsquo;t back down&hellip;</p><p>MEETS HIS MATCH . . .<br />Artemis Greaves toils as a lady&rsquo;s companion, but hiding beneath the plain brown serge of her dress is the heart of a huntress. When the Ghost of St. Giles rescues her from footpads she recognizes a kindred spirit&mdash;and is intrigued. She&rsquo;s even more intrigued when she realizes who exactly the notorious Ghost is by day&hellip;</p><p>DESIRE IGNITES A DANGEROUS PASSION<br />Artemis makes a bold move: she demands that Maximus use his influence to free her imprisoned brother&mdash;or she will expose him as the Ghost. But blackmailing a powerful duke isn&rsquo;t without risks. Now that she has the tiger by the tail, can she withstand his ire&mdash;or the temptation of his embrace?</p></blockquote><p>And here&#39;s the very beginning of <em>The Duke of Midnight</em>:</p><blockquote><p>1740<br />London, England</p><p>Artemis Greaves did not like to think herself a cynical person, but when the masked figure dropped into the moonlit alley to confront the three toughs already menacing her and her cousin, the hand on the knife in her boot tightened.</p><p>It seemed only prudent.</p><p>He was big and wore a harlequin&rsquo;s motley&mdash;black-and-red diamond leggings and tunic, black jackboots, a hat with a wide, floppy brim, and a black half mask with a grotesquely outsized nose. Harlequins were meant to be clowns&mdash;a silly entertainment&mdash;but no one in the dark alley was laughing. The harlequin uncoiled from his crouch with a lethal movement so elegant Artemis&rsquo;s breath caught in her throat. He was like a jungle cat&mdash;wild and without a trace of compassion&mdash;and like a jungle cat his attack held no hesitation.</p><p>He launched himself at the three men.</p></blockquote><p>Read the rest at <a href="http://www.elizabethhoyt.com/books/dukeofmidnight.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Elizabeth Hoyt&#39;s website</a>!</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/elizabeth-hoyt-shares-an-excerpt-from-duke-of-midnight">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uLN0Cq-wovs:9x68AOTBtk8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uLN0Cq-wovs:9x68AOTBtk8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=uLN0Cq-wovs:9x68AOTBtk8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uLN0Cq-wovs:9x68AOTBtk8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=uLN0Cq-wovs:9x68AOTBtk8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uLN0Cq-wovs:9x68AOTBtk8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uLN0Cq-wovs:9x68AOTBtk8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=uLN0Cq-wovs:9x68AOTBtk8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uLN0Cq-wovs:9x68AOTBtk8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uLN0Cq-wovs:9x68AOTBtk8:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uLN0Cq-wovs:9x68AOTBtk8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=uLN0Cq-wovs:9x68AOTBtk8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/uLN0Cq-wovs" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Thu, 30 May 2013 15:55:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/elizabeth-hoyt-shares-an-excerpt-from-duke-of-midnight http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2013/05/elizabeth-hoyt-shares-an-excerpt-from-duke-of-midnight