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/ Sun, 27 May 2012 15:17:21 +0000 Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management en-gb http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/5GmzFMdfJXQ/ya-boys-of-summer <p><img alt="Dark Kiss by Michelle Rowen" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May22toMay28/Dark-Kiss-by-Michelle-Rowen-174.jpg" title="Dark Kiss by Michelle Rowen" />While September and October tend to be huge release months for young adult literature, there are some great summer books, too. In fact, I’m of the mind summer is the <u>best</u> time for YA swooning.</p><p>And the next three months have hot boys in droves. The funny ones. The cocky ones. The saves-the-day types. And even one who needs a rescue himself.</p><p>Want to remember the feeling of falling in love for the first time? Well, here are the YA boys of summer, who are destined to turn your legs to jelly.</p><p>[Michelle Rowen’s branching out into YA, who else is on the list?!]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/ya-boys-of-summer">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5GmzFMdfJXQ:DiD7DuGrww4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5GmzFMdfJXQ:DiD7DuGrww4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5GmzFMdfJXQ:DiD7DuGrww4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5GmzFMdfJXQ:DiD7DuGrww4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5GmzFMdfJXQ:DiD7DuGrww4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5GmzFMdfJXQ:DiD7DuGrww4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5GmzFMdfJXQ:DiD7DuGrww4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5GmzFMdfJXQ:DiD7DuGrww4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5GmzFMdfJXQ:DiD7DuGrww4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5GmzFMdfJXQ:DiD7DuGrww4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5GmzFMdfJXQ:DiD7DuGrww4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5GmzFMdfJXQ:DiD7DuGrww4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/5GmzFMdfJXQ" height="1" width="1"/> Chelsea Mueller Published Sun, 27 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/ya-boys-of-summer http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/ya-boys-of-summer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/y4Torcta3jM/author-barbara-delinsky-on-fifty-50-shades-of-grey <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May22toMay28/Romance-Blogs-Assemble250x389.jpg" style="width: 250px; height: 389px; " /></p><p><strong>Three top romance blogs, one big idea! Heroes and Heartbreakers, Romance@Random, and USA Today’s Happy Ever After join together to offer exclusive content and giveaways. Watch for our logo to appear monthly to begin the round robin—you’ll want to visit us all to read and win. Hugs from R@R, HEA, and H&amp;H! </strong></p><p><strong><strong>May’s Round Robin Theme: The <em>Fifty Shades of Grey</em> Trilogy</strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>Giveaways ends June 2nd, 2012. Be sure to stop by each site for a chance to win the complete <em>Fifty Shades of Grey</em> trilogy!</strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>On </strong><strong><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/author-barbara-delinsky-on-fifty-50-shades-of-grey" target="_blank">HeroesandHeartbreakers.com</a></strong><strong>, author Barbara Delinsky examines the <em>Fifty</em> phenomenon and asks, does <em>Fifty Shades of Grey</em> help us understand what women really want? Giveaway: Book #1, <em>Fifty Shades of Grey</em></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>On </strong><a href="http://books.usatoday.com/happyeverafter/post/2012-05-23/fifty-shades-of-grey-author-recommendations/700480/1" target="_blank"><strong>USA Today’s Happy Ever After</strong></a><strong>, your favorite authors (Julie James, Cynthia Eden, Allison Brennnan, Elizabeth Lowell and lots more!) recommend some HOT reads to feed your post-<em>Fifty Shades</em> jones. Giveaway: Book #2, <em>Fifty Shades Darker</em></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>On </strong><strong><a href="http://www.romanceatrandom.com/fifty-shades-freed-review-by-janet-webb-round-robin-giveaway/" target="_blank">RomanceatRandom.com</a></strong><strong>, Janet Webb goes in depth with the third book in the series and explains why you won’t want to stop after the first two books. Giveaway: Book #3, <em>Fifty Shades Freed</em></strong></strong></p><p><em>Today Heroes and Heartbreakers is thrilled to have Barbara Delinsky as a featured guest. Barbara began her career writing category romance, and some of those earliest books are being reprinted now, including </em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/second-time-around-barbara-delinskys-the-forever-instinct" target="_blank">The Forever Instinct, which H&amp;H has recently covered</a>. <em>Barbara’s latest book is </em>Escape, <em>which has just been released in paperback. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, and today she’s sharing what struck her when reading E.L. James’s Fifty Shades trilogy. Thanks for joining us, Barbara!</em></p><p>A Barbara Delinsky take on the <em>Fifty Shades</em> phenomenon …</p><p>[What does she think?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/author-barbara-delinsky-on-fifty-50-shades-of-grey">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=y4Torcta3jM:ZZZU3Ftzl5s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=y4Torcta3jM:ZZZU3Ftzl5s:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=y4Torcta3jM:ZZZU3Ftzl5s:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=y4Torcta3jM:ZZZU3Ftzl5s:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=y4Torcta3jM:ZZZU3Ftzl5s:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=y4Torcta3jM:ZZZU3Ftzl5s:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=y4Torcta3jM:ZZZU3Ftzl5s:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=y4Torcta3jM:ZZZU3Ftzl5s:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=y4Torcta3jM:ZZZU3Ftzl5s:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=y4Torcta3jM:ZZZU3Ftzl5s:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=y4Torcta3jM:ZZZU3Ftzl5s:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=y4Torcta3jM:ZZZU3Ftzl5s:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/y4Torcta3jM" height="1" width="1"/> Barbara Delinsky Published Fri, 25 May 2012 14:02:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/author-barbara-delinsky-on-fifty-50-shades-of-grey http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/author-barbara-delinsky-on-fifty-50-shades-of-grey http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/Wg11HvgzgFo/i-call-bullshit-literally-damaged-heroes <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May22toMay28/Gold-post-Black-Knight-Arthur250x218.jpg" />The movie <em>Monty Python and the Holy Grail </em>features a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXY9TuuwyL8" target="_blank">swordfight</a> between King Arthur and the Black Knight. First Arthur severs the Knight’s left arm, who shrugs off his injury: <em>“Tis but a scratch...I’ve had worse.”</em> Then Arthur reluctantly continues their swordplay, cutting off the Knight’s sword arm. Though now armless, the Knight still refuses to concede, and by the end of the fight—when he is but a stump of a man—he suggests they <em>“call it a draw.”</em> By the time Arthur “rides” away (clip clop, clip clop), the Black Knight, belligerent to the end, taunts him: <em>“Running away, eh? You yellow bastards! Come back here and take what’s coming to ya! I’ll bite your legs off!”</em></p><p>[Never underestimate the power of a good bite!]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/i-call-bullshit-literally-damaged-heroes">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Wg11HvgzgFo:Wu9pXvpGe-w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Wg11HvgzgFo:Wu9pXvpGe-w:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Wg11HvgzgFo:Wu9pXvpGe-w:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Wg11HvgzgFo:Wu9pXvpGe-w:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Wg11HvgzgFo:Wu9pXvpGe-w:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Wg11HvgzgFo:Wu9pXvpGe-w:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Wg11HvgzgFo:Wu9pXvpGe-w:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Wg11HvgzgFo:Wu9pXvpGe-w:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Wg11HvgzgFo:Wu9pXvpGe-w:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Wg11HvgzgFo:Wu9pXvpGe-w:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Wg11HvgzgFo:Wu9pXvpGe-w:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Wg11HvgzgFo:Wu9pXvpGe-w:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/Wg11HvgzgFo" height="1" width="1"/> Laurie Gold Published Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/i-call-bullshit-literally-damaged-heroes http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/i-call-bullshit-literally-damaged-heroes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/wQXc5W-7emI/hotties-in-cravats-historical-hunks <p><img align="left" alt="Nathaniel Hawthorne" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogs/12_05/hawthorne.jpg" title="Nathaniel Hawthorne, Historical Hunk" /></p><p>It’s all very well to share pictures of bare-chested men in low-slung jeans. And it’s equally fine to share drool-worthy pictures of hot guys in fancy suits. As a Facebook user, I am frequently treated to both of these types of eye candy. In fact, Heroes and Heartbreakers has made this particularly easy with their <a href="https://apps.facebook.com/heroesnhearts/Gifts" target="_blank">Facebook Hottie-Gram app</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>But there are those of us who long for that manly throat swathed in a cravat, those muscular thighs encased in body-hugging buckskin, that superfine jacket stretched across broad shoulders and, yes, even those intrepid legs in silk stockings and dancing pumps. I knew I was one of those people even before Colin Firth came galloping across the Cheshire landscape on a white steed, although I must admit that Colin Firth in any of the above mentioned items of clothing never fails to set my pulses pounding.</p><p>[You are not alone...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/hotties-in-cravats-historical-hunks">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wQXc5W-7emI:OxWf4KwUyCc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wQXc5W-7emI:OxWf4KwUyCc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=wQXc5W-7emI:OxWf4KwUyCc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wQXc5W-7emI:OxWf4KwUyCc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=wQXc5W-7emI:OxWf4KwUyCc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wQXc5W-7emI:OxWf4KwUyCc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wQXc5W-7emI:OxWf4KwUyCc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=wQXc5W-7emI:OxWf4KwUyCc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wQXc5W-7emI:OxWf4KwUyCc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wQXc5W-7emI:OxWf4KwUyCc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wQXc5W-7emI:OxWf4KwUyCc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=wQXc5W-7emI:OxWf4KwUyCc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/wQXc5W-7emI" height="1" width="1"/> Myretta Robens Published Sat, 26 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/hotties-in-cravats-historical-hunks http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/hotties-in-cravats-historical-hunks http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/OFcOkiKs3XA/friday-beefcake-hunks-in-trucks-and-speedos <p><img alt="Ryan Lochte" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May22toMay28/Ryan-Lochte-Speedo450x337.jpg" /></p><p>Swimsuit season is here again! And what better way to celebrate than with eye candy, right? Right. This week’s Friday Beefcake features swimmers Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps, and Leslie Kwok; actors Taye Diggs, Matt Davis, and Daniel Craig; model David Gandy; and some random guys on a beach. Enjoy!</p><p>[+ 7 more pics...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/friday-beefcake-hunks-in-trucks-and-speedos">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OFcOkiKs3XA:uqy17GHLtzQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OFcOkiKs3XA:uqy17GHLtzQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=OFcOkiKs3XA:uqy17GHLtzQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OFcOkiKs3XA:uqy17GHLtzQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=OFcOkiKs3XA:uqy17GHLtzQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OFcOkiKs3XA:uqy17GHLtzQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OFcOkiKs3XA:uqy17GHLtzQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=OFcOkiKs3XA:uqy17GHLtzQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OFcOkiKs3XA:uqy17GHLtzQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OFcOkiKs3XA:uqy17GHLtzQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OFcOkiKs3XA:uqy17GHLtzQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=OFcOkiKs3XA:uqy17GHLtzQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/OFcOkiKs3XA" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Fri, 25 May 2012 21:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/friday-beefcake-hunks-in-trucks-and-speedos http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/friday-beefcake-hunks-in-trucks-and-speedos http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/VZ_JhYnBwG0/cover-alert-jaci-burton-thrown-by-a-curve-has-a-cover <p><img alt="Thrown by a Curve by Jaci Burton" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May22toMay28/Thrown-by-a-Curve-by-Jaci-Burton200x300.jpg" title="Thrown by a Curve by Jaci Burton" />The cover for<a href="http://www.jaciburton.com/" target="_blank"> <strong>Jaci Burton</strong></a>’s <em>Thrown by a Curve,</em> book 5 in the Play by Play series, has been revealed, and it’s certainly throwing us for a curve! (Those ABS!)</p><p>Here’s the official description via <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13551531-thrown-by-a-curve" target="_blank">goodreads</a>:</p><blockquote><p>Sports medicine specialist Alicia Riley has the job of her dreams, until she’s assigned to star pitcher Garrett Scott. Undergoing shoulder rehab, it’s make it or break it time for Garrett, and he needs to focus to get back on the mound in time for opening day. But close proximity and combustible chemistry is a dangerous combination, and both Alicia and Garrett have a lot to lose if this doesn’t work.</p></blockquote><p><em>Thrown by a Curve</em> will be out in March 2013.</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/cover-alert-jaci-burton-thrown-by-a-curve-has-a-cover">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VZ_JhYnBwG0:gMIES75g-bA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VZ_JhYnBwG0:gMIES75g-bA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=VZ_JhYnBwG0:gMIES75g-bA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VZ_JhYnBwG0:gMIES75g-bA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=VZ_JhYnBwG0:gMIES75g-bA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VZ_JhYnBwG0:gMIES75g-bA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VZ_JhYnBwG0:gMIES75g-bA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=VZ_JhYnBwG0:gMIES75g-bA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VZ_JhYnBwG0:gMIES75g-bA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VZ_JhYnBwG0:gMIES75g-bA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VZ_JhYnBwG0:gMIES75g-bA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=VZ_JhYnBwG0:gMIES75g-bA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/VZ_JhYnBwG0" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Fri, 25 May 2012 19:07:13 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/cover-alert-jaci-burton-thrown-by-a-curve-has-a-cover http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/cover-alert-jaci-burton-thrown-by-a-curve-has-a-cover http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/szofJU9BbWI/rachel-gibson-rescue-me-may-29-2012 <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="Rescue Me by Rachel Gibson" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/Rescue-Me-by-Rachel-Gibson174x280.jpg" title="Rescue Me by Rachel Gibson" /></span></strong><strong>Rachel Gibson</strong><br /><strong><em>Rescue Me</em><br />HarperCollins / May 29, 2012 / $7.99 print, $4.99 digital</strong></p><blockquote><p>Everyone in Lovett, Texas, knows Sadie Hollowell has always been a “notional” kind of gal. She got a notion to leave town ASAP and never visit her daddy (bless his heart) again. Now she’s back and got the notion to invite a good-looking, hard-muscled, total stranger to her cousin’s wedding. Better a stranger than some of the losers she’s dated.</p><p>Vince Haven got his muscles the hard way—as a Navy SEAL in Afghanistan. He’s staying in Lovett to visit his crazy aunt—the proprietor of the local Gas and Go. Before he can get the heck back out of the small town, his aunt makes him an offer he can’t refuse. Maybe he’ll stick around Lovett for a while. Maybe he’ll make a “go” of the Gas and Go. Maybe he’ll rescue Sadie&nbsp;<i 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-style: italic; ">out</i>&nbsp;of that Bubble Yum&nbsp;pink bridesmaid dress!</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.rachelgibson.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Rachel Gibson</strong></a> is one of my favorite contemporary authors, and <em>Rescue Me</em>—a fun, sexy friends-with-benefits tale—is a great example of why.</p><p>[Methinks a SEAL friend would certainly bring the benefits...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/rachel-gibson-rescue-me-may-29-2012">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=szofJU9BbWI:fJGVFlxYpRc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=szofJU9BbWI:fJGVFlxYpRc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=szofJU9BbWI:fJGVFlxYpRc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=szofJU9BbWI:fJGVFlxYpRc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=szofJU9BbWI:fJGVFlxYpRc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=szofJU9BbWI:fJGVFlxYpRc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=szofJU9BbWI:fJGVFlxYpRc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=szofJU9BbWI:fJGVFlxYpRc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=szofJU9BbWI:fJGVFlxYpRc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=szofJU9BbWI:fJGVFlxYpRc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=szofJU9BbWI:fJGVFlxYpRc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=szofJU9BbWI:fJGVFlxYpRc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/szofJU9BbWI" height="1" width="1"/> Heather Waters (redline_) Published Fri, 25 May 2012 17:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/rachel-gibson-rescue-me-may-29-2012 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/rachel-gibson-rescue-me-may-29-2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/Kp3wY4UMyiE/love-at-first-sight <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May22toMay28/Love-At-First-Sight-by-BJ-Daniels225.jpg" />As early as ancient Greece, when it was called <em>theia mania</em> (“madness from the gods”), people have referred to the phenomenon known as “love at first sight.”</p><p>Many—if not all—romances have a moment where the hero and/or heroine spies the other, and feels an instant flutter. Love at first sight? Is it even possible?</p><p><a href="http://shine.yahoo.com/love-sex/love-first-sight-really-possible-192100701.html" target="_blank"><em>Glamour</em> Magazine</a> asked a few experts if they thought love at first sight could be a reality:</p><blockquote><p>“[A]ttraction or even lust at first sight seems to be more fitting...Within the first three to five minutes of seeing and talking to someone, we often determine whether they are a potential mate or an appropriate match.”</p><p>“Love at first sight? Not so much. Lust at first sight? Absolutely!...Real ’love’ is built on communication and compatibility, which takes a bit longer than an instant.”</p></blockquote><blockquote><p>"In my experience, yes, love at first sight is real. I remember seeing [my husband] walk into the Ethiopian restaurant the first time I ever saw him, and something happened to me. He said he loved me the first time he saw me, and it was the same for me. Not to be too mushy.”</p></blockquote><p>So: Possible or not possible?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/love-at-first-sight">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Kp3wY4UMyiE:Ah5HerpGobM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Kp3wY4UMyiE:Ah5HerpGobM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Kp3wY4UMyiE:Ah5HerpGobM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Kp3wY4UMyiE:Ah5HerpGobM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Kp3wY4UMyiE:Ah5HerpGobM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Kp3wY4UMyiE:Ah5HerpGobM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Kp3wY4UMyiE:Ah5HerpGobM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Kp3wY4UMyiE:Ah5HerpGobM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Kp3wY4UMyiE:Ah5HerpGobM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Kp3wY4UMyiE:Ah5HerpGobM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Kp3wY4UMyiE:Ah5HerpGobM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Kp3wY4UMyiE:Ah5HerpGobM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/Kp3wY4UMyiE" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Fri, 25 May 2012 13:44:14 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/love-at-first-sight http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/love-at-first-sight http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/o28WFD-pznc/first-look-julia-quinn-a-night-like-this-may-29-2012 <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="A Night Like This by Julia Quinn" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May22toMay28/A-Night-Like-This-by-Julia-Quinn200x323.jpg" title="A Night Like This by Julia Quinn" /></span></strong><strong>Julia Quinn</strong><br /><strong><em>A Night Like This</em><br />Avon / May 29, 2012 / $7.99</strong></p><blockquote><p>Anne Wynter might not be who she says she is . . .&nbsp;But she’s managing quite well as a governess to three highborn young ladies. Her job can be a challenge—in a single week she finds herself hiding in a closet full of tubas, playing an evil queen in a play that might be a tragedy (or might be a comedy—no one is sure), and tending to the wounds of the oh-so-dashing Earl of Winstead. After years of dodging unwanted advances, he’s the first man who has truly tempted her, and it’s getting harder and harder to remind herself that a governess has no business flirting with a nobleman.</p><p>Daniel Smythe-Smith might be in mortal danger . . .&nbsp;But that’s not going to stop the young earl from falling in love. And when he spies a mysterious woman at his family’s annual musicale, he vows to pursue her, even if that means spending his days with a ten-year-old who thinks she’s a unicorn. But Daniel has an enemy, one who has vowed to see him dead. And when Anne is thrown into peril, he will stop at nothing to ensure their happy ending . . .</p></blockquote><p>It’s time for another installment in the Smythe-Smith family series, the family who has been assaulting the ears of the <em>ton</em> for years with their annual family musicale. Our heroine this time around is not a Smythe-Smith, but a governess in a Smythe-Smith household who was dragooned into playing the piano at the last minute when an enterprising Smythe-Smith debutante feigned illness to get out of performing in the musicale which took place at the end of the previous book. Fortunately—or unfortunately—Anne Wynter’s musical abilities fit right in with the rest of the performers and nobody much noticed the substitution. Except for Daniel Smythe-Smith, who was exiled to Europe for several years because of a duel and who arrived home just in time to catch the musicale. And be instantly smitten with Anne.</p><p>[Instant smittance! Sounds delightful!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-julia-quinn-a-night-like-this-may-29-2012">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=o28WFD-pznc:Ld9DF5Tnj44:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=o28WFD-pznc:Ld9DF5Tnj44:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=o28WFD-pznc:Ld9DF5Tnj44:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=o28WFD-pznc:Ld9DF5Tnj44:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=o28WFD-pznc:Ld9DF5Tnj44:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=o28WFD-pznc:Ld9DF5Tnj44:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=o28WFD-pznc:Ld9DF5Tnj44:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=o28WFD-pznc:Ld9DF5Tnj44:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=o28WFD-pznc:Ld9DF5Tnj44:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=o28WFD-pznc:Ld9DF5Tnj44:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=o28WFD-pznc:Ld9DF5Tnj44:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=o28WFD-pznc:Ld9DF5Tnj44:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/o28WFD-pznc" height="1" width="1"/> Cheryl Sneed Published Thu, 24 May 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-julia-quinn-a-night-like-this-may-29-2012 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-julia-quinn-a-night-like-this-may-29-2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/qwTqKwtZ13U/bared-to-you-new-excerpt <p><img alt="Bared to You by Sylvia Day" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/Bared-to-You-by-Sylvia-Day.jpg" title="Bared to You by Sylvia Day" /><em>Our journey began in fire...</em></p><p id="yui_3_3_0_1_1337786396888_2261"><em>Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness-beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white-hot. I was drawn to him as I’d never been to anything or anyone in my life. I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me. I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily...</em></p><p id="yui_3_3_0_1_1337786396888_2260"><em>Gideon knew. He had demons of his own. And we would become the mirrors that reflected each other’s most private wounds...and desires.</em></p><p id="yui_3_3_0_1_1337786396888_2257"><em>The bonds of his love transformed me, even as I prayed that the torment of our pasts didn’t tear us apart...</em></p><p><strong>Meet Gideon and Eva in this special sneak peek of Sylvia Day’s <em>Bared to You</em> (available as an e-book now and in trade paperback on June 12, 2012).</strong></p><p><span style="display: none; ">&nbsp;</span><span id="cke_bm_95E" style="display: none; ">&nbsp;</span>His tie was silver and his shirt brilliantly white, the stark absence of color emphasizing those amazing blue irises. As he stood there with his jacket open and his hands shoved casually into his pants pockets, the sight of him was like running smack into a wall I hadn’t known was there.</p><p>[Sign in or register to read the full excerpt of <em>Bared to You...</em>]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/bared-to-you-new-excerpt">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qwTqKwtZ13U:SNDmiUBvdvs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qwTqKwtZ13U:SNDmiUBvdvs:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=qwTqKwtZ13U:SNDmiUBvdvs:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qwTqKwtZ13U:SNDmiUBvdvs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=qwTqKwtZ13U:SNDmiUBvdvs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qwTqKwtZ13U:SNDmiUBvdvs:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qwTqKwtZ13U:SNDmiUBvdvs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=qwTqKwtZ13U:SNDmiUBvdvs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qwTqKwtZ13U:SNDmiUBvdvs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qwTqKwtZ13U:SNDmiUBvdvs:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qwTqKwtZ13U:SNDmiUBvdvs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=qwTqKwtZ13U:SNDmiUBvdvs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/qwTqKwtZ13U" height="1" width="1"/> Sylvia Day Excerpts Thu, 24 May 2012 19:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/bared-to-you-new-excerpt http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/bared-to-you-new-excerpt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/1UrfWeVUU_Q/a-willing-victim-to-cara-mckenna-meg-maguire-dark-sexy-books <p><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><img alt="Willing Victim by Cara McKenna" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May22toMay28/Willing-Victim-by-Cara-McKenna174x287.jpg" title="Willing Victim by Cara McKenna" /></span></em><em>Willing Victim</em> was the first <a href="http://www.caramckenna.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Cara McKenna</strong></a> book I ever read, but it certainly wasn’t my last. McKenna writes dark, lush, erotic romance. Her sexy stories open the door and gently usher you through, pushing you out of your comfort zone. She tempts you to explore the forbidden and taboo, right along with her well developed and engaging characters. Unlike many erotic romance authors, Ms. Mckenna doesn’t subscribe to the notion that the end result is a happily ever after. What I throughly enjoy when reading her books is the fact that she doesn’t guarantee you a happily ever after. While her characters may resolve the main conflict in the story, we aren’t given any reassurances that they will remain together once we reach the end. I appreciate that. Relationships are hard. They are forever a work in progress. While happily ever after is fine for fairy tales, it’s not realistic in real life.</p><p>A perfect example of that is <em>Willing Victim</em>, a dark, gritty erotic romance that revolves around a couple who enjoy acting out rape fantasies. Our heroine, Laurel, has been drifting through life since her mother passed away. When she meets Flynn, a construction worker and boxer, she finds herself intrigued by the illicit sexual lifestyle to which he subscribes. As Laurel and Flynn begin their journey, what starts out as a sexual relationship quickly becomes more as Laurel begins to have feelings for Flynn and questions where they are headed.</p><p>[Where ARE they headed?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/a-willing-victim-to-cara-mckenna-meg-maguire-dark-sexy-books">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1UrfWeVUU_Q:xDkb3HQhwMg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1UrfWeVUU_Q:xDkb3HQhwMg:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1UrfWeVUU_Q:xDkb3HQhwMg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1UrfWeVUU_Q:xDkb3HQhwMg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1UrfWeVUU_Q:xDkb3HQhwMg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1UrfWeVUU_Q:xDkb3HQhwMg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1UrfWeVUU_Q:xDkb3HQhwMg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1UrfWeVUU_Q:xDkb3HQhwMg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1UrfWeVUU_Q:xDkb3HQhwMg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1UrfWeVUU_Q:xDkb3HQhwMg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1UrfWeVUU_Q:xDkb3HQhwMg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1UrfWeVUU_Q:xDkb3HQhwMg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/1UrfWeVUU_Q" height="1" width="1"/> Tori Benson Published Thu, 24 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/a-willing-victim-to-cara-mckenna-meg-maguire-dark-sexy-books http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/a-willing-victim-to-cara-mckenna-meg-maguire-dark-sexy-books http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/8DvL_gSZ1p4/author-leigh-bardugo-on-skin-deep-beauty <p><img alt="Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/Bardugo-Shadow-and-Bone250.jpg" style="width: 174px; height: 260px; " title="Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo" /><em>Today, Heroes and Heartbreakers is pleased to welcome author and makeup artist Leigh Bardugo, whose novel </em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/04/shadow-and-bone-new-excerpt" target="_blank">Shadow and Bone</a><em> will be available June 5 to talk beauty in romance.&nbsp;Thanks, Leigh!</em></p><p>Among makeup artists, there’s a saying we occasionally mutter when a client is being too demanding or bringing crazy expectations to the table: “It’s a brush, not a wand.” In life, I’m bound by the limitations of product, bone structure, bad lighting. But on the page, anything is possible, and as an author and a reader, I don’t mind a little wish-fulfillment in my fiction. In fact, I’m rather partial to abs, and great parties, and the wearing of sparkly garments. Even so, I can’t help but notice a few beauty tropes that keep cropping up in YA, so let’s scratch the surface.</p><p><strong>Hotness, Hotness Everywhere</strong></p><p>As far as epidemics go, this one is highly preferable to cholera. I don’t know if it’s airborne or there’s something in the water, but there are a disproportionately large number of great looking people in YA. Everywhere—small towns, boarding schools, spaceships. It’s like Universal Fashion Week all the time. I think this is part of why I like fantasy so much. I don’t mind recurring eye candy outbreaks, but I find them easier to accept with a bit of justification. Or maybe I just like the idea that a vampire bite can ensure an eternity of good hair days.</p><p>[Vampire bite or dozens of hair products? I take vampire bite!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/author-leigh-bardugo-on-skin-deep-beauty">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8DvL_gSZ1p4:uKxV02HA4-4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8DvL_gSZ1p4:uKxV02HA4-4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=8DvL_gSZ1p4:uKxV02HA4-4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8DvL_gSZ1p4:uKxV02HA4-4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=8DvL_gSZ1p4:uKxV02HA4-4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8DvL_gSZ1p4:uKxV02HA4-4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8DvL_gSZ1p4:uKxV02HA4-4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=8DvL_gSZ1p4:uKxV02HA4-4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8DvL_gSZ1p4:uKxV02HA4-4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8DvL_gSZ1p4:uKxV02HA4-4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8DvL_gSZ1p4:uKxV02HA4-4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=8DvL_gSZ1p4:uKxV02HA4-4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/8DvL_gSZ1p4" height="1" width="1"/> Leigh Bardugo Published Thu, 24 May 2012 14:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/author-leigh-bardugo-on-skin-deep-beauty http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/author-leigh-bardugo-on-skin-deep-beauty http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/aLip39KhyJo/best-summer-read <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May22toMay28/Susan-Mallery-Summer-Days225.jpg" style="width: 200px; height: 317px; " /></p><p>At some point during the late spring, entertainment media offer their ideas for your summer reading—books you take to the beach, on vacation, outside to the garden, etc.</p><p>And for these sources, there is a certain conceit to what goes into choosing the book: It should be light, but not so light to be frivolous; engaging enough to feel as though your brain is on vacation, too, as you get lost in the book; preferably set, also, in the summer time. Sometimes the books are set in small towns rather than bustling metropolises.</p><p>But is that your idea of a perfect summer read? What book do you remember most fondly from summers past? What kinds of books do you like to read on vacation or on slower days?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/best-summer-read">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aLip39KhyJo:sA5UWI0zTCM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aLip39KhyJo:sA5UWI0zTCM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=aLip39KhyJo:sA5UWI0zTCM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aLip39KhyJo:sA5UWI0zTCM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=aLip39KhyJo:sA5UWI0zTCM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aLip39KhyJo:sA5UWI0zTCM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aLip39KhyJo:sA5UWI0zTCM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=aLip39KhyJo:sA5UWI0zTCM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aLip39KhyJo:sA5UWI0zTCM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aLip39KhyJo:sA5UWI0zTCM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aLip39KhyJo:sA5UWI0zTCM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=aLip39KhyJo:sA5UWI0zTCM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/aLip39KhyJo" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Thu, 24 May 2012 13:21:19 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/best-summer-read http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/best-summer-read http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/iTgUNyTweNs/three-weddings-a-murder-and-a-good-cause-new-anthology-from-dare-milan-and-others <p><img alt="Three Weddings and a Murder Anthology" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May22toMay28/ThreeWeddingsandaMurder225.jpg" title="Three Weddings and a Murder Anthology" /><em>Three Weddings and a Murder</em> is a brand new anthology from authors <strong>Tessa Dare</strong>, <strong>Courtney Milan</strong>, <strong>Leigh LaValle</strong>, and <strong>Carey Baldwin</strong>. All proceeds form the sale of the anthology are being given to the <a href="http://www.avonwalk.org/" target="_blank">Avon Walk for Breast Cancer</a>. The authors call themselves <a href="http://info.avonfoundation.org/site/TR?team_id=107960&amp;fr_id=2174&amp;pg=team" target="_blank">Team “Bodice Rippers,“</a> and will be participating themselves in the Santa Barbara, CA, walk. The anthology is $2.99 at your favorite e-tailer. The four stories sound delicious, and varied:</p><blockquote><p>”The Scandalous, Dissolute, No-Good Mr. Wright“ by Tessa Dare<br /><br />Because of a foolish mistake in her youth, Miss Eliza Cade is not allowed ”out“ in Society until her three older sisters are wed. But while she’s trying to be good, Eliza keeps bumping elbows—and lips—with the notorious rake Harry Wright. The passions he stirs in her are so wrong...but she just can’t resist Mr. Wright.</p></blockquote><p>[Read more...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/three-weddings-a-murder-and-a-good-cause-new-anthology-from-dare-milan-and-others">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iTgUNyTweNs:f1Vjxh-1Qn8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iTgUNyTweNs:f1Vjxh-1Qn8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=iTgUNyTweNs:f1Vjxh-1Qn8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iTgUNyTweNs:f1Vjxh-1Qn8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=iTgUNyTweNs:f1Vjxh-1Qn8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iTgUNyTweNs:f1Vjxh-1Qn8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iTgUNyTweNs:f1Vjxh-1Qn8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=iTgUNyTweNs:f1Vjxh-1Qn8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iTgUNyTweNs:f1Vjxh-1Qn8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iTgUNyTweNs:f1Vjxh-1Qn8:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iTgUNyTweNs:f1Vjxh-1Qn8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=iTgUNyTweNs:f1Vjxh-1Qn8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/iTgUNyTweNs" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Wed, 23 May 2012 18:03:44 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/three-weddings-a-murder-and-a-good-cause-new-anthology-from-dare-milan-and-others http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/three-weddings-a-murder-and-a-good-cause-new-anthology-from-dare-milan-and-others http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/KF9QW4-XeP0/author-kate-rothwell-on-how-the-internet-is-the-ton-discuss <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May22toMay28/Cherish-by-Kate-Rothwell190x285.jpg" /><em>Today we welcome guest author Kate Rothwell to&nbsp;Heroes and Heartbreakers to talk about how similar today&rsquo;s Internet culture&nbsp;can be to Regency society.&nbsp;Thanks, Kate!</em></p><p>The Internet is both vile and wonderful. Spend too much time online and that virtual life can feel far too real. It’s easy to fall into a tizzy based on some response to some comment on some loop. And how long does it take to recall that the usual response to an online “incident” is even less significant than the jolt of guilt you feel when you realize that you’ve loaded thirteen items on the twelve item check-out line. (Okay, maybe I’m the only one who neurotically counts her items.)</p><p>In other words, the online incident means next to nothing.</p><p>[That was so five minutes ago...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/author-kate-rothwell-on-how-the-internet-is-the-ton-discuss">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=KF9QW4-XeP0:tvQ_yYKXqjc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=KF9QW4-XeP0:tvQ_yYKXqjc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=KF9QW4-XeP0:tvQ_yYKXqjc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=KF9QW4-XeP0:tvQ_yYKXqjc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=KF9QW4-XeP0:tvQ_yYKXqjc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=KF9QW4-XeP0:tvQ_yYKXqjc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=KF9QW4-XeP0:tvQ_yYKXqjc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=KF9QW4-XeP0:tvQ_yYKXqjc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=KF9QW4-XeP0:tvQ_yYKXqjc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=KF9QW4-XeP0:tvQ_yYKXqjc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=KF9QW4-XeP0:tvQ_yYKXqjc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=KF9QW4-XeP0:tvQ_yYKXqjc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/KF9QW4-XeP0" height="1" width="1"/> Kate Rothwell Published Wed, 23 May 2012 22:36:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/author-kate-rothwell-on-how-the-internet-is-the-ton-discuss http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/author-kate-rothwell-on-how-the-internet-is-the-ton-discuss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/5aPMqGJqpAM/first-look-linda-lael-miller-big-sky-country-may-29-2012 <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="Big Sky Country by Linda Lael Miller" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May22toMay28/Big-Sky-Country-by-Linda-Lael-Miller190x301.jpg" title="Big Sky Country by Linda Lael Miller" /></span></strong><strong>Linda Lael Miller</strong><br /><em><strong>Big Sky Country</strong></em><br /><strong>Harlequin / May 29, 2012 / $7.99</strong></p><blockquote><p>The illegitimate son of a wealthy rancher, Sheriff Slade Barlow grew up in a trailer hitched to the Curly-Burly hair salon his mother runs. He was never acknowledged by his father-until now. Suddenly, Slade has inherited half of Whisper Creek Ranch, one of the most prosperous in Parable, Montana. That doesn’t sit well with his half brother, Hutch, who grew up with all the rights of a Carmody. Including the affections of Joslyn Kirk, homecoming queen, rodeo queen, beauty queen-whom Slade has never forgotten&nbsp;</p><p>But Joslyn is barely holding her head up these days as she works to pay back everyone her crooked stepfather cheated. With a town to protect-plus a rebellious teenage stepdaughter-Slade has his hands full. But someone has to convince Joslyn that she’s responsible only for her own actions. Such as her effect on this lawman’s guarded heart.</p></blockquote><p><em>Big Sky Country&nbsp;</em>by <a href="http://www.lindalaelmiller.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Linda Lael Miller</strong></a> begins a new series set in fictional Parable, Montana. <em>Big Sky Country</em> is about romance, but it’s also about families, in particular fathers and stepfathers. The hero, Slade Barlow, grew up unacknowledged by his genetic father and raised by his single mother, but serves willingly in the role of stepfather to a teenager, despite not being married to her mother any more, and despite her mother’s new fiancé. Meanwhile, heroine Joslyn Kirk has never fully recovered from the criminal business dealings of her own stepfather; even after his death, she is still trying to put right the crimes he committed without her knowledge, that forced her into leaving Parable as a young girl.</p><p>[Family matters, huh?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-linda-lael-miller-big-sky-country-may-29-2012">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5aPMqGJqpAM:LLvmt4YKwxU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5aPMqGJqpAM:LLvmt4YKwxU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5aPMqGJqpAM:LLvmt4YKwxU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5aPMqGJqpAM:LLvmt4YKwxU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5aPMqGJqpAM:LLvmt4YKwxU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5aPMqGJqpAM:LLvmt4YKwxU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5aPMqGJqpAM:LLvmt4YKwxU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5aPMqGJqpAM:LLvmt4YKwxU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5aPMqGJqpAM:LLvmt4YKwxU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5aPMqGJqpAM:LLvmt4YKwxU:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5aPMqGJqpAM:LLvmt4YKwxU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5aPMqGJqpAM:LLvmt4YKwxU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/5aPMqGJqpAM" height="1" width="1"/> Victoria Janssen Published Wed, 23 May 2012 15:15:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-linda-lael-miller-big-sky-country-may-29-2012 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-linda-lael-miller-big-sky-country-may-29-2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/3Z6FpRhosrQ/hah-book-club-teresa-medeiross-the-bride-and-the-beast <p><img alt="Ewan Magregor" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May22toMay28/Ewan-Magregor-Kilt225.jpg" title="I would kilt for you. " />We’re in the penultimate meeting of the H&amp;H Book Club for May, which is Teresa Medeiros’s <em>The Bride and the Beast</em>.</p><p>Let’s continue the discussion of the book with a few questions:</p><blockquote><p>Have you read Medeiros before?</p><p>What do you like best about the book?</p><p>What do you like least?</p></blockquote><p>To break the fourth wall for a moment, there are several things I like about the book, and a few things that I do not like so well. I love the lush description of the castle, the village, Gwendolyn’s clothing, the moon, even the cat! I am thrilled that the Dragon admires both Gwendolyn’s body and her mind, and that they continue to engage in witty banter throughout their courtship. I love Gwen’s sense of humor about herself and her situation, and her remaining true to herself despite what travails she’s gone through. I like, too, that Gwendolyn’s remaining true to herself means she doesn’t undergo a big transformation, where she loses weight and becomes more beautiful—when she sees the villagers again, she’s dressed becomingly, and they’re aware of her beauty in a way they haven’t been before, but that’s not because of her changing.</p><p>The things I don’t like could be summed up in one phrase: Big Misunderstanding. I don’t understand why Gwen or the Dragon react as they do once certain events unfold, and I further don’t understand why a couple that has proven themselves so able to speak to one another don’t do just that when complications arise. It makes me respect their intelligence less, and I think they are both smart, clever people.</p><p>What do you like and what <u>don’t</u> you like about the book?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/hah-book-club-teresa-medeiross-the-bride-and-the-beast">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3Z6FpRhosrQ:qqhNUPblx_c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3Z6FpRhosrQ:qqhNUPblx_c:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=3Z6FpRhosrQ:qqhNUPblx_c:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3Z6FpRhosrQ:qqhNUPblx_c:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=3Z6FpRhosrQ:qqhNUPblx_c:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3Z6FpRhosrQ:qqhNUPblx_c:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3Z6FpRhosrQ:qqhNUPblx_c:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=3Z6FpRhosrQ:qqhNUPblx_c:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3Z6FpRhosrQ:qqhNUPblx_c:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3Z6FpRhosrQ:qqhNUPblx_c:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3Z6FpRhosrQ:qqhNUPblx_c:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=3Z6FpRhosrQ:qqhNUPblx_c:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/3Z6FpRhosrQ" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Wed, 23 May 2012 13:08:56 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/hah-book-club-teresa-medeiross-the-bride-and-the-beast http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/hah-book-club-teresa-medeiross-the-bride-and-the-beast http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/YmHQrI0hxWI/first-look-donna-grant-midnights-master-may-22-2012 <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="Midnight&rsquo;s Master by Donna Grant" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May22toMay28/Midnights-Master-by-Donna-Grant174x282.jpg" title="Midnight&rsquo;s Master by Donna Grant" /></span></strong><strong>Donna Grant</strong><br /><em><strong>Midnight’s Master</strong></em><br /><strong>St. Martin’s Press / May 22, 2012 / $7.99</strong></p><p><em>Gwynn Austin has no idea why her father has disappeared on a mysterious trip to Scotland. When she goes on a desperate mission to search for him she finds more than she bargains for in a ruggedly handsome, wickedly exciting Highlander who exudes danger and mystery. And when she discovers her own link to Scotland, she’ll have to trust her heart to help lead her...</em></p><p><em>Propelled through time by powerful Druid Magic, Logan Hamilton uses his immortality and powers of the god inside him to help prevent the awakening of an ancient evil in the modern world. He never expects to find help in the form of a beautiful, alluring, and all too tempting woman whose passion and strength matches his own. Together, Logan and Gywnn must fight for their love—before a demon from the past destroys them both…</em></p><p>There seems to be a universal truth when discussing romance novels (that are also steeped in myth and fast-paced action): when all else looks dire, you need to take every opportunity for passion. And that’s advice the two main characters, Gwynn and Logan, take time and time again in <a href="http://www.donnagrant.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Donna Grant</strong></a>’s <em>Midnight’s Master.</em></p><p>[Time and time and time again?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-donna-grant-midnights-master-may-22-2012">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=YmHQrI0hxWI:CsZhh1VYd6s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=YmHQrI0hxWI:CsZhh1VYd6s:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=YmHQrI0hxWI:CsZhh1VYd6s:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=YmHQrI0hxWI:CsZhh1VYd6s:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=YmHQrI0hxWI:CsZhh1VYd6s:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=YmHQrI0hxWI:CsZhh1VYd6s:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=YmHQrI0hxWI:CsZhh1VYd6s:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=YmHQrI0hxWI:CsZhh1VYd6s:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=YmHQrI0hxWI:CsZhh1VYd6s:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=YmHQrI0hxWI:CsZhh1VYd6s:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=YmHQrI0hxWI:CsZhh1VYd6s:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=YmHQrI0hxWI:CsZhh1VYd6s:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/YmHQrI0hxWI" height="1" width="1"/> Jackie Lester Published Tue, 22 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-donna-grant-midnights-master-may-22-2012 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-donna-grant-midnights-master-may-22-2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/z9ct7bo3KYc/missing-in-action-sexy-heroes-who-work-with-their-hands <p><img alt="Homeward Hearts by Alexis Harrington" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May22toMay28/Homeward-Hearts-by-Alexis-Harrington200x282.jpg" style="width: 190px; height: 268px; " title="Homeward Hearts by Alexis Harrington" />There’s nothing sexier than a hero who can craft objects with his bare hands. In historical times, constructing even the most basic everyday item required skills of imagination, geometry, attention to detail, and strength, among others. Artisans who created shoes, vases, wagon wheels, and tools were both intrepid laborers and talented artists. Makes one wonder what kinds of feats they’re capable of performing in the bedroom!</p><p>Recently, I began to wonder why artisan heroes seem scarce in the romance genre. To me, their allure is clear, but am I in the minority? On the other hand, maybe they’re not scarce, but rather discussions about them are in short supply.</p><p>What led me on this path? First, some background information and a disclosure: I have an erotic steampunk romance novella coming out with Red Sage called <em>The Blacksmith’s Lover </em>(July 2012). The hero is a blacksmith in 1840, New England. Once I finished that project, I went Googling for other romance titles featuring a blacksmith hero so I could read them.</p><p>[What did you find?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/missing-in-action-sexy-heroes-who-work-with-their-hands">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=z9ct7bo3KYc:9CVT-FLsxW8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=z9ct7bo3KYc:9CVT-FLsxW8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=z9ct7bo3KYc:9CVT-FLsxW8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=z9ct7bo3KYc:9CVT-FLsxW8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=z9ct7bo3KYc:9CVT-FLsxW8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=z9ct7bo3KYc:9CVT-FLsxW8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=z9ct7bo3KYc:9CVT-FLsxW8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=z9ct7bo3KYc:9CVT-FLsxW8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=z9ct7bo3KYc:9CVT-FLsxW8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=z9ct7bo3KYc:9CVT-FLsxW8:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=z9ct7bo3KYc:9CVT-FLsxW8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=z9ct7bo3KYc:9CVT-FLsxW8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/z9ct7bo3KYc" height="1" width="1"/> Heather Massey Published Tue, 22 May 2012 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/missing-in-action-sexy-heroes-who-work-with-their-hands http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/missing-in-action-sexy-heroes-who-work-with-their-hands http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/01GsiqOHVPw/first-look-cherry-adair-vortex-by-may-22-2012 <p><img alt="Vortex by Cherry Adair" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/cherryadair/Adair-Vortex250x408.jpg" style="width: 174px; height: 284px; " title="Vortex by Cherry Adair" /><strong>Cherry Adair</strong><br /><strong><em>Vortex</em><br />St. Martin’s Press / May 22, 2012 /&nbsp;$7.99 print, $7.99 digital</strong></p><p>SWEPT AWAY</p><blockquote><p id="yui_3_3_0_1_1337635045025_2397">Searching for a sunken ship off the coast of Peru, treasure hunter Logan Cutter manages to pull a very different kind of prize from the sea—beautiful gallery owner&nbsp;Daniela Rosada. Dani claims she was thrown overboard by ruthless pirates and begs for his protection. But Logan is no stranger to a woman’s lies, and something about her story doesn’t add up.</p><p id="yui_3_3_0_1_1337635045025_2404">IN TOO DEEP</p><p id="yui_3_3_0_1_1337635045025_2399">With her knowledge of Peruvian artifacts, Dani offers to help Logan translate an ancient map that will lead them to a shipwrecked treasure—and into a carefully laid trap. But the closer they get, the deeper she falls for him, not realizing that Logan is hiding a secret of his own. By the time she learns the truth about his boat, his brothers—and his blood feud with pirates—it’s too late. By falling in love, they’ve set a course for disaster…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://cherryadair.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Cherry Adair</strong></a>’s at it again with sexy suspense and high-seas adventure in the third installment of her Cutter Cay series, <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/vortex-excerpt" target="_blank"><em>Vortex</em></a>. And I must say this is my favorite!</p><p>[Obviously we must know why...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-cherry-adair-vortex-by-may-22-2012">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=01GsiqOHVPw:aBMn_9r01es:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=01GsiqOHVPw:aBMn_9r01es:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=01GsiqOHVPw:aBMn_9r01es:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=01GsiqOHVPw:aBMn_9r01es:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=01GsiqOHVPw:aBMn_9r01es:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=01GsiqOHVPw:aBMn_9r01es:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=01GsiqOHVPw:aBMn_9r01es:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=01GsiqOHVPw:aBMn_9r01es:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=01GsiqOHVPw:aBMn_9r01es:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=01GsiqOHVPw:aBMn_9r01es:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=01GsiqOHVPw:aBMn_9r01es:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=01GsiqOHVPw:aBMn_9r01es:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/01GsiqOHVPw" height="1" width="1"/> Dolly Sickles Published Tue, 22 May 2012 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-cherry-adair-vortex-by-may-22-2012 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-cherry-adair-vortex-by-may-22-2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/e9N6H6CmE-4/now-win-this-mary-kay-andrews <p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/marykayandrewssweepstakes%20"><strong>Enter for a chance to win <em>Summer Rental&nbsp;</em>AND<em>&nbsp;</em><em>Spring Fling </em>by Mary Kay Andrews!</strong></a></p><p><img alt="SUMMER RENTAL and SPRING FEVER by Mary Kay Andrews" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/sweepstakes/Mary-Kay-Andrews250x188.jpg" title="SUMMER RENTAL and SPRING FEVER by Mary Kay Andrews" /><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/marykayandrewssweepstakes%20"><strong>Click here to log in or register for a chance to win!</strong></a></p><p><span style="font-size:12px;">PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. 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Void in Puerto Rico and wherever prohibited by law.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/page/official-rules-mary-kay-andrews-sweepstakes" target="_blank">Click here for&nbsp;details and official rules</a>.</span></p><p>[About the books...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/now-win-this-mary-kay-andrews">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=e9N6H6CmE-4:y9nmvSjb570:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=e9N6H6CmE-4:y9nmvSjb570:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=e9N6H6CmE-4:y9nmvSjb570:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=e9N6H6CmE-4:y9nmvSjb570:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=e9N6H6CmE-4:y9nmvSjb570:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=e9N6H6CmE-4:y9nmvSjb570:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=e9N6H6CmE-4:y9nmvSjb570:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=e9N6H6CmE-4:y9nmvSjb570:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=e9N6H6CmE-4:y9nmvSjb570:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=e9N6H6CmE-4:y9nmvSjb570:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=e9N6H6CmE-4:y9nmvSjb570:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=e9N6H6CmE-4:y9nmvSjb570:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/e9N6H6CmE-4" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Tue, 22 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/now-win-this-mary-kay-andrews http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/now-win-this-mary-kay-andrews http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/BTFATtN8v58/chloe-neill-house-rules-cover-chicagoland-vampires-7 <p><img alt="House Rules by Chloe Neill" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May22toMay28/House-Rules225.jpg" title="House Rules by Chloe Neill" /></p><p>Today, <strong><a href="http://www.chloeneill.com/" target="_blank">Chloe Neill </a></strong>has<strong>&nbsp;</strong>revealed the cover for <em>House Rules</em>, the seventh book in her Chicagoland Vampires series. Here’s the blurb, out February 2013:</p><blockquote><p>In a city full of vampires, trouble never sleeps.<br /><br />At the tender age of 27, Merit became a sword-wielding vampire. Since then, she’s become the protector of her House, watched Chicago nearly burn to the ground, and seen her Master fall and rise. Now she’ll see her mettle—and her metal —tested like never before.<br /><br />It started with two . . . Two rogues vanishing without a trace. Someone is targeting Chicago’s vampires, and anyone could be next. With their house in peril, Merit and her Master, the centuries old Ethan Sullivan, must race to stop the disappearances. But as they untangle a web of secret alliances and ancient evils, they realize their foe is more familiar, and more powerful, than they could have ever imagined.</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/chloe-neill-house-rules-cover-chicagoland-vampires-7">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BTFATtN8v58:yb_CbB7PXTw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BTFATtN8v58:yb_CbB7PXTw:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=BTFATtN8v58:yb_CbB7PXTw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BTFATtN8v58:yb_CbB7PXTw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=BTFATtN8v58:yb_CbB7PXTw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BTFATtN8v58:yb_CbB7PXTw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BTFATtN8v58:yb_CbB7PXTw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=BTFATtN8v58:yb_CbB7PXTw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BTFATtN8v58:yb_CbB7PXTw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BTFATtN8v58:yb_CbB7PXTw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BTFATtN8v58:yb_CbB7PXTw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=BTFATtN8v58:yb_CbB7PXTw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/BTFATtN8v58" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Tue, 22 May 2012 16:33:53 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/chloe-neill-house-rules-cover-chicagoland-vampires-7 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/chloe-neill-house-rules-cover-chicagoland-vampires-7 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/GC7cjptFOj4/lost-girl-season-2-episode-6-recap-portrait-of-a-succubus <p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><img alt="Bo and Lauren in bed in Lost Girl Season 2 episode 6 — image via lostgirlcaps on tumblr" class="blog-pic-right-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May22toMay28/LG-206-Bo-Lauren-bed-via-lostgirlcaps250x223.jpg" style="width: 225px; height: 201px; " title="I Can’t Believe She Fell Asleep on Me" /></span></em><em>Our&nbsp;</em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/01/kiss-of-life-canadas-lost-girl-is-must-see-uf-tv" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Lost Girl</a>&nbsp;<em>obsession is going strong! Be sure to check out <u>all</u> of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/Kiersten%20Hallie%20Krum#filter" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Kiersten Krum</a>’s recaps, from&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lost-girl-episode-13-succubus-family-values" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Season 1</a>&nbsp;up to&nbsp;the most recent Season 2 episode aired on SyFy (<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lost-girl-season-2-episode-1-the-succubus-and-the-stone" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">episode 1</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lost-girl-season-2-episode-2-recap" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">episode 2</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-3-recap-such-stuff-as-succubi-are-made-of" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">episode 3</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-4-recap" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">episode 4</a>, and episode 5—<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-5-recap-part-1-succubus-of-the-pack" target="_blank">part 1</a> and <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-5-recap-part-2-succubus-of-the-pack" target="_blank">part 2</a>).</em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lost-girl-season-2-episode-1-the-succubus-and-the-stone" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank"><em>&nbsp;</em></a><em>All caught up? Good. And now, on to the the recap for last night’s episode, 2.06, “It’s Better to Burn Out Than Fae Away."&nbsp;</em></p><p>(Hat tip to historical romance writer Isobel Carr for this week’s recap title! And to <a href="http://lostgirlcaps.tumblr.com/tagged/2x06-it%27s-better-to-burn-out-than-fae-away" target="_blank">lostgirlcaps</a> for the images!)</p><p><strong>Spoiler Policy:</strong> Please remember that there is a strong NO SPOILERS policy for any and all comments. We are ONLY DISCUSSING episodes of&nbsp;<em>Lost Girl&nbsp;</em>that have ALREADY AIRED IN THE UNITED STATES. Be kind and respectful by not ruining it for those who have yet to watch all of Season 2. Thanks!</p><p><strong>********SPOILERS********</strong></p><p>At Hilton Hovel (drink!), Bo, Kenzi, and Doctor Lauren (<em>still </em>in residence?!) are having pizza, while the doc regales Bo with her prom night horror story. Taffeta gown? Check. “What color? And <em>please</em> say it was sea breeze,” Bo pleads. “Sea breeze,” Doctor Lauren confirms with a self-deprecating laugh. The doc and Bo are sitting across the table from each other while Kenzi perches at the head of it as the other two women completely ignore her. Someone is feeling third-wheel to her bestie’s SO. Not something she ever had to worry about with a certain wolf boy. Just sayin’.</p><p>[Sometimes being a sidekick sucks...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-6-recap-portrait-of-a-succubus">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=GC7cjptFOj4:Pwu4vLlPFD8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=GC7cjptFOj4:Pwu4vLlPFD8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=GC7cjptFOj4:Pwu4vLlPFD8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=GC7cjptFOj4:Pwu4vLlPFD8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=GC7cjptFOj4:Pwu4vLlPFD8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=GC7cjptFOj4:Pwu4vLlPFD8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=GC7cjptFOj4:Pwu4vLlPFD8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=GC7cjptFOj4:Pwu4vLlPFD8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=GC7cjptFOj4:Pwu4vLlPFD8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=GC7cjptFOj4:Pwu4vLlPFD8:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=GC7cjptFOj4:Pwu4vLlPFD8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=GC7cjptFOj4:Pwu4vLlPFD8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/GC7cjptFOj4" height="1" width="1"/> Kiersten Hallie Krum Published Tue, 22 May 2012 15:52:32 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-6-recap-portrait-of-a-succubus http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-6-recap-portrait-of-a-succubus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/8rq9Mi5UIuQ/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-read <p><img class="blog-pic-left-align "alt="" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May22toMay28/Women-Reading225.jpg" /></p><p>Everyone loves to read, anytime, anywhere. That’s a given.</p><p>But where do you like to read best?</p><p>Is it at home, in a favorite chair? At night, tucked up in bed next to your loved one? Maybe it’s during your commute home, listening to an audiobook while you drive, or reading on the subway or bus.</p><p>So we ask you: Where is your favorite place to read?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-read">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8rq9Mi5UIuQ:3kKD1-1Kl1A:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8rq9Mi5UIuQ:3kKD1-1Kl1A:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=8rq9Mi5UIuQ:3kKD1-1Kl1A:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8rq9Mi5UIuQ:3kKD1-1Kl1A:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=8rq9Mi5UIuQ:3kKD1-1Kl1A:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8rq9Mi5UIuQ:3kKD1-1Kl1A:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8rq9Mi5UIuQ:3kKD1-1Kl1A:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=8rq9Mi5UIuQ:3kKD1-1Kl1A:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8rq9Mi5UIuQ:3kKD1-1Kl1A:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8rq9Mi5UIuQ:3kKD1-1Kl1A:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=8rq9Mi5UIuQ:3kKD1-1Kl1A:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=8rq9Mi5UIuQ:3kKD1-1Kl1A:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/8rq9Mi5UIuQ" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Tue, 22 May 2012 13:07:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-read http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-read http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/mdcB9--QVRI/may-2012-blogger-recommendations-hellraisers-governesses-and-enemies-to-lovers <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/Demons-Bride-by-Zoe-Archer174x280.jpg" />At the end of last year, we ran our fabulous bloggers’ lists of top reads of the year. Those posts were so fun that we’ve decided to continue, asking our bloggers to share the best thing they’ve read each month (or&nbsp;<em>things</em>, plural, if our bloggers declare a tie ’cause they just can’t choose). It doesn’t have to be a new book, as evidenced below; just something that made the month sparkle just a bit more. So here’s this month’s installment for April 2012 (and if you’ve missed any, be sure to check out the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/01/best-of-january-2012" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " target="_blank">January</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/02/best-of-february-2012" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " target="_blank">February</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/03/march-2012-recommendations-dukes-single-fathers-and-ambitious-heroes" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " target="_blank">March</a>, and <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/april-2012-recommendations-suspense-zombie-vampires-and-the-fifty-shades-legacy" target="_blank">April 2012 recommendations</a>):</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/Lucy%20Dosch#filter" target="_blank"><u><strong>Lucy Dosch</strong></u></a></p><p><em>Demon’s Bride</em> by <a href="http://www.zoearcherbooks.com/Home.html" target="_blank"><strong>Zoë Archer</strong></a> (released May 1).&nbsp;&nbsp;This story is an interesting mix of historical and paranormal.&nbsp;&nbsp;When your story hero makes a pact with the devil for power and wealth and the antagonist is trying to save his soul, it makes for a fascinating conundrum of who truly is the good guy and who truly is the bad guy, and with several battles against not only against demons from hell, but against your fellow Hellraisers, it is quite an exciting tale.</p><p>[The rest of the best...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/may-2012-blogger-recommendations-hellraisers-governesses-and-enemies-to-lovers">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mdcB9--QVRI:iN9SkjA5d1k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mdcB9--QVRI:iN9SkjA5d1k:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=mdcB9--QVRI:iN9SkjA5d1k:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mdcB9--QVRI:iN9SkjA5d1k:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=mdcB9--QVRI:iN9SkjA5d1k:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mdcB9--QVRI:iN9SkjA5d1k:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mdcB9--QVRI:iN9SkjA5d1k:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=mdcB9--QVRI:iN9SkjA5d1k:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mdcB9--QVRI:iN9SkjA5d1k:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mdcB9--QVRI:iN9SkjA5d1k:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=mdcB9--QVRI:iN9SkjA5d1k:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=mdcB9--QVRI:iN9SkjA5d1k:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/mdcB9--QVRI" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Mon, 21 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/may-2012-blogger-recommendations-hellraisers-governesses-and-enemies-to-lovers http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/may-2012-blogger-recommendations-hellraisers-governesses-and-enemies-to-lovers http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/1GOuhLkcfkg/if-you-were-mine-excerpt <p><img alt="If You Were Mine by Bella Andre" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/bellaandre/Andre-If-You-Were-Mine250x347.jpg" style="width: 250px; height: 347px; " title="IF YOU WHERE MINE by Bella Andre" /></p><p><em>The last thing Zach Sullivan wants is to take care of his brother’s new puppy for two weeks. Until he meets the dog trainer, that is. Heather is bright, beautiful, and he can’t stop thinking about her. Unfortunately, she just might be the only woman on earth who wants nothing to do with him.</em></p><p><em>Heather Linsey can’t believe she’s stuck working with one of the city’s top dogs, auto-shop tycoon Zach Sullivan. Especially when his focus is clear from the start—not only to learn how to deal with his temporary puppy...but also to make her his. Having sworn off love at seventeen when she realized it was nothing more than a pack of lies, Heather has stuck to her vow never to fall for a charming man.</em></p><p><em>But as Heather’s determination to push Zach away only fuels his determination to get closer—and the sensual and emotional connection between them grows more and more undeniable—will the biggest Sullivan bad boy of all tempt her into believing in love again?</em></p><p><strong>Get a sneak peek of Bella Andre’s <span style="font-style: italic;">If You Where Mine</span> (available May 24, 2012), Book 5 in the <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/02/band-of-brothers-and-sisters-bella-andre-introduces-the-sullivans" target="_blank">Sullivans series</a>, with an excerpt of Chapters 1-3.</strong></p><p><strong>Chapter 1</strong></p><p>Zach Sullivan stared with disgust at the bundle of fur chewing on his shoelace.</p><p>“No way.” He shifted his foot to try and get the little bugger off, but for such a tiny thing, it was tenacious. It growled a little and shook its tail as it renewed focus on his shoe. His new shoe. “Sophie loves dogs. Ask her.”</p><p>He looked up to see Gabe smirking at him. Clearly, it had been way too long since he’d wiped a grin off his little brother’s face.</p><p>[Sign in or register to read the full excerpt of <em>If You Where Mine...</em>]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/if-you-were-mine-excerpt">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1GOuhLkcfkg:vbacGD_Kzbc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1GOuhLkcfkg:vbacGD_Kzbc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1GOuhLkcfkg:vbacGD_Kzbc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1GOuhLkcfkg:vbacGD_Kzbc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1GOuhLkcfkg:vbacGD_Kzbc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1GOuhLkcfkg:vbacGD_Kzbc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1GOuhLkcfkg:vbacGD_Kzbc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1GOuhLkcfkg:vbacGD_Kzbc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1GOuhLkcfkg:vbacGD_Kzbc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1GOuhLkcfkg:vbacGD_Kzbc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1GOuhLkcfkg:vbacGD_Kzbc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1GOuhLkcfkg:vbacGD_Kzbc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/1GOuhLkcfkg" height="1" width="1"/> Bella Andre Excerpts Mon, 21 May 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/if-you-were-mine-excerpt http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/if-you-were-mine-excerpt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/VT-ilH6RZy0/elsa-watson-love-in-the-animal-kingdom <p><img alt="Dog Days by Elsa Watson" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/Dog-Days-by-Elsa-Watson-250.jpg" style="width: 174px; height: 280px; " title="Dog Days by Elsa Watson" /><em>Today we welcome guest author Elsa Watson to </em>Heroes and Heartbreakers<em>. Elsa’s </em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/dog-days-new-excerpt" target="_blank">Dog Days</a> <em>is the story of a dog-hater who is struck by lightning, and switches bodies with a dog—but not before finding the town’s veterinarian rather foxy himself. At her day job, Elsa works at a wildlife hospital and education center. Thanks, Elsa!</em></p><p>Sometimes the animal world serves up true stories that are almost more dramatic than fiction. At the West Sound Wildlife Shelter, the site of my day job, we see all kinds of drama, from eagles fighting to the death to babies that are orphaned because their mother was killed.</p><p>We’re a wildlife hospital, so we’re there to treat the injuries and do what we can. And just like the workers at a human hospital, we rarely know about our patients’ home life. Do they have a mate waiting for them? Did they meet when they were just kids or are they a late-in-life romance? Many wild animals mate for life, working with their partner to raise a new crop of babies year after year. What must that partner think when its mate suddenly disappears due to an injury and spends weeks or months with us, recovering?</p><p>[“Come back right meow!”...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/elsa-watson-love-in-the-animal-kingdom">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VT-ilH6RZy0:paWUY30rjBI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VT-ilH6RZy0:paWUY30rjBI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=VT-ilH6RZy0:paWUY30rjBI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VT-ilH6RZy0:paWUY30rjBI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=VT-ilH6RZy0:paWUY30rjBI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VT-ilH6RZy0:paWUY30rjBI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VT-ilH6RZy0:paWUY30rjBI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=VT-ilH6RZy0:paWUY30rjBI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VT-ilH6RZy0:paWUY30rjBI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VT-ilH6RZy0:paWUY30rjBI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VT-ilH6RZy0:paWUY30rjBI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=VT-ilH6RZy0:paWUY30rjBI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/VT-ilH6RZy0" height="1" width="1"/> Elsa Watson Published Mon, 21 May 2012 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/elsa-watson-love-in-the-animal-kingdom http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/elsa-watson-love-in-the-animal-kingdom http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/3DGKylBUPHQ/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-8-brotherly-love-and-hate <p><img alt="Robb Stark in Game of Thrones Season 2" class="blog-pic-right-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/GoT-208-Robb200x254.jpg" title="Why Did I Agree to This King in the North Business, Again?" /></p><p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; "><em>Don’t miss Regina Thorne’s recaps of “<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-1-power-is-power-and-is-redundant" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">The North Remembers</a>,” “<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-2-five-kings-is-not-legal-in-poker-or-westeros" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">The Night Lands</a>,” “<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-3-hair-improves-allegiances-are-shaken" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">What Is Dead May Never Die</a>,” “<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-4-girls-will-be-boys-and-vice-versa" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Garden of Bones</a>,” “<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-5-recap" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">The Ghost of Harrenhal</a>,” “<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-6-grammar-girls-and-daddy-issues" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">The Old Gods and the New</a>,” and last week’s “<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-7" target="_blank">A Man Without Honor</a>.” All caught up? Good. Now, on to...</em></p><p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong><em>Game of Thrones&nbsp;</em>Season 2, episode 8, “The Prince of Winterfell”:</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">********SPOILERS********</p><p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">This week, regular recapper Regina Thorne is on hiatus, which means we’ve had to bring in not one but TWO people to cover for her fabulous recaps! Rest assured, however, we will mention every time that the Night’s Watch folks are wandering around without hats, while Ygritte and friends are sensibly covered up.</p><p>[Honestly, it makes you wonder who’s really more “civilized”...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-8-brotherly-love-and-hate">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3DGKylBUPHQ:vt9GmR3QbEg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3DGKylBUPHQ:vt9GmR3QbEg:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=3DGKylBUPHQ:vt9GmR3QbEg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3DGKylBUPHQ:vt9GmR3QbEg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=3DGKylBUPHQ:vt9GmR3QbEg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3DGKylBUPHQ:vt9GmR3QbEg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3DGKylBUPHQ:vt9GmR3QbEg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=3DGKylBUPHQ:vt9GmR3QbEg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3DGKylBUPHQ:vt9GmR3QbEg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3DGKylBUPHQ:vt9GmR3QbEg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3DGKylBUPHQ:vt9GmR3QbEg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=3DGKylBUPHQ:vt9GmR3QbEg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/3DGKylBUPHQ" height="1" width="1"/> Christopher Morgan Published Mon, 21 May 2012 17:19:43 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-8-brotherly-love-and-hate http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-8-brotherly-love-and-hate http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/s7vhSOuTe28/first-look-nalini-singh-tangle-of-need-may-29-2012 <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/Tangle-of-Need-by-Nalini-Singh190x287.jpg" title="Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh" /></span></strong><strong>Nalini Singh</strong><br /><strong><em>Tangle of Need</em><br />Berkley / May 29, 2012 /&nbsp;$16.24 print, $12.99 digital</strong></p><p><em>Adria, wolf changeling and resilient soldier, has made a break with the past—one as unpredictable in love as it was in war. Now comes a new territory, and a devastating new complication: Riaz, a SnowDancer lieutenant already sworn to a desperate woman who belongs to another.</em></p><p><em>For Riaz, the primal attraction he feels for Adria is a staggering betrayal. For Adria, his dangerous lone-wolf appeal is beyond sexual. It consumes her. It terrifies her. It threatens to undermine everything she has built of her new life. But fighting their wild compulsion toward one another proves a losing battle.</em></p><p><em>Their coming together is an inferno...and a melding of two wounded souls who promise each other no commitment, no ties, no bonds. Only pleasure. Too late, they realize that they have more to lose than they ever imagined. Drawn into a cataclysmic Psy war that may alter the fate of the world itself, they must make a decision that might just break them both.</em></p><p>The air crackles with tension in the eleventh installment of <a href="http://www.nalinisingh.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Nalini Singh</strong></a>’s <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2011/05/nalini-singhs-wonderful-psy-changeling-world" target="_blank">Psy-Changling series</a> because the PsyNet is the verge of civil war. Councilor Harry Scott has been missing in action since Sienna Laurens, an X-Psy, brought forth a raging fire and destroyed most of the Psy army to protect the changelings. While the Psy try to recover and determine whether or not Harry was killed in the fire, other leaders of the Psy are making power plays for supremacy and they don’t care how much of the NetMind and it inhabitants must be sacrificed to emerge as the victor. When a plan comes to light that might claim tens of thousands, the Psy turn to their enemy, the changelings, to help keep their world from collapsing.</p><p>[World-collapsing prevention is very important...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-nalini-singh-tangle-of-need-may-29-2012">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=s7vhSOuTe28:-PJzXmamC04:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=s7vhSOuTe28:-PJzXmamC04:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=s7vhSOuTe28:-PJzXmamC04:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=s7vhSOuTe28:-PJzXmamC04: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=s7vhSOuTe28:-PJzXmamC04:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=s7vhSOuTe28:-PJzXmamC04:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/s7vhSOuTe28" height="1" width="1"/> Lucy Dosch Published Mon, 21 May 2012 14:45:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-nalini-singh-tangle-of-need-may-29-2012 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-nalini-singh-tangle-of-need-may-29-2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/XM01sBjBVIU/james-bond-returns-in-brand-new-skyfalltrailer <p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="246" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/A82nMyFLdtQ" width="425"></iframe></p><p>Oh, James, when you say things like, “Some men are coming to kill us...we’re going to kill them first,” it makes our hearts go pitter-pat.</p><p>Here’s the first trailer for the next film in the Bond franchise, <em>Skyfall</em>, coming in November.</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/james-bond-returns-in-brand-new-skyfalltrailer">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XM01sBjBVIU:a__Nb5uVvMY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XM01sBjBVIU:a__Nb5uVvMY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=XM01sBjBVIU:a__Nb5uVvMY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XM01sBjBVIU:a__Nb5uVvMY: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=XM01sBjBVIU:a__Nb5uVvMY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=XM01sBjBVIU:a__Nb5uVvMY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/XM01sBjBVIU" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Mon, 21 May 2012 13:11:06 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/james-bond-returns-in-brand-new-skyfalltrailer http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/james-bond-returns-in-brand-new-skyfalltrailer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/wMOGFIAiL7U/lets-talk-tv-2012-tv-upfronts-news-roundup <p><img alt="I Heart TV" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/collections/omgdidyousee140x150.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; " />What a week for television fans! The 2012 Upfronts, which took place from May 13-17&nbsp;in New York, brought us tons of news on TV show pickups and cancellations.</p><p>Will your favorite show be back next year? And what new shows might you be interested in come fall? I noted some of the <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/pilot-season-gets-real-networks-announce-early-pilot-pickups" target="_blank">early pickups</a>&nbsp;in a post last week, but for the full scoop, I&rsquo;d recommend checking out <a href="http://www.deadline.com/category/primetime-pilot-panic/" target="_blank">deadline.com</a>’s roundup of each major network’s Fall 2012/Spring 2013 schedule:</p><p><a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012-13-abc-schedule/" target="_blank">ABC</a> | <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012-13-nbc-schedule/" target="_blank">NBC</a> | <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012-13-cbs-schedule/" target="_blank">CBS</a> | <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012-13-fox-schedule/" target="_blank">FOX</a> | <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012-13-the-cw-schedule/" target="_blank">CW</a></p><p>And if you want more, hollywoodreporter.com also has comprehensive <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/package/upfronts" target="_blank">Upfronts coverage</a> as well.</p><p>I’ve checked out a few trailers and clips for the new shows and am probably most interested in FOX&rsquo;s comedy<em> The Mindy Project</em> (<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/upfronts-2012-fox-new-series-trailers-kevin-williamson-kevin-bacon-mindy-kaling-323935" target="_blank">watch a trailer for it and all the FOX pilots here</a>), the CW’s comic book spinoff&nbsp;<em>Arrow</em> (<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/cw-clips-arrow-beauty-and-beast-emily-owens-326129" target="_blank">watch a clip for it and all the CW pilots here</a>), ABC’s &ldquo;nuclear drama&rdquo;&nbsp;<em>Last Resort </em>(<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/upfronts-2012-abc-new-series-trailers-nashville-connie-britton-shawn-ryan-last-resort-324615" target="_blank">watch a trailer for it and all the ABC pilots here</a>), NBC’s dystopian&nbsp;<em>Revolution </em>(<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/upfronts-2012-nbc-trailers-ryan-murphy-new-normal-jj-abrams-revolution-323809" target="_blank">watch a trailer for it and all the NBC pilots here</a>), and CBS&rsquo;s Sherlock Holmes-inspired&nbsp;<em>Elementary</em> (<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/upfronts-2012-cbs-trailers-elementary-lucy-liu-dennis-quaid-vegas-325560" target="_blank">watch a trailer for it and all the CBS pilots here</a>). I think I already know which pairing I&rsquo;ll be <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/ill-ship-if-i-want-to-a-romance-fans-thoughts-on-shippers-and-shipping" target="_blank">shipping</a> in <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/mindy-kaling-is-a-girl-in-the-mindy-project" target="_blank"><em>The Mindy Project</em></a>...</p><p>Did you follow any of the Upfronts news? Any big surprises or letdowns? Any of the new shows caught your fancy yet?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lets-talk-tv-2012-tv-upfronts-news-roundup">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wMOGFIAiL7U:goJVIszHBhY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wMOGFIAiL7U:goJVIszHBhY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=wMOGFIAiL7U:goJVIszHBhY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wMOGFIAiL7U:goJVIszHBhY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=wMOGFIAiL7U:goJVIszHBhY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wMOGFIAiL7U:goJVIszHBhY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wMOGFIAiL7U:goJVIszHBhY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=wMOGFIAiL7U:goJVIszHBhY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wMOGFIAiL7U:goJVIszHBhY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wMOGFIAiL7U:goJVIszHBhY:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wMOGFIAiL7U:goJVIszHBhY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=wMOGFIAiL7U:goJVIszHBhY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/wMOGFIAiL7U" height="1" width="1"/> Heather Waters (redline_) Published Sun, 20 May 2012 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lets-talk-tv-2012-tv-upfronts-news-roundup http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lets-talk-tv-2012-tv-upfronts-news-roundup http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/XVe5glaagI8/second-time-around-barbara-delinskys-the-forever-instinct <p><img alt="The Forever Instinct by Barbara Delinsky" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/The-Forever-Instinct-by-Barbara-Delinsky215x287.jpg" title="The Forever Instinct by Barbara Delinsky" />I tend to get my feathers ruffled by readers who like to slap the “golden age” label on any one area of romance fiction. First, it implies that all the books published “back then” were fantastic ground-breakers—which we all know, they weren’t.&nbsp; Second, it implies that everything being published today is garbage—which we all know, it isn’t.&nbsp; I didn’t start actively reading romance until 1999, and I’ll admit it rankles that these readers could also be implying that the only reason I’ve loved the books I’ve loved is because I’m “ignorant” of the “golden age.” I’m not willing to concede on that point, but I will admit that there are many, now extremely successful writers, who got their start in the category world of the 1980s that I did miss out on the first time around.&nbsp;</p><p><em>The Forever Instinct</em> by <a href="http://barbaradelinsky.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Barbara Delinsky</strong></a> was first published in 1985, and has the added benefit of being a very early book, number 41, in the now, sadly, defunct Harlequin Temptation line. One thing about contemporary genre fiction is that it’s the rare book that will hold up over time.&nbsp; This isn’t a criticism; it’s just a fact of life. What sounds contemporary and fresh at the time of original publication may sound dated and sad 27 years later. While there were certain attitudes that made me cringe, and certain terms of phrase that took me back, what really struck me was how amazing this book is when viewed as a part of social history.</p><p>[Do tell...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/second-time-around-barbara-delinskys-the-forever-instinct">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XVe5glaagI8:q8UHuFeq7Wk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XVe5glaagI8:q8UHuFeq7Wk:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=XVe5glaagI8:q8UHuFeq7Wk:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XVe5glaagI8:q8UHuFeq7Wk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=XVe5glaagI8:q8UHuFeq7Wk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XVe5glaagI8:q8UHuFeq7Wk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XVe5glaagI8:q8UHuFeq7Wk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=XVe5glaagI8:q8UHuFeq7Wk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XVe5glaagI8:q8UHuFeq7Wk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XVe5glaagI8:q8UHuFeq7Wk:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XVe5glaagI8:q8UHuFeq7Wk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=XVe5glaagI8:q8UHuFeq7Wk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/XVe5glaagI8" height="1" width="1"/> Wendy the Super Librarian Published Sun, 20 May 2012 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/second-time-around-barbara-delinskys-the-forever-instinct http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/second-time-around-barbara-delinskys-the-forever-instinct http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/Y6r4eOMAD08/delicious-despair-the-i-dont-want-an-apology-scene-in-jo-goodman-a-place-called-home <p><img alt="A Place Called Home by Jo Goodman" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/A-Place-Called-Home-by-Jo-Goodman180x290.jpg" title="A Place Called Home by Jo Goodman" />****Note: This post contains SPOILERS!****</p><p><em>A Place Called Home</em> is the first contemporary I’ve read by author <a href="http://www.jogoodman.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Jo Goodman</strong></a>, whose historical romances, both Westerns and otherwise, I have enjoyed. While her characters often experience dark emotional events, I found that the issues the heroine of <em>A Place Called Home</em>, Thea, was experiencing, to be particularly striking because of the contemporary setting. Thea is recovering from addiction to several prescription drugs, which has a serious impact on her relationship with the hero, Mitch. In addition, her addiction stands in the way of her becoming a co-guardian, with Mitch, to the children of her best friend, who was recently killed. Seeing this type of emotional suffering through a contemporary lens gave me a new perspective on Goodman’s work as a whole, and made me think more about her historical characters.</p><p>[Compelling stuff...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/delicious-despair-the-i-dont-want-an-apology-scene-in-jo-goodman-a-place-called-home">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Y6r4eOMAD08:vNoH1l0dheE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Y6r4eOMAD08:vNoH1l0dheE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Y6r4eOMAD08:vNoH1l0dheE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Y6r4eOMAD08:vNoH1l0dheE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Y6r4eOMAD08:vNoH1l0dheE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Y6r4eOMAD08:vNoH1l0dheE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Y6r4eOMAD08:vNoH1l0dheE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Y6r4eOMAD08:vNoH1l0dheE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Y6r4eOMAD08:vNoH1l0dheE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Y6r4eOMAD08:vNoH1l0dheE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Y6r4eOMAD08:vNoH1l0dheE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Y6r4eOMAD08:vNoH1l0dheE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/Y6r4eOMAD08" height="1" width="1"/> Victoria Janssen Published Sat, 19 May 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/delicious-despair-the-i-dont-want-an-apology-scene-in-jo-goodman-a-place-called-home http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/delicious-despair-the-i-dont-want-an-apology-scene-in-jo-goodman-a-place-called-home http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/RthCaeZxHJ4/first-look-sylvia-day-bared-to-you-may-24-2012 <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="Bared to You by Sylvia Day" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/Bared-To-You-pbk250x375.jpg" style="width: 190px; height: 285px; " title="Bared to You by Sylvia Day" /></span></strong><strong>Sylvia Day</strong><br /><strong><em>Bared To You</em><br />Berkley / May 24, 2012 / $5.99</strong></p><p><em>Our journey began in fire...</em></p><p><em>Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness—beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white-hot. I was drawn to him as I’d never been to anything or anyone in my life. I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me. I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily...</em></p><p><em>Gideon&nbsp;knew. He had demons of his own. And we would become the mirrors that reflected each other’s most private wounds... and desires.</em></p><p><em>The bonds of his love transformed me, even as I prayed that the torment of our pasts didn’t tear us apart...</em></p><p><em>Bared to You</em> is the first book in <a href="http://www.sylviaday.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Sylvia Day</strong></a>&rsquo;s new contemporary romance Crossfire series. Told in the first person by the heroine Eva Trammel, Eva is a recent college grad who moves to Manhattan with her male BFF, Cary, to start her life on her own two feet. Then Eva meets Gideon Cross, a handsome take-charge billionaire who sweeps her off her feet.</p><p>[Not a bad start...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-sylvia-day-bared-to-you-may-24-2012">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RthCaeZxHJ4:FnrdrlJNBbA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RthCaeZxHJ4:FnrdrlJNBbA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=RthCaeZxHJ4:FnrdrlJNBbA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RthCaeZxHJ4:FnrdrlJNBbA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=RthCaeZxHJ4:FnrdrlJNBbA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RthCaeZxHJ4:FnrdrlJNBbA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RthCaeZxHJ4:FnrdrlJNBbA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=RthCaeZxHJ4:FnrdrlJNBbA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RthCaeZxHJ4:FnrdrlJNBbA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RthCaeZxHJ4:FnrdrlJNBbA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RthCaeZxHJ4:FnrdrlJNBbA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=RthCaeZxHJ4:FnrdrlJNBbA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/RthCaeZxHJ4" height="1" width="1"/> Marquetta Whitmore Published Sat, 19 May 2012 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-sylvia-day-bared-to-you-may-24-2012 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-sylvia-day-bared-to-you-may-24-2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/XW1PzIeglK0/friday-beefcake-the-men-of-battleship <p><img alt="Taylor Kitsch" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/Taylor-Kitsch450x315.jpg" />These big summer movies are making our job way too easy; <em>Battleship,</em> like <em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/friday-beefcake-the-avengers" target="_blank">The Avengers</a>,</em> features a ridiculously gorgeous cast, including a few guys we just had to celebrate in this week’s edition of Friday Beefcake: Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Tadanobu Asano, and Liam Neeson.</p><p>Enjoy!</p><p>[+ 3 more pics under the cut!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/friday-beefcake-the-men-of-battleship">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XW1PzIeglK0:xDv44gDPCS8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XW1PzIeglK0:xDv44gDPCS8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=XW1PzIeglK0:xDv44gDPCS8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XW1PzIeglK0:xDv44gDPCS8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=XW1PzIeglK0:xDv44gDPCS8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XW1PzIeglK0:xDv44gDPCS8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XW1PzIeglK0:xDv44gDPCS8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=XW1PzIeglK0:xDv44gDPCS8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XW1PzIeglK0:xDv44gDPCS8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XW1PzIeglK0:xDv44gDPCS8:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XW1PzIeglK0:xDv44gDPCS8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=XW1PzIeglK0:xDv44gDPCS8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/XW1PzIeglK0" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Fri, 18 May 2012 22:28:45 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/friday-beefcake-the-men-of-battleship http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/friday-beefcake-the-men-of-battleship http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/JyiYysGteZA/first-look-larissa-ione-lethal-rider-may-22-2012 <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="Lethal Rider by Larissa Ione" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/Lethal-Rider-by-Larissa-Ione174x283.jpg" title="Lethal Rider by Larissa Ione" /></span></strong><strong>Larissa Ione</strong><br /><em><strong>Lethal Rider </strong></em><br /><strong>Grand Central / $7.99 print/digital / May 22, 2012</strong></p><p><em>Thanatos, the most deadly Horseman of the Apocalypse, has endured thousands of years of celibacy to prevent the end of days. But just one night with the wickedly sexy Aegis Guardian, ReganCooper, shatters centuries of resolve. Yet their passion comes with a price. And Thanatos must face a truth more terrifying than an apocalypse—he’s about to become a father.</em></p><p><em>Demon-slayer Regan Cooper never imagined herself the maternal type, but with the fate of the world hanging in the balance she had no choice but to seduce Thanatos and bear his child. Now, as the final battle draws closer and his rage at being betrayed is overshadowed by an undeniable passion for the mother of his child, Thanatos has a life-shattering realization: To save the world, he must sacrifice the only thing he’s ever wanted—a family.</em></p><p><em>Lethal Rider </em>is the explosive third installment of <a href="http://larissaione.com/blog/" target="_blank"><strong>Larissa Ione</strong></a>’s dark, dangerous, and sinfully sexy Lords of Deliverance series, a true paranormal romance that delivers well-crafted characters, devious plots lines, and engaging dialogue. I love the balance between the sexy romance and the heart-pounding action—though you know your happy ending is coming, the path there is fraught with peril and pain. The world-building is both incredible and convoluted.</p><p>[Sounds like book 3 does not disappoint...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-larissa-ione-lethal-rider-may-22-2012">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JyiYysGteZA:y8mv9GNAsx0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JyiYysGteZA:y8mv9GNAsx0:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=JyiYysGteZA:y8mv9GNAsx0:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JyiYysGteZA:y8mv9GNAsx0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=JyiYysGteZA:y8mv9GNAsx0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JyiYysGteZA:y8mv9GNAsx0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JyiYysGteZA:y8mv9GNAsx0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=JyiYysGteZA:y8mv9GNAsx0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JyiYysGteZA:y8mv9GNAsx0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JyiYysGteZA:y8mv9GNAsx0:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JyiYysGteZA:y8mv9GNAsx0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=JyiYysGteZA:y8mv9GNAsx0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/JyiYysGteZA" height="1" width="1"/> Tori Benson Published Fri, 18 May 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-larissa-ione-lethal-rider-may-22-2012 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-larissa-ione-lethal-rider-may-22-2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/MM4f9cwlWm4/exclusive-cover-reveal-leigh-evans-the-trouble-with-fate <p><img alt="The Trouble with Fate by Leigh Evans" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/Trouble-with-Fate225x393.jpg" title="The Trouble with Fate by Leigh Evans" /></p><p>In another awesome exclusive, we present the very first look at the cover for&nbsp;<a href="http://leighevans.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Leigh Evans</strong></a>’s upcoming paranormal romance, <em>The Trouble with Fate,</em> book 1 in the Mystwalker series.</p><p>While the official description is still to come (<strong>ETA:</strong> We have an official description! Check it out below the cut!), we know from Evans’s website that the story is “[a]bout a half-breed Fae who must steal an amulet in order to rescue her last surviving family member, but soon finds herself on the run with the Were who’d once betrayed her.”</p><p>Fae + Were? As fans of <em>Lost Girl, True Blood, </em>et. al, we say: Hell yeah! Sign us up.</p><p><em>The Trouble with Fate </em>will be out Dec. 26, 2012.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[+ Bonus art! Check out the stepback cover (and the cover copy!)...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/exclusive-cover-reveal-leigh-evans-the-trouble-with-fate">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MM4f9cwlWm4:9B2QY8Ekc0E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MM4f9cwlWm4:9B2QY8Ekc0E:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=MM4f9cwlWm4:9B2QY8Ekc0E:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MM4f9cwlWm4:9B2QY8Ekc0E:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=MM4f9cwlWm4:9B2QY8Ekc0E:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MM4f9cwlWm4:9B2QY8Ekc0E:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MM4f9cwlWm4:9B2QY8Ekc0E:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=MM4f9cwlWm4:9B2QY8Ekc0E:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MM4f9cwlWm4:9B2QY8Ekc0E:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MM4f9cwlWm4:9B2QY8Ekc0E:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MM4f9cwlWm4:9B2QY8Ekc0E:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=MM4f9cwlWm4:9B2QY8Ekc0E:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/MM4f9cwlWm4" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Fri, 18 May 2012 19:26:23 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/exclusive-cover-reveal-leigh-evans-the-trouble-with-fate http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/exclusive-cover-reveal-leigh-evans-the-trouble-with-fate http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/wjzexwAY9FA/exclusive-alyson-noel-soul-seekers-video-shoot-stills <p><img alt="Daire and Dace in the Soul Seekers Book Trailer" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/Soul-Seekers-trailer1-450x253.jpg" />H&amp;H is thrilled to present three exclusive stills from the upcoming book trailer for<strong> </strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/soulseekersseries" target="_blank"><strong>Alyson Noel</strong>’s Soul Seekers</a> series!&nbsp;In Book 1, <em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/04/fated-new-excerpt" target="_blank">Fated</a>,</em> heroine Daire Santos meets the gorgeous Dace, who is literally the guy of her dreams. Here’s a little bit about the <em>Fated</em>:</p><blockquote><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_4fb6771e88eaf7554106365">Strange things are happening to Daire Santos. Crows mock her, glowing people stalk her, time stops without warning, and a beautiful boy with unearthly blue eyes haunts all her dreams.... I<span class="text_exposed_show">t’s when she meets Dace, the boy from her dreams, that her whole world is shaken to its core. Now Daire is forced to discover if Dace is the one guy she’s meant to be with...or if he’s allied with the enemy she’s destined to destroy.</span></div></blockquote><p>[Sweet dreams are made of...?]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/exclusive-alyson-noel-soul-seekers-video-shoot-stills">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wjzexwAY9FA:nw1kj8kNDTQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wjzexwAY9FA:nw1kj8kNDTQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=wjzexwAY9FA:nw1kj8kNDTQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wjzexwAY9FA:nw1kj8kNDTQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=wjzexwAY9FA:nw1kj8kNDTQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wjzexwAY9FA:nw1kj8kNDTQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wjzexwAY9FA:nw1kj8kNDTQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=wjzexwAY9FA:nw1kj8kNDTQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wjzexwAY9FA:nw1kj8kNDTQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wjzexwAY9FA:nw1kj8kNDTQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wjzexwAY9FA:nw1kj8kNDTQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=wjzexwAY9FA:nw1kj8kNDTQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/wjzexwAY9FA" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Fri, 18 May 2012 17:33:55 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/exclusive-alyson-noel-soul-seekers-video-shoot-stills http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/exclusive-alyson-noel-soul-seekers-video-shoot-stills http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/J50IM7qF1oE/vicki-pettersson-previews-chapter-1-of-the-taken <p><img alt="The Taken by Vicki Pettersson" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/The-Taken-by-Vicki-Pettersson190x287.jpg" title="The Taken by Vicki Pettersson" /></p><p><a href="http://www.vickipettersson.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Vicki Pettersson</strong></a>, who just ended her Sign of the Zodiac series, is back with the launch of a new series (Celestial Blues) in&nbsp;<em>The Taken</em>, out June 12. And she’s <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/harpervoyagerbooks.com/2012/05/17/read-the-first-chapter-of-vicki-petterssons-the-taken/" target="_blank">previewing the first chapter of&nbsp;<em>The Taken</em>&nbsp;</a>right now. Here’s the blurb:</p><blockquote><p>Griffin Shaw used to be a PI, but that was back when gumshoes hoofed the streets . . . and he was still alive. Fifty years later, he’s an angel, but that doesn’t make him a saint. One small mistake has altered fate, and now he’s been dumped back onto the mortal mudflat to collect another soul—Katherine “Kit” Craig, a journalist whose latest investigation is about to get her clipped.</p><p>Bucking heavenly orders, Grif refuses to let the sable-haired siren come to harm. Besides, protecting her offers a chance to solve the mystery of his own unsolved murder—and dole out some overdue payback for the death of his beloved wife, Evie.</p><p>Joining forces, Kit and Grif’s search for answers leads beyond the blinding lights of the Strip into the dark heart of an evil conspiracy. But a ruthless killer determined to destroy them isn’t Grif’s biggest threat. His growing attraction to Kit could cost them both their lives, along with the answer to the haunting question of his long afterlife...</p></blockquote><p>And here’s the first few pages; read the rest at&nbsp;<a href="http://harpervoyagerbooks.com/2012/05/17/read-the-first-chapter-of-vicki-petterssons-the-taken/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " target="_blank">Harper Voyager’s website</a>:</p><p>[Whet your appetite...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/vicki-pettersson-previews-chapter-1-of-the-taken">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=J50IM7qF1oE:RJ6TJn35IcE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=J50IM7qF1oE:RJ6TJn35IcE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=J50IM7qF1oE:RJ6TJn35IcE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=J50IM7qF1oE:RJ6TJn35IcE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=J50IM7qF1oE:RJ6TJn35IcE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=J50IM7qF1oE:RJ6TJn35IcE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=J50IM7qF1oE:RJ6TJn35IcE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=J50IM7qF1oE:RJ6TJn35IcE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=J50IM7qF1oE:RJ6TJn35IcE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=J50IM7qF1oE:RJ6TJn35IcE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=J50IM7qF1oE:RJ6TJn35IcE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=J50IM7qF1oE:RJ6TJn35IcE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/J50IM7qF1oE" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Fri, 18 May 2012 15:49:08 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/vicki-pettersson-previews-chapter-1-of-the-taken http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/vicki-pettersson-previews-chapter-1-of-the-taken http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/0m2kmI5TE8Q/first-look-jeannie-lin-my-fair-concubine-june-2012 <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="My Fair Concubine by Jeannie Lin" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/My-Fair-Concubine-by-Jeannie-Lin180x285.jpg" title="My Fair Concubine by Jeannie Lin" /></span></strong><strong>Jeannie Lin</strong><br /><em><strong>My Fair Concubine</strong></em><br /><strong>Harlequin / $6.25 print, $4.79 digital&nbsp;</strong><strong>&nbsp;/ May 22, 2012</strong></p><p><em>Yan Ling tries hard to be servile—it’s what’s expected of a girl of her class. Being intelligent and strong-minded, she finds it a constant battle.</em></p><p><em>Proud Fei Long is unimpressed by her spirit—until he realizes she’s the answer to his problems. He has to deliver the emperor a “princess.” In two months can he train a tea girl to pass as a noblewoman?</em></p><p><em>Yet it’s hard to teach good etiquette when all Fei Long wants to do is break it, by taking this tea girl for his own….</em></p><p><a href="http://www.jeannielin.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Jeannie Lin</strong></a> continues her streak of bold, passionate, and exciting romances set during the Tang Dynasty with <em>My Fair Concubine</em>. Obviously by the title, this book draws its premise from Shaw’s <em>Pygmalion</em>, but a more apt comparison would be the Fox 1997 animated film, <em>Anastasia</em>, which paired a strong and dynamic heroine with an honorable rogue.</p><p>[Honorable rogues make us swoony!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-jeannie-lin-my-fair-concubine-june-2012">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0m2kmI5TE8Q:LofEPWAYfw8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0m2kmI5TE8Q:LofEPWAYfw8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=0m2kmI5TE8Q:LofEPWAYfw8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0m2kmI5TE8Q:LofEPWAYfw8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=0m2kmI5TE8Q:LofEPWAYfw8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0m2kmI5TE8Q:LofEPWAYfw8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0m2kmI5TE8Q:LofEPWAYfw8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=0m2kmI5TE8Q:LofEPWAYfw8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0m2kmI5TE8Q:LofEPWAYfw8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0m2kmI5TE8Q:LofEPWAYfw8:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0m2kmI5TE8Q:LofEPWAYfw8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=0m2kmI5TE8Q:LofEPWAYfw8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/0m2kmI5TE8Q" height="1" width="1"/> Evangeline Holland Published Fri, 18 May 2012 14:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-jeannie-lin-my-fair-concubine-june-2012 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-jeannie-lin-my-fair-concubine-june-2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/xZXXt12Unjo/the-words-stars-bradley-cooper-and-other-striking-actors <p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="246" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_EHWfZ-klxs" width="425"></iframe></p><p>Plagiarism, scandal, authors, romance, secrets—sounds like just another day on the interwebs, doesn’t it? The trailer for the upcoming film <em>The Words </em>shows a very different side of Bradley Cooper than we’ve seen in his <em>Hangover</em> outings (that side, all his sides are pretty delicious). The film also stars Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana, and J.K. Simmins.</p><p>The movie will open in US theaters September 12.</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/the-words-stars-bradley-cooper-and-other-striking-actors">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=xZXXt12Unjo:nUEASMjoXOc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=xZXXt12Unjo:nUEASMjoXOc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=xZXXt12Unjo:nUEASMjoXOc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=xZXXt12Unjo:nUEASMjoXOc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=xZXXt12Unjo:nUEASMjoXOc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=xZXXt12Unjo:nUEASMjoXOc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=xZXXt12Unjo:nUEASMjoXOc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=xZXXt12Unjo:nUEASMjoXOc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=xZXXt12Unjo:nUEASMjoXOc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=xZXXt12Unjo:nUEASMjoXOc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=xZXXt12Unjo:nUEASMjoXOc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=xZXXt12Unjo:nUEASMjoXOc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/xZXXt12Unjo" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Fri, 18 May 2012 13:14:51 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/the-words-stars-bradley-cooper-and-other-striking-actors http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/the-words-stars-bradley-cooper-and-other-striking-actors http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/sW3D7a7gTeU/introducing-the-my-pet-is-way-cuter-than-yours-sweepstakes <p><img alt="Beagle and kitten pic by Claudio Matsuoka via Flickr" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/Cats-and-Dogs-by-Claudio-Matsuoka-via-Flickr200x277.jpg" title="Silly Humans—They’ll Eat This Up. Sigh." />In honor of <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/dog-days-new-excerpt" target="_blank">Elsa Watson’s upcoming release,&nbsp;<em>Dog Days</em></a>, (out May 22), Team H&amp;H is offering you the chance to get <strike>barking</strike> bragging rights for your pet. We’re looking for the cutest pet, any kind of species, and we want to see what you’ve got!</p><p>The contest is open now, and goes until May 31, 2012. To enter, <a href="https://apps.facebook.com/heroesnhearts/PhotoContests" target="_blank">submit a photo of your pet at his or her most adorable</a>—then be sure to tell everyone to vote for your pet.</p><p>Just want to vote? Make sure you “Like” Heroes and Heartbreakers, then navigate over to our page, pick out the cutest pet from the selection, click on the image, and hit “vote.” Easy peasy! For all the official rules and prize information, just check out the bottom of the page. <strong><a href="https://apps.facebook.com/heroesnhearts/PhotoContests" target="_blank">Enter today, and may the best pet win!</a></strong></p><p><em><span style="font-size:12px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmatsuoka/2582269821/" target="_blank">Beagle and kitten image</a> courtesy of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmatsuoka/" target="_blank">Claudio Matsuoka</a>&nbsp;via Flickr</span></em></p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/introducing-the-my-pet-is-way-cuter-than-yours-sweepstakes">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sW3D7a7gTeU:Rg0Z1IAoQBI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sW3D7a7gTeU:Rg0Z1IAoQBI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=sW3D7a7gTeU:Rg0Z1IAoQBI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sW3D7a7gTeU:Rg0Z1IAoQBI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=sW3D7a7gTeU:Rg0Z1IAoQBI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sW3D7a7gTeU:Rg0Z1IAoQBI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sW3D7a7gTeU:Rg0Z1IAoQBI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=sW3D7a7gTeU:Rg0Z1IAoQBI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sW3D7a7gTeU:Rg0Z1IAoQBI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sW3D7a7gTeU:Rg0Z1IAoQBI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sW3D7a7gTeU:Rg0Z1IAoQBI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=sW3D7a7gTeU:Rg0Z1IAoQBI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/sW3D7a7gTeU" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Thu, 17 May 2012 21:47:31 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/introducing-the-my-pet-is-way-cuter-than-yours-sweepstakes http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/introducing-the-my-pet-is-way-cuter-than-yours-sweepstakes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/SrIw_QJl8D4/sylvia-day-bared-to-you-now-published-by-berkley <p><img alt="Bared to You: A Crossfire Novel by Sylvia Day" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/Bared-To-You-pbk250x375.jpg" title="Bared to You: A Crossfire Novel by Sylvia Day" /><em>Updated 5/18/12: The most recent version of the cover has been added! (Remember, all covers are subject to change before publication.)</em></p><p>Romance readers have already heard the buzz about <a href="http://www.sylviaday.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Sylvia Day</strong></a>’s self-published e-book&nbsp; <em>Bared To You</em>, which was released last month, and garnered many comparisons to <strong>E.L. James</strong>’s <em>Fifty Shades of Grey</em>.</p><p>Berkley has just announced it will be publishing <em>Bared to You</em>, “releasing a slightly revised eBook edition, complete with brand-new cover art.... The following month Berkley will publish a trade paperback edition of the book.”</p><p>Berkley’s press release continues:</p><blockquote><em>Bared to You</em> is the first book in the Crossfire series about new college graduate Eva Tramell and billionaire businessman Gideon Cross. The book finds Eva accepting her first job at an advertising firm located in a NYC skyscraper owned by Gideon. When she and Gideon first meet the chemistry is strong and instantaneous. But both Eva and Gideon bear emotional scars and a healthy romantic relationship is foreign to them. The Crossfire trilogy explores the developing physical and emotional relationship of these two complex characters.</blockquote><p>The second book in the series will be out in the fall of 2012 and the third book is scheduled for early 2013.</p><p>Have you read <em>Bared to You</em> yet (<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/03/what-to-read-after-finishing-fifty-shades-of-grey-suggestions#comments" target="_blank">H&amp;H commenters</a> and <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/april-2012-recommendations-suspense-zombie-vampires-and-the-fifty-shades-legacy" target="_blank">bloggers</a> have recommended it in a couple posts)? Are you intrigued by the idea of reading a book similar to <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/features/series/el-jamess-fifty-shades-trilogy" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Shades</em></a>? Do you like the new cover?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/sylvia-day-bared-to-you-now-published-by-berkley">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SrIw_QJl8D4:UbbtwkfzVfQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SrIw_QJl8D4:UbbtwkfzVfQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=SrIw_QJl8D4:UbbtwkfzVfQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SrIw_QJl8D4:UbbtwkfzVfQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=SrIw_QJl8D4:UbbtwkfzVfQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SrIw_QJl8D4:UbbtwkfzVfQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SrIw_QJl8D4:UbbtwkfzVfQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=SrIw_QJl8D4:UbbtwkfzVfQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SrIw_QJl8D4:UbbtwkfzVfQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SrIw_QJl8D4:UbbtwkfzVfQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SrIw_QJl8D4:UbbtwkfzVfQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=SrIw_QJl8D4:UbbtwkfzVfQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/SrIw_QJl8D4" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Thu, 17 May 2012 20:41:45 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/sylvia-day-bared-to-you-now-published-by-berkley http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/sylvia-day-bared-to-you-now-published-by-berkley http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/5SwImNvWrf8/its-raining-men-why-mm-romance-doesnt-float-my-boat <p><img alt="The cast of Queer As Folk" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/Queer-As-Folk-cast450x220.jpg" />Readers of erotic romance, it seems, like to read about men getting it on. With each other. A decade ago, more women than men tuned in to watch <em>Queer as Folk</em>, Showtime’s hour-long sexually explicit drama about the lives, loves, and sexual exploits of a group of gay and lesbian friends. If I recall correctly, and as evidenced by the pic above, there were more men than women on the show, which featured plenty of nudity and lots and lots of fucking. A decade later that’s what I most remember most vividly, although I also learned something I had not previously known: Men can fuck in the missionary position.</p><p>That’s what popped into my mind when I heard that Qhuinn and Blay’s lovesick angst will play out in a Black Dagger Brotherhood novel due in 2013 from J.R. Ward. It won’t be the first gay “mainstream” romance—after all, it’s been five years since Suzanne Brockmann’s <em>All Through the Night</em>—but the steam level of Brockmann’s book can’t match that in Ward’s, whose writing is far more sexually graphic. Homoeroticism, a hallmark of Ward’s series, has become more pronounced over time, so perhaps it won’t be an “issue” for readers. Still, it’s a hop, skip, and jump to go from “it wouldn’t bother me” to “this is a compelling secondary story” to “wow...that’s hot...I want more, and please don’t leave out <em>anything</em>!”</p><p>[Will you read?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/its-raining-men-why-mm-romance-doesnt-float-my-boat">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5SwImNvWrf8:0ndtUUZq7jg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5SwImNvWrf8:0ndtUUZq7jg:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5SwImNvWrf8:0ndtUUZq7jg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5SwImNvWrf8:0ndtUUZq7jg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5SwImNvWrf8:0ndtUUZq7jg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5SwImNvWrf8:0ndtUUZq7jg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5SwImNvWrf8:0ndtUUZq7jg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5SwImNvWrf8:0ndtUUZq7jg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5SwImNvWrf8:0ndtUUZq7jg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5SwImNvWrf8:0ndtUUZq7jg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5SwImNvWrf8:0ndtUUZq7jg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5SwImNvWrf8:0ndtUUZq7jg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/5SwImNvWrf8" height="1" width="1"/> Laurie Gold Published Thu, 17 May 2012 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/its-raining-men-why-mm-romance-doesnt-float-my-boat http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/its-raining-men-why-mm-romance-doesnt-float-my-boat http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/njkK3f2XiXQ/jeaniene-frost-offers-a-fiery-glimpse-of-once-burned <p><img alt="Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/Once-Burned-by-Jeaniene-Frost200x341.jpg" title="Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost" />Today via her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JeanieneFrost/app_265183316846163" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page, <strong>Jeaniene Frost</strong> offered an advance look at <em>Once Burned</em>, coming out June 26. <em>Once Burned</em> is the first book in the Night Prince series, and its ’hero’ is Vlad, a vampire who can control fire. And who is pretty smokin’ himself:</p><blockquote><p>...</p><p>A tall form blinked out of the corner of my eye before I felt warm, strong hands slide down my arms and then the rasp of stubble against my cheek. Despite my resolve to settle a few things, I couldn’t help but think that the heat seemed to travel from his hands down to a specific place in my body.</p></blockquote><p>Read all of it at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JeanieneFrost/app_265183316846163" target="_blank">Jeaniene’s Facebook</a> page.</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/jeaniene-frost-offers-a-fiery-glimpse-of-once-burned">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=njkK3f2XiXQ:--EypeeACQQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=njkK3f2XiXQ:--EypeeACQQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=njkK3f2XiXQ:--EypeeACQQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=njkK3f2XiXQ:--EypeeACQQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=njkK3f2XiXQ:--EypeeACQQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=njkK3f2XiXQ:--EypeeACQQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=njkK3f2XiXQ:--EypeeACQQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=njkK3f2XiXQ:--EypeeACQQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=njkK3f2XiXQ:--EypeeACQQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=njkK3f2XiXQ:--EypeeACQQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=njkK3f2XiXQ:--EypeeACQQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=njkK3f2XiXQ:--EypeeACQQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/njkK3f2XiXQ" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Thu, 17 May 2012 19:03:59 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/jeaniene-frost-offers-a-fiery-glimpse-of-once-burned http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/jeaniene-frost-offers-a-fiery-glimpse-of-once-burned http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/h4RZYs1JUGc/diamonds-are-truly-forever-new-excerpt <p><img alt="Diamonds Are Truly Forever, Agents Ex #2, by Gina Robinson" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/Robinson-Diamonds-Arent-Forever-250.jpg" /><em>Staci Fields loves her gorgeous husband—and that’s the honest truth. Unfortunately, her inability to lie is a major liability for the wife of a CIA agent. During a previous mission, her loose lips nearly got her husband killed. So now Staci’s filing for divorce to keep him out of danger—no matter how much her lips still crave his kiss…</em></p><p><em>Drew Fields knows that his wife doesn’t want to play the spy game anymore. But when he learns that Staci may be a pawn in her stepfather’s secret dealings with terrorists, he has no choice but to step back into her life. This time, the stakes are higher than ever. The closer he gets to Staci, the deadlier the odds. And the more he loves his ex, the more he has to lose…</em></p><p><strong>Get a sneak peek of Gina Robinson&rsquo;s&nbsp;<em>Diamonds Are Truly Forever,</em> Book 2 in the Agent Ex series&nbsp;</strong><strong>(available May 22, 2012)</strong><strong>, with an excerpt of Chapter 1.</strong></p><p><strong>Chapter 1</strong><br /><em>Redmond, Washington</em></p><p>Drew Fields pulled to the curb and parked in front of his former home. He hated the bland, midsize sedan the Agency insisted he drive as part of his mind-numbingly dull, assigned cover life. A marketing director for a microbrew­ery? Really? At least there’d be free beer. He hoped.</p><p>That was the Central Intelligence Agency for you. The government sanitized everything. Even his official title—National Clandestine Services core collector. He was a spy, a secret agent. What kid wanted to grow up to be a core collector? Sounded more like nuclear reactor work.</p><p>[Sign in or register to read the full excerpt of&nbsp;<em>Diamonds Are Truly Forever...</em>]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/diamonds-are-truly-forever-new-excerpt">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=h4RZYs1JUGc:D0HRWI9lxIs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=h4RZYs1JUGc:D0HRWI9lxIs:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=h4RZYs1JUGc:D0HRWI9lxIs:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=h4RZYs1JUGc:D0HRWI9lxIs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=h4RZYs1JUGc:D0HRWI9lxIs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=h4RZYs1JUGc:D0HRWI9lxIs:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=h4RZYs1JUGc:D0HRWI9lxIs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=h4RZYs1JUGc:D0HRWI9lxIs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=h4RZYs1JUGc:D0HRWI9lxIs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=h4RZYs1JUGc:D0HRWI9lxIs:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=h4RZYs1JUGc:D0HRWI9lxIs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=h4RZYs1JUGc:D0HRWI9lxIs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/h4RZYs1JUGc" height="1" width="1"/> Gina Robinson Excerpts Thu, 17 May 2012 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/diamonds-are-truly-forever-new-excerpt http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/diamonds-are-truly-forever-new-excerpt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/OyUYO9Bm7r8/romance-and-sex-in-ya <p><img alt="Forever by Judy Blume" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Forever-by-Judy-Blume.jpg" title="Forever by Judy Blume" />SEX!!!!</p><p>Did I get your attention?</p><p>A tiny, yet powerful, three letter word that can invoke a powerful onslaught of feelings in both adults and young adults. There isn’t a romance book written that doesn’t involve some form of sexual interaction. And I thank those authors everytime I read one. But it’s not just adult romances.; young adult romances is a huge genre all its own. YA romances exploring teenage dating and sexual awakening isn’t a recent trend—Judy Blume published her controversial <em>Forever</em> back in 1975. <em>Forever</em> weaves a magical, yet pragmatic, tale that explores the joys and pitfalls of falling in love for the first time and the sexual awareness that comes with it. I first read <em>Forever</em> when I was 13-14 yrs old. I loved it. Sexually explicit during a time when such books were not being written for my age, <em>Forever</em> allowed me to get answers to questions I didn’t want to ask. <em>Forever</em> follows high school seniors Katherine and Michael from first meeting to break up. We watch them meet, fall in love, begin a sexual relationship, and eventually drift away from each other. It offered me and others (at the time) a realistic look at a teenage sexual relationship without placing any blame or judgement on either party.</p><p>[Let’s talk about sex, baby.... But, seriously...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/romance-and-sex-in-ya">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OyUYO9Bm7r8:8D_75-x-d4U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OyUYO9Bm7r8:8D_75-x-d4U:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=OyUYO9Bm7r8:8D_75-x-d4U:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OyUYO9Bm7r8:8D_75-x-d4U:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=OyUYO9Bm7r8:8D_75-x-d4U:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OyUYO9Bm7r8:8D_75-x-d4U:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OyUYO9Bm7r8:8D_75-x-d4U:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=OyUYO9Bm7r8:8D_75-x-d4U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OyUYO9Bm7r8:8D_75-x-d4U:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OyUYO9Bm7r8:8D_75-x-d4U:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=OyUYO9Bm7r8:8D_75-x-d4U:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=OyUYO9Bm7r8:8D_75-x-d4U:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/OyUYO9Bm7r8" height="1" width="1"/> Tori Benson Published Thu, 17 May 2012 14:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/romance-and-sex-in-ya http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/romance-and-sex-in-ya http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/x_en6I1O9go/choosing-bad-over-good <p><img alt="Tom Hardy in Warrior" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/Tom-Hardy225.jpg" title="Where do we sign up for him?" /></p><p>There’s real science behind our ’bad’ choices: A new study, detailed in a LiveScience article called “<a href="http://www.livescience.com/20294-women-choose-bad-boys.html" target="_blank">Why Women Choose Bad Boys</a>,” finds that during our ovulation week, our ovaries release hormones that affect who we see as being good potential fathers. During that time, we go for sexier men rather than dependable men.</p><p>The study researcher comments, “Under the hormonal influence of ovulation, women delude themselves into thinking that the sexy bad boys will become devoted partners and better dads...When looking at the sexy cad through ovulation goggles, Mr. Wrong looked exactly like Mr. Right.”</p><p>Ovulation goggles? And why can’t sexy cads become devoted partners and good dads? Isn’t that what our books are all about? Or is that why they’re called fiction?</p><p>What fictional bad boy would make the best partner and father?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/choosing-bad-over-good">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=x_en6I1O9go:JgF2x8nbP4I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=x_en6I1O9go:JgF2x8nbP4I:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=x_en6I1O9go:JgF2x8nbP4I:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=x_en6I1O9go:JgF2x8nbP4I:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=x_en6I1O9go:JgF2x8nbP4I:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=x_en6I1O9go:JgF2x8nbP4I:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=x_en6I1O9go:JgF2x8nbP4I:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=x_en6I1O9go:JgF2x8nbP4I:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=x_en6I1O9go:JgF2x8nbP4I:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=x_en6I1O9go:JgF2x8nbP4I:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=x_en6I1O9go:JgF2x8nbP4I:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=x_en6I1O9go:JgF2x8nbP4I:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/x_en6I1O9go" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Thu, 17 May 2012 13:16:15 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/choosing-bad-over-good http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/choosing-bad-over-good http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/_QFdgs0XSTU/lost-girl-season-2-episode-5-recap-part-2-succubus-of-the-pack <p><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><img alt="Bo contemplates...something in Lost Girl Season 2 episode 5" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/LG-205-Bo-contemplative250x206.jpg" title="Whatever She’s Thinking, It Can’t Be Good" /></span></em><em>Our&nbsp;</em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/01/kiss-of-life-canadas-lost-girl-is-must-see-uf-tv" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Lost Girl</a>&nbsp;<em>obsession is going strong! If you’re just now diving into the show, be sure to check out all of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/Kiersten%20Hallie%20Krum#filter" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Kiersten Krum</a>’s recaps, from&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lost-girl-episode-13-succubus-family-values" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Season 1</a>&nbsp;up to&nbsp;the most recent Season 2 episode aired on SyFy (<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lost-girl-season-2-episode-1-the-succubus-and-the-stone" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">episode 1</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lost-girl-season-2-episode-2-recap" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">episode 2</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-3-recap-such-stuff-as-succubi-are-made-of" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">episode 3</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-4-recap" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">episode 4</a>).</em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lost-girl-season-2-episode-1-the-succubus-and-the-stone" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank"><em>&nbsp;</em></a><em>All caught up? Good. And now, on to part 2 of the recap for Monday night’s episode, 2.05, “BrotherFae of the Wolves”—if you missed it, <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-5-recap-part-1-succubus-of-the-pack" target="_blank">part 1 is here</a>!</em></p><p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong>********SPOILERS********</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong>Where we left off in <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-5-recap-part-1-succubus-of-the-pack#more" target="_blank">Part 1</a>:</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">“Good tae see ya, man,” NewGuy says to Dyson and they hug it out complete with the manly back pat.</p><p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">Credits.</p><p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong>And now, on to Part 2...</strong></p><p>At the Dal (drink!),<strike>Trick is delivering a punch line to Dyson and NewGuy while Kenzi hovers unnoticed in the back eavesdropping. Dyson is, regrettably, no longer wet, and neither are his white shirt and jeans. Must be some special fae power to self dry. That or he whirled around really fast a la Wonder Woman. The three men laugh and NewGuy introduces himself as Cayden. A name for Fae of the Week and we’re only at 2:22? Show, it’s like I don’t even recognize you anymore!</strike></p><p>[Who is NewGuy? And what else did SyFy cut from the original episode?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-5-recap-part-2-succubus-of-the-pack">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=_QFdgs0XSTU:IjwInLF_7_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=_QFdgs0XSTU:IjwInLF_7_0:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=_QFdgs0XSTU:IjwInLF_7_0:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=_QFdgs0XSTU:IjwInLF_7_0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=_QFdgs0XSTU:IjwInLF_7_0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=_QFdgs0XSTU:IjwInLF_7_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=_QFdgs0XSTU:IjwInLF_7_0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=_QFdgs0XSTU:IjwInLF_7_0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=_QFdgs0XSTU:IjwInLF_7_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=_QFdgs0XSTU:IjwInLF_7_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=_QFdgs0XSTU:IjwInLF_7_0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=_QFdgs0XSTU:IjwInLF_7_0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/_QFdgs0XSTU" height="1" width="1"/> Kiersten Hallie Krum Published Wed, 16 May 2012 22:44:37 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-5-recap-part-2-succubus-of-the-pack http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-5-recap-part-2-succubus-of-the-pack http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/uO_nIo89Yog/epic-cover-reveal-caris-roane-gates-of-rapture <p><img alt="Gates of Rapture by Caris Roane" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/Gates-of-Rapture-by-Caris-Roane250x410.jpg" style="width: 225px; height: 369px; " title="Gates of Rapture by Caris Roane" />Today H&amp;H is pleased to present the gorgeous cover for <a href="http://carisroane.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Caris Roane</strong></a>’s sixth Guardians of Ascension novel, <em>Gates of Rapture</em>!</p><p><em>Gates of Rapture&nbsp;</em>is Leto’s story and will be available on December 26, 2012.</p><p>Here’s a bit more about the Ascension universe from <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/carisroane.com/" target="_blank">Caris Roane’s website</a>:</p><blockquote><p>[Ascension is a] dimensional world full of winged vampires, hunky warriors and women with extraordinary preternatural powers. To become a vampire, a mortal man or woman must demonstrate power and prove worthy of ascending to the next dimension.&nbsp; But the process of ascension is dangerous since the enemy, intent on conquering two worlds, tries to corrupt the most powerful ascenders and turn them into beautiful but villainous death vampires.</p><p>Battling the enemy are the Warriors of the Blood, a small brotherhood of men, vampires one and all, weary from centuries of war, each craving but resisting the presence of a woman in his life.</p><p>Destiny does not rest, does not sleep, but plots the undoing of each warrior’s heart as a series of preternaturally powerful women arrive on the scene to torment, to challenge, to demand surrender…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/epic-cover-reveal-caris-roane-gates-of-rapture">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uO_nIo89Yog:jc3L4U-NPiY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uO_nIo89Yog:jc3L4U-NPiY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=uO_nIo89Yog:jc3L4U-NPiY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uO_nIo89Yog:jc3L4U-NPiY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=uO_nIo89Yog:jc3L4U-NPiY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uO_nIo89Yog:jc3L4U-NPiY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uO_nIo89Yog:jc3L4U-NPiY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=uO_nIo89Yog:jc3L4U-NPiY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uO_nIo89Yog:jc3L4U-NPiY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uO_nIo89Yog:jc3L4U-NPiY:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=uO_nIo89Yog:jc3L4U-NPiY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=uO_nIo89Yog:jc3L4U-NPiY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/uO_nIo89Yog" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Wed, 16 May 2012 20:38:34 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/epic-cover-reveal-caris-roane-gates-of-rapture http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/epic-cover-reveal-caris-roane-gates-of-rapture http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/_h0Q-lWvdmY/author-bronwen-evans-on-regency-working-girls <p><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><img alt="Invitation to Scandal by Bronwen Evans" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/Invitation-to-Scandal-by-Bronwen-Evans190x285.jpg" title="Invitation to Scandal by Bronwen Evans" /></span></em><em>Today we welcome author Bronwen Evans to Heroes and Heartbreakers. Bronwen’s most recent release,</em> Invitation to Scandal,<em> features a heroine who makes her not-quite-honest living as a smuggler. And she’s here to share what she knows about real-life options for women in the early nineteenth century. Thanks, Bronwen!</em></p><p>If you were a member of the nobility in the early 1800s, and of the female persuasion, you were totally reliant on men for your keep; your husband, father or brother. If, due to dire circumstances, you were left to fend for yourself, not only did you have virtually no skill-set with which to earn enough money to keep you in comfort, but the disgrace attached to any form of work saw you outcast from Society.</p><p>Ladies were not raised to work. They were raised to think of their position in Society and to marry well. Their role was to run a household and bear children. Nothing more.</p><p>[We’ve come a long way in that regard, that’s for sure...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/author-bronwen-evans-on-regency-working-girls">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=_h0Q-lWvdmY:MNHjVFaXSGM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=_h0Q-lWvdmY:MNHjVFaXSGM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=_h0Q-lWvdmY:MNHjVFaXSGM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=_h0Q-lWvdmY:MNHjVFaXSGM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=_h0Q-lWvdmY:MNHjVFaXSGM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=_h0Q-lWvdmY:MNHjVFaXSGM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=_h0Q-lWvdmY:MNHjVFaXSGM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=_h0Q-lWvdmY:MNHjVFaXSGM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=_h0Q-lWvdmY:MNHjVFaXSGM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=_h0Q-lWvdmY:MNHjVFaXSGM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=_h0Q-lWvdmY:MNHjVFaXSGM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=_h0Q-lWvdmY:MNHjVFaXSGM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/_h0Q-lWvdmY" height="1" width="1"/> Bronwen Evans Published Wed, 16 May 2012 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/author-bronwen-evans-on-regency-working-girls http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/author-bronwen-evans-on-regency-working-girls http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/SeVnXtx_Vgw/may-we-come-erotic-recommendations-for-may <p><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><img alt="The Siren by Tiffany Reisz" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/The-Siren-by-Tiffany-Reisz174x280.jpg" title="The Siren by Tiffany Reisz" /></span></em><em>In need of some sexy reading material to fill your e-reader? I’m here for you. Each month I will bring you an assortment of erotic pleasure reads to tempt your palate—and your credit card....</em></p><p>May may be the month of the lamb, but this month’s erotic offerings are nowhere near that tame.</p><p><strong><em>The Siren</em> by <a href="http://www.tiffanyreisz.com/" target="_blank">Tiffany Reisz</a> (May 2012)</strong></p><blockquote><p>Notorious Nora Sutherlin is famous for her delicious works of erotica, each one more popular with readers than the last. But her latest manuscript is different-more serious, more personal-and she’s sure it’ll be her breakout book...if it ever sees the light of day.</p><p>Zachary Easton holds Nora’s fate in his well-manicured hands. The demanding British editor agrees to handle the book on one condition: he wants complete control. Nora must rewrite the entire novel to his exacting standards—in six weeks—or it’s no deal.</p><p>Nora’s grueling writing sessions with Zach are draining...and shockingly arousing. And a dangerous former lover has her wondering which is more tortuous-staying away from him...or returning to his bed?<br />Nora thought she knew everything about being pushed to your limits. But in a world where passion is pain, nothing is ever that simple.</p></blockquote><p>[That does sound complicated...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/may-we-come-erotic-recommendations-for-may">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SeVnXtx_Vgw:oX-sy9U0GrM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SeVnXtx_Vgw:oX-sy9U0GrM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=SeVnXtx_Vgw:oX-sy9U0GrM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SeVnXtx_Vgw:oX-sy9U0GrM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=SeVnXtx_Vgw:oX-sy9U0GrM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SeVnXtx_Vgw:oX-sy9U0GrM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SeVnXtx_Vgw:oX-sy9U0GrM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=SeVnXtx_Vgw:oX-sy9U0GrM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SeVnXtx_Vgw:oX-sy9U0GrM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SeVnXtx_Vgw:oX-sy9U0GrM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SeVnXtx_Vgw:oX-sy9U0GrM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=SeVnXtx_Vgw:oX-sy9U0GrM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/SeVnXtx_Vgw" height="1" width="1"/> Tori Benson Published Wed, 16 May 2012 17:15:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/may-we-come-erotic-recommendations-for-may http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/may-we-come-erotic-recommendations-for-may http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/qqXw0tuc0lo/first-look-alyssa-everett-ruined-by-rumor-may-21-2012 <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="Ruined by Rumor by Alyssa Everett" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/Ruined-by-Rumor-by-Alyssa-Everett190x301.jpg" title="Ruined by Rumor by Alyssa Everett" /></span></strong><strong>Alyssa Everett</strong><br /><strong><i>Ruined by Rumor</i><br />Carina / $5.99 digital / May 21, 2012</strong></p><p><em>After waiting five years for her fiancé to return from the war and marry her, Roxana Langley has been jilted! She may have longed for excitement, but this was not what she had in mind... </em></p><p><em>Who could possibly throw over a woman as beautiful and vivacious as Roxana? Certainly not Alex Winslow, the Earl of Ayersley, who has spent years trying in vain to forget his unrequited love. When he learns she’s been abandoned by her cad of a fiancé, he finds himself offering a shoulder for her to cry on. Comfort soon turns into a passionate kiss-and scandal when they are caught in an embrace. </em></p><p><em>Only one thing will save Roxana from certain ruination: marriage to the earl. The match may save her reputation, but responsible, tongue-tied Ayersley is a far cry from her dashing former fiancé. She’s convinced Ayersley is merely doing his duty...while he’s sure Roxana is still in love with another man. Are they trading one disaster for another? </em></p><p>After reading <a href="http://alyssaeverett.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Alyssa Everett</strong></a>’s debut novel, <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/03/fresh-meat-alyssa-everett-a-tryst-with-trouble" target="_blank"><em>A Tryst With Trouble</em></a>, I was excited to discover <em>Ruined by Rumor</em>. Everett’s lighthearted dialogue was again a feature, as was the old-school Regency romance plot, but what I really loved was her hero.</p><p>[Ooh, and who doesn&rsquo;t love a particularly delicious hero!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-alyssa-everett-ruined-by-rumor-may-21-2012">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qqXw0tuc0lo:6yd0bFFicsY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qqXw0tuc0lo:6yd0bFFicsY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=qqXw0tuc0lo:6yd0bFFicsY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qqXw0tuc0lo:6yd0bFFicsY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=qqXw0tuc0lo:6yd0bFFicsY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qqXw0tuc0lo:6yd0bFFicsY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qqXw0tuc0lo:6yd0bFFicsY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=qqXw0tuc0lo:6yd0bFFicsY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qqXw0tuc0lo:6yd0bFFicsY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qqXw0tuc0lo:6yd0bFFicsY:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qqXw0tuc0lo:6yd0bFFicsY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=qqXw0tuc0lo:6yd0bFFicsY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/qqXw0tuc0lo" height="1" width="1"/> Victoria Janssen Published Wed, 16 May 2012 14:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-alyssa-everett-ruined-by-rumor-may-21-2012 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-alyssa-everett-ruined-by-rumor-may-21-2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/llNGjv-raoU/which-authors-would-you-like-to-eat-with <p><img alt="Mad Men Dinner Party" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/Mad-Men-dinner-party225.jpg" title="Who&rsquo;s Coming Over? " /></p><p>Yesterday on Twitter, author <a href="https://twitter.com/TheaHarrison" target="_blank">Thea Harrison</a> posed the question of which five authors you’d like to have dinner with. Thea’s answer was, “Shakespeare, Barbara Cartland, Isaac Asimov, Georgette Heyer and Robert Parker.”</p><p>It’s a darn good question, so now we want to ask the H&amp;H community:</p><p>Which five authors would you like to have dinner with? And why?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/which-authors-would-you-like-to-eat-with">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=llNGjv-raoU:Xi9Vu2cDnyY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=llNGjv-raoU:Xi9Vu2cDnyY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=llNGjv-raoU:Xi9Vu2cDnyY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=llNGjv-raoU:Xi9Vu2cDnyY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=llNGjv-raoU:Xi9Vu2cDnyY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=llNGjv-raoU:Xi9Vu2cDnyY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=llNGjv-raoU:Xi9Vu2cDnyY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=llNGjv-raoU:Xi9Vu2cDnyY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=llNGjv-raoU:Xi9Vu2cDnyY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=llNGjv-raoU:Xi9Vu2cDnyY:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=llNGjv-raoU:Xi9Vu2cDnyY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=llNGjv-raoU:Xi9Vu2cDnyY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/llNGjv-raoU" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Wed, 16 May 2012 13:17:05 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/which-authors-would-you-like-to-eat-with http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/which-authors-would-you-like-to-eat-with http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/1DQ7CvET__U/the-avengers-joss-whedon-reigning-king-of-angst <p><img alt="Joss Whedon" class="blog-pic-right-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/Hyland-King-of-Angst.jpg" title="Is Joss Whedon Worthy of the Title King of Angst?" />The day before it opened in U.S. theaters, I gushed somewhat lavishly, though not at all unwarrantedly, in these pages about <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/the-avengers-is-amazing" target="_blank"><i>The Avengers</i></a>, the latest movie birthed out of the Marvel Comics stable of awesome. Throughout the course of this genuflection, I referred to writer/director Joss Whedon as “the King of Angst,” and while this sobriquet was perhaps not entirely borne out in this latest big screen outing—though I maintain there is trouble ahead for Tony (Robert Downey Jr.) and Pepper (Gwyneth Paltrow), and I’d be astounded if we didn’t see not-quite-random waitress Beth (Ashley Johnson) again in relation to Cap sometime—there can be no denying that his previous work renders him a deserving holder of the title.</p><p>[Well I have a demi-god, a billionaire and a vampire, what d’you got?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/the-avengers-joss-whedon-reigning-king-of-angst">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1DQ7CvET__U:nkOmI6ztkHA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1DQ7CvET__U:nkOmI6ztkHA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1DQ7CvET__U:nkOmI6ztkHA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1DQ7CvET__U:nkOmI6ztkHA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1DQ7CvET__U:nkOmI6ztkHA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1DQ7CvET__U:nkOmI6ztkHA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1DQ7CvET__U:nkOmI6ztkHA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1DQ7CvET__U:nkOmI6ztkHA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1DQ7CvET__U:nkOmI6ztkHA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1DQ7CvET__U:nkOmI6ztkHA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1DQ7CvET__U:nkOmI6ztkHA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1DQ7CvET__U:nkOmI6ztkHA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/1DQ7CvET__U" height="1" width="1"/> Rachel Hyland Published Tue, 15 May 2012 21:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/the-avengers-joss-whedon-reigning-king-of-angst http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/the-avengers-joss-whedon-reigning-king-of-angst http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/5SsB6SiDh4g/bones-season-7-finale-special-recap-run-baby-run <p><img alt="Brennan, Booth, and Christine in Bones Season 7, episode 13" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/Bones-713-Booth-Bones-baby200x300.jpg" title="Good-Bye for a Little While" /><em>The </em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/tags/Bones" target="_blank">Bones</a><em> finale certainly held some surprises. Read a special reaction piece from Anna Bowling on last night’s memorable&nbsp;</em><em>episode 13, “The Past in the Present”:</em></p><p><strong>********SPOILERS********</strong></p><p>Keeping romantic tension high when the happy couple is, well, <em>happy</em>. Booth and Bones are happily cohabiting, in their own cozy house with adorable baby Christine, content in domestic bliss. For all those who have been waiting to see Booth and Bones standing at an altar in front of a priest, “The Past in the Present” delivers exactly that, but not in the way one might imagine.</p><p>The day of Christine’s receiving her first sacrament, her christening, looms, and Bones still isn’t sure if she’ll attend. She doesn’t understand how sprinkling water over an infant makes up for the sins said infant committed before birth. Maybe she would have understood if Booth had a chance to explain that it’s a symbolic washing of the soul, but they did have a gruesome corpse to investigate, so family matters must wait.</p><p>[Ah, Bones&mdash;I&rsquo;d say &ldquo;never change,&rdquo; but you wouldn&rsquo;t anyway...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/bones-season-7-finale-special-recap-run-baby-run">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5SsB6SiDh4g:lOFuzFmcjrY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5SsB6SiDh4g:lOFuzFmcjrY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5SsB6SiDh4g:lOFuzFmcjrY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5SsB6SiDh4g:lOFuzFmcjrY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5SsB6SiDh4g:lOFuzFmcjrY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5SsB6SiDh4g:lOFuzFmcjrY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5SsB6SiDh4g:lOFuzFmcjrY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5SsB6SiDh4g:lOFuzFmcjrY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5SsB6SiDh4g:lOFuzFmcjrY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5SsB6SiDh4g:lOFuzFmcjrY:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5SsB6SiDh4g:lOFuzFmcjrY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5SsB6SiDh4g:lOFuzFmcjrY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/5SsB6SiDh4g" height="1" width="1"/> Anna Bowling Published Tue, 15 May 2012 20:46:02 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/bones-season-7-finale-special-recap-run-baby-run http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/bones-season-7-finale-special-recap-run-baby-run http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/ipgEt4G6I-g/dude-wheres-my-lit-the-new-incarnation-of-chick-lit-isdude-lit <p><img alt="Ashton Kutcher — Dude, Where’s My Lit?" class="blog-pic-right-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Dude-Wheres-My-Lit-Ashton-Kutcher.jpg" style="width: 225px; height: 199px; " title="Dude, Where’s My Lit?" />Chick Lit follows a pretty consistent formula: The stories are about women who find themselves at a crossroads, or whose lives are in a slump, and how they take action and decide to deal with it. There are breakups, makeovers, different jobs, new friends, love, and funny situations. They are all about the journey to become a different and better person, and they are usually told from the heroine’s POV.</p><p>But what happens when all the ingredients for a great Chick-Lit story are there, but the main character is a guy? Lately I’ve read books whose main character is a man who goes through a self-discovering journey that make me feel like I’m reading a “Chickless” Chick-Lit story, or, as I’ve come to think of it: Dude Lit.</p><p>[I think How I Met Your Mother’s Ted would totally qualify!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/dude-wheres-my-lit-the-new-incarnation-of-chick-lit-isdude-lit">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ipgEt4G6I-g:wK1qe4cKg8g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ipgEt4G6I-g:wK1qe4cKg8g:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ipgEt4G6I-g:wK1qe4cKg8g:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ipgEt4G6I-g:wK1qe4cKg8g:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ipgEt4G6I-g:wK1qe4cKg8g:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ipgEt4G6I-g:wK1qe4cKg8g:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ipgEt4G6I-g:wK1qe4cKg8g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ipgEt4G6I-g:wK1qe4cKg8g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ipgEt4G6I-g:wK1qe4cKg8g:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ipgEt4G6I-g:wK1qe4cKg8g:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ipgEt4G6I-g:wK1qe4cKg8g:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ipgEt4G6I-g:wK1qe4cKg8g:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/ipgEt4G6I-g" height="1" width="1"/> Brie Clementine Published Tue, 15 May 2012 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/dude-wheres-my-lit-the-new-incarnation-of-chick-lit-isdude-lit http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/dude-wheres-my-lit-the-new-incarnation-of-chick-lit-isdude-lit http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/GFGIukpK5GI/how-i-met-your-mother-season-7-finale-special-recap-and-the-bride-is <p><img alt="Neil Patrick Harris as Barney in How I Met Your Mother" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/HIMYM-724-Barney-groom300x225.jpg" style="width: 275px; height: 206px; " title="Wait for It..." /></p><p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; "><em>Whether you’re a <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2011/11/youre-idiots-himym-barney-robin-is-back-on" target="_blank">Barney/Robin</a>, Marshall/Lily, or Ted/Mother fan, last night’s </em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2011/04/wait-for-it-romance-in-how-i-met-your-mother" target="_blank">How I Met Your Mother</a> <em>hour-long</em> S<em>eason 7 finale was full of surprises. Read a special reaction piece from&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/Anna%20Bowling#filter" target="_blank">Anna Bowling </a>on last night’s memorable episode(s),&nbsp;(7.23 and 7.24) “The Magician’s Code, parts 1 and 2":</em></p><p>Kids, ah, readers, there are three parts to this season finale, and each part brings somebody to a point of no return. We’ve got a birth, an engagement, a wedding and a half, a vacation that never gets off the ground, the magical contents of a mysterious box, and that’s only scratching the surface, so get comfy. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.</p><p>[Buckle up!...and of course, spoilers!]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/how-i-met-your-mother-season-7-finale-special-recap-and-the-bride-is">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=GFGIukpK5GI:LGjNH2fC-EA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=GFGIukpK5GI:LGjNH2fC-EA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=GFGIukpK5GI:LGjNH2fC-EA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=GFGIukpK5GI:LGjNH2fC-EA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=GFGIukpK5GI:LGjNH2fC-EA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=GFGIukpK5GI:LGjNH2fC-EA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=GFGIukpK5GI:LGjNH2fC-EA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=GFGIukpK5GI:LGjNH2fC-EA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=GFGIukpK5GI:LGjNH2fC-EA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=GFGIukpK5GI:LGjNH2fC-EA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=GFGIukpK5GI:LGjNH2fC-EA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=GFGIukpK5GI:LGjNH2fC-EA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/GFGIukpK5GI" height="1" width="1"/> Anna Bowling Published Tue, 15 May 2012 17:08:51 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/how-i-met-your-mother-season-7-finale-special-recap-and-the-bride-is http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/how-i-met-your-mother-season-7-finale-special-recap-and-the-bride-is http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/G0YMg1hUWaU/lost-girl-season-2-episode-5-recap-part-1-succubus-of-the-pack <p><img alt="Dyson in Lost Girl Season 2, episode 5" class="blog-pic-right-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May15toMay21/LG-205-Dyson-woods225x264.jpg" title="And Now for a Whole Other Side of Dyson..." /><em>Our&nbsp;</em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/01/kiss-of-life-canadas-lost-girl-is-must-see-uf-tv" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Lost Girl</a>&nbsp;<em>obsession is going strong! If you’re just now diving into the show, be sure to check out all of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/Kiersten%20Hallie%20Krum#filter" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Kiersten Krum</a>’s recaps, from&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lost-girl-episode-13-succubus-family-values" target="_blank">Season 1</a>&nbsp;up to&nbsp;the most recent Season 2 episode aired on SyFy (<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lost-girl-season-2-episode-1-the-succubus-and-the-stone" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">episode 1</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lost-girl-season-2-episode-2-recap" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">episode 2</a>, <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-3-recap-such-stuff-as-succubi-are-made-of" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">episode 3</a>, <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-4-recap" target="_blank">episode 4</a>).</em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lost-girl-season-2-episode-1-the-succubus-and-the-stone" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank"><em>&nbsp;</em></a><em>All caught up? Good. And now, on to part 1 of the recap for last night’s episode, 2.05, “BrotherFae of the Wolves”—part 2 will be posted tomorrow!</em></p><p><strong>********SPOILERS********</strong></p><p>It’s a beautiful day in FaeVille! The sun is kinda shining, the air is sort of clear, and our dynamic Trio are out on location! Dyson, in a white shirt and blue jeans, and his long-legged stride is walking down a random sidewalk. Bo and Kenzi, in their standard all black, are nearly double-timed walking half a pace behind him. Dyson glances at them over his shoulder and ruefully asks what they want. “Goosebump alert!” Kenzi says wondering how he knew they wanted anything from him. Dyson: “You two never shut up so either you’re schemin’ or it’s my lucky day. Thing is, I’m not that lucky. So…what?”</p><p>[Cheer up, Dyson—you’re about to make the fangirls feel <em>very</em> lucky...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-5-recap-part-1-succubus-of-the-pack">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=G0YMg1hUWaU:5IwBRfDUugs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=G0YMg1hUWaU:5IwBRfDUugs:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=G0YMg1hUWaU:5IwBRfDUugs:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=G0YMg1hUWaU:5IwBRfDUugs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=G0YMg1hUWaU:5IwBRfDUugs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=G0YMg1hUWaU:5IwBRfDUugs:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=G0YMg1hUWaU:5IwBRfDUugs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=G0YMg1hUWaU:5IwBRfDUugs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=G0YMg1hUWaU:5IwBRfDUugs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=G0YMg1hUWaU:5IwBRfDUugs:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=G0YMg1hUWaU:5IwBRfDUugs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=G0YMg1hUWaU:5IwBRfDUugs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/G0YMg1hUWaU" height="1" width="1"/> Kiersten Hallie Krum Published Tue, 15 May 2012 15:58:28 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-5-recap-part-1-succubus-of-the-pack http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-5-recap-part-1-succubus-of-the-pack http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/h389I-7TNNE/author-anna-banks-on-love-dating-and-the-apocalypse <p><img alt="Of Poseidon by Anna Banks" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/Banks-Of-Poseidon250.jpg" style="width: 174px; height: 260px; " title="Of Poseidon by Anna Banks" /><em>Today we welcome author Anna Banks, whose upcoming<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/04/of-poseidon-new-excerpt" target="_blank"> </a></em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/04/of-poseidon-new-excerpt" target="_blank">Of Poseidon</a><em> has already swept away many readers.&nbsp;</em><em>We are delighted to have Anna here to talk about love and dating outside of a post-apocalyptic world. </em></p><p>When I was pondering ideas for this guest post, my initial thought was to dissect the whole love-at-first-sight-in-YA thing. I even looked up the definition of love.&nbsp; According to Dictionary.com love is: A profoundly tender, passionate affection for one another.</p><p>Which made me giggle (snort obnoxiously). As with all official definitions, it felt stuffy and generic and lacking all the stolen glances, inside jokes, whipped cream and awkward moments that really encompass the true meaning of love.</p><p>So I did what any self-respecting person would do: I consulted Twitter. I took a Twitter poll, asking my participants to answer whether or not they believed in love at first sight. A whopping 90% responded that they did not (shocker).</p><p>[Does this mean I should stop staring at strange men in public?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/author-anna-banks-on-love-dating-and-the-apocalypse">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=h389I-7TNNE:vCxv9BInsMs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=h389I-7TNNE:vCxv9BInsMs:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=h389I-7TNNE:vCxv9BInsMs:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=h389I-7TNNE:vCxv9BInsMs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=h389I-7TNNE:vCxv9BInsMs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=h389I-7TNNE:vCxv9BInsMs:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=h389I-7TNNE:vCxv9BInsMs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=h389I-7TNNE:vCxv9BInsMs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=h389I-7TNNE:vCxv9BInsMs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=h389I-7TNNE:vCxv9BInsMs:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=h389I-7TNNE:vCxv9BInsMs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=h389I-7TNNE:vCxv9BInsMs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/h389I-7TNNE" height="1" width="1"/> Anna Banks Published Tue, 15 May 2012 14:45:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/author-anna-banks-on-love-dating-and-the-apocalypse http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/author-anna-banks-on-love-dating-and-the-apocalypse http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/cnsfFDcYqtI/mindy-kaling-is-a-girl-in-the-mindy-project <p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="246" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BbxYId7KsL4" width="425"></iframe></p><p>There will be inevitable comparisons between the HBO show <em>Girls</em> and the <em>Mindy Project</em> because they’re both focused on women of a certain age (young!), but the comparisons are superficial, at best.</p><p>Take a look at a trailer for <em>The Office</em>’s Mindy Kaling’s new show, and ask yourself: Is THIS the best rom-com we’ve seen in years? Or what?</p><p><em>The Mindy Project</em> will air on Fox in the fall.</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/mindy-kaling-is-a-girl-in-the-mindy-project">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cnsfFDcYqtI:_E_DIhMEzzc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cnsfFDcYqtI:_E_DIhMEzzc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=cnsfFDcYqtI:_E_DIhMEzzc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cnsfFDcYqtI:_E_DIhMEzzc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=cnsfFDcYqtI:_E_DIhMEzzc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cnsfFDcYqtI:_E_DIhMEzzc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cnsfFDcYqtI:_E_DIhMEzzc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=cnsfFDcYqtI:_E_DIhMEzzc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cnsfFDcYqtI:_E_DIhMEzzc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cnsfFDcYqtI:_E_DIhMEzzc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cnsfFDcYqtI:_E_DIhMEzzc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=cnsfFDcYqtI:_E_DIhMEzzc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/cnsfFDcYqtI" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Tue, 15 May 2012 13:29:44 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/mindy-kaling-is-a-girl-in-the-mindy-project http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/mindy-kaling-is-a-girl-in-the-mindy-project http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/Rk0ktoD5ku8/dog-days-new-excerpt <p><img alt="Dog Days by Elsa Watson" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/Dog-Days-by-Elsa-Watson-250.jpg" style="height: 403px; width: 250px; " title="Dog Days by Elsa Watson" /><em>Struggling café owner Jessica Sheldon volunteered to be the chairperson of Woofinstock, Madrona’s annual dog festival, to overcome her reputation as “number one dog hater” in her dog crazy Northwestern town. Determined to prove her dog-loving credentials, Jessica rescues Zoe, a stray white German shepherd—and in the process the two are struck by lightning.</em></p><p><em>Jessica wakes to discover paws where her feet should be, and watches in horror as her body staggers around the town square…. Zoe and Jessica have switched bodies. Learning to live as a dog is difficult enough, but Jessica’s real worry is saving her café from financial ruin. To complicate matters, she’s falling hard for Max, the town veterinarian.</em></p><p><em>It’s clear that Zoe is thrilled to live life on “human terms,” thoroughly relishing all of the fun and food Woofinstock has to offer. But Zoe is also anxious to use her new human skills to find her missing family—who may not want her back. And Jessica needs to confront a complicated figure from her past before she can move on with her life. Jessica and Zoe will need to learn from each other to set things right, and possibly find acceptance and love in the bargain.</em></p><p><strong>Get a sneak peek of Elsa Watson’s <em>Dog Days</em> (available May 22, 2012) with an excerpt of Chapters 1-3.</strong></p><p>And be sure to check out the H&amp;H <strong><a href="https://apps.facebook.com/heroesnhearts/photocontests/Enter/572" target="_blank">&ldquo;My Pet Is Way Cuter Than Yours&rdquo; Facebook Sweepstakes</a></strong> for a chance to win a copy of <em>Dog Days</em>!</p><p><strong>Chapter 1</strong><br /><em>The Day I Became a Dog</em></p><p><strong><em>Jessica</em></strong></p><p>Rain splashed down as I dodged puddles, wishing I’d worn something more sensible than heels. I pushed myself to go faster, thinking of the importance of my mission. Our café staff, including my wonderful business partner Kerrie, was counting on me—I couldn’t let them down.</p><p>[Sign in or register to read the full excerpt of <em>Dog Days</em>...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/dog-days-new-excerpt">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Rk0ktoD5ku8:rVHoZt1mK10:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Rk0ktoD5ku8:rVHoZt1mK10:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Rk0ktoD5ku8:rVHoZt1mK10:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Rk0ktoD5ku8:rVHoZt1mK10:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Rk0ktoD5ku8:rVHoZt1mK10:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Rk0ktoD5ku8:rVHoZt1mK10:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Rk0ktoD5ku8:rVHoZt1mK10:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Rk0ktoD5ku8:rVHoZt1mK10:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Rk0ktoD5ku8:rVHoZt1mK10:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Rk0ktoD5ku8:rVHoZt1mK10:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Rk0ktoD5ku8:rVHoZt1mK10:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Rk0ktoD5ku8:rVHoZt1mK10:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/Rk0ktoD5ku8" height="1" width="1"/> Elsa Watson Excerpts Mon, 14 May 2012 21:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/dog-days-new-excerpt http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/dog-days-new-excerpt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/daTZX0cg0z8/exclusive-cover-reveals-elizabeth-essex-a-breath-of-scandal-and-gina-robinson-live-and-let-love <p><img alt="A Breath of Scandal by Elizabeth Essex" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/A-Breath-of-Scandal-by-Elizabeth-Essex-250.jpg" style="width: 225px; height: 368px; " title="A Breath of Scandal by Elizabeth Essex" />Today we present not one but TWO exclusive cover reveals for exciting upcoming releases!&nbsp;In <a href="http://www.ginarobinson.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Gina Robinson’s</strong></a>&nbsp;Agent Ex novel&nbsp;<em>Live and Let Love,</em> a spy husband makes life tough, especially when he brings his work home with him, while in <a href="http://elizabethessex.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Elizabeth Essex’s</strong></a>&nbsp;Reckless Brides novel&nbsp;<em>A Breath of Scandal</em>, a naval officer will break all the rules to win his unconventional heroine. We can’t wait!</p><p>Here’s a bit more about each:</p><p><strong><em>A Breath of Scandal</em> by Elizabeth Essex (December 26, 2012)</strong></p><blockquote><p>Forced by her family into an engagement with a man she can never abide, Antigone Preston knows only a scandal will save her from a loveless marriage. But knocking a man down to the ballroom floor with her fists brings dangerous consequences. She may have ruined her reputation, but now she’s endangered her heart…</p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; ">The son of an earl and a career navy man, Captain William Jellicoe has no interest in the frivolities of London—and even less in the institution of marriage. But there’s something steering him toward Antigone. He has never met anyone as brazen and unconventional as…himself. But will he risk it all for a woman who still has the breath of scandal hot on her lips?&nbsp;</span></p></blockquote><p><img alt="Live and Let Love by Gina Robinson" class="blog-pic-right-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Live-and-Let-Love-by-Gina-Robinson-250.jpg" style="width: 225px; height: 369px; " title="Live and Let Love by Gina Robinson" /><strong><em>Live and Let Love</em> by Gina Robinson (December 26, 2012)</strong></p><blockquote><p>Willow Pierce loved her husband madly. Even though he was an assassin for National Clandestine Services, the spying arm of the CIA, he was always gentle and loving with her. Since his death at the hands of South American drug lords, Willow has settled down to the quiet suburban life she craved while married to Jack.</p><p>Now there’s a man in town who swaggers like Jack, laughs like Jack, and looks like Jack. Is this really her dead husband come back to life and when the spy games come to her front door, can Willow trust anyone?</p></blockquote><p>What do you think, are you feeling the love for these men in uniform? Or, er, <em>out </em>of uniform, as the case may be?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/exclusive-cover-reveals-elizabeth-essex-a-breath-of-scandal-and-gina-robinson-live-and-let-love">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=daTZX0cg0z8:m7dbWKLFGPA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=daTZX0cg0z8:m7dbWKLFGPA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=daTZX0cg0z8:m7dbWKLFGPA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=daTZX0cg0z8:m7dbWKLFGPA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=daTZX0cg0z8:m7dbWKLFGPA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=daTZX0cg0z8:m7dbWKLFGPA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=daTZX0cg0z8:m7dbWKLFGPA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=daTZX0cg0z8:m7dbWKLFGPA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=daTZX0cg0z8:m7dbWKLFGPA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=daTZX0cg0z8:m7dbWKLFGPA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=daTZX0cg0z8:m7dbWKLFGPA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=daTZX0cg0z8:m7dbWKLFGPA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/daTZX0cg0z8" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Mon, 14 May 2012 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/exclusive-cover-reveals-elizabeth-essex-a-breath-of-scandal-and-gina-robinson-live-and-let-love http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/exclusive-cover-reveals-elizabeth-essex-a-breath-of-scandal-and-gina-robinson-live-and-let-love http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/R9Dm7oSqIzI/first-look-mary-balogh-the-proposal-may-1-2012 <p><strong>NEW!: Comment below for a chance to win 1 of 2 copies of Mary Balogh’s <i>The Proposal</i>!*</strong></p><p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="The Proposal by Mary Balogh" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/The-Proposal-by-Mary-Balogh180x274.jpg" title="The Proposal by Mary Balogh" /></span></strong><strong>Mary Balogh</strong><br /><strong><em>The Proposal</em><br />Delacorte / May 1, 2012 /&nbsp;</strong><strong>$16.97 print, $12.99 digital</strong></p><p><em>Gwendoline, Lady Muir, has seen her share of tragedy, especially since a freak accident took her husband much too soon. Content in a quiet life with friends and family, the young widow has no desire to marry again. But when Hugo, Lord Trentham, scoops her up in his arms after a fall, she feels a sensation that both shocks and emboldens her.</em><em>&nbsp;</em></p><p><em>Hugo never intends to kiss Lady Muir, and frankly, he judges her to be a spoiled, frivolous—if beautiful—aristocrat. He is a gentleman in name only: a soldier whose bravery earned him a title; a merchant’s son who inherited his wealth. He is happiest when working the land, but duty and title now demand that he finds a wife. He doesn’t wish to court Lady Muir, nor have any role in the society games her kind thrives upon. Yet Hugo has never craved a woman more; Gwen’s guileless manner, infectious laugh, and lovely face have ruined him for any other woman. He wants her, but will she have him?...</em></p><p>It is both a blessing and a curse to be a heroine whose story readers have yearned for lo these thirteen years. <em>The Proposal</em>, the first book in <a href="http://www.marybalogh.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Mary Balogh</strong></a>’s new series, the Survivors’ Club, is the story of Gwendoline, Lady Muir, whom we first met in <em>One Night For Love</em>, which was published in 1999.</p><p>Gwen is a loving sister, daughter, cousin, aunt, friend, and all of Balogh’s readers have come to appreciate her.</p><p>[And she’s finally getting her own hero? Sweet!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-mary-balogh-the-proposal-may-1-2012">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=R9Dm7oSqIzI:LbJuYUlBFUU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=R9Dm7oSqIzI:LbJuYUlBFUU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=R9Dm7oSqIzI:LbJuYUlBFUU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=R9Dm7oSqIzI:LbJuYUlBFUU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=R9Dm7oSqIzI:LbJuYUlBFUU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=R9Dm7oSqIzI:LbJuYUlBFUU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=R9Dm7oSqIzI:LbJuYUlBFUU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=R9Dm7oSqIzI:LbJuYUlBFUU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=R9Dm7oSqIzI:LbJuYUlBFUU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=R9Dm7oSqIzI:LbJuYUlBFUU:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=R9Dm7oSqIzI:LbJuYUlBFUU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=R9Dm7oSqIzI:LbJuYUlBFUU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/R9Dm7oSqIzI" height="1" width="1"/> Janet Webb Published Tue, 01 May 2012 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-mary-balogh-the-proposal-may-1-2012 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-mary-balogh-the-proposal-may-1-2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/ZQw-3KSSTQ0/50-shades-willing-victim-beg-me-why-is-the-rape-fantasy-so-appealing <p><img alt="Willing Victim by Cara McKenna" class="blog-pic-right-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/April17toApril23/Willing-Victim-by-Cara-McKenna174x287.jpg" title="Willing Victim by Cara McKenna" /></p><blockquote><p>A <a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/all-about-sex/201001/womens-rape-fantasies-how-common-what-do-they-mean" target="_blank">rape fantasy</a> or a ravishment is a sexual fantasy involving imagining or pretending being coerced or coercing another into sexual activity. In sexual role-play it involves acting out roles of coercive sex. One form of sexual roleplaying is the rape fantasy, also called ravishment or forced sex roleplay. Ravishment has become a more preferred term in BDSM circles, as it makes a distinction between consensual role play and non-consensual assault. Though consensuality is an important component of sexual roleplay, the illusion of non-consensuality (i.e., rape) is important to maintaining the fantasy. Crossing the line may constitute an assault and result in arrest and conviction.</p><p>—<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_fantasy" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></p></blockquote><p>Rape fantasy role-playing has become a hot topic with the unexpected popularity of <strong>E.L. James</strong>’s Fifty Shades trilogy, as well as all the subsequent articles explaining and judging this popularity. When first hit with the notion that someone actually thinks about having forced sex, what comes to mind is, “Why would you fantasize about something so repugnant and possibly life-threatening?” It’s a touchy subject that requires some careful consideration.&nbsp;</p><p>[Let’s give it that careful consideration...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/50-shades-willing-victim-beg-me-why-is-the-rape-fantasy-so-appealing">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZQw-3KSSTQ0:pm1hb8CbZuY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZQw-3KSSTQ0:pm1hb8CbZuY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ZQw-3KSSTQ0:pm1hb8CbZuY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZQw-3KSSTQ0:pm1hb8CbZuY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ZQw-3KSSTQ0:pm1hb8CbZuY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZQw-3KSSTQ0:pm1hb8CbZuY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZQw-3KSSTQ0:pm1hb8CbZuY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ZQw-3KSSTQ0:pm1hb8CbZuY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZQw-3KSSTQ0:pm1hb8CbZuY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZQw-3KSSTQ0:pm1hb8CbZuY:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ZQw-3KSSTQ0:pm1hb8CbZuY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ZQw-3KSSTQ0:pm1hb8CbZuY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/ZQw-3KSSTQ0" height="1" width="1"/> Tori Benson Published Mon, 14 May 2012 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/50-shades-willing-victim-beg-me-why-is-the-rape-fantasy-so-appealing http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/50-shades-willing-victim-beg-me-why-is-the-rape-fantasy-so-appealing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/UEXarCeNfd4/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-22-recap-its-storming-like-a-bitch <p><img alt="Once Upon a Time’s Emma and Henry in A Land Without Magic" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Once-122-Henry-Emma225x237.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="Note to Self: Avoid Apple Turnovers for a While" />The season finale of <em>Once Upon a Time, </em>“A Land Without Magic,”&nbsp;aired last night, and if you watched, you saw [highlight for spoilers]<span style="color:#ffffff;">the return of the Huntsman, that the power of True Love can bring people back to life, and that others weren’t dead at all!</span>[/spoilers]</p><p>What do you think of [highlight for spoilers]<span style="color:#ffffff;">the curse being broken? How about Mr. Gold and Belle? Prince Charming and Snow?</span>[/spoilers] Have you eaten any apple turnovers lately?</p><p>Please share your thoughts of last night’s episode, predictions for next season, and overall opinion of the show.</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-22-recap-its-storming-like-a-bitch">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=UEXarCeNfd4:6Up9_q8WoRU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=UEXarCeNfd4:6Up9_q8WoRU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=UEXarCeNfd4:6Up9_q8WoRU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=UEXarCeNfd4:6Up9_q8WoRU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=UEXarCeNfd4:6Up9_q8WoRU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=UEXarCeNfd4:6Up9_q8WoRU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=UEXarCeNfd4:6Up9_q8WoRU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=UEXarCeNfd4:6Up9_q8WoRU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=UEXarCeNfd4:6Up9_q8WoRU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=UEXarCeNfd4:6Up9_q8WoRU:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=UEXarCeNfd4:6Up9_q8WoRU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=UEXarCeNfd4:6Up9_q8WoRU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/UEXarCeNfd4" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Mon, 14 May 2012 16:44:15 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-22-recap-its-storming-like-a-bitch http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-22-recap-its-storming-like-a-bitch http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/Qw-xiY7vpAQ/jr-ward-rapture-cover <p><img alt="Rapture by J.R. Ward" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Rapture-by-JR-Ward200x303.jpg" title="Rapture by J.R. Ward" />The cover for<a href="http://www.jrward.com/" target="_blank"><strong> J.R. Ward</strong></a>’s<em> Rapture,</em> book 4 in the Fallen Angels series, has been released!</p><p>Here’s the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13040826-rapture" target="_blank">goodreads</a>&nbsp;description:</p><blockquote><p>After reporter Mels Carmichael hits a disheveled man with her car outside the local cemetery, she pays a visit to the stranger in the hospital. The only thing he remembers of his past is seeing a name written on a headstone: that of Jim Heron—a fallen angel charged with rescuing souls from the seven deadly sins. Now, as Mels struggles to help this mysterious stranger rediscover himself, Heron himself returns to prepare for a battle between good and evil.</p></blockquote><p>This is the first Fallen Angels book to appear in hardcover, and the cover looks a lot different from the first three Fallen Angels’ books, which had various iterations of male chests.&nbsp;<em>Rapture</em> will be out September 25, 2012.</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/jr-ward-rapture-cover">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Qw-xiY7vpAQ:__F5W2-WmmU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Qw-xiY7vpAQ:__F5W2-WmmU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Qw-xiY7vpAQ:__F5W2-WmmU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Qw-xiY7vpAQ:__F5W2-WmmU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Qw-xiY7vpAQ:__F5W2-WmmU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Qw-xiY7vpAQ:__F5W2-WmmU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Qw-xiY7vpAQ:__F5W2-WmmU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Qw-xiY7vpAQ:__F5W2-WmmU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Qw-xiY7vpAQ:__F5W2-WmmU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Qw-xiY7vpAQ:__F5W2-WmmU:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Qw-xiY7vpAQ:__F5W2-WmmU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Qw-xiY7vpAQ:__F5W2-WmmU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/Qw-xiY7vpAQ" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Mon, 14 May 2012 15:59:53 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/jr-ward-rapture-cover http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/jr-ward-rapture-cover http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/4xAeLuyUrLk/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-7 <p><img alt="Ygritte the wilding in Game of Thrones Season 2" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/GoT-207-Ygritte200x220.jpg" title="Watch Out, Jon Snow..." /></p><p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; "><em>Don’t miss Regina Thorne’s recaps of “<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-1-power-is-power-and-is-redundant" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">The North Remembers</a>,” “<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-2-five-kings-is-not-legal-in-poker-or-westeros" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">The Night Lands</a>,” “<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-3-hair-improves-allegiances-are-shaken" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">What Is Dead May Never Die</a>,” “<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-4-girls-will-be-boys-and-vice-versa" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Garden of Bones</a>,” “<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-5-recap" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">The Ghost of Harrenhal</a>,” and last week’s “<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-6-grammar-girls-and-daddy-issues" target="_blank">The Old Gods and the New</a>.” All caught up? Good. Now, on to...</em></p><p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong><em>Game of Thrones&nbsp;</em>Season 2, episode 7, “A Man Without Honor”:</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">********SPOILERS********</p><p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">Sometimes the titles of <em>Game of Thrones</em> episodes are a bit mystifying in terms of their relevance to the episode but last night’s “A Man Without Honor” could have referred to any one of a number of characters, including Theon Greyjoy, Jaime Lannister, and Xaro Xhoan Daxos. Plus, the ghost of an Man With Honor also haunted over the episode with both Theon and Jaime (as well as Ned’s bastard son Jon) talking about and measuring themselves against Ned. (He’s a head shorter, in case anyone was wondering.)</p><p>Man Without Honor #1 Theon wakes up alone in his bed in Winterfell. Osha has, as we saw last week, debunked with extreme prejudice to an Ironborn’s throat and with the Stark children, their direwolves and Hodor. Theon is incensed at his men for letting a “halfwit” and a “cripple” outwit them; the tubby Ironborn with the long resumé of rapine and murder who mocked Theon back in Pyke mentions that if Theon hadn’t been seduced by Osha, none of this would have happened. Theon dislikes the backchatting and administers some Ironclad stomping on Tubby the Reiver.</p><p>[If you can’t join ’em, beat ’em, eh, Theon?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-7">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4xAeLuyUrLk:Iyv8e4kSrKI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4xAeLuyUrLk:Iyv8e4kSrKI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=4xAeLuyUrLk:Iyv8e4kSrKI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4xAeLuyUrLk:Iyv8e4kSrKI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=4xAeLuyUrLk:Iyv8e4kSrKI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4xAeLuyUrLk:Iyv8e4kSrKI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4xAeLuyUrLk:Iyv8e4kSrKI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=4xAeLuyUrLk:Iyv8e4kSrKI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4xAeLuyUrLk:Iyv8e4kSrKI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4xAeLuyUrLk:Iyv8e4kSrKI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4xAeLuyUrLk:Iyv8e4kSrKI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=4xAeLuyUrLk:Iyv8e4kSrKI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/4xAeLuyUrLk" height="1" width="1"/> Regina Thorne Published Mon, 14 May 2012 15:21:26 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-7 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-7 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/b-b_eq_VIjE/hah-book-club-halfway-through-teresa-medeiross-the-bride-and-the-beast <p><img alt="Gerard Butler" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Gerard-Butler250.jpg" title="So we thought you might enjoy a pic of a handsome Scot." /></p><p>So here we are, about halfway through May’s H&amp;H Book Club choice, Teresa Medeiros’s <em>The Bride and the Beast</em>.</p><p>What is striking about it is the wit; the three on-screen characters, Gwen and the Dragon and Tupper, all get to relay their respective bon mots towards each other—and their wit is respected and enjoyed by the recipient. For Gwen, at least, it’s clear that she has never been appreciated for anything, so having the Dragon appreciate her mind and her body is a unique experience for her.</p><blockquote><p>“Gwendolyn was accustomed to being blamed for her intelligence, but no one had ever before accused her of being pretty or charming.”</p></blockquote><p>And when the Dragon gifts her with clothing, delivered while she is sleeping, Gwendolyn worries it won’t fit, because “Such pretty things were never tailored for great girls like her.” And when they do, she feels “airy and graceful.”</p><p>What are you liking the most about the book? The least? Do you know who the Dragon is yet?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/hah-book-club-halfway-through-teresa-medeiross-the-bride-and-the-beast">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=b-b_eq_VIjE:EGanDycYKxE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=b-b_eq_VIjE:EGanDycYKxE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=b-b_eq_VIjE:EGanDycYKxE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=b-b_eq_VIjE:EGanDycYKxE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=b-b_eq_VIjE:EGanDycYKxE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=b-b_eq_VIjE:EGanDycYKxE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=b-b_eq_VIjE:EGanDycYKxE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=b-b_eq_VIjE:EGanDycYKxE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=b-b_eq_VIjE:EGanDycYKxE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=b-b_eq_VIjE:EGanDycYKxE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=b-b_eq_VIjE:EGanDycYKxE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=b-b_eq_VIjE:EGanDycYKxE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/b-b_eq_VIjE" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Mon, 14 May 2012 13:17:22 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/hah-book-club-halfway-through-teresa-medeiross-the-bride-and-the-beast http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/hah-book-club-halfway-through-teresa-medeiross-the-bride-and-the-beast http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/qynmR13zB5k/moms-the-word-a-mothers-day-roundup <p><img alt="Mother&rsquo;s Day bouquet image by audreyjm529 via Flickr" class="blog-pic-right-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Mothers-Day-flowers-by-audreyjm529-via-Flickr250x188.jpg" title="Cheers!" />Happy Mother’s Day! To celebrate, we present a roundup of H&amp;H posts dedicated to this most deserved holiday. Whether you&rsquo;re reading them again or for the first time, we hope you enjoy!</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/converting-your-mom-to-romance-a-test-study" target="_blank">Converting Your Mom to Romance: A Test Study</a> by Wendy the Super Librarian</li><li><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2011/05/audioslice-audiobooks-for-mothers-day" target="_blank">Audioslice: Audiobooks for Mother’s Day </a>by Samantha Beerman</li><li><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2011/05/not-your-normal-mothers-day-reads" target="_blank">Not Your Normal Mother’s Day Reads</a> by Aspasia Bissas</li><li><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2011/05/jane-austen-mothers" target="_blank">Happy Mother’s Day, Mrs. Bennet: Jane Austen’s Mothers</a> by Myretta Robens</li><li><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/my-children-are-my-riches-mothers-from-jo-beverley-georgette-heyer-and-diane-farr">“My Children Are My Riches”: Mothers from Jo Beverley, Georgette Heyer, and Diane Farr</a> by Janet Webb</li><li><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/why-are-there-so-few-moms-in-sci-fi-romance" target="_blank">Moms of the Future: Why Are There So Few Moms in Sci-Fi Romance?</a> by Heather Massey</li></ul><p><em><span style="font-size:12px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/audreyjm529/3517614739/" target="_blank">Mother’s Day flowers</a> image by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/audreyjm529/" target="_blank">audreyjm529</a> via Flickr</span></em></p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/moms-the-word-a-mothers-day-roundup">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qynmR13zB5k:V35xO13BRFE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qynmR13zB5k:V35xO13BRFE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=qynmR13zB5k:V35xO13BRFE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qynmR13zB5k:V35xO13BRFE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=qynmR13zB5k:V35xO13BRFE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qynmR13zB5k:V35xO13BRFE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qynmR13zB5k:V35xO13BRFE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=qynmR13zB5k:V35xO13BRFE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qynmR13zB5k:V35xO13BRFE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qynmR13zB5k:V35xO13BRFE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=qynmR13zB5k:V35xO13BRFE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=qynmR13zB5k:V35xO13BRFE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/qynmR13zB5k" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Sun, 13 May 2012 22:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/moms-the-word-a-mothers-day-roundup http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/moms-the-word-a-mothers-day-roundup http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/0EHjge8EHVU/show-me-the-funny-humorous-paranormal-romance-from-harper-cassidy-davidson-and-more <p><img alt="Nice Girls Don’t Have Fangs by Molly Harper" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Nice-Girls-Dont-Have-Fangs-by-Molly-Harper174x281.jpg" title="Nice Girls Don’t Have Fangs by Molly Harper" />Paranormal Romance isn’t always just about the sexy times with our favorite creatures that go bump in the night. Some of our favorite PNR novels not only make us feel the need for a cold shower, they also make us dirty giggle. Every so often we need to mix it up to keep it all fresh, to get away from the heavy into something a little on the lighter side of the genre. Not everything has to be about sex, people—okay, I lied just there. I wouldn’t skimp on the sexy times, but add in laughter and you have the perfect combination.</p><p>Here are some of my favorite hysterical PNR novels; hopefully you have some to add to my list because we all need a giggle now and then.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.mollyharper.com/" target="_blank">Molly Harper</a>’s Jane Jameson series</strong></p><p>Molly Harper’s series centers on Jane Jameson, who gets fired by her boss and given a gift certificate for free potato skins instead of a severance check. Ouch! While poor drunk Jane is on her way home from having her ‘skins, she gets mistaken for a deer and shot. Thankfully, that guy she met at the bar just so happens to save her life…even if it means she’s now part of the undead crew in Half Moon Hollow. I couldn’t stop giggling throughout this entire series, and it’s definitely high on my list of all-time favorite series.</p><p>[Come for the paranormal, stay for the comedy...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/show-me-the-funny-humorous-paranormal-romance-from-harper-cassidy-davidson-and-more">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0EHjge8EHVU:N7fs-cHAZFI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0EHjge8EHVU:N7fs-cHAZFI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=0EHjge8EHVU:N7fs-cHAZFI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0EHjge8EHVU:N7fs-cHAZFI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=0EHjge8EHVU:N7fs-cHAZFI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0EHjge8EHVU:N7fs-cHAZFI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0EHjge8EHVU:N7fs-cHAZFI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=0EHjge8EHVU:N7fs-cHAZFI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0EHjge8EHVU:N7fs-cHAZFI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0EHjge8EHVU:N7fs-cHAZFI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0EHjge8EHVU:N7fs-cHAZFI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=0EHjge8EHVU:N7fs-cHAZFI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/0EHjge8EHVU" height="1" width="1"/> Natasha Carty Published Sun, 13 May 2012 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/show-me-the-funny-humorous-paranormal-romance-from-harper-cassidy-davidson-and-more http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/show-me-the-funny-humorous-paranormal-romance-from-harper-cassidy-davidson-and-more http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/SX2YsIuu-Kc/epilogues-yea-or-nay <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="Somebody to Love by Kristan Higgins" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Somebody-to-Love-by-Kristan-Higgins174x275.jpg" title="Somebody to Love by Kristan Higgins" /></span></strong><strong>Megan:</strong><br />Epilogues, authors tell us, are a way for us to glimpse what happens after the Happy Ever After. In the epilogue, all is right with the world, the hero and heroine have adorable children being adorable, they are still madly in love with each other, and you can close the book knowing All is Well.</p><p>In one of my favorite books by one of my favorite authors, <em>To Love A Dark Lord</em> by <a href="http://www.anne-stuart.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Anne Stuart</strong></a>, there’s an epilogue. An epilogue with many, many children and a specious amount of billing and cooing between the two formerly spiky and delicious hero and heroine:</p><p>[Read on for treacle! Not to mention the opposing view...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/epilogues-yea-or-nay">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SX2YsIuu-Kc:edqdbL6vgn4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SX2YsIuu-Kc:edqdbL6vgn4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=SX2YsIuu-Kc:edqdbL6vgn4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SX2YsIuu-Kc:edqdbL6vgn4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=SX2YsIuu-Kc:edqdbL6vgn4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SX2YsIuu-Kc:edqdbL6vgn4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SX2YsIuu-Kc:edqdbL6vgn4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=SX2YsIuu-Kc:edqdbL6vgn4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SX2YsIuu-Kc:edqdbL6vgn4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SX2YsIuu-Kc:edqdbL6vgn4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SX2YsIuu-Kc:edqdbL6vgn4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=SX2YsIuu-Kc:edqdbL6vgn4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/SX2YsIuu-Kc" height="1" width="1"/> Myretta Robens Published Sun, 13 May 2012 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/epilogues-yea-or-nay http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/epilogues-yea-or-nay http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/Vxn6RLeGXc4/inside-the-mind-of-a-hero-in-alabama-doug-dixon-the-jump-off- <p><img alt="The Jump Off by Doug Dixon" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/The-Jump-Off-by-Doug-Dixon200x267.jpg" title="The Jump Off by Doug Dixon" /></p><p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; "><i>We’re reading our way across America...one romance at a time. And, to make it even more fun, we’re doing it in order of incorporation into the United States.</i></p><p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; "><b>Alabama:&nbsp;<i>The Jump Off&nbsp;</i>by Doug Dixon</b></p><p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">I love to read and I’ve read a lot of books, but <em>The Jump Off</em>&nbsp; is something I’ve never seen before: A modern romance novel narrated entirely by an African American man. Maybe I need to broaden my reading horizons, or maybe Doug Dixon’s debut novel really is just that unusual. In any event, it gave me a rare, fascinating, and brutally honest peek inside the mind of a hero during his turbulent, sometimes stressful, and extremely eventful courtship.</p><p>Troy is an attractive, successful software developer in Mobile, Alabama, making good money and never without a new honey on his arm. Then he meets Jennifer, a beautiful and ambitious lawyer, and just like that his tomcatting days are over. In fact, he becomes a model fiancé—loving, supportive, and kind. He is an excellent cook and (it should go without saying) a lover par excellence. He goes to church and turns to Scripture when things are going wrong. He works hard. Life is good.</p><p>[Maybe too good to last?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/inside-the-mind-of-a-hero-in-alabama-doug-dixon-the-jump-off-">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vxn6RLeGXc4:OS1-XLiZESk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vxn6RLeGXc4:OS1-XLiZESk:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Vxn6RLeGXc4:OS1-XLiZESk:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vxn6RLeGXc4:OS1-XLiZESk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Vxn6RLeGXc4:OS1-XLiZESk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vxn6RLeGXc4:OS1-XLiZESk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vxn6RLeGXc4:OS1-XLiZESk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Vxn6RLeGXc4:OS1-XLiZESk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vxn6RLeGXc4:OS1-XLiZESk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vxn6RLeGXc4:OS1-XLiZESk:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vxn6RLeGXc4:OS1-XLiZESk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Vxn6RLeGXc4:OS1-XLiZESk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/Vxn6RLeGXc4" height="1" width="1"/> Kate Nagy Published Sat, 12 May 2012 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/inside-the-mind-of-a-hero-in-alabama-doug-dixon-the-jump-off- http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/inside-the-mind-of-a-hero-in-alabama-doug-dixon-the-jump-off- http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/tAAbUB1ihIE/converting-your-mom-to-romance-a-test-study <p><img alt="Mother and daughter reading" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Converting-Mom-to-Romance-Mother-and-Child-Reading.jpg" style="width: 200px; height: 286px; " title="Pay It Forward" />I’ll admit I’ve always been a little envious of those romance readers who admit they got hooked on the genre because they found that ubiquitous “grocery bag full of Harlequins” sitting by Mom’s side of the bed. My parents did encourage all three of their daughters to read, first by reading to us as toddlers, and then making frequent library trips when we were older. But my own mother was not the type to steer her children towards specific books or genres. She was more of the type to just turn us loose. Once we got past the children’s book phase, trips through the adult section were largely unsupervised. We freely read everything from Barbara Michaels to Stephen King—a style of parenting that would likely horrify the helicopter generation.</p><p>While I was always encouraged, my Mom was not the type of mother I shared books with. Frankly, she didn’t have the time. A registered nurse by trade, she worked nights and would routinely pick up extra shifts because the overtime pay was so good. It’s a wonder she had time to read the daily newspaper, which she has done without fail for as long as I’ve known the woman. However, books? Not really.</p><p>[Ladies, start your...conversions!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/converting-your-mom-to-romance-a-test-study">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tAAbUB1ihIE:oScpV9Uum9M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tAAbUB1ihIE:oScpV9Uum9M:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=tAAbUB1ihIE:oScpV9Uum9M:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tAAbUB1ihIE:oScpV9Uum9M:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=tAAbUB1ihIE:oScpV9Uum9M:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tAAbUB1ihIE:oScpV9Uum9M:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tAAbUB1ihIE:oScpV9Uum9M:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=tAAbUB1ihIE:oScpV9Uum9M:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tAAbUB1ihIE:oScpV9Uum9M:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tAAbUB1ihIE:oScpV9Uum9M:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tAAbUB1ihIE:oScpV9Uum9M:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=tAAbUB1ihIE:oScpV9Uum9M:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/tAAbUB1ihIE" height="1" width="1"/> Wendy the Super Librarian Published Sat, 12 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/converting-your-mom-to-romance-a-test-study http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/converting-your-mom-to-romance-a-test-study http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/Wa9KhKlFeNM/friday-beefcake-michael-ealy <p><img alt="Michael Ealy in Common Law" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Common-Law-Ealy-lean450x391.jpg" title="Michael Ealy in Common Law" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In honor of both the premiere of USA Network’s new bromantic comedy/procedural <em>Common Law </em>(which replaces<em>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/this-is-the-end-in-plain-sight-series-finale-reaction-post" target="_blank">In Plain Sight</a></em> on Friday nights) and the success of the movie <em>Think Like a Man </em>(not to mention that the man is just smokin’ hot)&nbsp;we present to you Michael Ealy as this week’s Friday Beefcake. Enjoy!</p><p>[+ 2 more pics under the cut, ’cause who could resist?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/friday-beefcake-michael-ealy">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Wa9KhKlFeNM:WzLml9Qc2bw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Wa9KhKlFeNM:WzLml9Qc2bw:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Wa9KhKlFeNM:WzLml9Qc2bw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Wa9KhKlFeNM:WzLml9Qc2bw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Wa9KhKlFeNM:WzLml9Qc2bw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Wa9KhKlFeNM:WzLml9Qc2bw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Wa9KhKlFeNM:WzLml9Qc2bw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Wa9KhKlFeNM:WzLml9Qc2bw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Wa9KhKlFeNM:WzLml9Qc2bw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Wa9KhKlFeNM:WzLml9Qc2bw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Wa9KhKlFeNM:WzLml9Qc2bw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Wa9KhKlFeNM:WzLml9Qc2bw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/Wa9KhKlFeNM" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Fri, 11 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/friday-beefcake-michael-ealy http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/friday-beefcake-michael-ealy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/5X1fmtLnVEE/if-the-slipper-fits-new-excerpt <p><img alt="If the Slipper Fits by Olivia Drake" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/Drake-If-The-Slipper-Fits-250.jpg" style="width: 250px; height: 408px; " title="If the Slipper Fits by Olivia Drake" />Is this real love?...</p><p><em>Raised in a girls’ school, Annabelle Quinn longs for the world outside the walls of the academy. When she’s hired as the governess to an orphaned duke, Annabelle never expects the child’s breathtakingly handsome guardian to capture her imagination—or her heart.</em></p><p>Or are they just living a fairy tale?...</p><p><em>Falling for his young nephew’s governess is an irksome complication in Lord Simon Westbury’s orderly life, but Annabelle’s quiet beauty and wry intellect are too much to resist. </em></p><p><em>Meanwhile, a mysterious danger looms over the remote Cornwall estate. Will their newfound desire stand the test of time? Or are some happy endings just too good to come true?</em></p><p><strong>Get a sneak peek of Olivia Drake’s <em>If the Slipper Fits</em> (available May 22, 2012) with an excerpt of Chapters 1 &amp; 2. </strong></p><p><strong>Chapter 1</strong><br /><em>1836 </em></p><p>It all began with a letter.</p><p>While the rest of the teaching staff sat down to dinner, Annabelle Quinn hurried along the gloomy corridor at Mrs. Baxter’s Academy for Young Ladies. The loud knocking echoed again through the entrance hall, and in her haste, Annabelle nearly tripped on one of the cracked tiles in the foyer. She steadied herself with a hand on the newel post before proceeding to the door.</p><p>[Please sign in or register to read the full excerpt of&nbsp;<em>If the Slipper Fits...</em>]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/if-the-slipper-fits-new-excerpt">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5X1fmtLnVEE:8PSL12SyKJk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5X1fmtLnVEE:8PSL12SyKJk:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5X1fmtLnVEE:8PSL12SyKJk:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5X1fmtLnVEE:8PSL12SyKJk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5X1fmtLnVEE:8PSL12SyKJk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5X1fmtLnVEE:8PSL12SyKJk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5X1fmtLnVEE:8PSL12SyKJk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5X1fmtLnVEE:8PSL12SyKJk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5X1fmtLnVEE:8PSL12SyKJk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5X1fmtLnVEE:8PSL12SyKJk:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5X1fmtLnVEE:8PSL12SyKJk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5X1fmtLnVEE:8PSL12SyKJk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/5X1fmtLnVEE" height="1" width="1"/> Olivia Drake Excerpts Fri, 11 May 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/if-the-slipper-fits-new-excerpt http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/if-the-slipper-fits-new-excerpt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/iwndo_oVgpk/gena-showalter-gives-us-a-last-kiss-goodnight-cover <p><img alt="Last Kiss Goodnight by Gena Showalter" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Last-Kiss-Goodnight-by-Gena-Showalter225x370.jpg" title="Last Kiss Goodnight by Gena Showalter" />Today, <a href="http://members.genashowalter.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Gena Showalter</strong></a> unveils the <a href="http://members.genashowalter.com/profiles/blogs/last-kiss-goodnight-cover-reveal" target="_blank">cover for <em>Last Kiss Goodnight</em></a>, the first book in the Otherworld Assassin series, which itself is a spin-off from the Alien Huntress series. Whew!</p><p>Here’s the blurb:</p><blockquote><p>THE SWEETEST TEMPTATION…</p><p>Black ops agent Solomon Judah awakens caged and bound in a twisted zoo where otherworlders are the main attraction. Vika Lukas, the owner’s daughter, is tasked with Solo’s care and feeding. The monster inside him yearns to kill her on sight, even though she holds the key to his escape. But the human side of him realizes the beautiful deaf girl is more than she seems—she’s his.</p><p>THE ULTIMATE PRICE…</p><p>Vika endures the captives’ taunts and loathing, hoping to keep them alive even if she can’t free them. Only, Solo is different—he protects her. But as hostility turns to forbidden romance, his feelings for her will be used against him…and he’ll be put to a life and death test.</p></blockquote><p><em>Last Kiss Goodnight </em>will be released Nov. 27th.</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/gena-showalter-gives-us-a-last-kiss-goodnight-cover">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iwndo_oVgpk:ljy1nwGrgJw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iwndo_oVgpk:ljy1nwGrgJw:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=iwndo_oVgpk:ljy1nwGrgJw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iwndo_oVgpk:ljy1nwGrgJw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=iwndo_oVgpk:ljy1nwGrgJw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iwndo_oVgpk:ljy1nwGrgJw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iwndo_oVgpk:ljy1nwGrgJw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=iwndo_oVgpk:ljy1nwGrgJw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iwndo_oVgpk:ljy1nwGrgJw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iwndo_oVgpk:ljy1nwGrgJw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=iwndo_oVgpk:ljy1nwGrgJw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=iwndo_oVgpk:ljy1nwGrgJw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/iwndo_oVgpk" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Fri, 11 May 2012 20:04:56 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/gena-showalter-gives-us-a-last-kiss-goodnight-cover http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/gena-showalter-gives-us-a-last-kiss-goodnight-cover http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/fCr1DcszrVk/big-bang-theory-season-5-finale-we-now-pronounce-you-nerd-and-wife <p><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><img alt="Howard and Bernadette walk down the aisle" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/BBT-522-Wedding200x286.jpg" title="Sweet and Simple&mdash;Nice" /></span></i><i>Are you feeling the&nbsp;</i>Big Bang Theory<i>&nbsp;love? H&amp;H blogger Anna Bowling is, and especially about last night’s Season 5 finale (episode 24), “The Countdown Reflection.” Make sure you’re caught up (and if you missed it, check out Anna’s </i><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/sweet-nerdy-love-the-big-bang-theory-season-5-episode-23-special-recap" target="_blank">TBBT</a><i><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/sweet-nerdy-love-the-big-bang-theory-season-5-episode-23-special-recap" target="_blank"> 5.23 reaction post</a>) and then read on for a special recap of the shippy moments that went down last night:</i></p><p>**********SPOILERS**********</p><p>The nuptials of Howard and Bernadette bring to mind a burning question; why <u>aren’t</u> there more astronaut heroes in contemporary romance? They’re smart, risk-takers, literally out of this world, and as Howard shows, can be stunningly romantic. Right from the start, with Howard “Froot Loops” Wolowitz only seconds away from liftoff, this episode delivers the goods. During some good-natured ribbing from Howard’s fellow astronauts, we find the first surprise—Howard and Bernadette are already married! Did not see that coming, but thanks to the magic of flashbacks, we don’t miss a thing.</p><p>[Rewind...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/big-bang-theory-season-5-finale-we-now-pronounce-you-nerd-and-wife">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=fCr1DcszrVk:zkL66BF12Kk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=fCr1DcszrVk:zkL66BF12Kk:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=fCr1DcszrVk:zkL66BF12Kk:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=fCr1DcszrVk:zkL66BF12Kk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=fCr1DcszrVk:zkL66BF12Kk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=fCr1DcszrVk:zkL66BF12Kk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=fCr1DcszrVk:zkL66BF12Kk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=fCr1DcszrVk:zkL66BF12Kk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=fCr1DcszrVk:zkL66BF12Kk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=fCr1DcszrVk:zkL66BF12Kk:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=fCr1DcszrVk:zkL66BF12Kk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=fCr1DcszrVk:zkL66BF12Kk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/fCr1DcszrVk" height="1" width="1"/> Anna Bowling Published Fri, 11 May 2012 19:24:10 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/big-bang-theory-season-5-finale-we-now-pronounce-you-nerd-and-wife http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/big-bang-theory-season-5-finale-we-now-pronounce-you-nerd-and-wife http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/cuIb_XmM-yE/no-really-im-supposed-to-root-for-that-character-unsympathetic-characters-from-brenda-joyce <p><img alt="The Darkest Heart by Brenda Joyce" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogs/12_05/The Darkest Heart.jpg" style="width: 174px; height: 339px; " title="The Darkest Heart by Brenda Joyce" />As an avid romance reader, there are times when I come across a hero or heroine that I wish would be run over by a car or horse carriage (depending on the time period). I normally like this author, but in reading her books, I recently came across two&nbsp; of the most unsympathetic and insufferable characters I’ve had the displeasure to read about recently.</p><p><em>The Darkest Heart</em> is an older novel by <strong>Brenda Joyce</strong>. I was mostly excited to read this book because it is the story of how the parents of a hero in one of my favorite historical romances, Shozkay Savage of <em>The Fires of Paradise,</em> fell in love. I recommend <u>that</u> book wholeheartedly, but <em>The Darkest Heart</em> is an altogether different case.</p><p><em>The Darkest Heart</em> tells the story of Jack Savage and Candice Carter set to the backdrop of the western frontier. He’s a half Native-American, wandering loner, and she’s the blonde, blue-eyed spoiled beauty of her family. I’m going to put it out there now: I hated hated HATED Candice. She wasn’t much of a heroine, making so many too-stupid-to-live decisions on top of being selfish and immature in general. She was constantly lying to cover up her stupidity, while continuing to do ridiculous and impulsive things. The hero states at the end of the book that she had grown from being selfish and impulsive, but it wasn’t in any way that I saw. I kept reading this book thinking Jack deserved better than Candice. My palm itched to reach through my Kindle to smack her. That’s not a good sign for a romance book.</p><p>[Don’t mistreat your Kindle just because you don’t like a heroine!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/no-really-im-supposed-to-root-for-that-character-unsympathetic-characters-from-brenda-joyce">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cuIb_XmM-yE:Q8ZC3-HnhGc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cuIb_XmM-yE:Q8ZC3-HnhGc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=cuIb_XmM-yE:Q8ZC3-HnhGc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cuIb_XmM-yE:Q8ZC3-HnhGc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=cuIb_XmM-yE:Q8ZC3-HnhGc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cuIb_XmM-yE:Q8ZC3-HnhGc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cuIb_XmM-yE:Q8ZC3-HnhGc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=cuIb_XmM-yE:Q8ZC3-HnhGc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cuIb_XmM-yE:Q8ZC3-HnhGc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cuIb_XmM-yE:Q8ZC3-HnhGc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=cuIb_XmM-yE:Q8ZC3-HnhGc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=cuIb_XmM-yE:Q8ZC3-HnhGc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/cuIb_XmM-yE" height="1" width="1"/> Miss_D Published Fri, 11 May 2012 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/no-really-im-supposed-to-root-for-that-character-unsympathetic-characters-from-brenda-joyce http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/no-really-im-supposed-to-root-for-that-character-unsympathetic-characters-from-brenda-joyce http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/nDon-N7FWII/the-vampire-diaries-season-3-episode-22-changes-and-fake-outs <p><img alt="Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert in The Departed" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/TVD-322-Elena-cheerleader200x293.jpg" title="So THIS Is What Normal Feels Like" /><strong>Previously on <em>The Vampire Diaries</em>: </strong>Damon and Elena got all steamy, the Salvatore men made a “we both love her” pact, Alaric went all super vampire slayer and the Mystic Falls Scooby gang desiccated Klaus. Also, lots of bloodline talk sometimes involving Elena. Almost always involving the Originals.</p><p>In short: No one died and there wasn’t much making out, but it can’t be long. This <u>is</u> <em>The Vampire Diaries</em> we’re talking about.</p><p><em>(Need to catch up? Visit our&nbsp;</em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/page/the-vampire-diaries-recap-index" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">TVD&nbsp;<em>recap index</em></a><em>&nbsp;for&nbsp;</em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/page/the-vampire-diaries-recap-index" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank"><em>links to past episode recaps</em></a><em>.)</em></p><p>And, now for the <strong>spoiler-filled</strong> recap of the <strong>Season 3 finale, “The Departed”</strong>…</p><p>[You’ve heard it before, but Mystic Falls will never be the same...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/the-vampire-diaries-season-3-episode-22-changes-and-fake-outs">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=nDon-N7FWII:yr75ulnSCJs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img 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src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=nDon-N7FWII:yr75ulnSCJs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=nDon-N7FWII:yr75ulnSCJs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=nDon-N7FWII:yr75ulnSCJs:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=nDon-N7FWII:yr75ulnSCJs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=nDon-N7FWII:yr75ulnSCJs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/nDon-N7FWII" height="1" width="1"/> Chelsea Mueller Published Fri, 11 May 2012 15:35:14 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/the-vampire-diaries-season-3-episode-22-changes-and-fake-outs http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/the-vampire-diaries-season-3-episode-22-changes-and-fake-outs http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/JMxIeyo8UZQ/brave-men-in-kilts-new-clip-from-brave <p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="246" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/10rmMiHnSGM?wmode=transparent" width="425"></iframe></p><p>Check out this delightful video about our favorite item of Scottish clothing.</p><p><em>Brave</em> will be in theaters June 22.</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/brave-men-in-kilts-new-clip-from-brave">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JMxIeyo8UZQ:m4IjtfX2SEw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" 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href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JMxIeyo8UZQ:m4IjtfX2SEw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JMxIeyo8UZQ:m4IjtfX2SEw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JMxIeyo8UZQ:m4IjtfX2SEw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=JMxIeyo8UZQ:m4IjtfX2SEw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/JMxIeyo8UZQ" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Fri, 11 May 2012 13:17:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/brave-men-in-kilts-new-clip-from-brave http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/brave-men-in-kilts-new-clip-from-brave http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/RV2-uZeFzWc/love-is-a-warm-gun-the-gangster-squad-movie-trailer <p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="246" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gViqCxibW6A" width="425"></iframe></p><p>I know, I know, you probably don’t exactly think Heroes &amp; Heartbreakers when you see a trailer for a movie called <em>The Gangster Squad.</em> Then again, there are at least two really good H&amp;H-approved reasons to bring this to your attention: <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2011/09/emma-stone-and-ryan-gosling-in-the-gangster-squad" target="_blank">Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. Together again! </a>(Is that three reasons?...)</p><p>And if their <em>Crazy Stupid Love</em> characters’s relationship was a little complicated (and, oh, did I enjoy that), sounds like that’s child’s play compared to the forbidden-love angle Stone and Gosling will be playing up in <em>The Gangster Squad</em> as Prohibition-era lovers Grace Faraday and Sgt. Jerry Wooters.</p><p>Can’t. Wait. You?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/love-is-a-warm-gun-the-gangster-squad-movie-trailer">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RV2-uZeFzWc:KX5r5S6i_hA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RV2-uZeFzWc:KX5r5S6i_hA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=RV2-uZeFzWc:KX5r5S6i_hA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RV2-uZeFzWc:KX5r5S6i_hA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=RV2-uZeFzWc:KX5r5S6i_hA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RV2-uZeFzWc:KX5r5S6i_hA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RV2-uZeFzWc:KX5r5S6i_hA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=RV2-uZeFzWc:KX5r5S6i_hA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RV2-uZeFzWc:KX5r5S6i_hA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RV2-uZeFzWc:KX5r5S6i_hA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=RV2-uZeFzWc:KX5r5S6i_hA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=RV2-uZeFzWc:KX5r5S6i_hA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/RV2-uZeFzWc" height="1" width="1"/> Heather Waters (redline_) Published Thu, 10 May 2012 21:25:36 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/love-is-a-warm-gun-the-gangster-squad-movie-trailer http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/love-is-a-warm-gun-the-gangster-squad-movie-trailer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/DcfP5ki7pIk/first-look-cynthia-justlin-edge-of-light-may-14-2012 <p><img alt="Edge of Light by Cynthia Justlin" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Edge-of-Light-by-Cynthia-Justin-174.jpg" title="Edge of Light by Cynthia Justlin" /><strong>Cynthia Justlin<br />Edge of Light<br />Carina Press / $5.99 digital / May 14, 2012</strong></p><p><em>Taken prisoner by a ruthless group of anarchists deep in the Cambodian jungle, anthropologist Jocelyn Hewitt is isolated in a dark prison cell. Without chance of rescue. Or hope. Until the man in the next cell reaches out to let her know she’s not as alone as she thinks. </em></p><p><em>CIA agent Oliver Shaw has been held prisoner for over two years. Forced to witness the brutal torture and slow murder of his entire team, his spirit is not just broken, it’s crushed. He no longer believes in hope. Until he hears Jocelyn through the wall, and suddenly feels like a glimpse of light is trying to reach in...&nbsp;</em></p><p>After reading the summary of<strong> <a href="http://www.cynthiajustlin.com/" target="_blank">Cynthia Justlin</a></strong>’s <em>Edge of Light</em>, I was curious as to how the author would manage to describe horrible torture and still make the romance appealing and believable. I also wondered how she would depict the villains—would they be cartoonish?</p><p>[Like Bluto? Or the coyote?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-cynthia-justlin-edge-of-light-may-14-2012">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=DcfP5ki7pIk:gmfOUpCbhwg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=DcfP5ki7pIk:gmfOUpCbhwg:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=DcfP5ki7pIk:gmfOUpCbhwg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=DcfP5ki7pIk:gmfOUpCbhwg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=DcfP5ki7pIk:gmfOUpCbhwg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=DcfP5ki7pIk:gmfOUpCbhwg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=DcfP5ki7pIk:gmfOUpCbhwg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=DcfP5ki7pIk:gmfOUpCbhwg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=DcfP5ki7pIk:gmfOUpCbhwg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=DcfP5ki7pIk:gmfOUpCbhwg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=DcfP5ki7pIk:gmfOUpCbhwg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=DcfP5ki7pIk:gmfOUpCbhwg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/DcfP5ki7pIk" height="1" width="1"/> Victoria Janssen Published Thu, 10 May 2012 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-cynthia-justlin-edge-of-light-may-14-2012 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-cynthia-justlin-edge-of-light-may-14-2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/sPLMc3DzJuU/race-and-romance-choosing-between-white-off-white-and-beige <p><img alt="Rue from the Hunger Games sparked a controvery about race in the YA community" class="blog-pic-right-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Rue-The-Hunger-Games.jpg" style="width: 225px; height: 232px; " title="Rue from The Hunger Games Sparked a Controversy About Race in the YA Community" />The question of whitewashing in publishing and the presence of people of color in fiction has been bubbling to the forefront of people’s minds within the last couple of years. Most recently, the debate has blazed up within the YA community, with several scandals involving white models on the covers of books with non-white protagonists.</p><p>In the romance genre, these arguments don’t even come up that often, and they should—because frankly, romance is whiter than sour cream. The vast majority of historicals take place in Europe or America. Ditto for contemporaries. You don’t see a lot of black vampires or Asian werewolves in paranormal romances. The fact that heroes who are Greek or Spanish or Mediterranean are considered “exotic” should really be a clue as to how romance has remained whiter than Bon Jovi’s teeth.</p><p>[Love is color-blind...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/race-and-romance-choosing-between-white-off-white-and-beige">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sPLMc3DzJuU:hzQ7BHmrWJ4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sPLMc3DzJuU:hzQ7BHmrWJ4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=sPLMc3DzJuU:hzQ7BHmrWJ4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sPLMc3DzJuU:hzQ7BHmrWJ4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=sPLMc3DzJuU:hzQ7BHmrWJ4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sPLMc3DzJuU:hzQ7BHmrWJ4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sPLMc3DzJuU:hzQ7BHmrWJ4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=sPLMc3DzJuU:hzQ7BHmrWJ4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sPLMc3DzJuU:hzQ7BHmrWJ4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sPLMc3DzJuU:hzQ7BHmrWJ4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=sPLMc3DzJuU:hzQ7BHmrWJ4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=sPLMc3DzJuU:hzQ7BHmrWJ4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/sPLMc3DzJuU" height="1" width="1"/> Elizabeth Vail Published Thu, 10 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/race-and-romance-choosing-between-white-off-white-and-beige http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/race-and-romance-choosing-between-white-off-white-and-beige http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/n5HUsC3PRAE/nalini-singh-releases-an-archangels-storm-excerpt <p><img alt="Archangel&rsquo;s Storm by Nalini Singh" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Archangels-Storm-by-Nalini-Singh200x323.jpg" title="Archangel&rsquo;s Storm by Nalini Singh" /><a href="http://nalinisingh.blogspot.co.nz/2012/05/archangels-storm-excerpt.html" target="_blank"><strong>Nalini Singh</strong> has released an excerpt</a> for her next Guild Hunters Novel, <em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/02/cover-reveal-nalini-singh-archangels-storm-out-sept-4-2012" target="_blank">Archangel’s Storm</a>,</em> on her website. It opens on the wedding day of Dmitri and Honor, with Raphael’s Seven in attendance:</p><blockquote><div style="color: black;">While the vampire was dressed in a crisp black-on-black suit, his bride wore a gown of deep, vibrant green that caressed and embraced her curves before rippling in a liquid waterfall to the dew-laden grass, the fabric arranged cleverly at her left hip to give the illusion of waves. When her gaze landed on Jason, she smiled and came toward him, halting at the border of the invisible space that separated him from the world, one hand holding the wildflower bouquet Elena had created using the blooms in her greenhouse.</div></blockquote><p>Read the rest at <a href="http://nalinisingh.blogspot.co.nz/2012/05/archangels-storm-excerpt.html" target="_blank">Nalini Singh’s website</a>. <em>Archangel’s Storm </em>will be out on September 4, 2012.</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/nalini-singh-releases-an-archangels-storm-excerpt">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=n5HUsC3PRAE:eD5dIubTGQE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=n5HUsC3PRAE:eD5dIubTGQE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=n5HUsC3PRAE:eD5dIubTGQE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=n5HUsC3PRAE:eD5dIubTGQE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=n5HUsC3PRAE:eD5dIubTGQE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=n5HUsC3PRAE:eD5dIubTGQE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=n5HUsC3PRAE:eD5dIubTGQE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=n5HUsC3PRAE:eD5dIubTGQE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=n5HUsC3PRAE:eD5dIubTGQE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=n5HUsC3PRAE:eD5dIubTGQE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=n5HUsC3PRAE:eD5dIubTGQE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=n5HUsC3PRAE:eD5dIubTGQE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/n5HUsC3PRAE" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Thu, 10 May 2012 14:49:43 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/nalini-singh-releases-an-archangels-storm-excerpt http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/nalini-singh-releases-an-archangels-storm-excerpt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/EkiU0Okh9tA/rip-some-bodices-what-do-you-miss-from-old-skool-romance-novels <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Angel-in-Scarlet-by-Jennifer-Wilde175.jpg" />Most of us know what elements we are happy gone from current romance novels that were in the books of earlier decades (<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/03/perfect-unions-forced-seduction-in-kathleen-woodiwisss-ashes-in-the-wind" target="_blank">rape</a>, verbal abuse, overblown language, perfect heroines), but what we want to know today is:</p><p>What elements do you <u>miss</u> from those earlier romance novels? Are there any authors writing today whose work evokes that time?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/rip-some-bodices-what-do-you-miss-from-old-skool-romance-novels">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=EkiU0Okh9tA:CvdpO--DNJM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=EkiU0Okh9tA:CvdpO--DNJM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=EkiU0Okh9tA:CvdpO--DNJM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=EkiU0Okh9tA:CvdpO--DNJM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=EkiU0Okh9tA:CvdpO--DNJM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=EkiU0Okh9tA:CvdpO--DNJM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=EkiU0Okh9tA:CvdpO--DNJM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=EkiU0Okh9tA:CvdpO--DNJM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=EkiU0Okh9tA:CvdpO--DNJM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=EkiU0Okh9tA:CvdpO--DNJM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=EkiU0Okh9tA:CvdpO--DNJM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=EkiU0Okh9tA:CvdpO--DNJM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/EkiU0Okh9tA" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Thu, 10 May 2012 13:04:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/rip-some-bodices-what-do-you-miss-from-old-skool-romance-novels http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/rip-some-bodices-what-do-you-miss-from-old-skool-romance-novels http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/f3J0lSw3EWE/thea-harrison-excerpts-lords-fall <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Lords-Fall-by-Thea-Harrison174x280.jpg" />On her website today, <a href="http://theaharrison.com/blog-post-excerpt-from-lords-fall-elder-races-book-five/" target="_blank"><strong>Thea Harrison</strong> posted an excerpt </a>from Chapter 2 of book 5 in the <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2011/09/fresh-meat-thea-harrisons-serpents-kiss" target="_blank">Elder Races series</a>, <em>Lord’s Fall.</em></p><p>The continuation of Dragos and Pia&rsquo;s story, which began in <em>Dragon Bound </em>(book 1)<em>,&nbsp;<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em>Lord&rsquo;s Fall</em>&nbsp;will be available November 6, 2012.</span></em></p><p>Get a taste of the sneak peek here and then <a href="http://theaharrison.com/blog-post-excerpt-from-lords-fall-elder-races-book-five/" target="_blank">read the rest at Harrison’s site</a>:</p><blockquote><p>When [Dragos} reached Manhattan, he spiraled down through the frigid air to land in a large, cordoned off area in a parking lot by Four Pennsylvania Plaza. After he shimmered into a shapeshift, he let go of the cloaking spell and strode toward the main entrance of the massive, round Madison Square Garden building. ...</p></blockquote><p>What do you think? Looking forward to more Dragos/Pia?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/thea-harrison-excerpts-lords-fall">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=f3J0lSw3EWE:Y_8fVHOHmDA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=f3J0lSw3EWE:Y_8fVHOHmDA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=f3J0lSw3EWE:Y_8fVHOHmDA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=f3J0lSw3EWE:Y_8fVHOHmDA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=f3J0lSw3EWE:Y_8fVHOHmDA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=f3J0lSw3EWE:Y_8fVHOHmDA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=f3J0lSw3EWE:Y_8fVHOHmDA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=f3J0lSw3EWE:Y_8fVHOHmDA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=f3J0lSw3EWE:Y_8fVHOHmDA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=f3J0lSw3EWE:Y_8fVHOHmDA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=f3J0lSw3EWE:Y_8fVHOHmDA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=f3J0lSw3EWE:Y_8fVHOHmDA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/f3J0lSw3EWE" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Wed, 09 May 2012 23:03:13 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/thea-harrison-excerpts-lords-fall http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/thea-harrison-excerpts-lords-fall http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/ucDrblmXN0Q/pilot-season-gets-real-networks-announce-early-pilot-pickups <p><img alt="The cast of Chicago Fire" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Chicago-Fire-cast475x259.jpg" />Even as the spring TV season is winding down, the entertainment industry is gearing up for <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/2012-upfronts-schedule-party-list/" target="_blank">Upfronts 2012</a>, when the major television networks head to New York to present their fall schedules to advertisers (while the media reports on it all). But while the Upfronts officially kick off next week (they’re being held from May 13-17), a few projects have already been given the green light.</p><p>NBC, for instance, has already made several commitments. It has renewed <em>Law &amp; Order: SVU</em> for another season and picked up a few pilots, including the dramas&nbsp;<em>Chicago Fire (</em>pictured above,<em>&nbsp;</em>which stars <em>The Vampire Diaries</em> alum Taylor Kinney, the hottie who played Tyler’s uncle, Mason Lockwood) and <em>Revolution</em> (a post-apocalyptic tale from <em>Alias </em>and <em>Lost </em>executive&nbsp;JJ Abrams and <em>Supernatural </em>creator Eric Kripke), plus a few comedies (<em>1600 Penn,</em>&nbsp;<em>Animal Practice, The New Normal, Save Me, and Go On)</em> starring actors such as Anne Heche and Matthew Perry.</p><p>TNT, meanwhile, has ordered the medical drama <em>Monday Mornings </em>(previously titled<em> Chelsea General</em>), which stars <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2011/06/battlestar-galactica-a-shipping-genesis" target="_blank"><em>Battlestar Galactica</em>’s Jamie Bamber</a> as a motorcycle-riding neurosurgeon (yum!).</p><p>We’ll continue to follow the pickups at H&amp;H (especially those with <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/ill-ship-if-i-want-to-a-romance-fans-thoughts-on-shippers-and-shipping" target="_blank">shipping </a>potential and/or <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/tags/Beefcake" target="_blank">beefcake</a>), but in the meantime, are there any shows from <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/02/beauty-and-the-beast-x-2-sex-and-the-city-for-teens-pilot-season-heats-up" target="_blank">pilot season </a>you’re hoping to see get picked up? What kinds of shows would you like to see on your TV next fall?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/pilot-season-gets-real-networks-announce-early-pilot-pickups">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ucDrblmXN0Q:FOLcn-sgdSY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ucDrblmXN0Q:FOLcn-sgdSY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ucDrblmXN0Q:FOLcn-sgdSY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ucDrblmXN0Q:FOLcn-sgdSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ucDrblmXN0Q:FOLcn-sgdSY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ucDrblmXN0Q:FOLcn-sgdSY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ucDrblmXN0Q:FOLcn-sgdSY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ucDrblmXN0Q:FOLcn-sgdSY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ucDrblmXN0Q:FOLcn-sgdSY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ucDrblmXN0Q:FOLcn-sgdSY:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ucDrblmXN0Q:FOLcn-sgdSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ucDrblmXN0Q:FOLcn-sgdSY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/ucDrblmXN0Q" height="1" width="1"/> Heather Waters (redline_) Published Wed, 09 May 2012 21:36:38 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/pilot-season-gets-real-networks-announce-early-pilot-pickups http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/pilot-season-gets-real-networks-announce-early-pilot-pickups http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/ssGFYQrWlTM/why-are-there-so-few-moms-in-sci-fi-romance <p><img alt="Contact by Susan Grant" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Contact-by-Susan-Grant174x265.jpg" title="Contact by Susan Grant" />Ah, motherhood! It’s an unparalleled experience of cuddling with rosy-cheeked babies, holding the wee little hands of children during their wide-eyed discovery of the world’s myriad experiences, and defending humanity against a horde of alien invaders—</p><p>What what what?!</p><p>If you thought changing diapers or frantically driving kids from one after-school activity to another made for a hectic schedule, just think about the challenge of being a mother during a time of intergalactic upheaval!</p><p>Heroines in science fiction romance books who are also mothers are rare, but they do exist. And they kick alien butt. And wipe the seemingly endless snot from their children’s noses. On top of that, they fall in love. All of which points to the challenges of writing about such characters.</p><p>One of the biggest challenges that authors face in this subgenre is how to reconcile a dangerous, threat-filled setting with children in the mix. For some readers, children-in-jeopardy or potential jeopardy is a trigger. How can a reader be sure a child will be kept out of harm’s way? Or if they do fall into the path of harm, how will the story handle their fate?</p><p>[The kids are all right...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/why-are-there-so-few-moms-in-sci-fi-romance">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ssGFYQrWlTM:sCm2o5HzBOc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ssGFYQrWlTM:sCm2o5HzBOc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ssGFYQrWlTM:sCm2o5HzBOc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ssGFYQrWlTM:sCm2o5HzBOc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ssGFYQrWlTM:sCm2o5HzBOc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ssGFYQrWlTM:sCm2o5HzBOc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ssGFYQrWlTM:sCm2o5HzBOc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ssGFYQrWlTM:sCm2o5HzBOc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ssGFYQrWlTM:sCm2o5HzBOc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ssGFYQrWlTM:sCm2o5HzBOc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ssGFYQrWlTM:sCm2o5HzBOc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ssGFYQrWlTM:sCm2o5HzBOc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/ssGFYQrWlTM" height="1" width="1"/> Heather Massey Published Wed, 09 May 2012 19:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/why-are-there-so-few-moms-in-sci-fi-romance http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/why-are-there-so-few-moms-in-sci-fi-romance http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/TVbNbOK0lik/midnights-master-excerpt <p><img alt="Midnight’s Master by Donna Grant" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/donnagrant/Grant-Midnight-Master250x405.jpg" title="Midnight’s Master by Donna Grant" /><em>Gwynn Austin has no idea why her father has disappeared on a mysterious trip to Scotland. When she goes on a desperate mission to search for him she finds more than she bargains for in a ruggedly handsome, wickedly exciting Highlander who exudes danger and mystery. And when she discovers her own link to Scotland, she’ll have to trust her heart to help lead her...</em></p><p><em>Propelled through time by powerful Druid Magic, Logan Hamilton uses his immortality and powers of the god inside him to help prevent the awakening of an ancient evil in the modern world. He never expects to find help in the form of a beautiful, alluring, and all too tempting woman whose passion and strength matches his own. Together, Logan and Gywnn must fight for their love—before a demon from the past destroys them both…</em></p><p><strong>Get a sneak peek of Donna Grant’s&nbsp;<span style="font-style: italic;">Midnight’s Master</span><em> </em>(available May 22, 2012),&nbsp;</strong><strong>the first book in her new contemporary paranormal series Dark Warriors,&nbsp;</strong><strong>with an excerpt of Chapter 1-3.</strong></p><p><strong>Chapter 1</strong><br /><em>December 18th </em></p><p>Gwynn Austin clenched the arms of her aisle seat, her knuckles white and her breath locked in her lungs as the airplane finally touched down in Edinburgh.</p><p>God, she hated flying. She barely made it through short trips across the US without being sedated or drink­ing heavily.</p><p>But the message from her father had changed every­thing.</p><p>[Please log in or register to read the full excerpt of <em>Midnight’s Master...</em>]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/midnights-master-excerpt">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=TVbNbOK0lik:6TLGKoB39SI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=TVbNbOK0lik:6TLGKoB39SI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=TVbNbOK0lik:6TLGKoB39SI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=TVbNbOK0lik:6TLGKoB39SI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=TVbNbOK0lik:6TLGKoB39SI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=TVbNbOK0lik:6TLGKoB39SI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=TVbNbOK0lik:6TLGKoB39SI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=TVbNbOK0lik:6TLGKoB39SI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=TVbNbOK0lik:6TLGKoB39SI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=TVbNbOK0lik:6TLGKoB39SI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=TVbNbOK0lik:6TLGKoB39SI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=TVbNbOK0lik:6TLGKoB39SI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/TVbNbOK0lik" height="1" width="1"/> Donna Grant Excerpts Wed, 09 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/midnights-master-excerpt http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/midnights-master-excerpt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/Dz8d6EyoE04/author-hope-tarr-on-real-life-historical-heroines-who-busted-balls-and-broke-outta-the-box <p><img alt="Tempting by Hope Tarr" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Tempting-by-Hope-Tarr174x261.jpg" title="Tempting by Hope Tarr" /><em>Who <u>doesn’t</u> love a kick-ass heroine? Today, author <a href="http://www.hopetarr.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Hope Tarr</strong> </a>joins us to relate some tales of real-life kick-ass historical heroines, some of whom could have served as models for Hope’s heroines. Hope’s delicious book </em>Tempting<em> is now available at a low price for your e-reader. Thanks for joining us, Hope!</em></p><p>Authors writing historical romance today are frequently called to task for sacrificing historical accuracy to modern sensibilities, authenticity to character-building and plot. There’s even a term for it, coined by Jane Litte of Dear Author: the “mistorical”—shorthand for mistaken historical. Starting in 2011, the popular review site uses “mistorical” as a tag to designate “all manner of historically inauthentic and inaccurate books on the blog—a catchall term that can be used for books of any time period or any type of mistaken, misused, mythologized, missing, or otherwise inaccurately portrayed historicism.”</p><p>I like the “mistorical” designation. I like it a lot. It also brings up a question. Are historical romance authors who write strong, dare I say ballsy, heroines fudging facts—and writing mistoricals—in the service of pandering to the popular taste?</p><p>[Let’s discuss...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/author-hope-tarr-on-real-life-historical-heroines-who-busted-balls-and-broke-outta-the-box">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Dz8d6EyoE04:Jk32Fjm9GJA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Dz8d6EyoE04:Jk32Fjm9GJA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Dz8d6EyoE04:Jk32Fjm9GJA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Dz8d6EyoE04:Jk32Fjm9GJA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Dz8d6EyoE04:Jk32Fjm9GJA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Dz8d6EyoE04:Jk32Fjm9GJA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Dz8d6EyoE04:Jk32Fjm9GJA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Dz8d6EyoE04:Jk32Fjm9GJA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Dz8d6EyoE04:Jk32Fjm9GJA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Dz8d6EyoE04:Jk32Fjm9GJA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Dz8d6EyoE04:Jk32Fjm9GJA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Dz8d6EyoE04:Jk32Fjm9GJA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/Dz8d6EyoE04" height="1" width="1"/> Hope Tarr Published Wed, 09 May 2012 15:45:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/author-hope-tarr-on-real-life-historical-heroines-who-busted-balls-and-broke-outta-the-box http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/author-hope-tarr-on-real-life-historical-heroines-who-busted-balls-and-broke-outta-the-box http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/pRNxXiFdYyU/food-glorious-food <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/louisaedwards/Edwards-Too-Hot.jpg" style="width: 185px; height: 302px;" /></p><p>Certain types of genre romance require that the characters eat certain kinds of foods; for example, Regency-set heroes and heroines are always noshing on tea cakes and ices from Gunther’s. If it’s in a traditional Regency, they go to Almack’s, where they have lobster patties and orgeat.</p><p>In contemporaries, the hero or heroine always has a couple of steaks in the fridge for when the other is over (who keeps steaks in the fridge without plans for them, by the way?).</p><p>In paranormal romance, food is either a human hindrance or a left-over indulgence from pre-PNR days. The Black Dagger Brotherhood, for example, frequently sits down to First Meal, where they chow down on sumptuous feasts prepared by Fritz and the other <em>doggen</em> (and of course they drink—Grey Goose vodka, usually).</p><p>Urban fantasy often finds the hero or heroine obsessed with a certain type of food; in Chloe Neill’s Chicagoland Vampire series, for example, Merit eats massive amounts of junk food, particularly Mallocakes.</p><p>What food preferences have you notice in your reading? Which of your favorite characters’ food would you like to try yourself?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/food-glorious-food">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pRNxXiFdYyU:7iRGi9SviUI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pRNxXiFdYyU:7iRGi9SviUI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=pRNxXiFdYyU:7iRGi9SviUI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pRNxXiFdYyU:7iRGi9SviUI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=pRNxXiFdYyU:7iRGi9SviUI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pRNxXiFdYyU:7iRGi9SviUI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pRNxXiFdYyU:7iRGi9SviUI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=pRNxXiFdYyU:7iRGi9SviUI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pRNxXiFdYyU:7iRGi9SviUI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pRNxXiFdYyU:7iRGi9SviUI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=pRNxXiFdYyU:7iRGi9SviUI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=pRNxXiFdYyU:7iRGi9SviUI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/pRNxXiFdYyU" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Wed, 09 May 2012 13:32:48 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/food-glorious-food http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/food-glorious-food http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/St7EEHfJDBI/bring-up-the-bodies-excerpt <p><img alt="Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/Mantel-Bring-up-the-bodies250x375.jpg" style="width: 250px; height: 375px; " title="Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel" /><em>Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England. When the discarded Katherine dies in exile from the court, Anne stands starkly exposed, the focus of gossip and malice.</em></p><p><em>At a word from Henry, Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down. Over three terrifying weeks, Anne is ensnared in a web of conspiracy, while the demure Jane Seymour stands waiting her turn for the poisoned wedding ring. But Anne and her powerful family will not yield without a ferocious struggle. Hilary Mantel’s <i>Bring Up the Bodies</i> follows the dramatic trial of the queen and her suitors for adultery and treason. To defeat the Boleyns, Cromwell must ally with his natural enemies, the papist aristocracy. What price will he pay for Anne’s head?</em></p><p><strong>Read a special excerpt of Hilary Mantel’s <span style="font-style: italic;">Bring Up the Bodies</span><em> </em>(now available), the sequel to <em>Wolf Hall.</em></strong></p><p>Sunday: ‘I wish you had been here this morning,’ Lady Rochford says with relish. ‘It was something to witness. The king and Anne in the great window together, so everybody in the courtyard below could see them. The king has heard about the quarrel she had with Norris yesterday. Well, the whole of England has heard of it. You could see the king was beside himself, his face was purple. She stood with her hands clasped at her breast …’ She shows him, clasping her own hands. ‘You know, like Queen Esther, in the king’s great tapestry?’</p><p>[Log in or register to read the full excerpt of <em>Bring Up the Bodies...</em>]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/bring-up-the-bodies-excerpt">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=St7EEHfJDBI:a8HWsPTjieo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=St7EEHfJDBI:a8HWsPTjieo:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=St7EEHfJDBI:a8HWsPTjieo:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=St7EEHfJDBI:a8HWsPTjieo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=St7EEHfJDBI:a8HWsPTjieo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=St7EEHfJDBI:a8HWsPTjieo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=St7EEHfJDBI:a8HWsPTjieo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=St7EEHfJDBI:a8HWsPTjieo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=St7EEHfJDBI:a8HWsPTjieo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=St7EEHfJDBI:a8HWsPTjieo:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=St7EEHfJDBI:a8HWsPTjieo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=St7EEHfJDBI:a8HWsPTjieo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/St7EEHfJDBI" height="1" width="1"/> Hilary Mantel Excerpts Tue, 08 May 2012 22:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/bring-up-the-bodies-excerpt http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/bring-up-the-bodies-excerpt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/idOAl9DkcQs/lost-girl-season-2-episode-4-recap <p><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><img alt="Kenzi in Lost Girl Season 2, episode 4, Mirror, Mirror" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/LG-204-Kenzi-mirror250x228.jpg" title="Ooh, Good Hair Day" /></span></em><em>Our&nbsp;</em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/01/kiss-of-life-canadas-lost-girl-is-must-see-uf-tv" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " target="_blank">Lost Girl</a>&nbsp;<em>obsession is going strong! If you’re just now diving into the show, be sure to check out all of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/Kiersten%20Hallie%20Krum#filter" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " target="_blank">Kiersten Krum</a>’s recaps, including those for the last few episodes of Season 1 (<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/03/lost-girl-episode-11-succubus-on-a-mission" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " target="_blank">episode 11</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lost-girl-episode-12-the-rich-and-succubus" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " target="_blank">episode 12</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lost-girl-episode-13-succubus-family-values" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " target="_blank">episode 13</a>) and the start of Season 2 (<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lost-girl-season-2-episode-1-the-succubus-and-the-stone" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " target="_blank">episode 1</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lost-girl-season-2-episode-2-recap" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " target="_blank">episode 2</a>, and <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-3-recap-such-stuff-as-succubi-are-made-of" target="_blank">episode 3</a>).</em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lost-girl-season-2-episode-1-the-succubus-and-the-stone" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " target="_blank"><em>&nbsp;</em></a><em>All caught up? Good. And now, on to the recap for last night’s episode, 2.04, “Mirror, Mirror.”</em></p><p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">********SPOILERS********</p><p>At The Dal (drink!), Dyson is all up close and cozy with one of the waitresses, his smile and charm working overtime as he and Hale hold court at the pool table, unaware that Bo and Kenzi are at the bar, providing commentary. Trick, eying them warily, keeps the drinks flowing for the women and, wisely, his mouth shut. His expressions throughout this entire exchange, however, are absolutely priceless.</p><p>The waitress leans into Dyson even more, which I didn’t think was possible, and fingers his vest. “Oh my God, Dyson, I la-hove your pelt,” Kenzi mocks. Bo: “Maybe she’ll turn him into a coat.” “Maybe he’ll give her rabies!” Kenzi offers with an eyebrow waggle. “Huh? Wouldn’t that be awesome?” Bo: “I need another drink. No maybe about it.”</p><p>[What kind of day has it been...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-4-recap">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=idOAl9DkcQs:18A96IT1l-Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=idOAl9DkcQs:18A96IT1l-Q:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=idOAl9DkcQs:18A96IT1l-Q:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=idOAl9DkcQs:18A96IT1l-Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=idOAl9DkcQs:18A96IT1l-Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=idOAl9DkcQs:18A96IT1l-Q:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=idOAl9DkcQs:18A96IT1l-Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=idOAl9DkcQs:18A96IT1l-Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=idOAl9DkcQs:18A96IT1l-Q:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=idOAl9DkcQs:18A96IT1l-Q:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=idOAl9DkcQs:18A96IT1l-Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=idOAl9DkcQs:18A96IT1l-Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/idOAl9DkcQs" height="1" width="1"/> Kiersten Hallie Krum Published Tue, 08 May 2012 21:47:25 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-4-recap http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-4-recap http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/BKAeBhHESt8/my-children-are-my-riches-mothers-from-jo-beverley-georgette-heyer-and-diane-farr <p><img alt="Lord of My Heart by Jo Beverley" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Lord-of-My-Heart-by-Jo-Beverley174x280.jpg" title="Lord of My Heart by Jo Beverley" />Happy Mother’s Day! This is an idiosyncratic look at three fictional mothers, with the connecting strand being money. “My children are my riches," sometimes translated as “These are my jewels,” is a maxim attributed to Cornelia, the mother of the Gracchi, Valerius Maximus (4.4). When a friend swanned about in the most drop-dead worthy jewels of the time in Rome, Cornelia is said to have waited until her children returned from school, and then said, haec sunt ornamenta mea.</p><p>The second Sunday in May can be an occasion for celebration, regrets, gauzy childhood memories, or chilling reminisces of a mother from hell. But most of us are not black and white, but rather shades of grey with human strengths and failings and, with a few sad exceptions, most fictional mothers have their children’s best interests at heart. Our first mother wants lusty love and a place of belonging for her son, with money not at the forefront of her concerns. Our second mother is so deeply in debt that her extravagant choices have curtailed the choices available to her twin boys, and the third mother is literally willing to pimp out her daughter to get her family out of debt.</p><p>[Does anyone else suddenly want to call and thank their own mothers?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/my-children-are-my-riches-mothers-from-jo-beverley-georgette-heyer-and-diane-farr">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BKAeBhHESt8:QT1yk0Xkk_c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BKAeBhHESt8:QT1yk0Xkk_c:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=BKAeBhHESt8:QT1yk0Xkk_c:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BKAeBhHESt8:QT1yk0Xkk_c:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=BKAeBhHESt8:QT1yk0Xkk_c:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BKAeBhHESt8:QT1yk0Xkk_c:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BKAeBhHESt8:QT1yk0Xkk_c:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=BKAeBhHESt8:QT1yk0Xkk_c:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BKAeBhHESt8:QT1yk0Xkk_c:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BKAeBhHESt8:QT1yk0Xkk_c:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=BKAeBhHESt8:QT1yk0Xkk_c:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=BKAeBhHESt8:QT1yk0Xkk_c:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/BKAeBhHESt8" height="1" width="1"/> Janet Webb Published Tue, 08 May 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/my-children-are-my-riches-mothers-from-jo-beverley-georgette-heyer-and-diane-farr http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/my-children-are-my-riches-mothers-from-jo-beverley-georgette-heyer-and-diane-farr http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/jjUqDZdJZcA/castle-season-4-finale-always-recap <p><img alt="Castle and Beckett in the Castle Season 4 finale" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Castle-Beckett-Season-4-finale.jpg" />If you haven’t watched all of this season of&nbsp;<em>Castle</em>&nbsp;yet, stop reading and go catch up. This episode is worth it.</p><p><strong>Who Killed Beckett’s Mother?</strong></p><p>We start out with a recap from seasons past to remind us how we got here. Flashes of Beckett’s dead mother fill the screen. Captain Montgomery reminds Kate that these guys, “. . . are coming to kill you and I’m not going to let them . . .” Then we see Roy Montgomery fulfilling this promise with his own death.</p><p><strong>To read the <a href="http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/2012/05/castle-season-four-finale-always-nathan-fillion-stana-katic-by-deborah-lacy" target="_blank">full article</a> about the <a href="http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/2012/05/castle-season-four-finale-always-nathan-fillion-stana-katic-by-deborah-lacy" target="_blank"><em>Castle</em> Season 4 finale</a>, visit our&nbsp;sister <a href="http://www.criminalelement.com/" target="_blank">crime and mystery blog</a>, CriminalElement.com.</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/castle-season-4-finale-always-recap">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=jjUqDZdJZcA:5xkC5YtaZFE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=jjUqDZdJZcA:5xkC5YtaZFE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=jjUqDZdJZcA:5xkC5YtaZFE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=jjUqDZdJZcA:5xkC5YtaZFE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=jjUqDZdJZcA:5xkC5YtaZFE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=jjUqDZdJZcA:5xkC5YtaZFE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=jjUqDZdJZcA:5xkC5YtaZFE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=jjUqDZdJZcA:5xkC5YtaZFE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=jjUqDZdJZcA:5xkC5YtaZFE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=jjUqDZdJZcA:5xkC5YtaZFE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=jjUqDZdJZcA:5xkC5YtaZFE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=jjUqDZdJZcA:5xkC5YtaZFE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/jjUqDZdJZcA" height="1" width="1"/> Deborah Lacy Published Tue, 08 May 2012 20:22:50 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/castle-season-4-finale-always-recap http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/castle-season-4-finale-always-recap http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/QNwUj_fhh5E/current-contemporary-romance-return-of-the-flawed-hero <p><img alt="Don Draper in Mad Men" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Don-Draper-doorway250x208.jpg" title="Don Draper, Classic Romance Rake, at Your Service" />Take away the bondage, and <em>Fifty Shades of Grey</em> is an old school romance between a worldly-wise but emotionally constipated hero and a naïve but emotionally intelligent heroine. Back in the ’70s and ’80s, almost all romance novels, historical and contemporary, featured this kind of dynamic. Like <em>Mad Men</em>’s Don Draper, the hero knew all about fine wine, guerilla warfare, engine repair and female orgasm, but some traumatic event had scarred him and left him completely closed off to any emotions, especially his own.</p><p>The heroine, on the other hand, was unworldly, having lived a life so sheltered that she had barely tasted wine, let alone orgasm. (I know, it’s easy to make fun of this trope now, but let’s face it, the female orgasm can be at least as tricky as engine repair, and almost as hard to pin down as guerilla warfare.)</p><p>I’m not going to list the many reasons this paradigm changed—or how grateful I am that it did—but the old school romance hero started out as teacher but wound up as student, which gave both hero and heroine clearly defined character arcs.</p><p>[Nowadays? Not so much...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/current-contemporary-romance-return-of-the-flawed-hero">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QNwUj_fhh5E:YOOclKjjS_U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QNwUj_fhh5E:YOOclKjjS_U:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=QNwUj_fhh5E:YOOclKjjS_U:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QNwUj_fhh5E:YOOclKjjS_U:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=QNwUj_fhh5E:YOOclKjjS_U:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QNwUj_fhh5E:YOOclKjjS_U:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QNwUj_fhh5E:YOOclKjjS_U:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=QNwUj_fhh5E:YOOclKjjS_U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QNwUj_fhh5E:YOOclKjjS_U:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QNwUj_fhh5E:YOOclKjjS_U:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=QNwUj_fhh5E:YOOclKjjS_U:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=QNwUj_fhh5E:YOOclKjjS_U:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/QNwUj_fhh5E" height="1" width="1"/> Alisa Kwitney Published Tue, 08 May 2012 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/current-contemporary-romance-return-of-the-flawed-hero http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/current-contemporary-romance-return-of-the-flawed-hero http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/heNlNNBiHPg/keeping-secrets-what-secret-do-you-want-to-know-most <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/The-Secret-Julie-Garwood126.jpg" /></p><p>While attending the Romantic Times conference, H&amp;H attended a Q&amp;A with author <a href="http://nalinisingh.blogspot.co.nz/2012/05/random-q-answers.html" target="_blank">Nalini Singh</a>, who took some questions about her Psy/Changeling series.</p><p>The biggest question was who the Ghost is—and Nalini refused to answer, both in person and today on her blog:</p><blockquote><p>6. <i>How long do we have to wait to find out who the Ghost is?</i><br /><br />Only another twenty books.<br /><br />*Muwahaha*<br /><br />Sorry, couldn’t resist. It won’t be toooooo long - it’s a tough secret to keep!!</p></blockquote><p>Series often have a big secret that is played out over the course of several books—so what secret are you <em>dying</em> to know?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/keeping-secrets-what-secret-do-you-want-to-know-most">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=heNlNNBiHPg:6v4nKKaUxfU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=heNlNNBiHPg:6v4nKKaUxfU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=heNlNNBiHPg:6v4nKKaUxfU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=heNlNNBiHPg:6v4nKKaUxfU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=heNlNNBiHPg:6v4nKKaUxfU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=heNlNNBiHPg:6v4nKKaUxfU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=heNlNNBiHPg:6v4nKKaUxfU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=heNlNNBiHPg:6v4nKKaUxfU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=heNlNNBiHPg:6v4nKKaUxfU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=heNlNNBiHPg:6v4nKKaUxfU:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=heNlNNBiHPg:6v4nKKaUxfU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=heNlNNBiHPg:6v4nKKaUxfU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/heNlNNBiHPg" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Tue, 08 May 2012 13:42:49 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/keeping-secrets-what-secret-do-you-want-to-know-most http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/keeping-secrets-what-secret-do-you-want-to-know-most http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/30u1PZdZbjs/vortex-excerpt <p><img alt="Vortex by Cherry Adair" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/cherryadair/Adair-Vortex250x408.jpg" style="width: 250px; height: 408px; " title="Vortex by Cherry Adair" /><em>SWEPT AWAY</em></p><p><em>Searching for a sunken ship off the coast of Peru, treasure hunter Logan Cutter manages to pull a very different kind of prize from the sea—beautiful gallery owner&nbsp;Daniela Rosada. Dani claims she was thrown overboard by ruthless pirates and begs for his protection. But Logan is no stranger to a woman’s lies, and something about her story doesn’t add up.</em></p><p><em>IN TOO DEEP</em></p><p><em>With her knowledge of Peruvian artifacts, Dani offers to help Logan translate an ancient map that will lead them to a shipwrecked treasure—and into a carefully laid trap. But the closer they get, the deeper she falls for him, not realizing that Logan is hiding a secret of his own. By the time she learns the truth about his boat, his brothers—and his blood feud with pirates—it’s too late. By falling in love, they’ve set a course for disaster…</em></p><p><strong>Get a sneak peak of Cherry Adair’s <em>Vortex </em>(available May 22, 2012) with an excerpt of Chapter 1 and 2.</strong></p><p><strong>Chapter 1</strong></p><p>She fought him off like a feral wildcat, their bodies ris­ing and falling in the swells. Grappling to get a secure grip on the woman’s slippery, flailing limbs, Logan Cut­ter struggled to restrain her, keep her face out of the water, and not drown himself in the process.</p><p>Over the surge of the roiling, moonlit-speckled black water, the warning bells sounded. Three long rings, fol­lowed by the ship’s whistle, alerted everyone there was a man overboard.</p><p><em>Woman </em>overboard in this case.</p><p>[<b>Please sign in or register to read the full excerpt of&nbsp;<em>Vortex</em>...</b>]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/vortex-excerpt">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=30u1PZdZbjs:sCOfsN-nJMc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=30u1PZdZbjs:sCOfsN-nJMc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=30u1PZdZbjs:sCOfsN-nJMc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=30u1PZdZbjs:sCOfsN-nJMc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=30u1PZdZbjs:sCOfsN-nJMc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=30u1PZdZbjs:sCOfsN-nJMc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=30u1PZdZbjs:sCOfsN-nJMc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=30u1PZdZbjs:sCOfsN-nJMc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=30u1PZdZbjs:sCOfsN-nJMc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=30u1PZdZbjs:sCOfsN-nJMc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=30u1PZdZbjs:sCOfsN-nJMc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=30u1PZdZbjs:sCOfsN-nJMc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/30u1PZdZbjs" height="1" width="1"/> Cherry Adair Excerpts Mon, 07 May 2012 21:45:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/vortex-excerpt http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/vortex-excerpt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/4cgI3p4N-yQ/sherrilyn-kenyon-shares-a-time-untime-excerpt <p><img alt="Time Untime by Sherrilyn Kenyon" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May8toMay14/Time-Untime-by-Sherrilyn-Kenyon200x303.jpg" title="Time Untime by Sherrilyn Kenyon" /><a href="http://www.sherrilynkenyon.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Sherrilyn Kenyon</strong></a> has just released a brief&nbsp;<a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150771915376444&amp;set=a.73121446443.76220.72100221443&amp;type=1&amp;theater" target="_blank">excerpt of </a><em><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150771915376444&amp;set=a.73121446443.76220.72100221443&amp;type=1&amp;theater" target="_blank">Time Untime</a>,</em> the sixteenth novel in her Dark-Hunter series, on Facebook!</p><p><em>Time Untime</em> isn’t out until August 2, 2012, but here you can meet heroine Kateri now and get a taste of the <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/features/series/sherrilyn-kenyon-dark-hunters" target="_blank">Dark-Hunter</a> goodness to come:</p><blockquote><p>Kateri Avani jerked in her sleep as her dreams tormented her. No longer a woman full grown, she was again a little girl sitting in her grandmother’s house, playing with the dolls her grandmother had made for her and her cousin Sunshine from the corn that grew in the garden out back. Barely twelve, Kateri brushed her small hand over the black cornsilk h<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; ">air of the male doll. ...</span></p></blockquote><p>Read the rest at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150771915376444&amp;set=a.73121446443.76220.72100221443&amp;type=1&amp;theater" target="_blank">Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Facebook page</a>!</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/sherrilyn-kenyon-shares-a-time-untime-excerpt">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4cgI3p4N-yQ:iGeF1VhGaPI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4cgI3p4N-yQ:iGeF1VhGaPI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=4cgI3p4N-yQ:iGeF1VhGaPI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4cgI3p4N-yQ:iGeF1VhGaPI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=4cgI3p4N-yQ:iGeF1VhGaPI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4cgI3p4N-yQ:iGeF1VhGaPI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4cgI3p4N-yQ:iGeF1VhGaPI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=4cgI3p4N-yQ:iGeF1VhGaPI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4cgI3p4N-yQ:iGeF1VhGaPI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4cgI3p4N-yQ:iGeF1VhGaPI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4cgI3p4N-yQ:iGeF1VhGaPI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=4cgI3p4N-yQ:iGeF1VhGaPI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/4cgI3p4N-yQ" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Mon, 07 May 2012 20:56:41 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/sherrilyn-kenyon-shares-a-time-untime-excerpt http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/sherrilyn-kenyon-shares-a-time-untime-excerpt