All of the blogs and stories offered on Heroes and Heartbreakers with links back to the site for the full content. http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/ Thu, 17 May 2012 12:00:53 +0000 Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management en-gb 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&rsquo;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:p6YK4o924yY: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:p6YK4o924yY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=R9Dm7oSqIzI:p6YK4o924yY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=R9Dm7oSqIzI:p6YK4o924yY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=R9Dm7oSqIzI:p6YK4o924yY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=R9Dm7oSqIzI:p6YK4o924yY: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:p6YK4o924yY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=R9Dm7oSqIzI:p6YK4o924yY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=R9Dm7oSqIzI:p6YK4o924yY: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:p6YK4o924yY: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:p6YK4o924yY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=R9Dm7oSqIzI:p6YK4o924yY: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 6, “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:RDBjEdkRZyI: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:RDBjEdkRZyI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=4xAeLuyUrLk:RDBjEdkRZyI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4xAeLuyUrLk:RDBjEdkRZyI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=4xAeLuyUrLk:RDBjEdkRZyI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4xAeLuyUrLk:RDBjEdkRZyI: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:RDBjEdkRZyI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=4xAeLuyUrLk:RDBjEdkRZyI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4xAeLuyUrLk:RDBjEdkRZyI: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:RDBjEdkRZyI: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:RDBjEdkRZyI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=4xAeLuyUrLk:RDBjEdkRZyI: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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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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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 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/0YFGYDoVGDs/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-21-recap <p><img alt="Snow White and the Evil Queen in Once Upon a Time 1.21" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/Once-121-Snow-EQ-apple225x222.jpg" title="Apple for Your Thoughts?" />*******SPOILERS*******</p><p>I could sum up this entire episode in fewer than two words: APPLES! Alas, you all come here for a recap, so sit back and enjoy. *Yawns*</p><p>The episode starts out in a dream sequence that has Regina tied to a tree by the entire town of Storybrooke; she pleads for Henry to not let them do this to her but Henry counters with she did it to herself. Just as Emma is about to kill her (so we assume) with a sword, Regina wakes up. She walks over to Henry’s room to make sure he is there, and assumes he is because she really doesn’t check carefully, and it’s a pillow stuffed under the covers.</p><p>(Need to catch up? Check out previous&nbsp;<em>Once Upon a Time</em>&nbsp;recaps:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/03/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-15-whos-afraid-of-the-big-bad-wolf" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Episode 15</a>&nbsp;|<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/03/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-16-mean-snow" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Episode 16</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/03/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-17-hello-hottie" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Episode 17</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-18-mother-knows-best" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Episode 18</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-19-daddy-issues" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Episode 19</a>&nbsp;| <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-20-recap" target="_blank">Episode 20</a>)</p><p>Henry is with Emma and she plans for them to leave Storybrooke in her little VW, until Henry finds out what she plans to do and pleads with her not to leave that she is the town’s only hope. Emma doesn’t listen and keeps driving, so Henry being the intelligent child that he is, grabs the wheel and they end up in a ditch…unhurt, amazingly enough.</p><p>[Well, this *is* Storybrooke, after all...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-21-recap">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0YFGYDoVGDs:db62-6pFWaY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0YFGYDoVGDs:db62-6pFWaY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=0YFGYDoVGDs:db62-6pFWaY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0YFGYDoVGDs:db62-6pFWaY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=0YFGYDoVGDs:db62-6pFWaY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0YFGYDoVGDs:db62-6pFWaY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0YFGYDoVGDs:db62-6pFWaY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=0YFGYDoVGDs:db62-6pFWaY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0YFGYDoVGDs:db62-6pFWaY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0YFGYDoVGDs:db62-6pFWaY:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=0YFGYDoVGDs:db62-6pFWaY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=0YFGYDoVGDs:db62-6pFWaY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/0YFGYDoVGDs" height="1" width="1"/> Natasha Carty Published Mon, 07 May 2012 18:07:17 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-21-recap http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-21-recap http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/ow7-2dIxtbc/first-look-hilary-mantel-bring-up-the-bodies-may-8-2012 <p><img alt="Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogs/12_05/bring-up-the-bodies.jpg" title="Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel" /></p><p><strong>Hilary Mantel</strong><br /><strong><em>Bring Up the Bodies</em><br />Henry Holt and Co. / May 8, 2012 / $15.oo print, $12.99 digital</strong></p><p><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 </em>Bring Up the Bodies<em> 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>In <em>Wolf Hall</em>, <strong><a href="http://us.macmillan.com/author/hilarymantel" target="_blank">Hilary Mantel</a></strong> accomplished the extraordinary task of making Thomas Cromwell a sympathetic (if not exactly heroic) protagonist. <em>Bring Up the Bodies </em>is not a title you’d expect to find on the night table of a Romance writer and reader. But when I’m not immersed in Romance, historical fiction is one of the genres that draws me in.</p><p>[And what did you think of this historical?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-hilary-mantel-bring-up-the-bodies-may-8-2012">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ow7-2dIxtbc:USIXdWtTlR4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ow7-2dIxtbc:USIXdWtTlR4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ow7-2dIxtbc:USIXdWtTlR4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ow7-2dIxtbc:USIXdWtTlR4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ow7-2dIxtbc:USIXdWtTlR4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ow7-2dIxtbc:USIXdWtTlR4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ow7-2dIxtbc:USIXdWtTlR4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ow7-2dIxtbc:USIXdWtTlR4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ow7-2dIxtbc:USIXdWtTlR4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ow7-2dIxtbc:USIXdWtTlR4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ow7-2dIxtbc:USIXdWtTlR4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ow7-2dIxtbc:USIXdWtTlR4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/ow7-2dIxtbc" height="1" width="1"/> Myretta Robens Published Mon, 07 May 2012 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-hilary-mantel-bring-up-the-bodies-may-8-2012 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-look-hilary-mantel-bring-up-the-bodies-may-8-2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/t4hxwi1dBYM/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-6-grammar-girls-and-daddy-issues <p><img alt="Cersei and Tyrion in Game of Thrones Season 2 episode 6" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/GoT-206-Cersei-Tyrion250x198.jpg" title="Just the Two of Us" /></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>,” and last week&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-5-recap" target="_blank">The Ghost of Harrenhal</a>.&rdquo; 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 6, “The Old Gods and the New”:</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; ">The episode opens with Maester Luwin frantically sending out a raven out of Winterfell. Before I can figure out what the ravenly equivalent of a dovecote is, two Greyjoy men burst through the door of the raven house.</p><p>For a few seconds, I wonder if this is one of Bran’s prophetic wolf dreams, but unfortunately, this is no dream, even though Bran is sleeping, <em>sans</em> direwolf. (Where is that enormous, barely tamed creature who ripped out the throat of the last guy to threaten Bran in that room?) Bran could certainly use an animal protector right now; he’s woken by Theon Greyjoy, announcing that he, henceforth “Prince” Theon, has taken Winterfell. Theon tells Bran that a proper lord would surrender the castle and tell its inhabitants to obey the invaders so they don’t get killed.</p><p>[Is this really the way to get respect, Theon?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-6-grammar-girls-and-daddy-issues">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=t4hxwi1dBYM:hBRi28_NxU8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=t4hxwi1dBYM:hBRi28_NxU8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=t4hxwi1dBYM:hBRi28_NxU8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=t4hxwi1dBYM:hBRi28_NxU8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=t4hxwi1dBYM:hBRi28_NxU8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=t4hxwi1dBYM:hBRi28_NxU8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=t4hxwi1dBYM:hBRi28_NxU8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=t4hxwi1dBYM:hBRi28_NxU8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=t4hxwi1dBYM:hBRi28_NxU8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=t4hxwi1dBYM:hBRi28_NxU8:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=t4hxwi1dBYM:hBRi28_NxU8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=t4hxwi1dBYM:hBRi28_NxU8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/t4hxwi1dBYM" height="1" width="1"/> Regina Thorne Published Mon, 07 May 2012 15:17:56 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-6-grammar-girls-and-daddy-issues http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-6-grammar-girls-and-daddy-issues http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/MOBHaixPnpI/first-may-meeting-of-hah-book-club-teresa-medeiross-the-bride-and-the-beast <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/Teresa-Medeiros-Bride-andthe-Beast.jpg" /></p><p>For May’s H&amp;H Book Club, we chose Teresa Medeiros’s <em>The Bride and the Beast</em>, featuring an overweight heroine.</p><p>If you’ve read any of the book thus far, you also know the heroine is smart, logical, curious, self-deprecating, conscientious, and loyal. She’s thrust into a situation well beyond her control—into a dragon’s lair!—but she doesn’t just give up, but fights against what might be seen as insurmountable odds.</p><p>Do you like the fantasy elements embedded into the traditional historical? Do you like the hero? Do you like the book thus far?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-may-meeting-of-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=MOBHaixPnpI:VLHiYxVK9LM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MOBHaixPnpI:VLHiYxVK9LM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=MOBHaixPnpI:VLHiYxVK9LM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MOBHaixPnpI:VLHiYxVK9LM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=MOBHaixPnpI:VLHiYxVK9LM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MOBHaixPnpI:VLHiYxVK9LM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MOBHaixPnpI:VLHiYxVK9LM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=MOBHaixPnpI:VLHiYxVK9LM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MOBHaixPnpI:VLHiYxVK9LM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MOBHaixPnpI:VLHiYxVK9LM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MOBHaixPnpI:VLHiYxVK9LM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=MOBHaixPnpI:VLHiYxVK9LM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/MOBHaixPnpI" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Mon, 07 May 2012 14:05:23 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-may-meeting-of-hah-book-club-teresa-medeiross-the-bride-and-the-beast http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/first-may-meeting-of-hah-book-club-teresa-medeiross-the-bride-and-the-beast http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/WVP-WNkd8OY/fantasy-casting-sharon-shinn-twelve-houses-series <p><img alt="Mystic and Rider: Twelve Houses #1 by Sharon Shinn" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/Mystic-and-Rider-by-Sharon-Shinn180x290.jpg" title="Mystic and Rider: Twelve Houses #1 by Sharon Shinn" />A devastating civil war provides the backdrop for <a href="http://sharonshinn.net/" target="_blank"><strong>Sharon Shinn</strong></a>’s sweepingly romantic <i>Twelve Houses</i> saga. In faraway Gillengaria, Elderly King Baryn’s sole heir, his shy teenaged daughter Amalie, is widely perceived as unsuitable to reign in his stead, and the King’s advancing age has many in the Twelve Houses of Gillengarian nobility extremely nervous about the future. Baryn has also infuriated many of his subjects with his support for the powerful but widely feared and despised Mystics, whose individual talents vary but can include shape-changing, mind-reading, healing, control of the elements, or other abilities. (Comparisons with the X-Men are probably inevitable.)</p><p>Baryn’s allies include Senneth, a powerful fire mystic; Kirra, a shapechanger and member of one of the Twelve noble Houses; Donnal, another shapechanger who is Kirra’s loyal companion; and Tayse and Justin, members of the elite corps of bodyguards known as the King’s Riders. They’re soon joined by Cammon, an orphan of low birth who can read minds. Together, the six do their best to maintain peace across the land…and often, to their complete astonishment, find love where they least expect it.</p><p>Shinn writes gentle, soothing, PG-rated novels; if you like Lynn Kurland’s work, particularly her <i>Nine Kingdoms</i> books, you’ll like these. And that’s fine. Everything doesn’t need to kick it all edgy <i>Fifty Shades</i>-style. Of course, the only thing better than falling into the soft, warm literary goose-down quilts of her books is imagining them on the big screen. Here’s who I’d pick for the major roles.</p><p>[Put the (pretty) faces to the names...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/fantasy-casting-sharon-shinn-twelve-houses-series">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=WVP-WNkd8OY:Rxevxua3DXM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=WVP-WNkd8OY:Rxevxua3DXM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=WVP-WNkd8OY:Rxevxua3DXM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=WVP-WNkd8OY:Rxevxua3DXM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=WVP-WNkd8OY:Rxevxua3DXM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=WVP-WNkd8OY:Rxevxua3DXM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=WVP-WNkd8OY:Rxevxua3DXM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=WVP-WNkd8OY:Rxevxua3DXM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=WVP-WNkd8OY:Rxevxua3DXM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=WVP-WNkd8OY:Rxevxua3DXM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=WVP-WNkd8OY:Rxevxua3DXM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=WVP-WNkd8OY:Rxevxua3DXM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/WVP-WNkd8OY" height="1" width="1"/> Kate Nagy Published Sun, 06 May 2012 21:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/fantasy-casting-sharon-shinn-twelve-houses-series http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/fantasy-casting-sharon-shinn-twelve-houses-series http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/m2vHvbuMbgo/true-blood-jessica-improves-on-charlaine-harris-sookieverse <p><img alt="Jessica in True Blood" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/True-Blood-S5-Jessica225x267.jpg" title="Red-Heads Make the Best Vampires" />As readers, we know the book is almost always better than the movie. We get to build the world in our minds, and due to time limitations and the like, both big and small screen adaptations often lose a lot. (Battle of Hogwarts from <em>Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince</em>, how I missed you in the film.)</p><p>As a fan of <a href="http://www.charlaineharris.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Charlaine Harris</strong></a>’s Sookie Stackhouse novels (nee Southern Vampire Mysteries), I had a hard time adjusting to <em>True Blood</em> originally. The books are told from Sookie’s point of view, but in the show we’re seeing what’s happening with Tara, Sam, Jason and all the other ancillary characters.</p><p>I adjusted, and did my damnedest to separate book from screen. Still, my head exploded at the thought of King Bill. He’s not nearly powerful enough to pull that off in the books. Gripes aside, though, as I started to step back and look at <em>True Blood</em> as its own thing, I realized the show made some great additions to Bon Temps.</p><p>Shaken, I asked myself: Can a book-to-screen adaptation make changes for the better?</p><p>[Is it possible?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/true-blood-jessica-improves-on-charlaine-harris-sookieverse">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=m2vHvbuMbgo:Zzu-SmI1b-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=m2vHvbuMbgo:Zzu-SmI1b-4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=m2vHvbuMbgo:Zzu-SmI1b-4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=m2vHvbuMbgo:Zzu-SmI1b-4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=m2vHvbuMbgo:Zzu-SmI1b-4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=m2vHvbuMbgo:Zzu-SmI1b-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=m2vHvbuMbgo:Zzu-SmI1b-4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=m2vHvbuMbgo:Zzu-SmI1b-4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=m2vHvbuMbgo:Zzu-SmI1b-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=m2vHvbuMbgo:Zzu-SmI1b-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=m2vHvbuMbgo:Zzu-SmI1b-4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=m2vHvbuMbgo:Zzu-SmI1b-4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/m2vHvbuMbgo" height="1" width="1"/> Chelsea Mueller Published Sun, 06 May 2012 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/true-blood-jessica-improves-on-charlaine-harris-sookieverse http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/true-blood-jessica-improves-on-charlaine-harris-sookieverse http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/O6fXO0jsTJY/muy-caliente-celebrating-mexican-hotties <p><img alt="Eduardo Verastegui" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/Eduardo-Verastegui475x360.jpg" />Happy Cinco de Mayo! In honor of today’s celebration of Mexican culture, Team H&amp;H presents its inaugural edition of Mexican beefcake, in which we celebrate the eye candy that is Mexican hotties—or at least hotties of Mexican descent—like Eduardo Verastegui, Rafael Amaya, Gael Garcia Bernal, Kevin Alejandro, Jay Hernandez, Mario Lopez, and Michael Trevino.</p><p style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">Enjoy, and do let us know who we left out!</p><p>[+ more delicious pics under the cut...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/muy-caliente-celebrating-mexican-hotties">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=O6fXO0jsTJY:tT8OT9RjGGM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=O6fXO0jsTJY:tT8OT9RjGGM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=O6fXO0jsTJY:tT8OT9RjGGM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=O6fXO0jsTJY:tT8OT9RjGGM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=O6fXO0jsTJY:tT8OT9RjGGM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=O6fXO0jsTJY:tT8OT9RjGGM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=O6fXO0jsTJY:tT8OT9RjGGM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=O6fXO0jsTJY:tT8OT9RjGGM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=O6fXO0jsTJY:tT8OT9RjGGM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=O6fXO0jsTJY:tT8OT9RjGGM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=O6fXO0jsTJY:tT8OT9RjGGM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=O6fXO0jsTJY:tT8OT9RjGGM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/O6fXO0jsTJY" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Sat, 05 May 2012 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/muy-caliente-celebrating-mexican-hotties http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/muy-caliente-celebrating-mexican-hotties http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/5_Ej0hllwFc/authors-linda-howard-and-susan-andersen-write-the-upside-of-abusive-stalkers <p><img alt="Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard" class="blog-pic-right-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/Mr-Perfect-by-Linda-Howard174x299.jpg" title="Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard" />It’s strange to think there may be an upside to having an abusive stalker, but if you’re a heroine in a romance novel, you can count on it as fact. And two of the best bright-side-of-stalking stories are by two of my favorite authors: Linda Howard, and Susan Andersen.</p><p>In <em>Mr. Perfect</em>, <strong>Linda Howard </strong>introduces us to Jaine Bright and her three best friends. In a moment of frustration during after-work cocktails, and in the crowd-pleasing tradition of Weird Science, they create a list that defines the perfect man: Mr. Perfect.</p><p>• He’s faithful. Doesn’t cheat or lie<br />• Nice<br />• Dependable<br />• Steady job<br />• Sense of humor<br />• Money<br />• Good to look at<br />• Great in bed, with stamina, and “leftovers”</p><p>[Seems perfectly reasonable to me...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/authors-linda-howard-and-susan-andersen-write-the-upside-of-abusive-stalkers">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5_Ej0hllwFc:iwfFDgDlAdI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5_Ej0hllwFc:iwfFDgDlAdI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5_Ej0hllwFc:iwfFDgDlAdI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5_Ej0hllwFc:iwfFDgDlAdI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5_Ej0hllwFc:iwfFDgDlAdI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5_Ej0hllwFc:iwfFDgDlAdI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5_Ej0hllwFc:iwfFDgDlAdI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5_Ej0hllwFc:iwfFDgDlAdI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5_Ej0hllwFc:iwfFDgDlAdI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5_Ej0hllwFc:iwfFDgDlAdI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5_Ej0hllwFc:iwfFDgDlAdI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5_Ej0hllwFc:iwfFDgDlAdI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/5_Ej0hllwFc" height="1" width="1"/> Dolly Sickles Published Sat, 05 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/authors-linda-howard-and-susan-andersen-write-the-upside-of-abusive-stalkers http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/authors-linda-howard-and-susan-andersen-write-the-upside-of-abusive-stalkers http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/7XN65Xm72fE/this-is-the-end-in-plain-sight-series-finale-reaction-post <p><img alt="In Plain Sight’s Mary and Marshall in Season 5, episode 8, " class="blog-pic-left-align caption" s="" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/IPS-Mary-Marshall250x228.jpg" title="Not Matter What, We’ll Always Have Their Undeniable Chemistry, Eh?" />If last week’s penultimate episode of <em>In Plain Sight,</em> “Sacrificial Lam,” was jam-packed, tonight’s series finale, “All’s Well That Ends,” promises to be even more so. It&nbsp;will also (one assumes) answer the question once and for all: Is there <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/03/mary-marshall-endgame-in-plain-sight" target="_blank">more to Mary/Marshall than friendship</a>, or is romance/romantic love just not in the cards after 5 seasons as partners and BFFs?</p><p><strong>This here is a finale reaction post. Therefore:&nbsp;Danger, Will Robinson! ***SPOILERS &amp; SPECULATION AHOY!*** Do <em>not</em></strong><strong><em>&nbsp;</em>read the comments unless you want to be thoroughly spoiled. You have been warned.</strong></p><p>I’ll be watching the finale live (or close to it) if anyone wants to join me now or over the course of the next few days to discuss the ending (good? bad? ugly? we’ll see!) and to say good-bye to Mary McCormack’s Mary Shannon, Fred Weller’s Marshall Man, and the rest of the awesome <em>IPS</em> cast (*sniff*). LET’S MOURN TOGETHER, SHALL WE?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/this-is-the-end-in-plain-sight-series-finale-reaction-post">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7XN65Xm72fE:ayAy0jgxrDE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7XN65Xm72fE:ayAy0jgxrDE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=7XN65Xm72fE:ayAy0jgxrDE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7XN65Xm72fE:ayAy0jgxrDE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=7XN65Xm72fE:ayAy0jgxrDE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7XN65Xm72fE:ayAy0jgxrDE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7XN65Xm72fE:ayAy0jgxrDE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=7XN65Xm72fE:ayAy0jgxrDE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7XN65Xm72fE:ayAy0jgxrDE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7XN65Xm72fE:ayAy0jgxrDE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=7XN65Xm72fE:ayAy0jgxrDE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=7XN65Xm72fE:ayAy0jgxrDE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/7XN65Xm72fE" height="1" width="1"/> Heather Waters (redline_) Published Sat, 05 May 2012 00:11:05 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/this-is-the-end-in-plain-sight-series-finale-reaction-post http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/this-is-the-end-in-plain-sight-series-finale-reaction-post http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/Vv-xjYdwkk8/kresley-cole-reveals-the-cover-for-shadows-claim <p><img alt="Shadow’s Claim: The Dacians by Kresley Cole" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/Shadows-Claim-by-Kresley-Cole225x363.jpg" title="Shadow’s Claim: The Dacians by Kresley Cole" />While we’re all recovering from <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lothaire-and-ellie-romantic-odd-couples-so-imperfect-for-each-other" target="_blank">Lothaire and Ellie’s smoking hot story</a>, <a href="http://kresleycole.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Kresley Cole</strong></a> has just revealed the cover for the book that launches the new Dacians series, a spin-off from her Immortal After Dark series.&nbsp;</p><p><em>Shadow’s Claim </em>will be out November 27, 2012, and accompanying the cover reveal on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150816074503536&amp;set=a.10150172391483536.311670.126243958535&amp;type=1&amp;theater" target="_blank">Cole’s Facebook page</a> today is a note that says, in part:</p><blockquote><p>I put in a few cover requests for this one. I wanted to have the hero looking like he’d just returned from punishing the heroine’s enemies, basically a “you mess with her, you’ll see a man get mean” scenario. I requested mud on his grim face, a menacing stare that says “you’re next,” stuff exploding in the background, clothes all ripped up. And the art department delivered! That, my friends, is Trehan Cristian Daciano to a T!</p></blockquote><p>You excited to read how “master assassin” Trehan gets mastered himself? Get on over to Facebook for the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150816074503536&amp;set=a.10150172391483536.311670.126243958535&amp;type=1&amp;theater" target="_blank">full scoop</a> and then let us know what you think!</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/kresley-cole-reveals-the-cover-for-shadows-claim">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vv-xjYdwkk8:3o0cbrCyP7s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vv-xjYdwkk8:3o0cbrCyP7s:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Vv-xjYdwkk8:3o0cbrCyP7s:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vv-xjYdwkk8:3o0cbrCyP7s:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Vv-xjYdwkk8:3o0cbrCyP7s:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vv-xjYdwkk8:3o0cbrCyP7s:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vv-xjYdwkk8:3o0cbrCyP7s:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Vv-xjYdwkk8:3o0cbrCyP7s:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vv-xjYdwkk8:3o0cbrCyP7s:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vv-xjYdwkk8:3o0cbrCyP7s:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Vv-xjYdwkk8:3o0cbrCyP7s:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Vv-xjYdwkk8:3o0cbrCyP7s:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/Vv-xjYdwkk8" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Fri, 04 May 2012 23:05:10 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/kresley-cole-reveals-the-cover-for-shadows-claim http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/kresley-cole-reveals-the-cover-for-shadows-claim http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/oFI1D0bCipk/sweet-nerdy-love-the-big-bang-theory-season-5-episode-23-special-recap <p><img alt="The Big Bang Theory poster" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/Big-Bang-Theory200x296.jpg" title="What Do You Mean? Smart Is ALWAYS Sexy." /><i>Are you feeling the </i>Big Bang Theory<i> love? H&amp;H blogger Anna Bowling is, and especially about last night’s episode, Season 5’s episode 23, “The Launch Accelerator.” Read on for a special reaction piece to the shippy moments that went down last night:</i></p><p>*******SPOILERS*******</p><p>Who’d have thought a show about a quartet of nerds would prove to be chockablock full of romance? Raj still can’t talk to girls unless he’s drunk, but never fear, Howard, Leonard, and even Sheldon provide plenty of romantic interest. Surprises abound as <em>Big Bang Theory</em> barrels into the penultimate episode of the season.</p><p>Former would-be ladies’ man, Howard, seems to have it all; he’s weeks away from wedding his perfect match, the brainy and beautiful Bernadette, and he’s slated to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut. That is, until NASA calls to scrub the mission. Howard is jubilant. Now he’s not going to die in space, as he’d feared, but as God intended, in his early fifties, with a heart full of pastrami.</p><p>[Because THAT sounds like the happier ending...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/sweet-nerdy-love-the-big-bang-theory-season-5-episode-23-special-recap">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=oFI1D0bCipk:5cqoo0ftha0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=oFI1D0bCipk:5cqoo0ftha0:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=oFI1D0bCipk:5cqoo0ftha0:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=oFI1D0bCipk:5cqoo0ftha0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=oFI1D0bCipk:5cqoo0ftha0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=oFI1D0bCipk:5cqoo0ftha0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=oFI1D0bCipk:5cqoo0ftha0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=oFI1D0bCipk:5cqoo0ftha0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=oFI1D0bCipk:5cqoo0ftha0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=oFI1D0bCipk:5cqoo0ftha0:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=oFI1D0bCipk:5cqoo0ftha0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=oFI1D0bCipk:5cqoo0ftha0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/oFI1D0bCipk" height="1" width="1"/> Anna Bowling Published Fri, 04 May 2012 22:01:25 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/sweet-nerdy-love-the-big-bang-theory-season-5-episode-23-special-recap http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/sweet-nerdy-love-the-big-bang-theory-season-5-episode-23-special-recap http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/5HJEVU8ROCQ/friday-beefcake-the-avengers <p><img alt="Jeremy Renner" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/Avengers-Renner-Barton-smile350x472.jpg" style="width: 325px; height: 438px; " /></p><p>As you may have heard, a little movie called <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/the-avengers-is-amazing" target="_blank"><em>The Avengers</em> </a>is finally out in U.S. theaters today. Given the amount of beefcake this movie provides, we felt we had no choice but to dedicate this week’s Friday Beefcake to Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye/Clint Barton), Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man/Tony Stark), <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/03/irish-corned-beefcake-volume-2-colin-farrell-kenneth-branagh-michael-fassbender-and-more-irish-hotties" target="_blank">Chris Evans</a> (Captain America/Steve Rogers), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk/Bruce Banner), <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/03/friday-beefcake-the-brothers-hemsworth" target="_blank">Chris Hemsworth</a> (Thor/god of thunder),&nbsp;and—because we love the bad boys too—Tom Hiddleston (Loki/the trickster god).</p><p>[+ more Avengers assembled under the cut...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/friday-beefcake-the-avengers">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5HJEVU8ROCQ:qgpbd_VHWcI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5HJEVU8ROCQ:qgpbd_VHWcI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5HJEVU8ROCQ:qgpbd_VHWcI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5HJEVU8ROCQ:qgpbd_VHWcI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5HJEVU8ROCQ:qgpbd_VHWcI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5HJEVU8ROCQ:qgpbd_VHWcI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5HJEVU8ROCQ:qgpbd_VHWcI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5HJEVU8ROCQ:qgpbd_VHWcI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5HJEVU8ROCQ:qgpbd_VHWcI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5HJEVU8ROCQ:qgpbd_VHWcI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=5HJEVU8ROCQ:qgpbd_VHWcI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=5HJEVU8ROCQ:qgpbd_VHWcI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/5HJEVU8ROCQ" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Fri, 04 May 2012 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/friday-beefcake-the-avengers http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/friday-beefcake-the-avengers http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/Y4LqaX4wlfw/perfect-unions-some-like-it-hotter-in-mississippi-deb-stover-genre-bending-romance <p><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><img alt="Some Like It Hotter by Deb Stover" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/Some-Like-It-Hotter-by-Deb-Stover180x240.jpg" title="Some Like It Hotter by Deb Stover" /></span></i><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><b>Mississippi:&nbsp;<i>Some Like It Hotter</i>&nbsp;by Deb Stover</b></p><p>I can honestly say that I’ve never read anything quite like <a href="http://www.debstover.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Deb Stover</strong></a>’s genre-bending <i>Some Like It Hotter</i>. It starts out a thriller. Then it’s a gothic horror novel, complete with a haunted mansion and frequent appearances by the devil’s apprentice. Then it’s science fiction. Then it’s a straight-up historical romance featuring a hard-bitten cop and a plucky single mom. Then—when you figure out what’s <i>really</i> going on—it’s back to being a horror novel, then a sort of a pioneer adventure tale, then sci-fi again, and then the love scenes go from a simmer to a full-on boil and whoo boy! Who knew that there was so much going on in little old Natchez, Mississippi?</p><p>[Not us!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/perfect-unions-some-like-it-hotter-in-mississippi-deb-stover-genre-bending-romance">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Y4LqaX4wlfw:rptvPGim8Kc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Y4LqaX4wlfw:rptvPGim8Kc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Y4LqaX4wlfw:rptvPGim8Kc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Y4LqaX4wlfw:rptvPGim8Kc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Y4LqaX4wlfw:rptvPGim8Kc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Y4LqaX4wlfw:rptvPGim8Kc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Y4LqaX4wlfw:rptvPGim8Kc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Y4LqaX4wlfw:rptvPGim8Kc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Y4LqaX4wlfw:rptvPGim8Kc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Y4LqaX4wlfw:rptvPGim8Kc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Y4LqaX4wlfw:rptvPGim8Kc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Y4LqaX4wlfw:rptvPGim8Kc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/Y4LqaX4wlfw" height="1" width="1"/> Kate Nagy Published Fri, 04 May 2012 17:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/perfect-unions-some-like-it-hotter-in-mississippi-deb-stover-genre-bending-romance http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/perfect-unions-some-like-it-hotter-in-mississippi-deb-stover-genre-bending-romance http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/zjXFL0yTtCU/the-vampire-diaries-season-3-episode-21-recap <p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img alt="Stefan and Bonnie on the floor in The Vampire Diaries 3.21" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/TVD-321-Stefan-Bonnie-floor250x212.jpg" style="width: 225px; height: 191px; " title="...But Don’t Call Me a Hero" /></span></strong>*****SPOILERS*****</p><p><strong>Previously on&nbsp;<em>The Vampire Diaries</em>:&nbsp;</strong>Esther and Rebecca did a little Freaky Friday body swap. Everybody got on their flapper gear and hotfooted it at the school dance. Alaric became Enhanced!Evil Alaric and it was all Bonnie’s fault. Elena was torn again some more about which&nbsp;<strike>Jonas</strike>&nbsp;Salvatore Brother to choose.</p><p><em>(Need to catch up? Visit our&nbsp;</em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/page/the-vampire-diaries-recap-index" target="_blank">TVD <em>recap index</em></a><em>&nbsp;for&nbsp;</em><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/page/the-vampire-diaries-recap-index" target="_blank"><em>links to past episode recaps</em></a><em>.)</em></p><p><em><strong>And now, on to this week’s episode, 3.21, “Before Sunset"...</strong></em></p><p><em>TVD </em>is pretty uniformly great at season beginnings and endings, and since this is the penultimate S3 episode, shit went down in reasonably entertaining ways.</p><p>[Here we are now, <em>TVD, </em>entertain us...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/the-vampire-diaries-season-3-episode-21-recap">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=zjXFL0yTtCU:bfG-tBiDvHM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=zjXFL0yTtCU:bfG-tBiDvHM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=zjXFL0yTtCU:bfG-tBiDvHM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=zjXFL0yTtCU:bfG-tBiDvHM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=zjXFL0yTtCU:bfG-tBiDvHM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=zjXFL0yTtCU:bfG-tBiDvHM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=zjXFL0yTtCU:bfG-tBiDvHM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=zjXFL0yTtCU:bfG-tBiDvHM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=zjXFL0yTtCU:bfG-tBiDvHM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=zjXFL0yTtCU:bfG-tBiDvHM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=zjXFL0yTtCU:bfG-tBiDvHM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=zjXFL0yTtCU:bfG-tBiDvHM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/zjXFL0yTtCU" height="1" width="1"/> Tara Gelsomino Published Fri, 04 May 2012 15:07:40 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/the-vampire-diaries-season-3-episode-21-recap http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/the-vampire-diaries-season-3-episode-21-recap http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/JogbIMsqKeU/el-jamess-fifty-shades-of-grey-pulled-from-florida-library-system <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/April3toApril9/Fifty-Shades-of-Grey-by-EL-James174x262.jpg" /></p><p>Even though they presumably purchased the books initially for their patrons, <a href="http://lisnews.org/florida_library_pull_erotic_bestseller_fifty_shades_of_grey?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=The+Library+News&amp;utm_term=The+Library+News" target="_blank">Florida’s Brevard County Public Libraries system has pulled E.L. James’s <em>Fifty Shades of Grey</em></a> from its shelves, the library services director explains, because “It’s quite simple—it doesn’t meet our selection criteria.”</p><p>Searching in the <a href="http://discover.mylibraryworld.com/#section=search&amp;term=erotic%20fiction&amp;dbTab=ls2pac" target="_blank">Brevard County Public Libraries</a> for erotic reveals titles way racier than <em>Fifty Shades of Grey</em>, in terms of content, if not notoriety.</p><p>As librarian <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/Robin%20Bradford#filter" target="_blank">Robin Bradford </a>pointed out on Twitter in response, ”I can see if you’ve decided, as a system, not to carry erotic fiction. I don’t agree with that [policy] either, but it makes sense. But to carry <em>The Hot Box</em>, and not the book on top of every bestseller list? I’m having a hard time (hee) trying to figure that one out."</p><p>What do you think?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/el-jamess-fifty-shades-of-grey-pulled-from-florida-library-system">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JogbIMsqKeU:VCDREzQoypI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JogbIMsqKeU:VCDREzQoypI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=JogbIMsqKeU:VCDREzQoypI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JogbIMsqKeU:VCDREzQoypI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=JogbIMsqKeU:VCDREzQoypI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JogbIMsqKeU:VCDREzQoypI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JogbIMsqKeU:VCDREzQoypI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=JogbIMsqKeU:VCDREzQoypI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JogbIMsqKeU:VCDREzQoypI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JogbIMsqKeU:VCDREzQoypI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=JogbIMsqKeU:VCDREzQoypI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=JogbIMsqKeU:VCDREzQoypI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/JogbIMsqKeU" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Fri, 04 May 2012 14:12:05 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/el-jamess-fifty-shades-of-grey-pulled-from-florida-library-system http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/el-jamess-fifty-shades-of-grey-pulled-from-florida-library-system http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/tZoaZrAwr9I/girls-and-horses-a-first-reading-love <p><img alt="Sean Bean and Black Beauty" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/Sean-Bean-and-Black-Beauty180.jpg" title="Which one is the stud horse?" />Tomorrow is the annual running of the Kentucky Derby, where ladies get to don fancy hats and everybody drinks mint juleps. Oh, and some horses run a race, too.</p><p>Many of us started reading books long before we were into romance novels—and many of those books featured horses, including such classics as <em>The Black Stallion</em> and <em>Black Beauty </em>(and those respective books’ subsequent series books).</p><p>Did you read horse books when you were young? Which were your favorites?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/girls-and-horses-a-first-reading-love">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tZoaZrAwr9I:zLSMPOyRaNw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tZoaZrAwr9I:zLSMPOyRaNw:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=tZoaZrAwr9I:zLSMPOyRaNw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tZoaZrAwr9I:zLSMPOyRaNw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=tZoaZrAwr9I:zLSMPOyRaNw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tZoaZrAwr9I:zLSMPOyRaNw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tZoaZrAwr9I:zLSMPOyRaNw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=tZoaZrAwr9I:zLSMPOyRaNw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tZoaZrAwr9I:zLSMPOyRaNw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tZoaZrAwr9I:zLSMPOyRaNw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tZoaZrAwr9I:zLSMPOyRaNw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=tZoaZrAwr9I:zLSMPOyRaNw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/tZoaZrAwr9I" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Fri, 04 May 2012 13:02:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/girls-and-horses-a-first-reading-love http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/girls-and-horses-a-first-reading-love http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/wOvlKHhFPSo/explaining-think-like-a-man-success <p><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><img alt="Think Like a Man poster" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/Think-Life-a-Man-movie225x334.jpg" title="Men...What’re You Gonna Do with ’Em?" /></span></em><em>Think Like A Man</em>, based on comedian Steve Harvey’s book <em>Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man</em> relationship guide for women, is out in theaters now, and doing surprisingly well, taking the number one spot at the box office for two weeks in a row (mind you, <em>The Avengers </em>will be sweeping everyone else aside with a superhero hand tomorrow, so <em>Think Like A Man</em> will topple from #1).</p><p>But <u>why</u> is it doing so well? Is it because it’s a movie both husband and wife can agree to see? Because it’s based on a popular, humorous self-help book? The popcorn? Michael Ealy?</p><p>[Let’s discuss!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/explaining-think-like-a-man-success">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wOvlKHhFPSo:badzxEDH_X0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wOvlKHhFPSo:badzxEDH_X0:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=wOvlKHhFPSo:badzxEDH_X0:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wOvlKHhFPSo:badzxEDH_X0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=wOvlKHhFPSo:badzxEDH_X0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wOvlKHhFPSo:badzxEDH_X0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wOvlKHhFPSo:badzxEDH_X0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=wOvlKHhFPSo:badzxEDH_X0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wOvlKHhFPSo:badzxEDH_X0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wOvlKHhFPSo:badzxEDH_X0:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=wOvlKHhFPSo:badzxEDH_X0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=wOvlKHhFPSo:badzxEDH_X0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/wOvlKHhFPSo" height="1" width="1"/> Kwana Minatee-Jackson Published Thu, 03 May 2012 21:21:25 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/explaining-think-like-a-man-success http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/explaining-think-like-a-man-success http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/vTsjA1-y02U/best-current-contemporary-authors <p><img alt="Her Best Friend by Sarah Mayberry" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/Her-Best-Friend-by-Sarah-Mayberry174x275.jpg" title="Her Best Friend by Sarah Mayberry" />I like reading about people falling in love and their personal journey towards their happy ending; that’s why I read romance in the first place. I don’t need serial killers, vampires or dukes to make my day—two regular people will do. So it’s no wonder that Contemporary Romance is my favorite subgenre.</p><p>Choosing my favorite authors is hard. So instead of talking about how much I love authors like <a href="http://www.noraroberts.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Nora Roberts </strong></a>and <a href="http://www.susanephillips.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Susan Elizabeth Phillips</strong></a>, I’ll talk about other writers who may not be that well-known or have written so many books, those whose careers are relatively new and yet have won me over to the point of considering them some of the best current contemporary romance authors.</p><p>I can’t say the word Contemporary without thinking of <a href="http://www.sarahmayberry.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Sarah Mayberry</strong></a>. This Australian author has written about a diverse array of topics that go from alcoholism to Alzheimer’s, and she hasn’t failed to deliver yet. She’s particularly good at writing friends-to-lovers stories so if you’re a fan of the trope I would recommend <em>Her Best Friend</em> or, if you like steamier reads, <em>Anything for You</em>.</p><p>[And that&rsquo;s just the tip of the iceberg...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/best-current-contemporary-authors">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vTsjA1-y02U:lwO0YXcj7Is:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vTsjA1-y02U:lwO0YXcj7Is:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=vTsjA1-y02U:lwO0YXcj7Is:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vTsjA1-y02U:lwO0YXcj7Is:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=vTsjA1-y02U:lwO0YXcj7Is:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vTsjA1-y02U:lwO0YXcj7Is:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vTsjA1-y02U:lwO0YXcj7Is:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=vTsjA1-y02U:lwO0YXcj7Is:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vTsjA1-y02U:lwO0YXcj7Is:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vTsjA1-y02U:lwO0YXcj7Is:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vTsjA1-y02U:lwO0YXcj7Is:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=vTsjA1-y02U:lwO0YXcj7Is:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/vTsjA1-y02U" height="1" width="1"/> Brie Clementine Published Thu, 03 May 2012 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/best-current-contemporary-authors http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/best-current-contemporary-authors http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/VbQuyX-wXd8/amanda-bonilla-offers-early-look-at-blood-before-sunrise <p><img alt="Blood Before Sunrise by Amanda Bonilla" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/Blood-Before-Sunrise-by-Amanda-Bonilla200x324.jpg" title="Blood Before Sunrise by Amanda Bonilla" />The second book in <strong>Amanda Bonilla</strong>’s Shaede Assassin series, <em>Blood Before Sunrise</em>, will be out in July, and today, Amanda is offering up the first chapter on her website, <strong><a href="http://www.amandabonilla.com/books/blood-before-sunrise" target="_blank">AmandaBonilla.com</a></strong>. Here’s a bit of Tyler and Darian goodness:</p><blockquote><p>Tyler took a step closer, his body touching mine in more places than appropriate for work hours. He snaked an arm around my waist as he brought me against his body, his eyes narrowing in Raif’s direction. Jeez, touchy much?</p><p>Raif shook his head. He looked to me, his expression saying, Is he for real? I raised my brows, the action as good as a shrug. I had no idea what had gotten into Tyler, but I could almost hear the predatory growl, the low rumble of a wary bear. “Relax, Jinn,” Raif said, tucking a dagger into a sheath at his side. “You look a little wound.”</p><p>“Not hardly,” Tyler said, his tone just on the edge of becoming hard. “In fact”—he lowered his face to the top of my head and nuzzled my hair—“I’m pretty damned relaxed right now.”</p></blockquote><p>Read the whole thing at <a href="http://www.amandabonilla.com/books/blood-before-sunrise" target="_blank">Amanda’s site</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/amanda-bonilla-offers-early-look-at-blood-before-sunrise">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VbQuyX-wXd8:jh1oTMwj1A0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VbQuyX-wXd8:jh1oTMwj1A0:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=VbQuyX-wXd8:jh1oTMwj1A0:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VbQuyX-wXd8:jh1oTMwj1A0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=VbQuyX-wXd8:jh1oTMwj1A0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VbQuyX-wXd8:jh1oTMwj1A0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VbQuyX-wXd8:jh1oTMwj1A0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=VbQuyX-wXd8:jh1oTMwj1A0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VbQuyX-wXd8:jh1oTMwj1A0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VbQuyX-wXd8:jh1oTMwj1A0:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=VbQuyX-wXd8:jh1oTMwj1A0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=VbQuyX-wXd8:jh1oTMwj1A0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/VbQuyX-wXd8" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Thu, 03 May 2012 15:58:20 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/amanda-bonilla-offers-early-look-at-blood-before-sunrise http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/amanda-bonilla-offers-early-look-at-blood-before-sunrise http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/SAMhXUUEZe0/the-avengers-is-amazing <p><img alt="The Avengers" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/Avengers-official-poster225x279.jpg" title="Some Assembly Required" />Here’s some news: <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/02/bring-out-the-hotties-new-clip-for-the-avengers" target="_blank"><em>The Avengers</em></a> opens in US theaters this Friday, May 4. (Wait, what? You’d already heard? And I thought they were keeping it all so low-key.)</p><p>I am not here to tell you why you, a romance fan, should immediately cancel all other plans in order to go and see some much-hyped comic book movie on its long-awaited opening day. I’m not here to espouse Marvel’s base-broadening agenda, going on and on about the romance inherent in many a superhero story (like I’ve, ahem, done before —&nbsp;in the <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2011/07/forced-to-marry-fated-for-each-other-and-more-superheroes-as-romantic-heroes" target="_blank">Superheroes as Romantic Heroes</a> post), and try to convince you that there is somehow something noble, something remotely cool, about even my abject geekery. Nor am I in any way encouraging you to go the full Comic-Con here, to dress up like Black Widow, or get a Hawkeye tattoo, or go online&nbsp;to bid on a rare <em>Tales of Suspense</em> #39, featuring the first appearance of Iron Man. (Though if you do any of those things, we should totally be best friends.)</p><p>But I <em>am</em> here to tell you that <em>The Avengers</em> is that elusive, exciting, utterly entrancing mélange of action, suspense, humor, charm, emotion, CGI and HEA that every chick flick-inclined woman who has ever had to pick a guy-friendly date movie is always hoping will come along—a blockbuster that even the arthouse crowd can’t help but enjoy, because this film is in many ways as thought-provoking as it is adrenaline-fuelled, and if you are unable to appreciate such elegant allegory just because it is wrapped up in green skin, iron or lycra, then clearly you are dead inside.</p><p>[In short: No one should miss this movie...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/the-avengers-is-amazing">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SAMhXUUEZe0:pjrYyYAkCPY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SAMhXUUEZe0:pjrYyYAkCPY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=SAMhXUUEZe0:pjrYyYAkCPY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SAMhXUUEZe0:pjrYyYAkCPY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=SAMhXUUEZe0:pjrYyYAkCPY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SAMhXUUEZe0:pjrYyYAkCPY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SAMhXUUEZe0:pjrYyYAkCPY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=SAMhXUUEZe0:pjrYyYAkCPY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SAMhXUUEZe0:pjrYyYAkCPY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SAMhXUUEZe0:pjrYyYAkCPY:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=SAMhXUUEZe0:pjrYyYAkCPY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=SAMhXUUEZe0:pjrYyYAkCPY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/SAMhXUUEZe0" height="1" width="1"/> Rachel Hyland Published Thu, 03 May 2012 14:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/the-avengers-is-amazing http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/the-avengers-is-amazing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/1unjse6-QKE/when-do-you-order-your-books <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/Wait-for-Love-Arlene-Hale175.jpg" />It’s no secret that romance novel fans can be a bit...<em>fanatical</em> when it comes to their favorite authors’ upcoming releases. So the question today is, when do you order the book? Is it as soon as it’s listed at your favorite online store? When it is close enough to the release day that you’re anxious about getting it, but not so close that you can relax knowing you’ll get it soon? The day it’s released in bookstores?</p><p>When do <u>you</u> order your books?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/when-do-you-order-your-books">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1unjse6-QKE:CSFWTidKkrc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1unjse6-QKE:CSFWTidKkrc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1unjse6-QKE:CSFWTidKkrc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1unjse6-QKE:CSFWTidKkrc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1unjse6-QKE:CSFWTidKkrc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1unjse6-QKE:CSFWTidKkrc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1unjse6-QKE:CSFWTidKkrc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1unjse6-QKE:CSFWTidKkrc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1unjse6-QKE:CSFWTidKkrc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1unjse6-QKE:CSFWTidKkrc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1unjse6-QKE:CSFWTidKkrc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1unjse6-QKE:CSFWTidKkrc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/1unjse6-QKE" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Thu, 03 May 2012 13:50:53 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/when-do-you-order-your-books http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/when-do-you-order-your-books http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/v9oqyewGVmQ/jeaniene-frost-offers-another-peek-at-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/May1toMay7/Once-Burned-by-Jeaniene-Frost200x341.jpg" title="Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost" />On her site today, author <a href="http://jeanienefrost.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Jeaniene Frost</strong> </a>offers readers another <a href="http://jeanienefrost.com/2012/05/once-burned-snippet/" target="_blank">delicious sneak peek at </a><em><a href="http://jeanienefrost.com/2012/05/once-burned-snippet/" target="_blank">Once Burned</a>,</em> the first book in her new series, Night Prince, set in the <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2011/08/jeaniene-frosts-night-huntress-series" target="_blank">Night Huntress universe</a>.</p><p><em>Once Burned,</em> which features firestarter vampire hero Vlad and telepathic human heroine Leila, will be available June 26, 2012.</p><p>Get a taste here...</p><blockquote><p>Black pants and an indigo shirt draped over muscles that appeared far harder than a gym membership usually accounted for, and though no flames clung to his hands, they were crisscrossed with scars that looked like former battle wounds. His high cheekbones were accented by stubble somewhere between five o’clock shadow and a beard, yet instead of coming across as unkempt, it was rugged and enticing. I hadn’t seen a man pull off that look so well since Aragorn in&nbsp;<em 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-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Lord of the Rings</em>, and his eyes…</p></blockquote><p>...and then get on over to Frost’s site for the <a href="http://jeanienefrost.com/2012/05/once-burned-snippet/" target="_blank">full snippet</a>!&nbsp;(Is it hot in here or what?!)</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/jeaniene-frost-offers-another-peek-at-once-burned">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=v9oqyewGVmQ:mDwCxrQwHLA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=v9oqyewGVmQ:mDwCxrQwHLA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=v9oqyewGVmQ:mDwCxrQwHLA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=v9oqyewGVmQ:mDwCxrQwHLA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=v9oqyewGVmQ:mDwCxrQwHLA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=v9oqyewGVmQ:mDwCxrQwHLA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=v9oqyewGVmQ:mDwCxrQwHLA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=v9oqyewGVmQ:mDwCxrQwHLA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=v9oqyewGVmQ:mDwCxrQwHLA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=v9oqyewGVmQ:mDwCxrQwHLA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=v9oqyewGVmQ:mDwCxrQwHLA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=v9oqyewGVmQ:mDwCxrQwHLA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/v9oqyewGVmQ" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Wed, 02 May 2012 23:09:30 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/jeaniene-frost-offers-another-peek-at-once-burned http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/jeaniene-frost-offers-another-peek-at-once-burned http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/9cdMVMBm3Ys/why-has-paranormal-romance-taken-off-but-not-steampunk-romance <p><img alt="The Three Musketeers go steampunk" class="blog-pic-right-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/Three-Musketeers-steampunk300x216.jpg" title="What Do Vampires Have That We Don’t?" />Steampunk and paranormal romance would both seem to be ripe for reader success: Both incorporate larger-than-life scenarios, smart, sexy heroes, and take us to a different, exotic world.</p><p>So why has paranormal romance succeeded where steampunk has not? Let’s take a look:</p><p><strong>The Rise of Paranormal Romance</strong></p><p>There are many elements that contributed to the rise and popularity of paranormal romance, but one key factor underlies it all: the transformation of traditional, horror-based vampire/shifter characters into romance heroes—specifically, the dark and dangerous men who deliver the fantasy of raw, unbridled, and euphoric sex.</p><p>[You say monster, I say tortured hero-in-the-making...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/why-has-paranormal-romance-taken-off-but-not-steampunk-romance">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=9cdMVMBm3Ys:Y2wHLzP89Hs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=9cdMVMBm3Ys:Y2wHLzP89Hs:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=9cdMVMBm3Ys:Y2wHLzP89Hs:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=9cdMVMBm3Ys:Y2wHLzP89Hs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=9cdMVMBm3Ys:Y2wHLzP89Hs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=9cdMVMBm3Ys:Y2wHLzP89Hs:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=9cdMVMBm3Ys:Y2wHLzP89Hs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=9cdMVMBm3Ys:Y2wHLzP89Hs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=9cdMVMBm3Ys:Y2wHLzP89Hs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=9cdMVMBm3Ys:Y2wHLzP89Hs:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=9cdMVMBm3Ys:Y2wHLzP89Hs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=9cdMVMBm3Ys:Y2wHLzP89Hs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/9cdMVMBm3Ys" height="1" width="1"/> Heather Massey Published Wed, 02 May 2012 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/why-has-paranormal-romance-taken-off-but-not-steampunk-romance http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/why-has-paranormal-romance-taken-off-but-not-steampunk-romance http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/CbfXqDKeahw/outpost-new-excerpt <p><img alt="Outpost by Ann Aguirre" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/annaguirre/Outpost-by-Ann-Aguirrre-250.jpg" title="Outpost by Ann Aguirre" /><em>Deuce’s whole world has changed.&nbsp;Down below, she was considered an adult. Now, topside in a town called Salvation, she’s a brat in need of training in the eyes of the townsfolk. She doesn’t fit in with the other girls: Deuce only knows how to fight.</em></p><p><em>To make matters worse, her Hunter partner, Fade, keeps Deuce at a distance. Her feelings for Fade haven’t changed, but he seems not to want her around anymore. Confused and lonely, she starts looking for a way out.</em></p><p><em>Deuce signs up to serve in the summer patrols—those who make sure the planters can work the fields without danger. It should be routine, but things have been changing on the surface, just as they did below ground. The Freaks have grown smarter. They’re watching. Waiting. Planning. The monsters don’t intend to let Salvation survive, and it may take a girl like Deuce to turn back the tide.</em></p><p><strong>Get a sneak peak of Ann Aguirre’s <em>Outpost </em>(available September 4, 2012) with an excerpt of Chapter 1.</strong></p><p>(And if you haven’t already read the <strong><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/02/endurance-short-story" target="_blank">exclusive short story <em>Endurance,</em></a></strong><em>&nbsp;</em>set in the <em>Enclave</em> and <em>Outpost </em>universe, be sure to <strong><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/02/endurance-short-story" target="_blank">check it out</a> </strong>before it’s taken down to be made into an e-book!)</p><p><strong>Chapter 1 </strong><br /><em>Nightjar</em></p><p>I woke to the cold kiss of steel on my throat. Though I’d grown accustomed to sleeping safely since our arrival in Salvation two months ago, I’d lost none of my edge. Before my attacker realized I was awake, I knocked the knife away and tumbled him over my head. While Stalker re­covered, I rolled to my feet and scowled. Momma Oaks would skin us both if she caught him in my room. People took reputa­tions seriously, and mine was already bruised, due to my insis­tence on being myself.</p><p>“Good work, dove.” Stalker’s grin flashed in the moonlight.</p><p>[Please sign in or register to read the full excerpt of&nbsp;<em>Outpost</em>...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/outpost-new-excerpt">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=CbfXqDKeahw:HEp0k5x08_A:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=CbfXqDKeahw:HEp0k5x08_A:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=CbfXqDKeahw:HEp0k5x08_A:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=CbfXqDKeahw:HEp0k5x08_A:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=CbfXqDKeahw:HEp0k5x08_A:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=CbfXqDKeahw:HEp0k5x08_A:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=CbfXqDKeahw:HEp0k5x08_A:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=CbfXqDKeahw:HEp0k5x08_A:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=CbfXqDKeahw:HEp0k5x08_A:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=CbfXqDKeahw:HEp0k5x08_A:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=CbfXqDKeahw:HEp0k5x08_A:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=CbfXqDKeahw:HEp0k5x08_A:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/CbfXqDKeahw" height="1" width="1"/> Ann Aguirre Excerpts Wed, 02 May 2012 17:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/outpost-new-excerpt http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/05/outpost-new-excerpt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/eTrxjyW9b2w/author-allison-brennan-on-her-tv-addiction <p><img alt="Haven poster" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/Haven-Season-1-250x229.jpg" title="From the Mind of Stephen King? This Could Be Good... " /><em>Today, author Allison Brennan—whose new Lucy Kincaid novel,</em> <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/04/silenced-new-excerpt" target="_blank">Silenced</a>,<em> was released just last week—reveals she has a weakness. An addiction, if you will. Thanks for sharing with us, Allison!</em></p><p>I’m a television addict.</p><p>I’d rather watch good TV than go to the movies. Maybe it’s because I can curl up on the couch in my pajamas and a glass of wine, something frowned upon in movie theaters. Or maybe it’s because I gave up TV for three years while I was working full-time at a day job and the only time I had to write was at night, after my kids went to bed.</p><p>The days of network television are pretty much over. Viewers have choices now, and great programming focusing on character dominate the landscape. Cable networks usually have shorter seasons, tighter storylines, and stronger characters—in lieu of big budgets and flashy settings. Some of my favorite shows are on cable networks – <em>Haven, </em>the SyFy network series loosely based on Stephen King novel <em>The Colorado Kid.</em> Season three launches in the summer of 2012.</p><p>[And then there’s...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/author-allison-brennan-on-her-tv-addiction">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eTrxjyW9b2w:TVGtnlZZL54:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eTrxjyW9b2w:TVGtnlZZL54:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=eTrxjyW9b2w:TVGtnlZZL54:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eTrxjyW9b2w:TVGtnlZZL54:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=eTrxjyW9b2w:TVGtnlZZL54:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eTrxjyW9b2w:TVGtnlZZL54:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eTrxjyW9b2w:TVGtnlZZL54:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=eTrxjyW9b2w:TVGtnlZZL54:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eTrxjyW9b2w:TVGtnlZZL54:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eTrxjyW9b2w:TVGtnlZZL54:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=eTrxjyW9b2w:TVGtnlZZL54:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=eTrxjyW9b2w:TVGtnlZZL54:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/eTrxjyW9b2w" height="1" width="1"/> Allison Brennan Published Wed, 02 May 2012 15:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/author-allison-brennan-on-her-tv-addiction http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/author-allison-brennan-on-her-tv-addiction http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/vPx0hn02ejA/which-superhero-would-make-the-best-boyfriend <p><img alt="Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/Avengers-Hawkeye175.jpg" title="No, Mom, I did not meet him at a Renaissance fair." />This Friday sees the American release of <em>The Avengers</em>, which has already opened in other countries. The group of superheroes include Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye, the Hulk, and Black Widow.</p><p>Which one of those—or <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2011/07/forced-to-marry-fated-for-each-other-and-more-superheroes-as-romantic-heroes" target="_blank">any superhero</a>—would make the best boyfriend (or girlfriend, if you’re going for Black Widow)?</p><p>Iron Man is smart, wealthy, risk-taking, but kind of a jerk. Thor is an arrogant god whose hubris tends to cause him trouble. Captain America is fervently patriotic, and the Hulk has a temper (plus goes through clothing like nobody’s business, but that would mean many trips to the mall).</p><p>You could also select Batman, Superman, the Flash (could make fast trips to the grocery store!), Aquaman, etc.</p><p>Who’s your pick? And why?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/which-superhero-would-make-the-best-boyfriend">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vPx0hn02ejA:3k6nPpLGqJw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vPx0hn02ejA:3k6nPpLGqJw:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=vPx0hn02ejA:3k6nPpLGqJw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vPx0hn02ejA:3k6nPpLGqJw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=vPx0hn02ejA:3k6nPpLGqJw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vPx0hn02ejA:3k6nPpLGqJw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vPx0hn02ejA:3k6nPpLGqJw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=vPx0hn02ejA:3k6nPpLGqJw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vPx0hn02ejA:3k6nPpLGqJw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vPx0hn02ejA:3k6nPpLGqJw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=vPx0hn02ejA:3k6nPpLGqJw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=vPx0hn02ejA:3k6nPpLGqJw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/vPx0hn02ejA" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Wed, 02 May 2012 13:05:18 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/which-superhero-would-make-the-best-boyfriend http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/which-superhero-would-make-the-best-boyfriend http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/k6ooMVvYrPE/how-i-met-your-mother-season-7-episode-22-recap <p><img alt="How I Met Your Mother Season 7" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/HIMYM-Season-7-cast225x266.jpg" title="The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same" />***********SPOILERS***********</p><p><em>The season finale of </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> nears! What’s going on with <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/02/how-i-met-your-mother-the-betting-is-not-off" target="_blank">Barney/Robin</a>? How are Marshall and Lily handling impending parenthood?Read a special reaction piece from H&amp;H blogger Anna Bowling on last night’s memorable </em>HIMYM<em>&nbsp;Season 7, episode 22, “Good Crazy”:</em></p><p>Marshall is in daddy mode, even though baby isn’t due to arrive for a few weeks yet, and Lily needs a break. Marshall has taken to swaddling her in her sleep, diapering a watermelon and setting an ear-splitting horn to go off at random intervals to simulate the irregular sleep patterns of a newborn. Marshall wants to be prepared, while Lily thinks they can learn on the job. &nbsp;</p><p>Barney doth protest a bit too much about how okay he is that his girlfriend, Quinn, is a stripper. Vociferously defending Quinn’s choice of career to Lily’s Grandma Lois, when the two women were talking the swimming kind of laps rather than the dancing king, might be a clue here. He tries to distract himself by finding a series of palate cleanser dates for Ted, who can’t get Robin out of his head. &nbsp;</p><p>[Really, Ted? Really?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/how-i-met-your-mother-season-7-episode-22-recap">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=k6ooMVvYrPE:V-YSrnb-MqI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=k6ooMVvYrPE:V-YSrnb-MqI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=k6ooMVvYrPE:V-YSrnb-MqI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=k6ooMVvYrPE:V-YSrnb-MqI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=k6ooMVvYrPE:V-YSrnb-MqI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=k6ooMVvYrPE:V-YSrnb-MqI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=k6ooMVvYrPE:V-YSrnb-MqI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=k6ooMVvYrPE:V-YSrnb-MqI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=k6ooMVvYrPE:V-YSrnb-MqI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=k6ooMVvYrPE:V-YSrnb-MqI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=k6ooMVvYrPE:V-YSrnb-MqI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=k6ooMVvYrPE:V-YSrnb-MqI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/k6ooMVvYrPE" height="1" width="1"/> Anna Bowling Published Tue, 01 May 2012 20:56:20 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/how-i-met-your-mother-season-7-episode-22-recap http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/how-i-met-your-mother-season-7-episode-22-recap http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/6mcCqbP10UE/world-building-explained-larissa-ione-apocalypse-the-lords-of-deliverance-compendium <p><img alt="Apocalypse: The Lords of Deliverance Compendium" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/Larissa-Ione-Apocalypse.jpg" title="Apocalypse: The Lords of Deliverance Compendium" /></p><p>Out today—along with<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/may-2012-upcoming-romance-releases-shopping-list#comments" target="_blank"> many, many other books</a>!—is <a href="http://larissaione.com/blog/" target="_blank"><strong>Larissa Ione</strong></a>’s <em>Apocalypse: The Lords of Deliverance Compendium</em>, a guide to her popular Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse series. The compendium includes “character descriptions, key player background information, a handy glossary of terms and special abilities, a Q&amp;A inspired by reader questions, and an all-new, exclusive short story.”</p><p>We’re guessing more world-building authors will be offering similar guides; what author would you like to see explain her world more thoroughly in a guidebook?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/world-building-explained-larissa-ione-apocalypse-the-lords-of-deliverance-compendium">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6mcCqbP10UE:RnPnjR-3uVg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6mcCqbP10UE:RnPnjR-3uVg:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6mcCqbP10UE:RnPnjR-3uVg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6mcCqbP10UE:RnPnjR-3uVg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6mcCqbP10UE:RnPnjR-3uVg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6mcCqbP10UE:RnPnjR-3uVg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6mcCqbP10UE:RnPnjR-3uVg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6mcCqbP10UE:RnPnjR-3uVg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6mcCqbP10UE:RnPnjR-3uVg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6mcCqbP10UE:RnPnjR-3uVg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6mcCqbP10UE:RnPnjR-3uVg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6mcCqbP10UE:RnPnjR-3uVg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/6mcCqbP10UE" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Tue, 01 May 2012 19:56:57 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/world-building-explained-larissa-ione-apocalypse-the-lords-of-deliverance-compendium http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/world-building-explained-larissa-ione-apocalypse-the-lords-of-deliverance-compendium http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/3bphsF2mibU/lost-girl-season-2-episode-3-recap-such-stuff-as-succubi-are-made-of <p><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><img alt="Bo and Kenzi in Lost Girl Season 2, episode 3, Scream a Little Dream" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/LG-203-Bo-Kenzi-home300x211.jpg" title="Can’t We Ever Catch a Break?" /></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, 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="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">episode 11</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lost-girl-episode-12-the-rich-and-succubus" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">episode 12</a>, and&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">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" target="_blank">episode 1</a> and <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lost-girl-season-2-episode-2-recap" target="_blank">episode 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 recap for last night’s episode, 2.03, “Scream a Little Dream.”</em></p><p>********SPOILERS********</p><p>At Hilton Hovel (drink!), Kenzi is cleaning. Yep, you read that right. Behind her is a stack of about 15 pizza boxes, not all of them empty. The broom, unaccustomed to such vigorous use, fights back, shoving a splinter in her finger. As she screams with pain and frustration, Bo comes running in from the back, sword in one hand, throwing ax in the other, frantically asking what’s wrong. Kenzi throws the broom, knocking the pizza boxes over as she complains that it bit her. “Really,” Bo notes more calmly. “Big talker who survives basilisk poisoning gets TKOd by a broom?” Kenzi: “Oh, like you’ve never been suckered by a big shaft of wood?” Bo objects “hey!” and Kenzi apologies, but adds that Bo is freaking her out. “We should be out there dusting bad guys not actually dusting!” Bo: “I am just trying to scrub away...” she pauses, then sucks it up and points an imperious finger at Kenzi, “the wolf who shall not be named!”</p><p>[You know you’re in the dog house when...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-3-recap-such-stuff-as-succubi-are-made-of">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3bphsF2mibU:RyLkMyjHgZg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3bphsF2mibU:RyLkMyjHgZg:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=3bphsF2mibU:RyLkMyjHgZg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3bphsF2mibU:RyLkMyjHgZg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=3bphsF2mibU:RyLkMyjHgZg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3bphsF2mibU:RyLkMyjHgZg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3bphsF2mibU:RyLkMyjHgZg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=3bphsF2mibU:RyLkMyjHgZg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3bphsF2mibU:RyLkMyjHgZg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3bphsF2mibU:RyLkMyjHgZg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=3bphsF2mibU:RyLkMyjHgZg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=3bphsF2mibU:RyLkMyjHgZg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/3bphsF2mibU" height="1" width="1"/> Kiersten Hallie Krum Published Tue, 01 May 2012 16:22:55 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-3-recap-such-stuff-as-succubi-are-made-of http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/lost-girl-season-2-episode-3-recap-such-stuff-as-succubi-are-made-of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/aKbAC6W3qk4/redemption-when-the-villain-becomes-the-hero <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/May1toMay7/Worth-Any-Price-Lisa-Kleypas.jpg" /></p><p>Sometimes, instead of making the hero or heroine of a following series book a sibling, the hero or heroine was the villain in a previous book. For example, Mary Balogh, whose <em>The Proposal</em> is out today, took several of her villains and made them heroic in a significant number of her early traditional Regencies. Lisa Kleypas did it when Nick Gentry became the hero of <em>Worth Any Price</em>, and of course comic books always feature characters crossing over from evil to good to back again.</p><p>So the question is—is there any situation where a villain absolutely could not be redeemed in your eyes?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/redemption-when-the-villain-becomes-the-hero">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aKbAC6W3qk4:pl4m_hrz8EY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aKbAC6W3qk4:pl4m_hrz8EY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=aKbAC6W3qk4:pl4m_hrz8EY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aKbAC6W3qk4:pl4m_hrz8EY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=aKbAC6W3qk4:pl4m_hrz8EY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aKbAC6W3qk4:pl4m_hrz8EY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aKbAC6W3qk4:pl4m_hrz8EY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=aKbAC6W3qk4:pl4m_hrz8EY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aKbAC6W3qk4:pl4m_hrz8EY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aKbAC6W3qk4:pl4m_hrz8EY:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=aKbAC6W3qk4:pl4m_hrz8EY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=aKbAC6W3qk4:pl4m_hrz8EY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/aKbAC6W3qk4" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Tue, 01 May 2012 13:23:40 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/redemption-when-the-villain-becomes-the-hero http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/05/redemption-when-the-villain-becomes-the-hero http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/tJbsFdhOCMM/april-2012-recommendations-suspense-zombie-vampires-and-the-fifty-shades-legacy <p><img alt="Shadows at Midnight by Elizabeth Jennings" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/April24toApril30/Shadows-at-Midnight-by-Elizabeth-Jennings174x281.jpg" title="Shadows at Midnight by Elizabeth Jennings" />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" target="_blank">February</a>,&nbsp;and <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/03/march-2012-recommendations-dukes-single-fathers-and-ambitious-heroes" target="_blank">March 2012 picks</a>):</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/Dolly%20Sickles#filter" target="_blank"><u><strong>Dolly Sickles</strong></u></a></p><p><strong><em>Shadows at Midnight</em>&nbsp;by <a href="http://www.elizabeth-jennings.com/" target="_blank">Elizabeth Jennings</a></strong><br />Though&nbsp;<em>Shadows at Midnight</em>&nbsp;was published in August 2010, I just pulled it off my bookshelf to read. It’s a fantastic suspense, with a badass US intelligence agent heroine (Claire Day) and a sexy, smitten Marine Sergeant (Dan Watson). The opening scene, a rebel coup at a US Embassy in a fictional West African country, is one of my favorites. It got my heart pumping, and kept it at a rapid pace throughout the whole book. I can’t believe it took me so long to grab it from my TBR pile! So totally worth the read.</p><p>[The rest of the best...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/april-2012-recommendations-suspense-zombie-vampires-and-the-fifty-shades-legacy">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tJbsFdhOCMM:-VUII2wGTmE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tJbsFdhOCMM:-VUII2wGTmE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=tJbsFdhOCMM:-VUII2wGTmE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tJbsFdhOCMM:-VUII2wGTmE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=tJbsFdhOCMM:-VUII2wGTmE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tJbsFdhOCMM:-VUII2wGTmE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tJbsFdhOCMM:-VUII2wGTmE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=tJbsFdhOCMM:-VUII2wGTmE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tJbsFdhOCMM:-VUII2wGTmE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tJbsFdhOCMM:-VUII2wGTmE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tJbsFdhOCMM:-VUII2wGTmE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=tJbsFdhOCMM:-VUII2wGTmE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/tJbsFdhOCMM" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/april-2012-recommendations-suspense-zombie-vampires-and-the-fifty-shades-legacy http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/april-2012-recommendations-suspense-zombie-vampires-and-the-fifty-shades-legacy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/2Stv6OkQLD0/nightshifted-new-excerpt <p><img alt="Nightshifted by Cassie Alexander" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/excerpts/Alexander-Nightshifted-250.jpg" title="Nightshifted by Cassie Alexander" /><em>Nursing school prepared Edie Spence for a lot of things. Burn victims? No problem. Severed limbs? Piece of cake. Vampires? No way in hell. But as the newest nurse on Y4, the secret ward hidden in the bowels of County Hospital, Edie has her hands full with every paranormal patient you can imagine—from vamps and were-things to zombies and beyond…</em></p><p><em>Edie’s just trying to learn the ropes so she can get through her latest shift unscathed.&nbsp; But when a vampire servant turns to dust under her watch, all hell breaks loose. Now she’s haunted by the man’s dying words—Save Anna—and before she knows it, she’s on a mission to rescue some poor girl from the undead. Which involves crashing a vampire den, falling for a zombie, and fighting for her soul. </em>Grey’s Anatomy<em> was never like this…</em></p><p><strong>Get a sneak peek of <em>Nightshifted</em> by Cassie Alexander (available May 22, 2012) with an excerpt of Chapters 1-3.</strong></p><p><strong>Chapter 1</strong></p><p>“How can your liver be this good?” I stood outside Mr. November’s room, watching him stir restlessly. Normal people couldn’t get 20,000 micrograms of fentanyl and 80 milligrams of Versed an hour and live, much less still be attempting another slow-motion escape from their hospital bed.</p><p>But I knew Mr. November wasn’t normal. From my assessment, when I’d seen his chipped yellow fangs around his titanium-tipped endotracheal tube, and from the way he was restrained in bed—six soft cuffs, two on each arm, one on each leg, a Posey vest wrapped around his chest and tied beneath the bedframe—and from the fact that he was here on Floor Y4 to begin with. No one here was normal, except for me. I was human and looked it: average brown hair, average blue eyes, average hips. My patients here? Let’s just say “average” was not the first adjective you’d pick for them if you saw them on the streets. Or the twentieth.</p><p>[Read the full excerpt of Cassie Alexander’s <em>Nightshifted...</em>]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/04/nightshifted-new-excerpt">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2Stv6OkQLD0:U-TX-qTVuyk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2Stv6OkQLD0:U-TX-qTVuyk:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2Stv6OkQLD0:U-TX-qTVuyk:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2Stv6OkQLD0:U-TX-qTVuyk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2Stv6OkQLD0:U-TX-qTVuyk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2Stv6OkQLD0:U-TX-qTVuyk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2Stv6OkQLD0:U-TX-qTVuyk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2Stv6OkQLD0:U-TX-qTVuyk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2Stv6OkQLD0:U-TX-qTVuyk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2Stv6OkQLD0:U-TX-qTVuyk:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=2Stv6OkQLD0:U-TX-qTVuyk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=2Stv6OkQLD0:U-TX-qTVuyk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/2Stv6OkQLD0" height="1" width="1"/> Cassie Alexander Excerpts Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/04/nightshifted-new-excerpt http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2012/04/nightshifted-new-excerpt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/NtS-slahPSQ/fresh-meat-boys-of-summer-anthology-may-15-2012 <p><img alt="Boys of Summer, edited by Steve Berman" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/April17toApril23/Boys-of-Summer-by-Steve-Berman-174.jpg" title="Boys of Summer, edited by Steve Berman" /><strong>Edited by Steve Berman<br /><em>Boys of Summer</em><br />Bold Strokes Books&nbsp;</strong><strong>/ May 15, 2012 / $13.95&nbsp;</strong></p><p><em>Walt Whitman referred to a “Mad, naked, Summer Night!” In the pages of Boys of Summer, acclaimed editor Steve Berman’s latest anthology, talented authors and fresh voices reveal the allure and excitement of the season for gay teens. June always promises romance. July entices with its raw heat, and August offers a languid fire that will burn out before autumn’s approach. These are stories of young love and adventure, when the sky’s ceiling is a bright blue marvel, when another boy’s laughter at the beach can distract from dull summer jobs.</em></p><p><em>Boys of Summer</em>, edited by Steve Berman, is an anthology of short stories about young gay men in love during summer. The blurb sounds like a vacation read for high schoolers, but the stories and the romances are complex enough that I think adult readers might also appreciate the anthology.</p><p>What I loved most was that, even though many of the stories featured attractive young men you might expect to see in an Abercrombie ad, many of the stories also featured geeks (conventionally attractive and otherwise) of one kind or another; everything from an inveterate reader of fantasy novels in “Breakwater in the Summer Dark” by L. Lark to band geeks in “Brass” by Marguerite Croft and Christopher Reynaga. The hero of “Bark if You Like Boys” by Sam Cameron is even a reader of romance novels!</p><p>[A man after my own heart...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/fresh-meat-boys-of-summer-anthology-may-15-2012">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=NtS-slahPSQ:lL2ni2NDCeQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=NtS-slahPSQ:lL2ni2NDCeQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=NtS-slahPSQ:lL2ni2NDCeQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=NtS-slahPSQ:lL2ni2NDCeQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=NtS-slahPSQ:lL2ni2NDCeQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=NtS-slahPSQ:lL2ni2NDCeQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=NtS-slahPSQ:lL2ni2NDCeQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=NtS-slahPSQ:lL2ni2NDCeQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=NtS-slahPSQ:lL2ni2NDCeQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=NtS-slahPSQ:lL2ni2NDCeQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=NtS-slahPSQ:lL2ni2NDCeQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=NtS-slahPSQ:lL2ni2NDCeQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/NtS-slahPSQ" height="1" width="1"/> Victoria Janssen Published Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/fresh-meat-boys-of-summer-anthology-may-15-2012 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/fresh-meat-boys-of-summer-anthology-may-15-2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/Bmox0Y-CmD4/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-5-recap <p><em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><img alt="Renly Baratheon in Game of Thrones 2.05 Ghost of Harrenhal" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/April24toApril30/GoT-205-Renly200x240.jpg" title="Clear Eyes, Soft Hearts...Can Lose" /></span></strong>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="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " 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="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " 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="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 148, 205); " target="_blank">What Is Dead May Never Die</a>,” and last week’s “<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-4-girls-will-be-boys-and-vice-versa" target="_blank">Garden of Bones</a>.” All caught up? Good. Now, on to...</em></p><p><strong><em>Game of Thrones&nbsp;</em>Season 2, episode 5, “The Ghost of Harrenhal”:</strong></p><p>**********SPOILERS**********</p><p>The episode opens in Renly’s encampment. Renly, guarded by Brienne, is having a parlay with Catelyn. He tells Catelyn that, so long as Robb swears fealty to him, Robb can call himself King in the North and be independent. It’s not as though Renly has any plans to visit the frozen wastelands. Catelyn is a little bit hesitant about the fealty thing until Renly reminds her that her husband Ned swore the same oath to his brother Robert. Renly promises that tomorrow, after he’s defeated Stannis, he’ll make common cause with Robb to bring down the Lannisters. Hey, things are looking up for the Starks! That won’t last long.</p><p>[Never let your guard down with this show...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-5-recap">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Bmox0Y-CmD4:qQB879KFwOc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Bmox0Y-CmD4:qQB879KFwOc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Bmox0Y-CmD4:qQB879KFwOc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Bmox0Y-CmD4:qQB879KFwOc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Bmox0Y-CmD4:qQB879KFwOc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Bmox0Y-CmD4:qQB879KFwOc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Bmox0Y-CmD4:qQB879KFwOc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Bmox0Y-CmD4:qQB879KFwOc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Bmox0Y-CmD4:qQB879KFwOc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Bmox0Y-CmD4:qQB879KFwOc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=Bmox0Y-CmD4:qQB879KFwOc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=Bmox0Y-CmD4:qQB879KFwOc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/Bmox0Y-CmD4" height="1" width="1"/> Regina Thorne Published Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:52:57 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-5-recap http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-5-recap http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/N2bZAUis6Lg/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-20-recap <p><img alt="Emma and August in Once Upon a Time episode 20" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/April24toApril30/Once-120-Emma-stranger-motorcycle225x234.jpg" title="Hell-bent for leather!" />*****SPOILERS*****</p><p>As the season nears the end, we see <em>Once Upon a Time</em> finally gather enough steam to really be enjoyable. This week’s episode had some really stellar moments. Some of it was a bit hard to follow and clichéd, but at least it’s beginning to answer some questions.</p><p>The episode centered around August the mysterious writer with the bad leg and serious interest in Emma, and tonight we find out why.</p><p>(Need to catch up? Check out previous&nbsp;<em>Once Upon a Time</em>&nbsp;recaps:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/03/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-14" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Episode 14</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/03/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-15-whos-afraid-of-the-big-bad-wolf" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Episode 15</a>&nbsp;|<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/03/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-16-mean-snow" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Episode 16</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/03/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-17-hello-hottie" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Episode 17</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-18-mother-knows-best" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 205); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Episode 18</a>&nbsp;| <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-19-daddy-issues" target="_blank">Episode 19</a>)</p><p>We open the story with Henry telling Emma that there is a new story in the book, about <em>Pinocchio,</em> and it’s unfinished.</p><p>[How will the story end?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-20-recap">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=N2bZAUis6Lg:GRokJQUQ3iE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a 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http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/once-upon-a-time-season-1-episode-20-recap http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/oEh4VBHBl_g/what-is-in-the-romance-covenant <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/April24toApril30/Legally-Binding-Jessica-Hart173.jpg" /></p><p>A covenant is “<a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/covenant?s=t" target="_blank">an agreement, usually formal...to do or not do something specified</a>.”</p><p>So what agreements would be in the Romance Covenant?</p><p>Please add your thoughts in comments (and of course we’ll be doing something on Breaking the Romance Covenant in future), but some rules of the Romance Covenant might be:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There must be a Happy Ever After.</p><p>Neither hero nor heroine can be with other people after they’ve become interested in the other.</p><p>The hero and heroine must be absolutely, breathtakingly in love with the other as they near their HEA.</p><p>What would you add?</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/what-is-in-the-romance-covenant">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=oEh4VBHBl_g:QIvL580e9PA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=oEh4VBHBl_g:QIvL580e9PA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=oEh4VBHBl_g:QIvL580e9PA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=oEh4VBHBl_g:QIvL580e9PA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=oEh4VBHBl_g:QIvL580e9PA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a 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href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=oEh4VBHBl_g:QIvL580e9PA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=oEh4VBHBl_g:QIvL580e9PA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/oEh4VBHBl_g" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:02:32 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/what-is-in-the-romance-covenant http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/what-is-in-the-romance-covenant http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/1g9y5XUtmi8/are-you-there-god-the-mysterious-disappearance-of-religion-in-ya-fiction <p><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><img alt="The Chosen by Chaim Potok" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/April24toApril30/The-Chosen-by-Chaim-Potok174x288.jpg" title="The Chosen by Chaim Potok" /></span></em><em>The Chosen</em> by <strong>Chaim Potok </strong>is a novel about two young Jewish boys living in New York City during the Second World War. One is the son of an esteemed intellectual and Zionist, while the other is the son of a Rebbe—an ultra-Orthodox Hasidic leader. The story of their unlikely friendship and journey into manhood shouldn’t have resonated with me as fifteen-year-old high school freshman fresh out of Catholic school in a mid-sized, predominantly Christian community, but it did. Reading <em>The Chosen</em> changed the way I looked at the world. At a time when my personal spirituality was changing and diverging from my family of origin’s beliefs, Potok’s work deepened my respect for other religious traditions, and, I think, helped me become a more open and accepting adult.</p><p>But <em>The Chosen</em> is one of only a handful of young adult novels that seriously addresses the religious life of teenagers. Flip open the average YA novel, and you’ll find witches and vampires, dead parents and cheating boyfriends, but you’ll rarely find a discussion of God, spiritual beliefs, or a teenager’s religious background. Some people may wonder if teenagers aren’t religious. Or they may wonder if young adult authors aren’t religious and, therefore, don’t feel compelled to create religious characters. According to recent statistics, however, that’s just not true.</p><p>[So what’s the deal?...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/are-you-there-god-the-mysterious-disappearance-of-religion-in-ya-fiction">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1g9y5XUtmi8:IElO_X7WxXE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1g9y5XUtmi8:IElO_X7WxXE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1g9y5XUtmi8:IElO_X7WxXE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1g9y5XUtmi8:IElO_X7WxXE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1g9y5XUtmi8:IElO_X7WxXE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1g9y5XUtmi8:IElO_X7WxXE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1g9y5XUtmi8:IElO_X7WxXE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1g9y5XUtmi8:IElO_X7WxXE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1g9y5XUtmi8:IElO_X7WxXE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1g9y5XUtmi8:IElO_X7WxXE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=1g9y5XUtmi8:IElO_X7WxXE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=1g9y5XUtmi8:IElO_X7WxXE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/1g9y5XUtmi8" height="1" width="1"/> Brittany Melson Published Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/are-you-there-god-the-mysterious-disappearance-of-religion-in-ya-fiction http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/are-you-there-god-the-mysterious-disappearance-of-religion-in-ya-fiction http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/tSEqf-tNHdQ/dear-ms-nora-roberts-please-give-in-deaths-eve-and-roarke-the-holidays-off <p><img alt="Midnight in Death by J.D. Robb" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/April24toApril30/Midnight-in-Death-by-JD-Robb174x283.jpg" title="Midnight in Death by J.D. Robb" />I look forward to a new In Death novel from <a href="http://www.jdrobb.com/" target="_blank"><strong>J.D. Robb</strong></a> twice a year. Early on I felt the same about her holiday offerings (“Midnight in Death,” “Interlude in Death”), but if I had the chance to talk to her, I’d say this:</p><p>“Nora, somehow you keep Eve, Roarke, and all the gang fresh, but please, stop the November short stories already.”</p><p>If I were feeling particularly impertinent, I’d ask what I really want to know:</p><p>“Nora, do you participate in those November anthologies with some of your close—and lesser known—author friends as kind of a Christmas gift to them because you know your In Death readers will buy the book and and they can hang off your coat tails?”</p><p>Here’s why I’d ask: I think she’s phoning it in with most of those short stories, at least most of the recent ones, and in comparison with her full-length In Death offerings. It begs the question: Why bother with a ho-hum short story with an otherwise already full writing schedule?</p><p>[Sometimes less is more...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/dear-ms-nora-roberts-please-give-in-deaths-eve-and-roarke-the-holidays-off">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tSEqf-tNHdQ:sfLwxFqrtoU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tSEqf-tNHdQ:sfLwxFqrtoU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=tSEqf-tNHdQ:sfLwxFqrtoU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tSEqf-tNHdQ:sfLwxFqrtoU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=tSEqf-tNHdQ:sfLwxFqrtoU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tSEqf-tNHdQ:sfLwxFqrtoU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tSEqf-tNHdQ:sfLwxFqrtoU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=tSEqf-tNHdQ:sfLwxFqrtoU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tSEqf-tNHdQ:sfLwxFqrtoU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tSEqf-tNHdQ:sfLwxFqrtoU:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=tSEqf-tNHdQ:sfLwxFqrtoU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=tSEqf-tNHdQ:sfLwxFqrtoU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/tSEqf-tNHdQ" height="1" width="1"/> Laurie Gold Published Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/dear-ms-nora-roberts-please-give-in-deaths-eve-and-roarke-the-holidays-off http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/dear-ms-nora-roberts-please-give-in-deaths-eve-and-roarke-the-holidays-off http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/c4wu34boClk/catherine-coulter-romantic-suspense-with-a-twist <p><img alt="The Edge by Catherine Coulter" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/April24toApril30/The-Edge-by-Catherine-Coulter174x283.jpg" title="The Edge by Catherine Coulter" />Did you ever see Quentin Tarantino’s action movie, <em>From Dusk to Dawn</em>? It was Tarantino’s next movie after <em>Pulp Fiction</em>, and still being fairly new to Tarantino, we rented it with no knowledge of the story. Halfway through, while minding my own business, vampires shot out of their rendezvous strip joint.</p><p>That’s right, I said vampires. What does that have to do with <em>Pulp Fiction</em>? Absolutely nothing. Which is what makes it so awesome! I love an unexpected twist. That’s why I’ve been a fan of <a href="http://www.catherinecoulter.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Catherine Coulter</strong></a>’s for such a long time—the suspenseful twists and turns in her stories that call to me like a Siren.</p><p><em>The Edge</em> (2000) has quite the surprise twist. You might recognize Ford MacDougal from <em>The Maze</em>; he was (Lacey) Sherlock’s FBI partner until she met and fell in love with her alliterative husband (Dillon) Savich. When Ford’s sister, Jilly, is gravely injured after driving her Porsche off an Oregon cliff, he experiences the whole episode with her from his hospital recovery bed—in Maryland at Bethesda Naval Hospital. And since Coulter writes the story in first person through Ford’s eyes, we get to experience all the anguish and confusion and fear bombarding him throughout the whole ordeal. When he’s well enough to travel, he heads for the West Coast. But hours after Jilly comes out of her coma, she’s kidnapped. And now Ford’s on the chase.</p><p>[What a good brother...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/catherine-coulter-romantic-suspense-with-a-twist">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=c4wu34boClk:jd8qXNegqUE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=c4wu34boClk:jd8qXNegqUE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=c4wu34boClk:jd8qXNegqUE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=c4wu34boClk:jd8qXNegqUE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=c4wu34boClk:jd8qXNegqUE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=c4wu34boClk:jd8qXNegqUE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=c4wu34boClk:jd8qXNegqUE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=c4wu34boClk:jd8qXNegqUE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=c4wu34boClk:jd8qXNegqUE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=c4wu34boClk:jd8qXNegqUE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=c4wu34boClk:jd8qXNegqUE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=c4wu34boClk:jd8qXNegqUE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/c4wu34boClk" height="1" width="1"/> Dolly Sickles Published Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/catherine-coulter-romantic-suspense-with-a-twist http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/catherine-coulter-romantic-suspense-with-a-twist http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/6qjF50Clkto/lothaire-and-ellie-romantic-odd-couples-so-imperfect-for-each-other <p><img alt="Lothaire by Kresley Cole" class="blog-pic-right-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/April24toApril30/Lothaire-by-Kresley-Cole174x263.jpg" title="Lothaire by Kresley Cole" />Every romance couple has challenges, but some of them have <u>major</u> ones—things that make it seemingly impossible for them to connect, let alone make it all the way to a HEA. These are the couples that make you wonder why nobody jumped up during the ceremony when the minister said, “If anyone has any reason why these two should not be married. . .”</p><p>Here are a few of my recent favorite unusual pairings, who somehow managed to end up being perfect for each other:</p><p><em>Lothaire</em>: When I started reading this book, I thought<a href="http://kresleycole.com/" target="_blank"> <strong>Kresley Cole</strong> </a>had finally let me down. Lothaire, the Enemy of Old, is paired up with the Goddess of Death. That makes perfect sense. But wait—there’s more. His bride, Saroya, resides in the very comely body of a young Appalachian woman, Ellie, and our introduction to her, er, them, is when Saroya goes on a killing spree, via this innocent young woman. Ellie ends up in prison. On death row. Lothaire has to save her from being executed, because Saroya is dormant inside Ellie, but at some point he’s going to extinguish Ellie’s soul to let his goddess bride have complete use of the body.</p><p>It’s the ultimate in threesomes, only two of them are plotting to off the third one.</p><p>[As you do...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lothaire-and-ellie-romantic-odd-couples-so-imperfect-for-each-other">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6qjF50Clkto:G790KrHEPlA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6qjF50Clkto:G790KrHEPlA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6qjF50Clkto:G790KrHEPlA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6qjF50Clkto:G790KrHEPlA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6qjF50Clkto:G790KrHEPlA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6qjF50Clkto:G790KrHEPlA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6qjF50Clkto:G790KrHEPlA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6qjF50Clkto:G790KrHEPlA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6qjF50Clkto:G790KrHEPlA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6qjF50Clkto:G790KrHEPlA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6qjF50Clkto:G790KrHEPlA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6qjF50Clkto:G790KrHEPlA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/6qjF50Clkto" height="1" width="1"/> Donna Cummings Published Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lothaire-and-ellie-romantic-odd-couples-so-imperfect-for-each-other http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/lothaire-and-ellie-romantic-odd-couples-so-imperfect-for-each-other http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/XvRQFR6wqKQ/friday-beefcake-cristiano-ronaldo-for-armani <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/April24toApril30/Cristiano-Ronaldo-Two-pics-Armani475x357.jpg" />His dreams of winning the European Cup this year may <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/apr/26/cristiano-ronaldo-lionel-messi-pain?newsfeed=true" target="_blank">have been dashed</a> after his <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-26/ronaldo-matches-messi-s-penalty-miss-as-bayern-reaches-final.html" target="_blank">missed penalty shot</a>&nbsp;this week, but Real Madrid football/soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo is still aces in our book. He certainly makes for prime Friday Beefcake, as this Armani photo shoot illustrates beautifully. We&rsquo;d volunteer to comfort him in a second...</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/friday-beefcake-cristiano-ronaldo-for-armani">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XvRQFR6wqKQ:EU6I7zld57I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XvRQFR6wqKQ:EU6I7zld57I:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=XvRQFR6wqKQ:EU6I7zld57I:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XvRQFR6wqKQ:EU6I7zld57I:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=XvRQFR6wqKQ:EU6I7zld57I:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XvRQFR6wqKQ:EU6I7zld57I:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XvRQFR6wqKQ:EU6I7zld57I:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=XvRQFR6wqKQ:EU6I7zld57I:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XvRQFR6wqKQ:EU6I7zld57I:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XvRQFR6wqKQ:EU6I7zld57I:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=XvRQFR6wqKQ:EU6I7zld57I:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=XvRQFR6wqKQ:EU6I7zld57I:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/XvRQFR6wqKQ" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/friday-beefcake-cristiano-ronaldo-for-armani http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/friday-beefcake-cristiano-ronaldo-for-armani http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/v8gv6Bn9LkQ/cover-alert-megan-mulry-a-royal-pain <p><img alt="A Royal Pain by Megan Mulry" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/April24toApril30/A-Royal-Pain-by-Megan-Mulry225x342.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; width: 200px; height: 304px; " title="A Royal Pain by Megan Mulry" />The cover for <a href="http://www.meganmulry.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Megan Mulry</strong></a>’s <em>A Royal Pain, </em>has been unveiled! More details to come, but we’re already intrigued by the tagline: “It’s not<em> easy </em>being common.” Isn&rsquo;t that the truth...</p><p><em>A Royal Pain,</em> which will be available November 1, is Mulry’s debut novel, but you may already know her work as an <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/Megan%20Mulry#filter" target="_blank">H&amp;H blogger</a>.</p><p>With Will &amp; Kate’s wedding already a year in the past (!), we’re more than ready for this royal romp.</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/cover-alert-megan-mulry-a-royal-pain">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=v8gv6Bn9LkQ:C0v5puZRl4U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=v8gv6Bn9LkQ:C0v5puZRl4U:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=v8gv6Bn9LkQ:C0v5puZRl4U:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=v8gv6Bn9LkQ:C0v5puZRl4U:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=v8gv6Bn9LkQ:C0v5puZRl4U:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=v8gv6Bn9LkQ:C0v5puZRl4U:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=v8gv6Bn9LkQ:C0v5puZRl4U:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=v8gv6Bn9LkQ:C0v5puZRl4U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=v8gv6Bn9LkQ:C0v5puZRl4U:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=v8gv6Bn9LkQ:C0v5puZRl4U:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=v8gv6Bn9LkQ:C0v5puZRl4U:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=v8gv6Bn9LkQ:C0v5puZRl4U:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/v8gv6Bn9LkQ" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:10:58 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/cover-alert-megan-mulry-a-royal-pain http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/cover-alert-megan-mulry-a-royal-pain http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/MpqhibHbS-A/first-look-alexia-reed-hunting-the-shadows-may-7-2012 <p><img alt="Hunting the Shadows by Alexia Reed" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/April24toApril30/Hunting-the-Shadows-by-Alexia-Reed184x285.jpg" title="Hunting the Shadows by Alexia Reed" /><strong>Alexia Reed<br /><em>Hunting the Shadows</em><br />Carina / May 7, 2012 /&nbsp;</strong><strong>$5.99</strong></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; font-size: 13px; ">Amy has spent her life in isolation. Locked away in the Centre, a secret government facility where children with extraordinary abilities are raised as highly skilled fighters, she longs for a normal life. A life where being around people doesn’t overload her sensitive telepathic mind. A life where she can’t see through the eyes of a murderer as he hunts down his next victim...</span></p><blockquote><p>J.C. Nikolaiev was a top researcher, but when his conscience got the better of him, he tried to destroy his work and free his subjects-and was imprisoned as a traitor. To save himself and prevent more people from dying, J.C. must catch the serial killer stalking the halls of the facility. But his only leads come from a woman whose thoughts have invaded his mind...</p><p>Finally out of the psych ward, Amy joins forces with J.C. to find the killer before he closes in on them. Can their growing attraction withstand the truths they uncover?</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.alexiareed.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Alexia Reed</strong></a>&rsquo;s <em>Hunting the Shadows </em>features humans bred and trained in a secret government facility called The Centre. Each of the facility’s inhabitants has supernormal powers, in the vein of Marjorie Liu’s Dirk &amp; Steele series, though the setup also reminded me a bit of the television show that made Jessica Alba famous, <em>Dark Angel</em>, and of another, older show called <em>The Pretender</em>. Adding to the worldbuilding, there is a mystery/suspense plot involving a serial killer. There are clear signs within the novel that this world could be the setting for a series, with an ongoing plot relating to the program and its many secrets.</p><p>[First step: Get hooked on Book 1...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/first-look-alexia-reed-hunting-the-shadows-may-7-2012">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MpqhibHbS-A:YYre7eR8Ncc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MpqhibHbS-A:YYre7eR8Ncc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=MpqhibHbS-A:YYre7eR8Ncc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MpqhibHbS-A:YYre7eR8Ncc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=MpqhibHbS-A:YYre7eR8Ncc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MpqhibHbS-A:YYre7eR8Ncc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MpqhibHbS-A:YYre7eR8Ncc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=MpqhibHbS-A:YYre7eR8Ncc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MpqhibHbS-A:YYre7eR8Ncc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MpqhibHbS-A:YYre7eR8Ncc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=MpqhibHbS-A:YYre7eR8Ncc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=MpqhibHbS-A:YYre7eR8Ncc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/MpqhibHbS-A" height="1" width="1"/> Victoria Janssen Published Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/first-look-alexia-reed-hunting-the-shadows-may-7-2012 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/first-look-alexia-reed-hunting-the-shadows-may-7-2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/_jG6AZRp2js/the-vampire-diaries-season-3-episode-20-dangerous-dance-karma <p><img alt="Elena and Stefan hug in The Vampire Diaries Season 3 episode 20" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/April24toApril30/TVD-320-Stefan-Elena-cries225x262.jpg" title="Did Anyone NOT See Tragedy Coming?" /><strong>Previously on <em>The Vampire Diaries</em>: </strong>Damon and Elena had hot-and-heavy makeout and Damon didn’t wreck it afterward, Evil!Alaric took Rebekah to find the hidden oak stake only to find out that the Original witch Esther was possessing Rebekah.</p><p>It’s time for yet another dance in Mystic Falls. Decade dance! Caroline is back in charge, what with Rebekah staked again compliments of Evil!Alaric and Esther. Elena is kind of back on Team Stefan. Tyler stakes his claim. And new evil plots unfold.</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"><em>TVD 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><strong>And now, on to this week’s episode, 3.20, “Do Not Go Gentle"...</strong></p><p>[We all know Mystic Falls dances never end well...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/the-vampire-diaries-season-3-episode-20-dangerous-dance-karma">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=_jG6AZRp2js:t1xFEPMWNSs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=_jG6AZRp2js:t1xFEPMWNSs:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=_jG6AZRp2js:t1xFEPMWNSs:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=_jG6AZRp2js:t1xFEPMWNSs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=_jG6AZRp2js:t1xFEPMWNSs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=_jG6AZRp2js:t1xFEPMWNSs:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=_jG6AZRp2js:t1xFEPMWNSs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=_jG6AZRp2js:t1xFEPMWNSs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=_jG6AZRp2js:t1xFEPMWNSs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=_jG6AZRp2js:t1xFEPMWNSs:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=_jG6AZRp2js:t1xFEPMWNSs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=_jG6AZRp2js:t1xFEPMWNSs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/_jG6AZRp2js" height="1" width="1"/> Chelsea Mueller Published Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:27:30 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/the-vampire-diaries-season-3-episode-20-dangerous-dance-karma http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/the-vampire-diaries-season-3-episode-20-dangerous-dance-karma http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/6IosQGNm1iw/finding-your-try-book-satisfying-a-craving-for-something-new <p><img alt="Illegal Affairs by Sienna Mynx" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/April24toApril30/Illegal-Affairs-by-Sienna-Mynx184x276.jpg" title="Illegal Affairs by Sienna Mynx" />About a year ago I was chatting with a fellow romance fan. She’s new to the genre and has a more focused interest on paranormal romances, especially vampire stories. I’m more old school, in that I’ve been reading romance books for almost 30 years, starting with Rosemary Rogers’s historical novels (and other authors writing at the time) and branching out from there.</p><p>Both of us found ourselves wishing that there were more romance books out there with women who not only&nbsp;<u>look</u>&nbsp;like us but also&nbsp;<u>date</u>&nbsp;like us. See, we’re both Black women who grew up in diversity rich areas, and while we both like the mainstream romances you find in bookstores, there is something to be said for reading a story with a heroine we can identify with both physically and culturally.</p><p>[You seem familiar...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/finding-your-try-book-satisfying-a-craving-for-something-new">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6IosQGNm1iw:IUGPPY8_3q8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6IosQGNm1iw:IUGPPY8_3q8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6IosQGNm1iw:IUGPPY8_3q8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6IosQGNm1iw:IUGPPY8_3q8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6IosQGNm1iw:IUGPPY8_3q8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6IosQGNm1iw:IUGPPY8_3q8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6IosQGNm1iw:IUGPPY8_3q8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6IosQGNm1iw:IUGPPY8_3q8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6IosQGNm1iw:IUGPPY8_3q8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6IosQGNm1iw:IUGPPY8_3q8:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=6IosQGNm1iw:IUGPPY8_3q8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=6IosQGNm1iw:IUGPPY8_3q8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/6IosQGNm1iw" height="1" width="1"/> Miss_D Published Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/finding-your-try-book-satisfying-a-craving-for-something-new http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/finding-your-try-book-satisfying-a-craving-for-something-new http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/4ukkb22WmUY/hah-book-club-for-may-teresa-medeiross-the-bride-and-the-beast <p><img alt="" class="blog-pic-left-align " src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/August9toAugust15/The-Bride-and-the-Beast-by-Teresa-Medeiros174x284.jpg" /></p><p>Thanks to everyone for offering their choice on books featuring an overweight heroine for this month’s H&amp;H Book Club.</p><p>The most votes went to Teresa Medeiros’s <em>The Bride and the Beast</em>. We’ll start discussions in about a week.</p><p>Questions to ponder as you start reading:</p><p>—Would the book be just as good if the heroine wasn’t plus-size?</p><p>—Do you like the fairy-tale aspects of it?</p><p>—Would you like to kiss a dragon?</p><p>[Seriously, that is the dumbest question. Bring your own to the comments!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/hah-book-club-for-may-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=4ukkb22WmUY:wayq8LKmsHs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4ukkb22WmUY:wayq8LKmsHs:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=4ukkb22WmUY:wayq8LKmsHs:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4ukkb22WmUY:wayq8LKmsHs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=4ukkb22WmUY:wayq8LKmsHs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4ukkb22WmUY:wayq8LKmsHs:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4ukkb22WmUY:wayq8LKmsHs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=4ukkb22WmUY:wayq8LKmsHs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4ukkb22WmUY:wayq8LKmsHs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4ukkb22WmUY:wayq8LKmsHs:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=4ukkb22WmUY:wayq8LKmsHs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=4ukkb22WmUY:wayq8LKmsHs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/4ukkb22WmUY" height="1" width="1"/> Megan Frampton Published Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:23:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/hah-book-club-for-may-teresa-medeiross-the-bride-and-the-beast http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/hah-book-club-for-may-teresa-medeiross-the-bride-and-the-beast http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/ebOclh3qksI/romance-in-the-ruins-archaeology-and-adventure-romances <p><img alt="Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/April24toApril30/Crocodile-on-the-Sandbank174x287.jpg" title="Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters" />Sun, sand, mysteries from times long past... There’s just something so inherently romantic about archaeology. Sure, it’s a lot of tedious digging, but it’s also a field where each discovery changes the way we think about ourselves and our history. And there’s nothing sexier than a hunky guy who is also smart and passionate about his work</p><p>I first became obsessed with archaeology romances when I read <strong>Elizabeth Peters</strong>’s <em>Crocodile on the Sandbank</em>. While the Amelia Peabody series is definitely a mystery series, the first book is also a romance.^* A newly wealthy spinster travels to Egypt and meets a surly (but quite handsome) Egyptologist. Together, they uncover a mystery set among the tombs of Amarna. Elizabeth Peters studied Egyptology in college, which gives her authorial cred, but she’s also <strong>Barbara Michaels</strong>, who wrote romantic suspense novels filled with gothic elements. For me, the interplay between Emerson and Amelia are what kept me reading the series.</p><p>[In it for the romance? We approve!...]</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/romance-in-the-ruins-archaeology-and-adventure-romances">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ebOclh3qksI:87LbPZMuk3Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ebOclh3qksI:87LbPZMuk3Q:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ebOclh3qksI:87LbPZMuk3Q:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ebOclh3qksI:87LbPZMuk3Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ebOclh3qksI:87LbPZMuk3Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ebOclh3qksI:87LbPZMuk3Q:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ebOclh3qksI:87LbPZMuk3Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ebOclh3qksI:87LbPZMuk3Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ebOclh3qksI:87LbPZMuk3Q:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ebOclh3qksI:87LbPZMuk3Q:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=ebOclh3qksI:87LbPZMuk3Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=ebOclh3qksI:87LbPZMuk3Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/ebOclh3qksI" height="1" width="1"/> Amber McMichael Published Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/romance-in-the-ruins-archaeology-and-adventure-romances http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/romance-in-the-ruins-archaeology-and-adventure-romances http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~3/q1La9OPwTDw/cover-alert-francince-pascal-the-sweet-life <p><img alt="The Sweet Life: Lies and Omissions by Francine Pascal" class="blog-pic-left-align caption" src="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/images/stories/blogarticles/2012/April24toApril30/The-Sweet-Life-2-cover225x299.jpg" title="The Sweet Life: Lies and Omissions by Francine Pascal" />On Facebook today, the covers for all six (!) installments of <strong>Francine Pascal</strong>’s upcoming <a href="http://www.facebook.com/SweetValleyConfidential" target="_blank">Sweet Valley e-serial, </a><em><a href="http://www.facebook.com/SweetValleyConfidential" target="_blank">The Sweet Life</a>, </em>were unveiled. The twins have entered their adulthood, and the 21st century: Blogging, marriage, motherhood. Yikes!</p><p>Here’s the official description:</p><blockquote><p>Three years after the events of<i>&nbsp;</i><i>Sweet Valley Confidential</i>, Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield are back in Sweet Valley and inseparable once more. Things are looking up for both twins: Elizabeth is a star reporter at the LA Tribune with a popular blog, and Jessica’s PR career is on the fast-track. But while the professional lives of the Wakefield sisters are secure, their personal lives may be in jeopardy. Jessica, now a mother, finds that managing parenthood, marriage, and a job is harder than she expected, while Elizabeth and Bruce must face a scandal that could strengthen their bond…or tear them apart for ever.</p><p>Meanwhile, life goes on in Sweet Valley. Families are made, hearts are broken, and…Lila Fowler is a reality TV star? Some things never change.</p><p><i>The Sweet Life</i>&nbsp;takes Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield through a new chapter in their well-chronicled and beloved fictional lives. This dramatic first installment and cliff-hanger ending will leave readers breathless for the next episode.</p></blockquote><p>For more about the series (out June 26, 2012) and to<a href="http://www.facebook.com/SweetValleyConfidential" target="_blank"> see all 6 new covers</a>, check out the<em> </em><a href="http://www.facebook.com/SweetValleyConfidential" target="_blank"><em>Sweet Valley Confidential</em> Facebook page</a>!</p><p>And if you feel like a stroll down Sweet Valley High memory lane while you wait for the continuing adventures of Jessica and Elizabeth, H&amp;H blogger Tara Gelsomino’s nostalgic post <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2011/10/wakefield-twin-powers-activate-the-sweet-valley-high-sequels-out-in-paperback" target="_blank">Wakefield Twin Powers Activate!</a> may be just the thing.</p><p><a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/cover-alert-francince-pascal-the-sweet-life">Read the full article</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=q1La9OPwTDw:vRODD0QFK5M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=q1La9OPwTDw:vRODD0QFK5M:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=q1La9OPwTDw:vRODD0QFK5M:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=q1La9OPwTDw:vRODD0QFK5M:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=q1La9OPwTDw:vRODD0QFK5M:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=q1La9OPwTDw:vRODD0QFK5M:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=q1La9OPwTDw:vRODD0QFK5M:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=q1La9OPwTDw:vRODD0QFK5M:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=q1La9OPwTDw:vRODD0QFK5M:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=q1La9OPwTDw:vRODD0QFK5M:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?a=q1La9OPwTDw:vRODD0QFK5M:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom?i=q1La9OPwTDw:vRODD0QFK5M:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HomeHeroesAndHeartbreakerscom/~4/q1La9OPwTDw" height="1" width="1"/> Team H & H Published Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:04:11 +0000 http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/cover-alert-francince-pascal-the-sweet-life http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/04/cover-alert-francince-pascal-the-sweet-life