tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33280261308393586032018-07-27T04:56:51.505-04:00Romancing Rakes For The Love of RomanceWe read, review, giggle over and breathe all things romance. Loving rakes, bad boys, kinksters and men in uniform through the ages.Katinoreply@blogger.comBlogger2385125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-32775843329410961592017-12-05T14:48:00.000-05:002017-12-05T14:48:18.181-05:00A Note About The December Joyathon
Hi Friends!
The December Joyathon this year is going to be a bit different. Instead of the usual 24/25 days of guest authors and daily giveaways, there will be 12 days of giveaways. Why? I was late in planning it this year and asking authors to participate in a short amount of time isn't something I wanted to ask of them.
I still want to continue this tradition at least one more time Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-72175549021445936152017-11-28T09:00:00.000-05:002017-11-28T09:01:35.595-05:00Forever Romance Tour + #Giveaway: Excerpt from ALWAYS YOU by Denise Grover Swank (@DeniseMSwank)
MEET DENISE GROVER SWANK
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Denise Grover Swank was born in Kansas City, Missouri and lived in the area until she was nineteen. Then she became a nomadic gypsy, living in five cities, four states and ten houses over the course of ten years before she moved back to her roots. She speaks English and smattering of Spanish and Chinese, which she learned Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-80068409400496764382017-11-14T00:00:00.000-05:002017-11-14T00:00:11.782-05:00#BlogTour + #Giveaway: Excerpt from AN EX FOR CHRISTMAS by Lauren Layne (@_LaurenLayne)
MEET LAUREN LAYNE
Lauren Layne is the New York Times bestselling author of romantic comedies. She lives in New York City with her husband.
A former e-commerce and web marketing manager from Seattle, Lauren relocated to New York City in 2011 to pursue a full-time writing career. She signed with her agent in 2012, and her first book was published in summer of 2013. Since then, she's written over Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-92085381469767317072017-11-09T00:00:00.000-05:002017-11-09T00:00:03.432-05:00Sourcebooks Spotlight + #Giveaway: Excerpt from THIRD SON'S A CHARM by Shana Galen (@shanagalen)
MEET SHANA GALEN
Shana Galen is the bestselling author of fast-paced adventurous Regency historicals, including the RT Reviewers' Choice The Making of a Gentleman. Booklist says, "Galen expertly entwines espionage-flavored intrigue with sizzling passion," and RT Book Reviews calls her "a grand mistress of the action/adventure subgenre." She taught English at the middle and high school Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-12546049549472012942017-11-07T12:00:00.000-05:002017-11-07T12:00:15.589-05:00IndieSage PR Tour + #Giveaway: Excerpt from THE GOVERNESS WHO CAPTURED HIS HEART by Sophie Barnes (@BarnesSophie)
MEET SOPHIE BARNES
Born in Denmark, Sophie has spent her youth traveling with her parents to wonderful places all around the world. She’s lived in five different countries, on three different continents, and speaks Danish, English, French, Spanish and Romanian.
She has studied design in Paris and New York and has a bachelor’s degree from Parson’s School of design, but most impressive of Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-25218287531161750492017-10-30T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-31T13:06:35.106-04:00Forever Blog Tour + #Giveaway: Excerpt from SUGARPLUM WAY by Debbie Mason (@AuthorDebMason)
MEET DEBBIE MASON
Debbie Mason is the USA Today bestselling author of the Christmas, Colorado and Harmony Harbor series. Her books have been praised for their "likable characters, clever dialogue and juicy plots" (RT Book Reviews). When she isn't writing or reading, Debbie enjoys spending time with her very own real-life hero, three wonderful children, two adorable grandbabies, and a yappy Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-18231110249585730362017-10-25T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-25T00:00:13.838-04:00Blog Tour + #Giveaway: Excerpt from SECRETS AT SEASIDE by Addison Cole (@Addison_Cole_)
MEET ADDISON COLE
Addison Cole is the sweet alter ego of New York Times and USA Today bestselling and award-winning author Melissa Foster. She writes humorous and emotional sweet contemporary romance. Her books do not include explicit sex scenes or harsh language.
Addison spends her summers on Cape Cod, where she dreams up wonderful love stories in her house overlooking Cape Cod Bay.
Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-89810663630141324502017-10-19T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-19T00:00:06.651-04:00St. Martin's Spotlight: HOPE AT CHRISTMAS by Nancy Naigle, DECK THE HALLS by Donna Alward and THE CHRISTMAS COWBOY HERO by Donna Grant
MEET NANCY NAIGLE
USA Today bestselling author NANCY NAIGLE whips up small-town love stories with a dash of suspense and a whole lot of heart. Now happily retired, she devotes her time to writing, antiquing, and the occasional spa day with friends. A native of Virginia Beach, she currently calls North Carolina home. Nancy is the author of Christmas Joy.
CONNECT WITH NANCY: Website | Facebook Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-26161470771111067652017-10-18T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-18T00:00:19.366-04:00St. Martin's Spotlight: WITH THIS CHRISTMAS RING by Manda Collins and CHRISTMAS IN KILTS Anthology
MEET MANDA COLLINS
Manda Collins is the author of the Studies in Scandal series, The Lords of Anarchy series, The Ugly Duckling series and the Wicked Widows series as well as several other Regency-set romances. She spent her teen years wishing she’d been born a couple of centuries earlier, preferably in the English countryside. Time travel being what it is, she resigned herself to life Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-92049684323714095112017-10-17T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-17T00:00:18.422-04:00St. Martin's Spotlight: CHRISTMAS AT TWO LOVE LANE by Kieran Kramer and A SEASON OF YOU by Emma Douglas
MEET KIERAN KRAMER
Kieran Kramer, author of the Impossible Bachelors series, was born in Washington, D.C. to an Air Force pilot father and actress/singer mother. She grew up mainly on Johns Island, a rural sea island near Charleston, South Carolina, where she helped build her family’s log home. Having worked for the CIA and as journalist for The Charlotte Observer, Kieran is now a stay-at- home Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-63176831030132570172017-10-16T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-16T00:00:07.410-04:00Forever Blog Tour + #Giveaway: Excerpt from DUKE OF DESIRE by Elizabeth Hoyt (@ElizabethHoyt)
MEET ELIZABETH HOYT
Elizabeth Hoyt is the New York Times bestselling author of over seventeen lush historical romances including the Maiden Lane series. Publishers Weekly has called her writing "mesmerizing." She also pens deliciously fun contemporary romances under the name Julia Harper. Elizabeth lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with three untrained dogs, a garden in constant need of weeding,Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-72240514942279206152017-10-06T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-10T09:31:32.795-04:00Blog Tour + #Giveaway: Excerpt from THE DUKE OF DANGER by Darcy Burke (@darcyburke)
MEET DARCY BURKE
Darcy Burke is the USA Today Bestselling Author of hot, action-packed historical and sexy, emotional contemporary romance. A native Oregonian, Darcy lives on the edge of wine country with her guitar-strumming husband, their two hilarious kids who seem to have inherited the writing gene, and three Bengal cats.
CONNECT WITH DARCY: Website | Facebook | Twitter | GoodreadsKatinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-75427867615679617082017-10-04T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-04T08:26:32.909-04:00Blog Tour + #Giveaway: Excerpt from THRILL OF LOVE by Melissa Foster (@melissa_foster)
MEET MELISSA FOSTER
Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and new adult romance with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and always family oriented–perfect beach reads for contemporary Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-18483790099393858162017-10-03T00:00:00.000-04:002017-10-03T00:00:13.169-04:00Blog Tour + Spotlight: Excerpt from TANGLED IN TINSEL by Candis Terry (@CandisTerry)
MEET CANDIS TERRY
Candis Terry was born and raised near the sunny beaches of Southern California and now makes her home on an Idaho farm. She’s experienced life in such diverse ways as working in a Hollywood recording studio to chasing down wayward steers. Only one thing has remained the same: her passion for writing stories about relationships, the push and pull in the search for love, and the Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-19502002345270940382017-09-28T00:00:00.000-04:002017-09-28T07:29:49.176-04:00Forever Romance Release Blitz + #Giveaway: Top 5 List with Olivia Miles, author of THE WINTER WEDDING PLAN (@msoliviamiles)
MEET OLIVIA MILES
Olivia Miles writes women's fiction and contemporary romance. A city girl with a fondness for small town charm, Olivia enjoys highlighting both ways of life in her stories. She lives just outside Chicago with her husband, young daughter, and two ridiculously pampered pups.
CONNECT WITH OLIVIA: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads | Amazon
5 Fun Family Things to Do Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-87875052797936589092017-09-27T00:00:00.000-04:002017-09-27T00:00:17.538-04:00Blog Tour: Excerpt from THE DUKE by Katharine Ashe (@KatharineAshe)
MEET KATHARINE ASHE
KATHARINE ASHE is the USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of historical romances reviewers call “intensely lush” and “sensationally intelligent,” including her acclaimed Devil’s Duke Series, and My Lady, My Lord and How to Marry a Highlander, 2015 and 2014 finalists for the romance industry’s most prestigious award, the RITA®.
Katharine lives in the Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-64352093988759379772017-09-26T00:00:00.000-04:002017-09-26T00:00:17.285-04:00Forever Romance Blitz + #Giveaway: Teaser from THE TROUBLE WITH CHRISTMAS by Debbie Mason (@AuthorDebMason)
MEET DEBBIE MASON
Debbie Mason is the USA Today bestselling author of the Christmas, Colorado and Harmony Harbor series. Her books have been praised for their "likable characters, clever dialogue and juicy plots" (RT Book Reviews). When she isn't writing or reading, Debbie enjoys spending time with her very own real-life hero, three wonderful children, two adorable grandbabies, and a Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-78798771099144661982017-09-25T00:00:00.000-04:002017-09-25T00:00:21.985-04:00Forever Romance Tour + #Giveaway: Excerpt from LONG, TALL COWBOY CHRISTMAS by Carolyn Brown
MEET CAROLYN BROWN
Carolyn Brown is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author and RITA® Finalist who has sold more than 3 million books. She presently writes both women's fiction and cowboy romance. She has also written historical single title, historical series, contemporary single title, and contemporary series. She lives in southern Oklahoma with her husband, a former Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-80383569095514529392017-09-21T00:00:00.000-04:002017-09-21T00:00:00.294-04:00InkSlinger Tour + #Giveaway: Excerpt from SECOND CHANCE GIRL by Susan Mallery (@susanmallery)
MEET SUSAN MALLERY
#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery writes heartwarming and humorous novels about the relationships that define women's lives—family, friendship, romance. She's best known for putting nuanced characters into emotionally complex, real-life situations with twists that surprise readers to laughter. Because Susan is passionate about animal welfare, pets play a big Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-16344742720353958312017-09-20T09:00:00.000-04:002017-09-20T18:23:37.670-04:00Forever Romance #Teaser: Excerpt from DUKE OF DESIRE by Elizabeth Hoyt (@elizabethhoyt)
MEET ELIZABETH HOYT
Elizabeth Hoyt is the New York Times bestselling author of over seventeen lush historical romances including the Maiden Lane series. Publishers Weekly has called her writing "mesmerizing." She also pens deliciously fun contemporary romances under the name Julia Harper. Elizabeth lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with three untrained dogs, a garden in constant need of Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-43959776257175217382017-09-07T00:00:00.000-04:002017-09-07T00:00:04.084-04:00Forever Romance Teaser: Excerpt from LONG, TALL COWBOY CHRISTMAS by Carolyn Brown
MEET CAROLYN BROWN
Carolyn Brown is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author and RITA® Finalist who has sold more than 3 million books. She presently writes both women's fiction and cowboy romance. She has also written historical single title, historical series, contemporary single title, and contemporary series. She lives in southern Oklahoma with her husband, a former English Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-30125333631732871962017-09-04T00:00:00.000-04:002017-09-06T09:48:07.606-04:00Blog Tour + #Giveaway: Excerpt from LOVE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER by Tracey Livesay (@tlivesay)
MEET TRACEY LIVESAY
A former criminal defense attorney, Tracey Livesay finds crafting believable happily ever afters slightly more challenging than protecting our constitutional rights, but she’s never regretted following her heart instead of her law degree. She lives in Virginia with her husband—who she met on the very first day of law school—and their three children.
CONNECT WITH Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-71277528056770762972017-09-01T06:00:00.000-04:002017-09-01T06:00:34.537-04:00Blog Tour + #Giveaway: Excerpt from HERE COMES THE BRIDE by Hope Ramsay (@HopeRamsay)
MEET HOPE RAMSAY
Hope Ramsay is a USA Today bestselling author of heartwarming contemporary romances. Her books have won critical acclaim and publishing awards. She is married to a good ol' Georgia boy who resembles every single one of her Southern heroes. She has two grown children and a couple of demanding lap cats. She lives in Virginia where, when she's not writing, she's knitting or Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-37266106344340708592017-08-29T00:00:00.000-04:002017-08-29T00:00:27.103-04:00Blog Tour + #Giveaway: Excerpt from YOU SAY IT FIRST by Susan Mallery (@susanmallery)
MEET SUSAN MALLERY
#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery writes heartwarming and humorous novels about the relationships that define women's lives—family, friendship, romance. She's best known for putting nuanced characters into emotionally complex, real-life situations with twists that surprise readers to laughter. Because Susan is passionate about animal welfare, pets play aKatinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328026130839358603.post-6550521088437823272017-08-28T00:00:00.000-04:002017-08-29T20:27:25.784-04:00Spotlight: Excerpt from LOVE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER by Tracey Livesay (@tlivesay)
MEET TRACEY LIVESAY
A former criminal defense attorney, Tracey Livesay finds crafting believable happily ever afters slightly more challenging than protecting our constitutional rights, but she’s never regretted following her heart instead of her law degree. She has been featured in Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post and on CBS This Morning. Tracey lives in Virginia with her husband–who Katinoreply@blogger.com