This week from Samhain:
- Interstitial Ann Somerville. Novella. Gay futuristic romance.
- Sword Destiny Robert Leader. Novel. Fantasy. The Fifth Planet book 3.
- Out of the Dark JoAnn Smith Ainsworth. Category. Historical romance.
- FireDrake Bianca D’Arc. Novel. Fantasy romance. Dragon Knights book 5.
- Byte Marks Mardi Ballou. Novella. Paranormal romance. Red hot. A Fangly, My Dear story.
- A Perfect Match Shelley Bradley. Category. Contemporary romance.
Best sellers from My Bookstore and More:
1. Stay With Me by Maya Banks
2. Treasured by Crystal Jordan
3. Out of Bounds by T. A. Chase
From last week, Stay With Me, Still Mine, Photo Opportunity and Temptation Unleashed made it onto the bestseller list.
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I thoroughly enjoyed The Duke of Shadows by Meredith Duran. It’s a historical (probably the duke part of the title gave that away) set in India and England, mid-eighteenth century. I particularly enjoyed having a different setting and a broader scope of story than a lot of historical romances I’ve read lately. (Don’t get me wrong, I can certainly enjoy a more narrow focus, but this was a nice change of pace and place.)
The hero is one-quarter Indian with strong ties to his Indian family and that allows Duran to explore non-British India. His being part of both worlds and in a way part of neither, gives way to interesting characterization, and I was quite taken by Julian.
I also liked the heroine, in part because I appreciate prickly, difficult heroines when they’re well done. I feel that Duran gives Emmaline enough baggage (and not too much) to make her believable and understandable.
One of the things I enjoy most about romance can be the slow coming together of the hero and heroine and in The Duke of Shadows, because of the structure of the story, Julian and Emmaline have to learn about each other twice.
Highly recommended.
Now, as is my wont, I went searching through old reviews, after writing this, and rounded them up here. Dear Author has a number of reviews of varying grades by: Janet, Jane and Jan.
Also reviewed by oracne and AAR.
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I have to post my oh-so-pretty cover of Poison. Didn’t Anne Cain do a great job?
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This week from Samhain:
Best sellers from My Bookstore and More:
1. The Wallflower by Dana Marie Bell
2. Claiming Their Mate by Paige McKellan
3. Rachel’s Totem by Marie Harte
From last week, Take a Stranger No More and Some Kind of Hero hit the bestseller list. As did 10 Day in Paradise and All That Glitters.
Reviews:
The Good, The Bad and The Unread
Mrs. Giggles
AAR
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This week from Samhain:
Best sellers from My Bookstore and More:
1. The Wallflower by Dana Marie Bell
2. Claiming Their Mate by Paige McKellan
3. Rachel’s Totem by Marie Harte
From last week, Out of Bounds, Treasured and Regina in the Sun hit the bestseller list.
Reviews
The Good, The Bad and The Unread:
Mrs. Giggles:
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Okay: Urban Fantasy is the new Chick Lit, with its female-centered story and romantic elements.
Where have I heard this idea before? Agree or disagree?
If nothing else, I suspect UF has more staying power. Though I don’t entirely remember how long Chick Lit’s heyday lasted.
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After watching Sasha White and Lauren Dane vblog—this is a new term for me!—I have this terrible urge to vblog too.
Why I would have such an urge, I have no idea. I can’t think of what I would say, and I’ve already decided I want to keep my picture off the internet. I don’t know how to vblog and I would be totally unrelaxed about it.
But despite these rather insurmountable obstacles it looks like fun!
So, hey, go check out their vblogs, since you’re unlikely to find one here. You can hear about RT and/or find out and new books.
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This week from Samhain:
Best sellers from My Bookstore and More:
1. The Wallflower by Dana Marie Bell
2. Claiming Their Mate by Paige McKellan
3. Rachel’s Totem by Marie Harte
From last week, The Wallflower, Claiming Their Mate, Rachel’s Totem, Treasure Hunting, and Tiger by the Tail made it onto the bestseller list.
Reviews:
Mrs. Giggles gave high marks to:
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So my new favorite show is Numb3rs. I’d heard about it awhile ago and had to investigate, given the premise: mathematician brother of FBI agent becomes FBI special consultant.
Every episode, brother Charlie Epps contributes to the solving of a case by using some kind of analysis or algorithm, such as Graph Theory or Fourier analysis. I actually think David Krumholtz (who I vaguely recognized from The Santa Claus) does a great job of delivering mathematical and scientific explanations. However, someone should be vetting his pronunciation from time to time. It’s tor-I, not tor-ee, for the plural of torus. And a Princeton math grad would pronounce Fourier French-like, Foo-ree-ay, not Furrier.
But, hey, I just love the mathematical interludes, even though at times, they’re more wallpaper and hand-waving than real. I also love that there’s a girl math genius, though she doesn’t get enough air time.
Actually I think the acting is great across the board. I totally enjoy Peter MacNicol as the physicist friend. And Dianne Farr is great. Finally, I sobbed my way through Ordinary People when I was a teen, and enjoy seeing Judd Hirsch–no, didn’t see much of Taxi.
Anyway! I like mystery/FBI shows where the good guys win, but it’s intelligently presented with balance. I haven’t heard much buzz about Numb3rs, but it is definitely my new favorite show.
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This week from Samhain…cat shifters!
- Claiming Their Mate Paige McKellan. Novella. Paranormal romance. Red hot. A Feral Attraction story.
- Rachel’s Totem Marie Harte. Novella. Paranormal romance. Red hot. A Feral Attraction story.
- Even for Me Taryn Blackthorne. Novella. Urban Fantasy. An On the Prowl story.
- Tiger by the Tail Kaye Chambers. Novella. Urban Fantasy. An On the Prowl story.
- The Wallflower Dana Marie Bell. Novella. Paranormal romance. A Hunting Love story.
- Treasure Hunting J. B. McDonald. Novella. Paranormal romance. A Hunting Love story.
Best sellers from My Bookstore and More:
1. Touching Lace by Anne Rainey
2. Cowgirl Up and Ride by Lorelei James
3. Serenity by D. Renee Bagby
From last week, In Heat and Tempting Adam made it onto the bestseller list.
Reviews:
The Good, The Bad and The Unread
Dear Author
Madame Butterfly
Mrs. Giggles
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