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This week from Samhain:

• Waitin’ on a Hero Sydney Somers. Novella. Paranormal romance. Red hot.
• The Role of a Lifetime Jennifer Shirk. Category. Romantic comedy.
• Temptation City Lyric James. Short story. Interracial romance. Red hot.
• Shadows of Evil Cheryel Hutton. Novel. Paranormal romance.
• One Too Many Marie-Nicole Ryan. Novel. Mystery-suspense.
• Eden’s Pass Kimberly Nee. Novel. Historical romance.

Best sellers at My Bookstore and More:

1. Stay With Me by Maya Banks
2. FireDrake by Bianca D’Arc
3. Still Mine by Mary Wine

From last week, Hunter’s Edge and Close Quarters made it onto the bestseller list. As did Byte Marks.

Reviews:

The Good, The Bad and The Unread

• Winter’s Daughter by JC Wilder B

Madame Butterfly

• Dangerous by Monica Burns A

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This week from Samhain:

• Touch of Fire Maria Zannini. Novel. Fantasy romance.
• Still Waters Kate Johnson. Novel. Chick-lit mystery. Book 4 of the Sophie Green Mysteries.
• Seduction 101 Moira Reid. Short story. Contemporary romance. Red hot.
• Hunter’s Edge Shiloh Walker. Novel. Paranormal romance. Red hot.
• Closer Ally Blue. Novel. Gay romance. Book Four in the Bay City Paranormal Investigation series.
• Close Quarters Denise A. Agnew. Novella. Romantic suspense. Hot Zone book 4.

Best sellers from My Bookstore and More:

1. Stay With Me by Maya Banks
2. FireDrake by Bianca D’Arc
3. Still Mine by Mary Wine

From last week, FireDrake made it onto the bestseller list. As did Midnight Reborn and Eyes of Fire.

Reviews:

Mrs. Giggles

• Interstitial by Ann Somerville 83
• A Perfect Match by Shelley Bradley 83
• Touch of Fire by Maria Zannini 84
• Seduction 101 by Moira Reid 81
• Hunter’s Edge by Shiloh Walker 82

Book Utopia Mom

• Let Me Love You by Mary Wine 33/50
• Poison by Joely Skye 33/50
• Interstitial by Ann Somerville 42/50

The Good, The Bad and The Unread

• Wolf Unbound by Lauren Dane A
• Standoff by Lauren Dane A
• The Countess Takes a Lover by Bonnie Dee B

Madame Butterfly

• Tempting Adam by Shelli Stevens A

Dear Author

• Rachel’s Totem by Marie Harte C+
• Treasure Hunting by JB MacDonald B-

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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.

The Duke of Shadows

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.

Pretty

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:

• Poison Joely Skye. Novel. Gay futuristic romance.
• Still Mine Mary Wine. Novel. Romantic suspense.
• Stay With Me Maya Banks. Category. Contemporary romance. Red hot.
• The Countess Takes a Lover Bonnie Dee. Category. Historical romance. Red hot.
• Midnight Reborn D. McEntire. Novel. Paranormal romance. The Watchers Book 1
• Eyes of Fire CJ England. Plus Novel. Fantasy romance. The Mylari Chronicles Book 1.
• Photo Opportunity Jess Dee. Category. Contemporary romance. Red hot.
• Temptation Unleashed Kari Thomas. Novel. Paranormal romance.

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

• Fortune’s Deception by Karen Erickson B

Mrs. Giggles

• The Countess Takes a Lover by Bonnie Dee 84
• Still Mine by Mary Wine 81

AAR

• The Countess Takes a Lover by Bonnie Dee A-