Recently, I was stunned to discover that Sherry Thomas, one of my favorite writers, has never hit the NYT bestsellers list!
People! People, please! Do yourself a favor. If you haven’t already, pick up one of her books!
(Am I using enough exclamation points? Do you feel my urgency on this matter?!)
Now, I know many of you romance readers are ST fans. She routinely ends up on Best-Ever romance lists, and it’s never a surprise when authors claim her ...
Last night I had my first-ever Read-A-Romance Facebook event, where I hosted eight terrific authors for a night of fun posts, Q&As and giveaways. It was so much fun. These eight authors have great books out right now, or coming out very soon, and they all would be great additions to your to-be-read pile! Let’s dive in.
Kat Meader’s Playing with Fire spotlights Mayor of Chicago Eli Cooper and female firefighter Alex Dempsey. Meader is truly a writer to watch ...
There’s some interesting out-of-the-box news out of the romance world today—Harlequin is launching a new line of wines, with a branding link to vintage Harlequin covers. The wines were developed in collaboration with Vintage Wine Estates in Northern California and include a chardonnay, a cabernet sauvignon, and a red wine blend.Right now, they’re available on Amazon to U.S. customers only.
Now Harlequin has always been something of a maverick, and this new venture is a cool, unexpected direction ...
If you, like me, enjoy your mainstream fiction with a heavy dose of romance, then let me recommend The Idea of Love by Patti Callahan Henry. Here’s the intriguing first line from the back cover copy:
“As we like to say in the South, ‘Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story.’ ”
Ella’s perfect life is in disarray when she meets writer Hunter, a screenwriter posing as an historian. He’s looking for the ...
Hi friends,
It’s been a pretty big week for me! Seven days ago was my birthday, two days ago I moved my younger son into his college dorm, and I have some exciting new writing projects in the works.
That’s quite a lot, yes? All good, too—though the empty nest thing’s a little weird and occasionally makes me take a deep breath filled with mixed emotions.
I’m also preparing for my various end-of-year favorite lists, and I asked my fans ...
Since I’ve been so busy with Read-A-Romance Month, I haven’t had the chance to read nearly enough this month! Yesterday was is my birthday, and it got me considering some pleasure reading—yeah, not really likely, what with the reviews I have to write…
However, if I did have time to pick up a book, here are some that are tempting me. They look terrific and are tantalizing me from their places in various piles around my house.
Forever Your Earl ...
Last week I mentioned Read-A-Romance Month (I hope you’re enjoying all the amazing posts on The Joy of Romance! You can see the calendar here. )
It’s been an incredibly busy month, both trying to keep up with the site but also keeping up with the wealth of pro-romance events in the Chicago area this month.
On August 1, I attended a Susan Mallery Fool’s Gold event, which was basically a Susan Mallery Fool’s Gold lovefest. It was so much fun ...
Happy August!
As many of you know, August is Read-A-Romance Month!
I’ve been having a grand time over at the site, ReadARomanceMonth.com, and at the Facebook page, visiting with authors and readers and celebrating Romance.
I’ve been reading a lot of blog posts, of course. The theme this year is The Joy of Romance, and certainly many of the posts have been joyful. But a theme-within-a-theme that keeps coming up is that to get to the joy, you often ...
