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Page stuffing and bonus books in Kindle Unlimited: Awesome or super annoying?

4/30/2018

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Page stuffing and bonus books in Kindle Unlimited: Awesome or super annoying?
Look, we’ve made it clear that we’re not big fans of Kindle Unlimited. It’s great in theory, but the system is broken—so broken that it’s unclear at this point if it can even be fixed. And one symptom of the broken system that keeps popping up over and over again is the “stuffed” book.

What’s a stuffed book? Glad you asked.

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Top 11 dirty-talking heroes in romance

4/27/2018

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Top 11 dirty-talking heroes in romance
Who says dirty talk isn’t ever romantic? We’ve got the top 11 dirty-talking heroes to prove it CAN be. Enjoy!

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Before She Was Mine by Amelia Wilde

4/26/2018

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CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Publication date: 02/18/2018
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Cliffhanger: Yes

There was some stuff here that really worked for me, and some stuff that REALLY didn’t. I’ll start with the good:
  • I love a good second-chance romance. And overall, this one worked.
  • The writing was good and the story kept up a nice pace, even with some flashback scenes. (Note: I normally despise flashback scenes, but these were short and sweet and actually helped move the story along.)​

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Hero by Lauren Rowe

4/25/2018

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​CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Publication date: 03/10/2018
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Cliffhanger: No

This is a tricky one to rate. There’s some stuff here that I LOVE, and some stuff that doesn’t work for me AT ALL. These are always the hardest reviews to write. So, I guess I’ll just start out with what I loved:
  • Colby is a great hero. He’s a genuinely nice guy with no fear of commitment, and he doesn’t let the fact that heroine is a widow with 3 kids run him off. Sure, he knows a few moments of trepidation (who wouldn’t?) but he acts like a grown-up at all times and discusses his feelings when appropriate. He’s a keeper as a book boyfriend.

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Top 7 times The 100 stabbed romance in the heart and let it die

4/24/2018

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Top 7 times The 100 stabbed romance in the heart and let it die
(Warning: Contains spoilers for seasons 1-4 of The 100)
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Just to be perfectly clear: I'm a huge fan of this CW post-nuclear-holocaust, dystopian drama and will watch every episode faithfully no matter what. And I understand The 100 is not a romance. Believe me, the writers have made that abundantly clear. But for a show starring young people on the CW, you’d think they’d let at least one happy couple survive, wouldn’t you? Nope. Their track record of breaking the hearts of ‘shippers all over the viewing audience is completely in tact so far. So, with that in mind, here are my picks for the top 7 times The 100 stabbed romance in the heart and let it die, listed in order from merely painful, to “go ahead and kill me” sheer misery:

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Joan Swan interview

4/23/2018

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I was never a star English student or a literature buff, but I’ve always had a creative soul and an active imagination. Writing was a natural culmination of those two talents.

I write what I like to read: romantic suspense. I also write for the same reasons I read–entertainment and escape.
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Two years ago I left my day job as a sonographer at UCSF Medical Center after 22 years in the field to write full time. The muse must have been paying attention, because shortly after, I hit the New York Times Bestsellers list under my name and again a month later under my pseudonym, Skye Jordan. If you like red-hot contemporary romance, check out my alter ego.
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Top 10 hot romance heroes who rescue dogs

4/20/2018

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It’s a universally accepted fact that men who rescue and care for dogs are 75% hotter than men who aren’t animal lovers. Don’t bother looking it up. Trust me on this. You know I’m right. So, with that in mind here are our picks for the top 10 romance heroes who are 75% hotter than other romance heroes because they rescue dogs.

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My One and Only by Terri Osburn

4/19/2018

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​CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Publication date: 05/17/2016
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Cliffhanger: No

Before I do this, I have to say that I really do love Terri Osburn.  Her Anchor Island series is a favorite of mine. So when I saw this book was available on NetGalley, I downloaded immediately. It pains me to say I’m sorry I did.

First, the good. The writing is stellar (as always). The dialogue is great. Secondary characters are fun and deep without intruding too much on the main characters. And Cooper? He’s a dream hero. Sensitive but not weak, good with his hands (he’s a mechanic, y’all...minds out of the gutter), and just an all around great guy. The heroine? Pfffttt. Not so much.

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All the Pretty Faces by Rita Herron

4/18/2018

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​ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

Publication date: 03/29/2016
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Cliffhanger: No

OK, I’ll admit that I made a half-assed buying decision on this one. I didn’t even read the blurb. I downloaded it because I saw that it was written by a bestselling author, and...I liked the cover. There, I admitted that I’m totally shallow. It has a pretty cover, OK??? Don’t judge.

​But once I got past the cover, I was less than blown away, which I found surprising. The writing was great. The story flowed beautifully. There was a totally WTF plot twist at the end that I loved. But the main characters? Yawn.


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Why is romance so white?

4/16/2018

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Why is romance so white?
I’m a proud romance reader. Have been since the olden days when Fabio was all over the place and consent wasn’t always as...consent-y as we’d like it to be. (OK, I wasn’t as proud of reading those novels as I am of the novels that are out today, but you get my point.) And romance novels have come sooooooo far since then. There are so many great examples of empowering romance reads that I could talk all day on the subject and never run out of material. So imagine my surprise when I read a study showing that in 2017, the romance genre actually got LESS diverse than it was in prior years.

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Top 13 go-to authors for your binge-reading pleasure

4/13/2018

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Top 13 go-to authors for your binge-reading pleasure
This Friday the 13th, we’d like to bring to mind images of romance and great reads, rather than the gloom, doom, bad luck, and homicidal maniacs that are usually associated with the day. So, with that in mind, we bring you our top 13 favorite go-to authors (i.e.: authors who have NEVER let us down) and a few of our favorite reads from each. Enjoy!

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Wait With Me by Amy Daws

4/12/2018

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​CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
ROMANTIC COMEDY


Publication date: 03/20/2018
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Cliffhanger: No

Apparently there was some huge publicity around this book’s author, who wrote the story while hanging out at a tire shop, just like Kate, the main character in the book. While it’s a cool story, it had nothing to do with why I decided to read the book. I read the book for 2 reasons:
  1. The hero isn’t a billionaire, playboy, shifter, Navy Seal or rockstar; he’s a mechanic. You don’t get enough sexy mechanics in romance land (in my humble opinion).
  2. The blurb is cute, as is the cover dude (can’t ever go wrong with a hot guy flashing abs and using tools, am I right?)

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One Taste of Sin by Amanda Siegrist

4/11/2018

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ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

Publication date: 04/06/2018
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Cliffhanger: No
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OK, y’all know I have somewhat of an attitude problem about romantic suspense. Even when I suspend my disbelief that anyone would stop and have sex (or even think about stopping and having sex) when a serial killer is after them, I still struggle with pretty much this entire category of books. But I like this author, and I read and enjoyed the last book in the series, so I checked my attitude at the door and gave this one a read. Just like the last book, overall, I’m glad I did.

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Whatcha reading? Recs needed IMMEDIATELY!

4/9/2018

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Whatcha reading? Recs needed IMMEDIATELY!
OK, y’all, I am on an epically bad book streak. I’ve failed to finish so many books lately that I’m starting to get a complex about it. (Is it me? Are these books really good and I’m the only one in the world who doesn’t love them? What’s wrong with me that I hate these books that everyone else seems to love? What if I never read another great book again? GAH!!!) So, here I am, humbly asking all you romance readers out there to help me out. What are YOU reading and loving right now? Here’s what I’m hoping you’ll have for me:

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Top 14 laugh-out-loud contemporary romances

4/6/2018

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Top 14 laugh-out-loud contemporary romances
A while back, we did a “best of” list featuring our favorite laugh-out-loud paranormal romances, and some of you said, “but Romance Rehab, what about funny contemporary romances? We NEED them!”  So, never let it be said that we’re not givers, because here are our picks for the top 14 CONTEMPORARY romances that might result in snorting and peeing your pants just a little because you’re laughing so hard. (No reading in public, in other words) Enjoy!

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