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13 romance reads that prove scars are sexy

11/30/2018

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13 romance reads that prove scars are sexy
It’s a scientific fact that men with scars are automatically sexier than men without scars. Don’t bother looking it up. Y’all know I’m right. And these 13 romance heroes are proof. Enjoy all the scarred hotness, folks. You’re welcome. ​

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Muffin Top by Avery Flynn

11/28/2018

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​ROMANTIC COMEDY

Publication date: 10/29/2018
Kindle Unlimited: No
Cliffhanger: No

Can I just take this opportunity to talk about how much I LOVE reading about heroines who are normal? Heroines who aren’t a perfect size 2, don’t always say the right thing, don’t always react well in a crisis? I hate heroines who are perfect in every way, and there are just WAY too many of them in romance land. Real women have flaws and quirks and insecurities and that is PERFECTLY FINE! Those of us who aren’t perfect are just as deserving of our HEA as all the paragons of virtue out there.

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Earl to the Rescue by Jane Ashford

11/27/2018

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HISTORICAL ROMANCE

Publication date: 11/27/2018
Kindle Unlimited: No
Cliffhanger: No

Guest Review by mom, romance fanatic, and (someday) published author Summer Raines!

I enjoyed this book so much, but you probably need to be a fan of historical romance if you’re going to enjoy it. My reason for thinking that, is the same reason I’m very impressed with it. The book is from the heroine’s POV, and never breaks from her voice. The thoughts and language used are true to the character’s time, instead of a narrator using today’s way of speaking between the dialogue. I love that.

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False advertising in romance novels and why it needs to stop NOW

11/26/2018

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False advertising in romance novels and why it needs to stop NOW
I’ve been misled quite a bit lately on Amazon. And no, this is not an anti-Amazon rant (not that we haven’t done that in the past). I’m talking about books that are being advertised as romance—or a certain type of romance—that clearly aren’t all they claimed to be. I’m seeing a few reasons for these misclassifications:
  1. Authors and publishers are putting their books in categories where they don’t belong in order to increase the number of potential readers who see the books
  2. Amazon is randomly misclassifying books because of something their bots are picking up
  3. Authors and publishers don’t actually KNOW how to classify and categorize their books

So, there’s not much we can do about #2. The ‘Zon is gonna do what the ‘Zon wants to do. No one is the boss of them. But for the authors and publishers...listen up and take note.
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11 quirky paranormal romance heroines who are far from normal (in a good way)

11/23/2018

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11 quirky paranormal romance heroines who are far from normal (in a good way)
You know how some romance heroines are often serious and stoic and pretty much perfect in every way? Yeah, this isn’t a list of THOSE heroines. This is a list of eccentric, sometimes goofy, adorable, QUIRKY paranormal romance heroines who don’t take themselves too seriously. Enjoy!

(And let’s not get into a “well, that’s not really paranormal romance, it’s urban fantasy” debate, m’kay? If a book has a strong romance element in it and the book wouldn’t be able to stand on its own if you remove that element, it’s paranormal romance. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Plus, it’s my blog and I do what I want. No one is the boss of me.)

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Two Dukes Are Better Than One by Lorna James

11/21/2018

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​HISTORICAL ROMANCE
EROTIC ROMANCE


Publication date: 10/26/2017
Kindle Unlimited: No
Cliffhanger: No
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Guest Review by mom, romance fanatic, and (someday) published author Summer Raines!

Ooohh boy! If you’re in the market for a steamy ménage, look no further. This historical erotica is about two dukes teaching a virginal lady that she can relish erotic pleasures… and she’s an ardent student. We’re talking panty melting heat on these pages!

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Unspeakable by Elisabeth Naughton

11/20/2018

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​ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

Publication date: 11/20/2018
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Cliffhanger: No

Guest Review by mom, romance fanatic, and (someday) published author Summer Raines!

Amazing book, very well written! No surprise there- it’s Elisabeth Naughton after all. I was scared for the characters, I was happy for them, I laughed, I even had to fight back tears a few times. Very emotional roller coaster with twists and turns you’ll never see coming. Read it, read it, read it!

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Hallmark Channel holiday movies: Why are they so popular?

11/19/2018

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If you watch television at all, you’ve seen a few (or a few hundred) commercials for Hallmark Channel holiday movies at this time of year. You know the movies I’m talking about: high-powered female exec travels to a small town to shut down the factory that employs everyone, but falls in love with the quirky locals and the hot, beta, town vet/sheriff/restaurant owner/bartender, and the magic of the season (and the power of True Love) forces her to realize how shallow her life has been. She thus decides to quit her high-powered-but-soulless job, save the factory through an unlikely series of events, and marry the beta man who wears sweaters a lot. The end.

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The ultimate biker romance reading list (for today, at least)

11/16/2018

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The ultimate biker romance reading list (for today, at least)
We’ve done a couple of different biker lists on the site (here and here), and each time, people write in and let us know about all these great reads we’ve forgotten to include. That always leads us to read those books, and we usually agree that we SHOULD have added them to the list, and it just ends up being this big ole endless cycle, you know? List-read-repeat-list-read-repeat...over and over and over again. So, we’re not stupid enough to say that this is the ultimate biker romance reading list FOR ALL TIME. But as of today, these are our top picks. Enjoy!

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Further to Fall by Catherine Cowles

11/14/2018

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​CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Publication date: 10/24/2018
Kindle Unlimited: No
Cliffhanger: No

Guest Review by mom, romance fanatic, and (someday) published author Summer Raines!

Here’s what you need to do- scroll back above this review a little and find the Amazon button. Now buy this book! I promise you this is a 5-star reading experience and you won’t be disappointed. Yeah, yeah. You’re saying, “Summer… you only gave it 4-stars.” No, I’m not drunk. It’s only because of a few irky elements present. But the writing was so good I decided I’m giving the author a pass. (And it’s her first book! Cut her some slack!)

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Top 9 things that need to change about romance novel sex scenes. Like, NOW

11/12/2018

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Top 9 things that need to change about romance novel sex scenes. Like, NOW
I want to smack the crap out of people who call sex scenes in romance novels “the good parts.” There’s so much more to romance novels than the sex scenes. But that’s a different rant entirely. And while there are tons of great romance novels out there with truly beautiful, sexy, erotic, and emotional sex scenes, there are an unfortunate number of stories out there with sex scenes that I tend to cringe about and skip over. Sadly, I’ve seen enough of these things to write an entire rant about them…

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11 Hollywood romances you’ll LOVE

11/9/2018

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11 Hollywood Romances You’ll LOVE
The idea of a famous actor or actress falling for a regular person is endlessly fascinating and endlessly romantic. (It’s also not completely unrealistic. Matt Damon and his wife met when she was a bartender.) That’s probably why it’s been the subject of so many great romance novels. With that in mind, here are but a few great ones. Enjoy!

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Fix Her Up by Carey Heywood

11/7/2018

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​CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Publication date: 05/24/2017
Kindle Unlimited: No
Cliffhanger: No

There was technically nothing wrong with this book. It was well-written, the characters were realistic and interesting, the dialogue was smooth, the sex scenes were suitably sexy. So why not a 5-star rating? Well…

First I’ll list out the things I liked about the book (because my mom always told me not to lead with criticism, and she’s a smart lady):

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Never Let Me Fall by Abbie Roads

11/6/2018

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PARANORMAL ROMANCE
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE


Publication date: 11/06/2018
Kindle Unlimited: No
Cliffhanger: Don't know and don't care

I feel like I’m really missing something here…

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WTF romance novel covers: Part 2

11/5/2018

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WTF romance novel covers: Part 2
I bet you thought our original post about WTF romance novel covers was going to be the last one, didn’t you? Well, SURPRISE! Here we are again with a brand new crop of WTF covers for your enjoyment.

And please, before anyone jumps on me for being mean, I’m not calling anyone out just to be cruel. I just want to rehab the genre and crush the stupid romance stigma once and for all. And frankly, unless covers like these go away, we’ll never be able to do that. So, to anyone who might be offended... bygones.

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