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Yup, it's our website, and damn we read a lot of romance books. So naturally, there are those books we just can't wait to tell you about. Here are the books, we think you really ought to run out and buy. And hey, it's our opinion.
The books we're pimping this week are....
Find Me
by Debra Webb
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Release Date: December 30, 2008
Marisa says this taught romantic suspense kept her guessing until the end. The people of Youngstown Maine have a killer on the loose and even though this God-fearing, tight knit community thinks they live in a town that resembles Andy Griffith’s Mayberry, they soon find out the killer has to be one of their own. Underneath the ‘ah shucks’ attitude is a town filled with secrets, lies and danger. The heroine is a unique combination of intelligence and vulnerability with a take no prisoners attitude and it’s up to her to find out who the killer is before another girl goes missing. Don’t miss this one.
Full Exposure
by Tracy Wolff
Publisher: NAL Trade
RRelease Date: January 6, 2009
Marisa says: The Bayou never looked so good – a sultry intensely driven artist and a photographer with a past that still haunts her find their temperatures rising in this erotic romantic suspense that will keep you guessing. Lust can be unexpected – but when you couple that with love and danger the surprises only multiply. Marisa thinks you’ll enjoy the interplay between the hero and the heroine – both dynamic characters and a story line with a bite.
Scandal
by Carolyn Jewel
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date: February 3, 2009
Katibabs gives this book a 5 plus. She says, Scandal is a must read book that should not be passed by. Carolyn Jewel has written a mature and emotional romance that has everything from passion, love and most importantly the respect a mana and a woman can have for one another.
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OVERHEARD CONVERSATION
At the Bus Stop
Maria: New Year, new books, new TV shows, new movies, new music.
Marisa: mutter, mutter, mutter
Maria: What's all the muttering about?
Marisa: I'm trying to figure out how to add five more hours to my day.
Maria: Why?
Marisa: So I can catch up with last year.
Maria: But it's a New Year.
Marisa: Yeah, but whatever book, movie, TV show or music I didn't get to last year is still new to me.
In Restaurant
Marisa: If you keep staring at those people, they're going to invite you to eat with them.
Maria: I can't help it.
Marisa: Really, you could exercise some self control.
Maria: Seriously. I can't help it. I just heard that woman order a plate of 'doom' and a side of 'gloom'.
Marisa: That's probably because she's on a steady diet of news.
In the Office
Marisa: What are you doing?
Maria: Starring.
Marisa: Starring at what?
Maria: My mind.
Marisa: You can do that?
Maria: Oh yes, when I'm looking for something, I stare at my mind.
Marisa: What are you looking for?
Maria: The answer.
Marisa: I hope you have no place to go in a hurry.
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WORD OF THE WEEK
Joyful
1. full of joy, as a person or one's heart; glad; delighted.
2. showing or expressing joy, as looks, actions, or speech.
3. causing or bringing joy, as an event, a sight, or news; delightful: the joyful announcement of their marriage
I choose to be joyful because I can -- despite all reason not to.
-Maria
BOOK REVIEWS
Many books are released each month. You may not have had the chance to read everything you've wanted. Just because it's not a new release doesn't mean it's not worth the read. Check out some of reviews for books you might have missed.
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QUOTES
Our mother gave us this quote - we like it, so we're sharing.
"Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can." Danny Kaye
This is certainly the way our mother has lived her life, and the way she's encouraged us to live ours.
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NEW THIS WEEK ON ROMANCE NOVEL TV...
Monday - Guest Author Jessica Andersen
Thursday - Guest Author Kathryn Shay
Friday - Andrea's January Must Reads
Today is the release day of Dawnkeepers
Find out what Jessica Andersen thinks about her heroines in today's exclusive video interview. (more)
The One That Got Away by Jessica Andersen
In Dawnkeepers, ex-lovers Nate and Alexis are forced to work together to recover seven lost Maya artifacts that are critical to the end-time war. In the process, they’re forced to deal with their pasts and each other, and things heat up fast!
Me…. I love reunion romances. I think that the shared past experiences bring a special richness and depth to the story. I love reading them, and I love writing them. And I was wondering. . . (more)
A Big World - The World of The Final Prophecy
Day 4 or of our countdown to Jessica Andersen's new release Dawnkeepers. (more)
Reading and Multi-tasking?
When I get the chance to read - I savor the moment. I read almost anywhere and anytime I get a chance. If I'm travelling, I always bring a book with me. If I going to a meeting, yes, there's a book in my bag. If I'm waiting for someone, I'll whip out a book instead of pacing and checking my watch twelve thousand times. Of course my most treasured times are the times I just get to sit in my comfy chair and just read with no interruptions. (more)
Who are the Night Keepers?
Who are the Night Keepers? They thought they were normal people – but it turns out they have extraordinary powers and their ancestors are the Mayans. Jessica Andersen tells us about her reserach into this ancient culture. After you’ve watched the video let us know what you would do if you suddenly found yourself with the ability to time travel back to an ancient civilization.
One lucky poster will win a book today. (more)
News and some Opinions...
Random House Diversifies
Random House Children's Books purchased Tamarind, an independent publisher of illustrated books featuring ethnically diverse characters. Verna Wilkins began the company in 1987. She stated in an article in thebookseller.com that when her children were small they believed that only white children could be featured in children's books. She wanted to produce high quality books featuring children from all backgrounds in universal situations.
Here's hoping that the Random House purchase will give these books the wider audience they deserve.
Fond Farewells
After 73 years in business America's most famous French bookstore is closing. Located in the heart of Rockefeller center in New York City, the bookstore has been visited by millions of tourist from all over the world throughout the years. So if it's so famous why is it closing. Their rent is being raised, from 360,000 to one million a year. Really, who could sell that many books. So, what - they're planning on opening a McDonald's? Great, just what we need another place to put the pounds on our bodies and not our minds. I say a fond farewell to the Librairie de France.
After 80 years in existence The Gotham Book Mark in New York City closed in 2007. It was a home to writers like Arthur Miller and John Updike. It's customers included Charlie Chaplin and Katherine Hepburn. The closing of any bookstore is a sad business, but there is a happy ending to this saga. A collection of about 200,000 titles from the Book Mart have found a new home at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Young Adult Book Award
Five novels for teens are finalists for the American Library Association's first-ever William C. Morris YA Debut Award.
The prize is given for books that "illuminate the teen experience and enrich the lives of its readers through its excellence."
The nominees, announced this week: Elizabeth Bunce's "A Curse Dark as Gold"; Kristin Cashore's "Graceling"; James Lecesne's "Absolute Brightness"; Christina Meldrum's "Madapple"; and Jenny Valentine's "Me, the Missing and the Dead."
The winner will be announced Jan. 26.
Top Romance Books 2008
By Kati Dancy
As I said before, 2008 was an amazing year for reading. I know, speaking for myself that reading Joanna Bourne’s The Spymaster’s Lady in January of this year kicked off a three week reading slump where I couldn’t even bring myself to read the back of a cereal box. But it picked up after that and I read SO many terrific books. Our reviewers chose our favorite books, and you all narrowed the list to help us award the First Annual RNTV Reviewer’s Choice Awards.. (more)
Reviews...
Book Review: Warrior of the Highlands by Veronica Wolff
Reviewed by PJ Ausdenmore
Publisher: Penguin
4.75 stars
Haley Fitzpatrick, the baby and only daughter of the testosterone-laden Fitzpatrick clan, is a thoroughly modern woman with a passion for seventeenth-century Scottish weapons. While doing research for her dissertation, the Harvard grad student is startled to discover an ancient sketch of a Scottish warrior and a woman who looks exactly like Haley, right down to the jagged scar on her neck. Unaware that her life is about to be irrevocably changed she reaches out to touch the sketch and feels herself falling. Alasdair MacColla is a huge, fierce, bloodthirsty warrior. He’s trying to rescue his sister from the despised Campbells when a woman in strange clothing suddenly materializes in front of him. (more)
Book Review: Tempt the Devil by Anna Campbell
Reviewed by Marisa O’Neill
Publisher: Avon
Grade: 5 stars
Every once in a while you read a book that transports you. After reading TEMPT THE DEVIL I was transported, but I also had a period of mourning. It was hard for me to read another book because this one stayed with me long after I closed the last page. The prose, the characters, the dialogue, the ambiance is magic woven together in a seamless and masterful way. Anna Campbell is a virtuoso with words - and the words come together bringing incandescent and vivid images that create a sumptuous world that keeps you feasting for hours. (more)
Book Review: Lone Star Woman by Sadie Callahan
Reviewed by Andrea Williamson
Publisher: Signet Eclipse
4.75 stars
Lone Star Woman is the debut book by Sadie Callahan, but she is no stranger to romance fiction. Some of you may know her as Anna Jeffrey and also half of the amazingly funny Dixie Cash. Whatever you want to call her, she is definitely a gifted author.
As the only child of a wealthy ranch owner and businessman, Judith Ann Strayhorn has always been fortunate enough to enjoy the best things in life. (more)
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