Joanna Bourne’s highly anticipated third Spymaster novel, The Forbidden Rose, not only lives up to my expectations, it exceeds them. Bourne stepped outside the box with this series by making the latest installment a prequel instead of a linear sequel. Readers are taken back in time, to the Terror in France, to see how gruff… Read More The Forbidden Rose, by Joanna Bourne
South Carolina state senator Jake Knotts called gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley and President Obama “ragheads,” and then he said he was joking. Because racial slurs are just so gosh-darned funny! LOL! What a knee-slapper! Meanwhile, I’m like…are you kidding me? I have to look at the calendar on my wall and make sure it’s actually 2010.… Read More Racism and politics: to have and have Knotts
A few days ago, Andrea Miller of The Huffington Post posted a “humorous” piece called How to Date an Indian (Advice for the Non-Indian). Full of such gems as “most Indians are innately gracious, social creatures” (What are we, gazelles?) and “one more big bonus when it comes to dating an Indian: communication with cabbies,”… Read More How to Write an Article (Advice for the HuffPo)
Maya Rodale’s A Groom of One’s Own is set to drop on June 29. I’ve the ARC for months and just recently got around to reading it. It’s a charming time pass about Miss Sophie Harlow, a “Writing Girl” for the London Weekly. Fresh off her own jilting at the altar, she moves to London… Read More A Groom of One’s Own, by Maya Rodale
THE IRISH CURSE, a wickedly funny off-Broadway play co-starring Austin Peck (ex-Brad, ATWT) closed this weekend, and I was lucky enough to catch one of the last performances! To those wondering what “the Irish curse” entails…well, let’s just say that the affliction involves Irishmen who aren’t exactly blessed below the waist. And, no, I’m not talking about… Read More Soap Opera Weekly: Blogging With Mala
One of 2009’s freshest voices, Tessa Dare, is back with another trilogy this summer, The Stud Club (you must check out the book trailer; it’s hilarious). The first book, One Dance with a Duke, was released on May 25, with Twice Tempted by a Rogue and Three Nights with a Scoundrel to follow on June… Read More One Dance With a Duke, by Tessa Dare
I recently finished Meredith Duran’s April 27 release, Wicked Becomes You. After three stellar novels (The Duke of Shadows, Bound By Your Touch and Written On Your Skin), Duran went on my insta-buy list, and I think that’s often a precarious position to put an author in…because you build your expectations up. You get the… Read More Awesomeness Becomes You
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