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Bittersweet by Sarina Bowen: A DIK Review
AAR grade: A Sensuality: Warm Sarina Bowen’s first story in her True North series (known colloquially among bloggers as her ‘Grumpy Farmers’ series) is a lovely and lush romance set in the countryside of Vermont. Griff…
Tricky Dicks: The Worst Politicians in Romance and YA Literature
With the American election season already burning up the internet and my television screen seemingly constantly turned to pundits talking politicians, I thought it might be time to talk leadership. Specifically, the kind of leadership we…
DIKlassic: Song of Seduction by Carrie Lofty
Grade: A- Sensuality: Hot Publication date: June 2010 European historicals set outside Great Britain are rare, and those set in countries other than France, Italy, and Greece are close to extinct. Carrie Lofty’s Song of Seduction is set…
The Biggest Gamble: A Guest Post (and a giveaway)
Hi everyone! Rose Lerner here. I’m so excited to be back and talking about my new historical romance anthology Gambled Away. Joanna Bourne, Isabel Cooper, Jeannie Lin, Molly O’Keefe and I each contribute a story in…
An Interview (and a giveaway) with Anne Calhoun
I am an Anne Calhoun fan. Uncommon Passion is one of my favorite romances and, even when I don’t think her books are that good, I almost always enjoy them. Her parsing of what men and women feel…
Cross-Country House Party: A Guest Post (and a giveaway) from Bronwyn Scott and Marguerite Kaye
Scandal at the Midsummer Ball had its genesis when we received a house party invitation from Harlequin. The details were sketchy, we were provided with a picture of the venue, the name of our host, some…