Blog Archive
Remembering Jo Beverley
We were saddened to hear about historical romance author Jo Beverley’s death yesterday. (You can read about her and her passing at the Word Wenches blog.) Ms. Beverley was a giant in her field. She wrote…
When Romance Dies
WARNING: This post has spoilers for the TV shows Castle, Downton Abbey, ER, Robin Hood, and Being Human. I will admit, I love the television show Castle but I haven’t been as loyal a viewer as…
DIKlassic: The Knight and The Rose by Isolde Martyn
Title: The Knight and the Rose Author: Isolde Martyn Grade: A Setting: Medieval Romance (1320s England) Sensuality: Warm Readers who loved Isolde Martyn’s The Maiden and the Unicorn (Our DIK review is here.) have been waiting (patiently or not) for…
Alexis Hall interviews K.J. Charles (and a giveaway)
KJ Charles’s three Society of Gentlemen Regency romances were all rated Desert Isle Keepers by All About Romance. A Seditious Affair, which was awarded a coveted A+, was voted tied first for Best LGBTQ+ Romance in…
A Guest Post & Giveaway from Stella Riley
Still tied to his desk in the Intelligence Office, Colonel Eden Maxwell has become increasingly disenchanted with both Oliver Cromwell and his own daily existence; and with the advent of new Royalist conspiracies, he despairs of…
TBR Challenge – Expect the Unexpected
I’m a fairly eclectic reader (just check my Goodreads account for proof of that), so when confronted with a theme calling on me to pick out something completely different, I found myself at a bit of…
Dee Ernst on Writing, Getting Older, and Lessons Learned (and a giveaway!)
I began writing when I was in my forties, and I began for one important reason — I couldn’t find any books that I really enjoyed reading. I was a grown-up woman in a happy marriage,…