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January 3rd, 2009 — , 21st century, Actor/Actress, Contemporary, Contests, Covers, Highlander, Pirate, Scotland, ancestors, artist comments, buchanan, celtic thunder, contest model, cuffs, inspiration, karen marie moning, northern scotland, romance novel, romance passion, s books, sasha, scottish highland games, scottish highlands, title laird, warriors from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Excellent, Love Romance Passion has it’s second entry for the Highlander Romance Novel Cover Contest. This entry was submitted by Sasha, who also participated in the Pirate Novel Cover Contest. Leave a comment to vote for this entry as the winner is chosen based on the amount of comments they receive. Feel free to vote [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - The Search for Mr. Romance is On! So I just learned that my "Search for Fabio" posts are part of a wider search for Mr. Romance. Variety announces that Mr. Romance is going to be a New Regency film and is about a skeptical guy entering the Mr. Romance Pageant contest in hopes to win back his......
- Highlander Romance- From the Wilds of Scotland and Wales What is highlander romance? Highlander romance is a subgenre of historical romance. Not to be confused with the show, highlander romance is all about those sexy warrior men. The setting for these romances usually takes place in Scotland or Wales. You may be familiar with the 2008 movie Made of......
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January 3rd, 2009 — , Contemporary, Contests, Covers, England, Foster/Orphan, Gentry, Heiress, Highlander, Plump/Endowed Heroine, Scotland, Spinster, bastard, companions, contest entries, cousin, debts, dilapidated castle, heir, jessamine, joseph kelley, laird joseph, london society, new homes, patrick kelley, romance novel, sip, uneventful life, vocal support from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Today I have the pleasure of presenting the first of the Highlander Novel Cover Contest entries. Be sure to vote by leaving a comment on the entries that you enjoy! The winner is determined by the amount of vocal support they receive before the end of the month!
Model: Alex, who is really Scottish.
Designer: Zarabeth
Romance Novel [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Pirate and Privateer Romance- Separating Myth from Truth What is pirate, privateer, or buccaneer romance? While pirate romance seems pretty self explanatory the truth of the matter is that modern romantic notions of pirates are far from fact. When we think of a pirate, I am sure many of you will conjure up an image of the deliciously......
- Regency Romance versus Historical Romance What is regency romance and how does it differ from historical romance? You may well recognize Jane Austen as a regency romance writer. She is best known for works such as Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. So what makes a regency romance? Well if you look at......
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January 3rd, 2009 — , 4 Stars, Contemporary, Guest Reviews, Lora Leigh, Sailing, Secret Agent, Suspense/Thriller, body moves, chameleon, dhs, disguises, drug cartel, fuentes, illegitimate son, killer secrets, kira, murderer, navy seals, niece, politician, sadist, sorrell, soul mates, terrorist group, traitor, wealthy socialite from Marcia @ Love Romance Passion
The great thing about a series is that the writer has the freedom to explore themes and develop characters in greater detail than in a single average sized novel. This is true of Lora Leigh’s ‘Tempting Seals Series’. Durango Team, of the Navy Seals, is working for Homeland Security trying to shut down a [...]
Related Websites - Review: Killer Secrets by Lora Leigh The great thing about a series is that the writer has the freedom to explore themes and develop characters in greater detail than in a single average sized novel. This is true of Lora Leigh’s ‘Tempting Seals Series’. Durango Team, of the Navy Seals, is working for Homeland Security trying......
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December 31st, 2008 — , About, Contemporary, Music, News, Regency, chris dane owens, country music singer, juliet, love story, music video, romeo, shine on me, soul mate, soul mate factor, taylor swift, wtf from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Love Story by Taylor Swift:
The costumes are absolutely gorgeous. Cuffs are seriously sexy. Taylor Swift is a beautiful woman with a wonderful voice. She’s a country music singer. When I saw this on Youtube I just had to share with everyone. The song is about a young girl’s love story (Romeo and Juliet). What I [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - A Regency Love Story - Taylor Swift Love Story by Taylor Swift: The costumes are absolutely gorgeous. Cuffs are seriously sexy. Taylor Swift is a beautiful woman with a wonderful voice. She's a country music singer. When I saw this on Youtube I just had to share with everyone. The song is about a young girl's love......
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December 31st, 2008 — , 3.5 Stars, Bodyguard, Contemporary, Guest Reviews, Jane Porter, Queen or Princess, Regency, Survival, Widow or Widower, airplane, cara lynn, crazy person, demetrius, inlaws, love, loveless, marriage, physical abuse, pre nup, private island, returning home, thibaudet, turbulence, unhappy life from Karin @ Love Romance Passion
This is a book I really enjoyed. Chantal Thibaudet is a princess, but leading an unhappy life. Her marriage was loveless (and included physical abuse, so be warned) but she is now widowed with a four year old daughter. Her in-laws are power hungry, including a pre-nup that basically holds her daughter [...]
Related Websites - Review: The Greek's Royal Mistress by Jane Porter This is a book I really enjoyed. Chantal Thibaudet is a princess, but leading an unhappy life. Her marriage was loveless (and included physical abuse, so be warned) but she is now widowed with a four year old daughter. Her in-laws are power hungry, including a pre-nup that basically holds......
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December 25th, 2008 — , 3 Stars, Baroness or Viscountess, Children, Contemporary, Divorced, England, Gambling, Guest Reviews, Jane Porter, Monaco, Racing, Scarred Hero, Virgin, bet, cara lynn, compulsive gambler, disastrous marriage, family fortune, fears, harlequin, highest bidder, little girl, mid point, monte carlo, nice guy, plucky heroine, pre nup, puzzle, step daughter, stepmother, twists, van bergen from Karin @ Love Romance Passion
This one had a few twists and turns I didn’t see coming, and it was more believable. The background of the leading characters unfolds throughout the book, and some of it you don’t find out until mid-point.
Samantha van Bergen is in a disastrous marriage, mothering a step-daughter that she dearly loves. This [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: Taken by the Highest Bidder by Jane Porter (no spoilers) This one had a few twists and turns I didn't see coming, and it was more believable. The background of the leading characters unfolds throughout the book, and some of it you don't find out until mid-point. Samantha van Bergen is in a disastrous marriage, mothering a step-daughter that she......
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December 21st, 2008 — , About, Contemporary, Magic Users, News, Paranormal, Vampire, Werewolf, aspiring author, ayra, bard, beadle, big time, breaking dawn by stephenie meyer, brisingr, christopher paolini, dragon, dragons, eragon, everyday world, fantasy, inheritance, j k rowling, time success, true love, vamps, what this means, wizards, word of mouth from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
“Every age embraces the vampire it needs,” said Mike Deloney. Read on here.
The Top 3 Young Adult Books From 2008:
in no particular order…
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (vamps),
Brisingr by Christopher Paolini (dragons),
Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (wizards).
What this means:
While it’s nearly impossible to be more formulaic than Paolini’s Inheritance Series, the key [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Fantasy with a Dash of Romance "Every age embraces the vampire it needs," said Mike Deloney. Read on here. The Top 3 Young Adult Books From 2008: in no particular order... Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (vamps), Brisingr by Christopher Paolini (dragons), Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (wizards). What this means: While it's......
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December 15th, 2008 — , 3.5 Stars, Contemporary, Contests, Police, Regency, Suspense/Thriller, United States of America, Writer, bitches, chief of police, dahl, debut novel, family and friends, fun sex, heroine, honey, hunk, inheritance, law enforcer, lawson, molly, pen name, prizes, romance author, romance novels, romantic times, sexual interactions, writing erotica from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Sarah from Smart Bitches and Jane from Dear Author are co-hosting another contest. The prizes are pretty sweet and well worth the time to get involved.
First things first, what contemporary romance started this contest?
The answer to that is Victoria Dahl’s debut novel Talk Me Down. The heroine in this novel, Molly Jenkins, is an erotica [...]
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- Carnival of Trashy Romance Novels - Because Books Don't Fall Asleep Afterward Welcome to the December 6, 2008 edition of trashy romance novels. This is the carnivals first run. I am very pleased to introduce to readers the following posts: Get Into Bed With This category is for author interviews and author posts. Winter presents Sunlight Sucks » Blog Archive »......
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December 15th, 2008 — , About, Book Review, Contemporary, Harry Potter, High School, Paranormal, Stephenie Meyer, Twilight, United States of America, Vampire, Werewolf, angel, buffy, cedric diggory, disbelief, hunk, love stories, movie theater, one lifetime, robert pattison, saga, timelessness, vampire romance from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
I’m devoting the next three days to the Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer. When I first heard about this new teenage vampire romance I was skeptical. This is probably because my favorite vampire/human duos from other fandoms do not work out. For instance, Angel left Buffy after three seasons and then the series creator and [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Fantasy with a Dash of Romance "Every age embraces the vampire it needs," said Mike Deloney. Read on here. The Top 3 Young Adult Books From 2008: in no particular order... Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (vamps), Brisingr by Christopher Paolini (dragons), Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (wizards). What this means: While it's......
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Outside of the fact that twilight is one of my favorite times of day, I was intrigued by an article in our paper a couple of weeks ago or so mentioning this author and her books. There was something about the fact that one of her books outsold one of......
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December 12th, 2008 — , 4 Stars, Book Review, Breaking Dawn, Children, Contemporary, High School, Pregnant, Stephenie Meyer, United States of America, Vampire, Werewolf, alice, amazon, bruises, buzz, doorstep, four stars, freaks, funk, furniture, honeymoon, jacob, mail, many things, novel, pregnancy, rosalie, scene fades, seduction, sexy lingerie from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
I was very excited to get my Breaking Dawn in the mail from Amazon. They managed to get it to me one day before they told me that it would arrive on my doorstep and I devoured the novel, all 700+ pages, in two days, which is consistent with how I’ve read the other three [...]
Related Websites - Review: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (with spoilers) I was very excited to get my Breaking Dawn in the mail from Amazon. They managed to get it to me one day before they told me that it would arrive on my doorstep and I devoured the novel, all 700+ pages, in two days, which is consistent with how......
- Breaking Dawn, Midnight Release Parties Friday night of last week, fans of the teenage vampire romance by Stephenie Meyer gathered at bookstores for the release of Breaking Dawn, the fourth installment of the Twilight Saga. They were dressed as characters in the books, as vampires in general and in particular as Edward and Bella. Several......
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December 10th, 2008 — , 3 Stars, Contemporary, Divorced, Fern Michaels, Guest Reviews, Secret Agent, United States of America, divorce papers, fbi, fbi training, first wives club, flying colors, getting revenge, girlfriend, honeymoon, joke, karin, marriage, marriage game, mountains, pappy, recruiter, screen comedy, secret ops, silver screen, wolf from Karin @ Love Romance Passion
The Marriage Game by Fern Michaels is a light summer read.
I figured by the description it would have some humor, and it does.
Samantha Rainford returns from her honeymoon to find she has been served divorce papers. She is both shocked and heart broken. She is going to be paid off with a [...]
Related Websites - Review: The Marriage Game by Fern Michaels The Marriage Game by Fern Michaels is a light summer read. I figured by the description it would have some humor, and it does. Samantha Rainford returns from her honeymoon to find she has been served divorce papers. She is both shocked and heart broken. She is going to be......
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December 9th, 2008 — , 1 Star, Actor/Actress, Candy Striper, Contemporary, Guest Reviews, Humor, Jane Heller, Reporter, United States of America, ann roth, book details, boss, britney spears, celebrities, character traits, fear, fly, goddard, intention, interviewers, journalist, karin, main man, nerve, paparazzi, romance, trivia from Karin @ Love Romance Passion
Some Nerve by Jane Heller promised to be an interesting book, but it turned out to be less than I had hoped for.
The cover looked intriguing, but alas, the story could have been summed up in about 10 pages.
Plus it is quite dated, printed in 2006, and opening with Britney Spears pregnant with her first [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: Some Nerve by Jane Heller Some Nerve by Jane Heller promised to be an interesting book, but it turned out to be less than I had hoped for. The cover looked intriguing, but alas, the story could have been summed up in about 10 pages. Plus it is quite dated, printed in 2006, and opening......
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December 6th, 2008 — , 2.5 Stars, Children, Contemporary, Guest Reviews, Mary Castillo, Paranormal, United States of America, aggie, best friends, freaky friday, friendship, full moon, glimpse, good friends, guest writer, guru, karin, life sort, nely, rl, romance, spa, stalker, submission guidelines, switchcraft, two men, yahoo from Karin @ Love Romance Passion
Have you ever wanted to switch bodies or lives with someone else? Even if it was only for a day? How about a month? Could you survive a month as another person? Switchcraft is just such a tale. Switchcraft is a fun book, sort of like the movie Freaky Friday. But it does make [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: Switchcraft by Mary Castillo Have you ever wanted to switch bodies or lives with someone else? Even if it was only for a day? How about a month? Could you survive a month as another person? Switchcraft is just such a tale. Switchcraft is a fun book, sort of like the movie Freaky Friday.......
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December 5th, 2008 — , 3.5 Stars, Contemporary, Guest Reviews, Linda Howard, Pilot, Survival, United States of America, Widow or Widower, adult children, assets, cameron, handsome salary, money, particulars, personal assistant, romance, rrn, seattle, seth, tazmin, time passion, trust funds, wealthy businessman, wingate from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Three guests reviews this week! Marcia writes to us again, this time about Linda Howard’s Up Close and Dangerous. Marcia is fabulous and a completely avid reader. She’s written RRN many reviews. I would like to take a moment to thank her for all her time, passion, and energy that she’s devoted to the growing [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: Up Close and Dangerous by Linda Howard Bailey Wingate is living what many would believe to be a charmed life in Seattle, but she has problems. Not that she is complaining. She knows that she is fortunate. Having grown up impoverished, she became the personal assistant to James Wingate, a wealthy businessman and father of two extremely......
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December 5th, 2008 — , 4.5 Stars, Book Review, Contemporary, Dyslexia, Foot Fetish, Gambling, Jennifer Crusie, United States of America, actuary, beast, bridesmaid, dobbs, donuts, ecstasy, elvis, goner, handbag, hotdogs, minerva, morrisey, piece of cake, sexy heels, sharp tongue, sister diane, smuck, those shoes from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
The cover on this book describes Bet Me to be “wickedly witty, deliciously sexy.” More than that, Jennifer Crusie’s story is tender and full of Elvis (both varieties.) I enjoy this book immensely every time I read it. I think it’s the shoes.
Minerva Dobbs will never be described as thin, but her mother won’t stop [...]
Related Websites - Review: Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie The cover on this book describes Bet Me to be “wickedly witty, deliciously sexy.” More than that, Jennifer Crusie’s story is tender and full of Elvis (both varieties.) I enjoy this book immensely every time I read it. I think it’s the shoes. Minerva Dobbs will never be described as......
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December 4th, 2008 — , 2.5 Stars, 3 Stars, Contemporary, Guest Reviews, United States of America, apple orchard, assorted characters, bank loan, busybodies, guest reviewer, hank malone, housekeeper, janet evanovich, kidnappings, long time friends, madam, maggie, misunderstanding, romances, smile on your face, stephanie plum series, toone, twists and turns, two different things, whirl from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
RRN would like to welcome back guest reviewer Karin! It is my pleasure to have her again. Today’s post is a review she has submitted on one of Janet Evanovich’s lighthearted romances. For your pleasure the full review is listed below.
Janet Evanovich is one of my favorite writers. I really enjoy her Stephanie Plum [...]
Related Websites - Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich Fearless Fourteen continues the comic saga of Stephanie Plum and her cohorts in bond enforcement. Along the way there are the requisite crimes to solve to the tune of $9 million missing from a heist. Then add to the mix being stalked by the perpetrators who are dying one......
- Review: Wife for Hire by Janet Evanovich Janet Evanovich is one of my favorite writers. I really enjoy her Stephanie Plum series. So when I saw Wife for Hire, I figured I'd give one of her other books a whirl. It's quite lightweight and fairly short (especially since the print is larger, which is a bit annoying......
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November 30th, 2008 — , 4 Stars, Book Review, Contemporary, High School, Paranormal, Stephenie Meyer, United States of America, Vampire, better than the rest, carlisle, center of attention, childhood home, crowds, cullens, decision making process, isabella, lunch, olympic peninsula, pale skin, paying attention, renee, saga, sophomore year, sore thumb, sunshine, swan, twilight stephenie meyer, washington state from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
The first book in the Twilight saga as said by the author in the Amazon interview is about finding true love and is conveniently entitled Twilight. Stephenie Meyer was partial to calling it Forks, the name of the little town Bella goes to live. Her name was chosen because Stephenie Meyer would have named [...]
Related Websites - Review: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer The first book in the Twilight saga as said by the author in the Amazon interview is about finding true love and is conveniently entitled Twilight. Stephenie Meyer was partial to calling it Forks, the name of the little town Bella goes to live. Her name was chosen because......
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November 29th, 2008 — , 4 Stars, African American, Black, Contemporary, Executive, Guest Reviews, Phyllis Bourne Williams, United States of America, black woman, bourne, business life, business proposal, business world, fax machine, guest writer, health problem, health reasons, karin, lips, love story, many thanks, mason, melody, misgivings, rivals, romances, strawberry, type a personality from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Today’s novel is reviewed by guest writer, Karin. She doesn’t read romances very often, but she was drawn to this one. Many thanks Karin for writing to us! We’re glad to have you. The following is her write up and rating.
A Moment on the Lips by Phyllis Bourne Williams is a sweet love story. [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: A Moment on the Lips by Phyllis Bourne Williams A Moment on the Lips by Phyllis Bourne Williams is a sweet love story. I picked it up from the library because the cover was different. It is an artist's rendering of a lovely black woman about to eat a strawberry. It is a Leisure Book, and I will certainly......
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November 27th, 2008 — , 5 Stars, Book Review, Contemporary, High School, Paranormal, Stephenie Meyer, Twilight, United States of America, Vampire, Werewolf, bloodsuckers, consequences, cullens, dogs, eclipse, foolish decision, jacob, love, pun, saga, slumber party, tent, three books, two books, victoria from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Book three in the Twilight saga is by far my favorite of those books published. (Breaking Dawn, book 4, is coming out in August) Eclipse is simply beautiful. It’s longer than the other two books but does not contain chapter one of the next book (darnit!). In Twilight, true love was found. In New [...]
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- Review: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer Book three in the Twilight saga is by far my favorite of those books published. (Breaking Dawn, book 4, is coming out in August) Eclipse is simply beautiful. It’s longer than the other two books but does not contain chapter one of the next book (darnit!). In Twilight, true......
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November 25th, 2008 — , 4.5 Stars, Blind, Book Review, Contemporary, Doctor, Melinda Cross, United States of America, car accident, cassie, doctors, dr wyatt, few days, first romance, hard truths, hysterical blindness, job, love, masculinity, melinda, money, muscles, romance novel, spoiled brat, success rate, trauma, wealthy lifestyle from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Lion of Darkness by Melinda Cross was the first romance novel that I read where one of the lovers was handicapped. The story is absolutely beautiful, filled with domineering masculinity and the helpless unyielding fall into love. It is far too short a tale in my opinion and could use another two hundred pages easily. [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: Lion of Darkness by Melinda Cross Lion of Darkness by Melinda Cross was the first romance novel that I read where one of the lovers was handicapped. The story is absolutely beautiful, filled with domineering masculinity and the helpless unyielding fall into love. It is far too short a tale in my opinion and could use......
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November 23rd, 2008 — , Author Interviews, Contemporary, Genre,