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I'm back to reading Vanessa Kelly's My Favorite Countess. It's getting interesting--and staying sexy!

While I was waiting to get my laptop back I also read Karina Bliss's new one, Here Comes the Groom. It was, as I am coming to expect from KB, funny, sexy and moving. She blends LOL moments with tear-inducing really, really well.

I'm reading Dark Road to Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn. I love this series so much. I wish I knew when the next installment will be out. Does anyone have any idea?

Cindy, I don't know, but I think she only does about one book a year. So it will probably be sometime in 2011 (which isn't that far away!).

Manda, have you read What the Librarian Did? I never got hold of a copy but keep hearing such good things about KB's work.

I've got the Brava anthology Lords of Passion on my nightstand--novellas from Virginia Henley, Kate Pearce, and former BBer Maggie Robinson. Looking forward to reading some tonight. Maggie's novella especially has been getting great reviews!

Theresa wrote: "Manda, have you read What the Librarian Did? I never..."

I have. It was the first by her that I read and I loved it. To be honest, it's still my favorite though I've read several books by her at this point. There's just nothing to match the intensity of first love;)

I am starting RULES OF ENGAGEMENT by Suzanne Enoch tonight. :)

I am finishing Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost(reading it a 2nd time, I do like Vlad :D) and then I'll read Wicked Nights With a Lover by (i like the cover a lot).Sophie Jordan

Alinutza4u: I have the Sophie Jordan book but have not read it yet, so I'm anxious to find out what you think of it.

I just started J.R. Ward's Crave.

Do you like Ward's Fallen Angels series, Alinutza?

I'm just about finished with ONCE BITTEN by Clare Willis.

Finished Phantom's Touch by Julie Leto. Enjoyed it a little more than the first book...Phantom Pleasures.

Okie wrote: "Do you like Ward's Fallen Angels series, Alinutza?"

Nope... And I can't say that I want to... Not of fan of swearing really.


Susan Sophie Jordan's books aren't exceptional, but I liked them... They are good for an in between read.

I wasn't eager to start that series and I've heard others say the same thing, Alinutza.

I'm starting on Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell

Okie and Alinutza,
I agree that Sophie Jordan can be middling at times, but she occasionally provides a flash of brilliance that keeps me reading her stories.

On Crave, yes, there is swearing but she seems to have toned it down somewhat. There are also 2 archangels in a homosexual relationship that I found creepy. The central story is stronger than Covet, so I will keep reading to the end.

Hi, all! I'm out of the deadlne dungeon and back to a more reasonable schedule, so I'll be posting more often.

I'm with Manda on Karina Bliss. I haven't read the new one yet, but I have glommed most of her backlist now. There's not a bad book in the bunch, but What the Librarian Did is my favorite. Thanks for recommending it, Manda.

Two recs for the Librarian book! Must get. Thanks, Manda and Wylene!

I read Dukes to the Left of Me, Princes to the Right by Kieran Kramer. Seriously loved it!

Susan "On Crave, yes, there is swearing but she seems to have toned it down somewhat. There are also 2 archangels in a homosexual relationship that I found creepy. The central story is stronger than Covet, so I will keep reading to the end."

I won't read it ever! It's not that I have smth with homosexual people(I am at the dentistry faculty and this semester we're having genetics, so really, I understand) but not in MY reading material, I like my men hot and heterosexual, thank you very much!

I am {finally} continuing the Hathaways series and I am loving it... Harry Rutledge I would so like to kidnap you *dreamy*

Alinutza, we think alike! I do not knowingly buy books with homosexual characters because my fantasies have no room for that. Harry is terrific, and Lisa Kleypas wisely used him as a secondary character in all the Hathaway books that followed.

One of the most romantic characters ever, in my mind, is the secondary character in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, a gay man who is in love withe straight hero. There is a moment where he writes a letter to the hero as part of his regular nightly ritual (or anyway something he does regularly) and then burns it that is really amazing.
In general, actually, that's how I feel about her writing...amazing moments surrounded by a lot of text that should have been seriously edited down...

Just finished Patricia McKillips The Bards of Bone Plain (its fantasy, not romance). Some beautifully written passages in it--and somewhat easier to follow than some of her books. I also read Meg Benjamin's Brand New Me. I felt it wasn't really up to the level of her previous Konigsberg books--but still a fun read.

Currently reading 'The Spymaster's Lady' by Joanna Bourne. An unconventional HR but gripping none the less. Be interested to see if all her books are have unusual H/h 's.

I LOVE Joanna Bourne. You have some great books ahead of uou and Adrians story is in the works.
Currently reading Troubled Waters by Sharon Shinn . A great start to the book.

Susan wrote: "Alinutza, we think alike! I do not knowingly buy books with homosexual characters because my fantasies have no room for that. Harry is terrific, and Lisa Kleypas wisely used him as a secondary char..."

You are so right on both accounts, the fantasies thing and about LK. BTW I just finished the series and I absolutely adore it! In Beatrix's book I cried half the time and the other half I was laughing my a** of.

Read Passions of a Wicked Earl (London's Greatest Lovers, #1) by Lorraine Heath. Really enjoyed it despite the heroine pulling a few TSTL moments.

Read His Darkest Embrace by Juliana Stone. So disappointed, I loved the first book but this one just fell so flat....don't buy the love story at all. That said...I am still looking forward to the third book.