My Top Ten Worst Romance Cliches!

My guest post about romance cliches I love to hate is now up at Babbling About Books ! Go check it out!

May Round-Up

It's that time again, folks! Living in Canada as I do, April showers lead to May ... snowstorms. Not even kidding. For Heroines, we got:...

"The Marriage Bed," by Laura Lee Guhrke

The Chick: Viola, Lady Hammond. As a young woman, she fell headlong in love with her new husband, but once she discovered he'd only marr...

ANTHOLOGY REVIEW: "The Diamonds of Welbourne Manor," by Diane Gaston, Deb Marlowe, Amanda McCabe

The Diamonds of Welbourne Manor is next on my RITA-Reading Challenge, since two of its three novellas were nominated for Best Romance Novel...

"Too Good To Be True," by Kristan Higgins

The Chick: Grace Emerson. When her kid sis and her ex start dating, Grace invents a fictional boyfriend to keep the pitying stares at bay wh...

"Heir to Sevenwaters," by Juliet Marillier

The Heroine: Lady Clodagh. One of the many daughters of the Chieftain of Sevenwaters, she contents herself with wifely tasks such as houseke...

Mixed Chorus Spring Tour, 2010

At last, my long put-off Tour Post. Every year I tour Canada with my University Mixed Chorus, which usually turns out to be a dense nine-day...

"Tempted All Night," by Liz Carlyle

The Chick: Lady Phaedra Northampton. When a young girl from her village goes missing in the big city, leaving her young child behind, Phaedr...

"It's In His Kiss," by Julia Quinn

The Chick: Hyacinth Bridgerton. The youngest Bridgerton would like to get married, but she's so overpoweringly awesome no other man can...

"Rewriting Monday," by Jodi Thomas

The Chick: Pepper Malone. When an indiscreet mistake causes her big-city journalism career to implode, she takes a dead-end job working at t...