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…

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….

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…

Gambling Girls’ Guest Post

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…

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…

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,…

Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas: A DIK Review

Marrying Winterborne, the second book in Lisa Kleypas’s dearly anticipated Ravenels series, begins with Lady Helen Ravenel calling on Rhys Winterborne, a man to whom she was briefly engaged. As almost…

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…

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…

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…

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…