Monday Fun Day! (4/8/2013 Edition)

Monday Fun Day! (4/8/2013 Edition)

Happy day, librarians! The weather has taken a turn for the sunny here in NYC and we hope it's doing the same in your neighborhood.

- TxLA 2013 is fast approaching! Don't forget to take a look at our full conference schedule under Conference Info above.

- Two great sunny day reads, THE BAKER STREET TRANSLATION and THE PINK HOTEL, are on Los Angeles Magazine's April Reading List.

- Lauren Willig, author of THE ASHFORD AFFAIR, wrote an article for HeroesandHeartbreakers.com on the art of putting the right characters together at the wrong time in their lives to maximize romantic tension. Read 'Author Lauren Willig on Romantic Timing' now! And get whitelisted to download a copy of the e-galley from Edelweiss:

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- In pretty things news, Hollie Chastain made some gorgeous book art featured on the Picador Book Room tumblr and Flavorwire. We ♥ it!

Hollie Chastain book art

- And finally, a complicated flow chart answering an age-old question:

 

 

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2013 RITA Nominations!

2013 RITA Nominations!

Our buddies over at HeroesAndHeartbreakers.com, the Macmillan community website for Romance readers, posted the full list of 2013 RITA nominations announced by the Romance Writers of America (RWA). And I spy with my (liquid gold and soulful) eye some sexy stories on that list published by Macmillan! See below:

2013 RITA Finalists for Best First Book

GHOST PLANET by Sharon Lynn Fisher

2013 RITA Paranormal Romance Finalists

IMMORTALLY YOURS by Angie Fox

2013 RITA Romantic Suspense Finalists

VORTEX by Cherry Adair

See the full list of the RWA’s 2013 RITA nominations on HeroesAndHeartbreakers.com. [...]

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Monday Fun Day! (3/18/2013 Edition)

Monday Fun Day! (3/18/2013 Edition)

Happy post-St. Patrick's Day Monday! I know, I know. I'm not actually all that happy about being awake either. So let's get straight into the good stuff going on this week.

Good thing #1: Library Journal is hosting a totally rad webinar tomorrow at 3pm (EDT) that you must sign up for called "Editors' Picks: Hot Summer Titles from HarperCollins, Macmillan, and Random House." Details! Register!

Good thing #2: We have all sorts of awesome new e-galleys up on Edelweiss ready for you to download, including:

ALWAYS WATCHING by Chevy Stevens

THE HIGHWAY by C.J. Box

WITHOUT A SUMMER by Mary Robinette Kowal

THE HUMAN DIVISION by John Scalzi

THE DEVIL IN HER WAY by Bill Loehfelm

HER LAST BREATH by Linda Castillo

DEATH OF A DYER by Eleanor Kuhns

LOOKAWAY, LOOKAWAY by Wilton Barnhardt

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Good thing #3: You can start reading or listening to Z: A Novel Of Zelda Fitzgerald now on HeroesandHeartbreakers.com. This will help you get through your lunch break. 

Good thing #4: You can finally get the Sweet Valley sisters on your claws (see below).

 

 

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#FridayReads: Excerpts

#FridayReads: Excerpts

Happy Friday, everyone!

I've collected a few chapter one excerpt links for a little lunchtime reading:

Start reading THE PERFECT GHOST by Linda Barnes on LindaBarnes.com.

Start reading KITTY ROCKS THE HOUSE by Carrie Vaughn on HeroesAndHeartbreakers.com (registration required).

Start reading SEA CHANGE by S. M. Wheeler on Tor.com.

Start reading THE DISCIPLE OF LAS VEGAS by Ian Hamilton on CriminalElement.com.

Also on CriminalElement.com listen to an audio excerpt of RAGE AGAINST THE DYING by Becky Masterman. 

And definitely check out our Spring 2013 Debut Chapter E-Sampler which is downloadable from NetGalley and exclusively for librarians. Details here.

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Part-Time Grim Reaper Charley is Back In Action

Part-Time Grim Reaper Charley is Back In Action

Publishers Weekly just slapped a star on their review of SECOND GRAVE ON THE LEFT, the sequel to the RWA 2009 Golden Heart for Best Paranormal Romance, FIRST GRAVE ON THE RIGHT

Part-time grim reaper, P.I. Charley Davidson, is solving two separate missing person cases, sorting out her love life, and trying to keep demons from accessing a portal to heaven (can somebody get this woman a cup of coffee?).

"Jones perfectly balances humor and suspense in her tight second paranormal thriller featuring grim reaper, PI, and "all-around badass" Charley Davidson. [...] The fiery relationship between Charley and Reyes will satisfy paranormal romance fans, but it's the distinctive characters, dead and alive, and the almost constant laughs that will leave readers eager for the next installment." Publishers Weekly (starred review)

And to get you in the mood, check out, FOR I HAVE SINNED, a Charley Davidson short here on HeroesAndHeartbreakers.com!

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