All I Ever Wanted
Kristan Higgins

“Sweet, sassy and satisfying…”
Margaret H.

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Sweet, sassy and satisfying, Kristan Higgins’s All I Ever Wanted is simply fabulous! A nice mix of the laugh-out-loud crazy angst of a woman going through a lot of life changes and the developing sweetness of a budding romance make this tale unforgettable!

Callie Grey is turning thirty and she just knows she’s on the verge of being asked to marry the man she’s loved for a long time—even if he didn’t know it—and who happens to also be…read more or buy All I Ever Wanted now!

Almost Perfect
Susan Mallery

"Dramatic and certainly emotionally entertaining…" Lysa C.

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Dramatic and certainly emotionally entertaining, Susan Mallery’s Almost Perfect focuses on Liz Sutton a famous mystery author who returns to her home town in order to care for her brothers two children after their father is incarcerated and their step-mother abandons them. Once in Fool’s Gold, Liz has more than a few demons to face…including the father of her son!

Ethan Hendrix couldn’t believe his eyes when he spotted Liz across the crowded street, but he knew one thing…he was sorry he’d ever let her go. He’d been a fool to not stand up for their relationship when his friends had called her vicious names and put her down. But when he stops in to welcome her back, he never could have guessed he’d receive the shock of his life!

Mrs. Mallery has a way of drawing you into the emotions…read more or buy Almost Perfect now!

Skintight
Susan Andersen

“Edgy, seductive and a bit disconcerting at times…”
Zara B.

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Edgy, seductive and a bit disconcerting at times, Susan Andersen’s Skintight allows you a fresh glimpse at an old tune. While adjusting back to life as a Vegas showgirl, widow Treena McCall finds herself involved with pro poker player, Jax Gallagher (a/k/a Jackson McCall). He’s intriguing and their sexual chemistry is explosive, so why shouldn’t a girl have a little fun?

Though her husband’s been dead a meager four months and, to be fair, their marriage had been more about affection and enjoyment of each other than sex, I found Treena’s attitude to be a little strange. Had she really cared for the man she’d married at all? Again, to be fair, she had been taking care of him for nearly a year while he’d been dying of cancer. And, she had to deal with financial destitution again after having a sense of security when she’d married the older gentleman. She appeared to need a distraction from life. What better distraction than a man, right?…read more or buy Skintight now!

The Virgin’s Proposition
Anne McAllister

“…spirited dialogue, romantic settings and fresh characters…” Heather R.

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With spirited dialogue, romantic settings and fresh characters, Anne McAllister captures your heart with her latest romantic romp, The Virgin’s Proposition! Ms. McAllister will thrill your sensual senses and melt your heart as you watch Princess Anny come into her own and entice the ever-so-sexy Demetrios out of his comfort zone and back to life! …read more or buy The Virgin’s Proposition now!

To celebrate the release of his upcoming romantic suspense, SHADOW OF GUILT, award winning author Michael W. Davis will select twelve winners on 9/30 Prizes range from a paperback (winners choice) to multi-author bookmarker packages. To apply, go to Davisstories.com, click on the yellow button “Contests & Events” (below the top left of the screen) and follow the instructions.

Scandal: His Majesty’s Love-Child
Annie West

“…majestically romantic!”
Hope C.

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The final book in Harlequin Presents’ Dark-Hearted Desert Men mini-series, Scandal: His Majesty’s Love-Child by Annie West by Annie West is majestically romantic!

A spirited tale of a tortured second son—Prince Tahir Al’Ramirz, who had been exiled at a young age by his abusive, dictator of a father—will have you enthralled with figuring out how he will overcome the demons of his past and build a future. It all starts when Tahir is asked by his brother to return Qusay after their father dies for Kareef’s coronation. Only his journey home isn’t as smooth as one would hope. Tahir’s helicopter goes down during a wind storm injuring him, all but stealing his memory replacing it with is past nightmares, and then sending him into the arms of the beautiful Annalisa.

Annalisa is on a journey of her own…read more or buy Scandal: His Majesty’s Love-Child now!

A Little Consequence
Amy Knupp

“…enjoyed the story a great deal…”
Casey B.

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A Little Consequence is exactly what you get in Amy Knupp’s Texas Firefighters follow up book featuring the hunky Evan Drake and the beautiful heiress, Selena Jarboe. Super hot and enticing, this little romance doesn’t just containing a “little” consequence for their amazing attraction, it showcases an endearing love story that at times might be a bit boring if not for the very real drama of what a firefighter does.

While I enjoyed the story a great deal, and I could…read more or buy A Little Consequence now!

In conjunction with Hope’s guest blog post (http://www.wewriteromance.com/blog/guest-blogger/hope-tarr-guest-blogger-second-chances-a-rogues-pleasure), she’s offering a copy of Vanquished. All you have to do is post a comment and by the end of her stay, Hope will tell us who has one!

In case you haven’t heard of Vanquished, here’s a bit to tease you with:

A devil’s bargain.

"The photograph must be damning, indisputably so. I mean to see Caledonia Rivers not only ruined but vanquished. Vanquished, St. Claire, I’ll settle for nothing less."

Known as The Maid of Mayfair for her unassailable virtue, unwavering resolve, and quiet dignity, suffragette leader, Caledonia — Callie — Rivers is the perfect counter for detractors’ portrayal of the women a rabble rousers, lunatics, even whores. But a high-ranking enemy within the government will stop at nothing to ensure that the Parliamentary bill to grant the vote to females dies in the Commons — including ruining the reputation of the Movement’s chief spokeswoman.

After a streak of disastrous luck at the gaming tables threatens to land him at the bottom of the Thames, photographer Hadrian St. Claire reluctantly agrees to seduce the beautiful suffragist leader and then use his camera to capture her fall from grace. Posing as the photographer commissioned to make her portrait for the upcoming march on Parliament, Hadrian infiltrates Callie’s inner circle. But lovely, soft-spoken Callie hardly fits his mental image of a dowdy, man-hating spinster. And as the passion between them flares from spark to full-on flame, Hadrian is the one in danger of being vanquished.

Second chances at love, don’t you just…love them?

A ROGUE’S PLEASURE, my romance debut novel originally published in print with Berkley/Jove, is getting its own second chance at love as an e-book release with Carina Press, Harlequin’s digital-first imprint and like any proud mama I couldn’t be more pleased. The reissue, which sports gorgeous new cover art and an editing facelift, went live on August 16^th, two weeks short of what would be the book’s tenth anniversary. How cool is that!?!

A ROGUE’S PLEASURE is a Regency romp that I’m thrilled to be able to share with a new generation of romance readers. To get the soiree started, close your eyes—okay, don’t close them since you need them open to read this—or better yet open your mind to the clip-clop of horses hooves instead of sirens and honking cars.

It is Regency England, 1812. Napoleon is wreaking havoc in Europe, including Spain and Portugal where ousting the rightful royals and setting his sibling, Joseph Bonaparte, on the Spanish throne has catalyzed a sweeping grassroots national resistance supported by Britain and its Allies. On the home front, private coaches traveling between the countryside and London are prime targets for the rogues of the road: highwaymen.

Put yourself in the shoes, or rather the Wellingtons, of my hero, Lord Anthony Grenville. You are in your private coach en route to London for The Season. To drown out the droning of your soon-to-be mother-in-law, you think not great thoughts but rather mundane ones. Will the inn’s beef be soured again? Sigh. Might there be a decent claret to be had in lieu of the usual ale. Must I really marry this very pretty but very dull girl? You are not only thinking such thoughts but lost to them when a shout of “Halt! Stand and deliver!” freezes the blood in your veins.

In A ROGUE’S PLEASURE, Anthony is a war hero newly returned from The Peninsular Campaign and traveling to London with his fiancée, Lady Phoebe Tremont, and her mother. As you may have supposed, pretty but dull Lady Phoebe is not the heroine.

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For some reason when I was young and daydreaming about falling in love, the fantasy of wealth never entered the picture. I didn’t relate to Cinderella’s story at all. I wondered how in the world she would fit into the prince’s elite family life. Who would she talk to? Who could possibly understand her?

In many romance stories, money magically falls into the hands of the protagonists. One or both of them get rich through no fault of their own, and everyone is happy. Well, sure. Who wouldn’t be happy? The only problem is that it never feels quite real to me. Sometimes I want a fantasy story like that, a kind of dream fulfillment. But sometimes I want to hear a real story that could happen – that should happen – in any woman’s life.

Since that is the story I most wanted to hear, that is the story I decided to write.

When I began working on I’ll Become the Sea, I was teaching in a struggling public school in New York City. When we practiced fire drills, I’d have to navigate my lines of students around the clusters of hypodermic needles lying on the sidewalk. I was inspired to write the story of a teacher – one with a complicated past of her own to work through. Trying to imagine who would come along and “take her away from all this,” I decided I didn’t want her to be taken away. The world is full of people who fight like hell to run away from difficult things. I wanted a hero who would help my heroine learn to live strongly in the place where she was, and be happy there.

And so David was born. David – sigh! – a beautiful, loving, powerful, strong-hearted hero. And importantly, a working class hero. He works with kids too. He runs an afterschool center for at-risk children, and he is happy doing it. He lives in a simple house by the ocean and he plays guitar in a local band. When he and my heroine come together, neither of them gets rich. Money doesn’t solve their problems. They just miraculously, intensely, deeply and fully fall in love. And live happily ever after.

Here’s a brief synopsis of the novel:

Jane Elliot is a success story. A survivor of childhood abuse, she has dedicated her life to teaching. But something is missing. Teaching at an urban school and maintaining a relationship with her absentee fiancé, Ben, Jane can’t seem to feel much of anything at all. Then she meets David, a musician who runs an afterschool program for at-risk kids. Jane tries to deny her attraction to David and convince herself they are just good friends. But an accident, a death, a grim family obligation and her own intense desire force Jane to overcome the past, rethink the present — and take a risk on genuine love.

I’ll Become the Sea is available at CarinaPress.com. Thanks for reading! You can follow me online at www.RebeccaRogersMaher.com, www.twitter.com/RebeccaRMaher and www.facebook.com/AuthorRebeccaRogersMaher.