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Mistress of Deception Earl by Kathleen Coddington , Cerridwen Press Fleeing her half-brother Paolo after his attempt to have her murdered for her dowry, Isabella D'Angelo disguises herself as a boy and heads to her uncle in Rome. The journey ahead is full of danger and both her life and her reputation depend on her skills as a mistress of deception. Marco Galleazzo is on his way to Rome on an important mission. When he saves Isabella from a group of drunken mercenaries, she begs him to take her with him. Even after he discovers his newly acquired body servant is really a woman, the fear in Isabella's eyes compels him to help her even as he fights his growing attraction to his mysterious companion. During the long journey their mutual desire eventually ignites passions neither of them can deny. Isabella longs to tell Marco the truth about herself, but Paolo's treachery still haunts her. If she doesn't find the courage to trust Marco, the web of lies she's created i...

J. Scott Savage, author of the Farworld series is giving you a chance to get an ARC of his first book in the series. Here's a little bit of information My publisher, Shadow Mountain, is providing me with 400 advanced reader copies of the first book in the Farworld series, Farworld—Water. The books will be used for a blog tour running from July 1 to August 31. (The book should hit the shelves the first week of September. It appears the official release date is September 5th.) I will send the first 200 bloggers who sign up to take part in the tour an ARC, and will also drop ship a second copy for them as part of any type of contest they would like to run. What: Farworld Blog When: The tour will run through the months of July and August. Signup will begin Friday, April 11th. Go to his blog at http://jscottsavage.blogspot.com/2008/04/marketing-part-ivthe-blog-tour.html for all the details. Thanks and help spread the word

Little is known about Ann Hathaway, the wife of England's greatest playwright; a great deal, none of it complimentary, has been assumed. The omission of her name from Shakespeare's will has been interpreted as evidence that she was nothing more than an unfortunate mistake from which Shakespeare did well to distance himself. While Shakespeare is above all the poet of marriage—repeatedly in his plays, constant wives redeem unjust and deluded husbands—scholars persist in positing the worst about the writer's own spouse. In Shakespeare's Wife, Germaine Greer boldly breaks new ground, combining literary-historical techniques with documentary evidence about life in Stratford, to reset the story of Shakespeare's marriage in its social context. With deep insight and intelligence, she offers daring and thoughtful new theories about the farmer's daughter who married England's greatest poet, painting a vivid portrait of a remarkable woman. A passionate and perceptive ...

SAVANNAH WHEN IT SIZZLES Savannah, Georgia: city of history, mystery, and ghosts as well as four best friends who have never fit in anywhere except with each other. But everything is about to change as an unsolved murder from decades ago draws them close—and closer still—to four sexy bachelors with secrets of their own. In Savannah, what you expect is never what you get... FROM THE AUTHOR Hi, Everyone! One of the reasons I wrote Hot and Bothered is that I wanted to set a book in Savannah. Not only because I love Paula Deen, pralines, magnolias and am a Southern Belle at heart...yes, I do own a set of pearls and have my own deviled egg plate...but I love that Savannah is the most haunted city in the US! You can’t swing a ruffled parasol in Savannah without hitting something that has a ghost story connected to it. Every old restored building has strange noises, lights flashing, creeks and groans and stuff gone missing for no reason. My daughter lives in Savannah in what was once an old ...

Witches Knot: Celebration For The Dead by Lauren Dane Oathbreaker vampire hunter, Minx Rodriguez decides to mix a little business with pleasure when she heads to Mexico to celebrate El Dio de Los Muertos. She’s hot on the trail of the vampire who not only took her hostage and tortured her but who killed her friends and family. Connor Bell finds himself in love with a vampire hunter who’s skipped town without notice. Much like he did to Minx just two weeks before. Together with a few members of Minx’s hunter crew and his own staff, he heads to Mexico to find her and make things right. Even as they work through their problems and plan a feast to celebrate the lives of those they’ve lost to the Oathbreakers, the threat remains. A hunter’s job is never done and there’s a job to do in Mexico. There’ll be a price to pay and the question remains as to whether Minx and Connor can survive what’ll be asked of them both.

ABOUT THIS BOOK London, 1893. Elderly Mrs. Bentley is on her deathbed, and her son Robert has returned from France. But in the Bentleys’ well-appointed home, everyone has their secrets, including Robert’s beautiful and elusive wife, the orphan maid she hires from the country, and the mysterious young woman who arrives, claiming to be the bride of Robert’s drowned brother. Robert is quickly developing a reputation in anthropometry, the nascent science of identifying criminals by body measurements. Yet soon he is caught up in the deceptions swirling around him, for no one under his roof is quite what they seem. When an intruder enters the house and ransacks the study, a chain of events is set in motion that threatens not only the genteel, comfortable life the Bentleys have managed to secure but also their very survival. A fascinating portrayal of a vanished England as well as an unconventional mystery, The Dark Lantern exposes the grand “upstairs” of a Victorian home and the darker under...

I am so excited to be able to bring you all this interview with Laurel Bradley . Her latest book Creme Brulee Upset is a wonderful treasure. Hopefully after reading this interview you will be inspired to pick up a copy for yourself. I appreciate you taking the time to allow me to ask you some questions. My pleasure. First off I want to start by saying I loved Crème Brûlée Upset. This is one of the best books I have read so far this year. It was clever, wonderful and all around a great novel. Thank you, Cheryl. I am delighted that you enjoyed Patrice and Mike’s story. I had a wonderful time writing it. For readers, who this may be their first time hearing about you. Can you tell them a little bit about your self? I’m the mother of five children who keep getting older while I don’t. I’m an eclectic reader and writer. I like to sing along with the radio until the kids ask me to stop. When I’m not writing, I enjoy reading, kayaking, and painting with watercolor. You can see one of my pain...