October 23rd, 2008 — from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
Titanic is one of the highest grossing films in romance. Romeo and Juliet were not as star-crossed as Rose and Jack. Interesting how both couples names start with R and J. Before you ask, Rose and Jack are a fictional couple not based on historical accounts. A J. Dawson did exist but he was a [...]
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October 22nd, 2008 — from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
I picked up Romeo, Romeo by Robin Kaye on Monday. This was a mistake because as soon as I started reading I couldn’t put the book down. I didn’t want to and I literally tried to multitask while reading and that didn’t work out so well so I just went back to reading. I took [...]
Related StoresOctober 21st, 2008 — from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
While You Were Sleeping is one of the sweetest movies I have ever seen. This movie is entirely based on a series of misunderstandings and hilarious situations. The movie features an all star cast including Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle, and Jack Warden. Everyone was amazing in this film. I even liked [...]
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October 20th, 2008 — from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
That’s right cash! You could win $100 Amazon prize money and one of 10 copies of Flat Out Sexy by Erin McCarthy. The loot as they say is up for grabs. This contest is sponsored by Sarah from Smart Bitches, Jane from Dear Author, Berkeley, and Erin McCarthy.
So how do you enter?
Sarah and Jane have [...]
October 19th, 2008 — from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
This week in the search for the next Fabio, Lex Valentine has submitted Will Chalker to our attention. Will Chalker is a British male supermodel and woo is he one gorgeous honey. Blond hair, green eyes, and ladies he’s a Pisces. Chalker started modeling around 2000 and has been full-time since 2003.
He would make a [...]
October 18th, 2008 — , 4 Stars, Architect, Cursed Lead, Doctor, Ghost, Memory Loss, Movie, United States of America, attending position, couch, david abbot, depressed architect, elizabeth masterson, jon heder, just like heaven, napoleon dynamite, reese witherspoon, san fransisco, whoopi goldberg from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
One of my favorite movies is Just Like Heaven with Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo. I first saw Mark in the romantic comedy of 13 Going On 30. He plays the slightly dorky but still hunky guy very well. His face is very expressive and paired with Reese Witherspoon’s spunky perky attitude and good looks [...]
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October 17th, 2008 — , 2.5 Stars, 3 Stars, Dukes and Earls, Highlander, Karen Ranney, Rape, Scotland, bastard, bathroom scene, blood disease, book review, brother, companion, continuance, cup of tea, foolishness, gillian, hassle, hero, heroine, innocents, marriage, romance novel, sexual perversion, sleaze ball, unspeakable things, young girl from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
So how do you rate a romance novel where the romance part was exceptional but the side story was wholly unnecessary? Once again I’ve managed to pick up a story where the author seems to think that it’s a good idea to include a history of sexual perversion on kids. What’s with this? The young [...]
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October 16th, 2008 — , Covers, Hottest Men, Ian Lawless, book covers, cosmopolitan, create book cover, dorchester publishing, fabio, fabio lanzoni, male writer, new fabio, next fabio, romance, sexiest man from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
Have you ever wondered how publishers create book covers? I was trolling through YouTube the other day and found this video that talked about the process. It’s a little dated but I’m positive that it holds true to today as well. Even better it looks at creating romance covers and since I’m doing my Fabio [...]
Related StoresOctober 15th, 2008 — , 2.5 Stars, Archeology, Dukes and Earls, England, Laura Lee Guhrke, Regency, Rogues and Rakehells, Spectacles, book review, daphne, desperate straights, doubt, duchess, estrangement, female servants, five months, gp, guilty pleasures, havoc, hero, heroine, marriage, marriage bed, novel, novels, prequel, tenets, viola, virgin from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
Guilty Pleasures by Laura Lee Guhrke is the tale of Lady Viola’s brother and his duchess-to-be. Technically Guilty Pleasures is a prequel to The Marriage Bed where Viola and her husband John patch up their estranged marriage. On a whole this novel was much better than the Marriage Bed, but because I read the Marriage [...]
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October 14th, 2008 — , 4.5 Stars, Barons and Baronets, Guest Reviews, Liz Carlyle, Regency, Rogues and Rakehells, abuse and neglect, beautiful scenery, effects of malnutrition, family abuse, humid weather, hurricane warning, keeping up appearances, luxurious place, man intent, money and power, paved roads, polite society, regency romances, slave population, slave uprisings, warm tropical breezes, water window, wealthy children, welfare system, window screens from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
Marcia is back again with this scrumptious tale by Liz Carlyle. I am so pleased to have you with us again at LRP! I hope your time spent with friends and family was a joyous occasion. Her review is below in blue. Enjoy!
Most Regency Romances portray life in this period as opulent and sensual. And [...]
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October 13th, 2008 — , Movie, Paranormal, Stephenie Meyer, United States of America, Vampire, Werewolf, bella swan, black hair, blue eyes, dynamite, edward cullen, fog mist, kristen stewart, mystery, new moon, novels, rain, red hair, robert pattison, spider man, swan, theaters, topaz, trees, virgin, weather from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
The first trailer I saw in theaters looked so incredibly hokey. I wasn’t sure I was going to want to see it despite how much I loved the novels. This trailer is dynamite in comparison. I’m growing to think of Robert Pattison as Edward. It’s just taken awhile. Call me crazy, but I always pictured [...]
Related StoresOctober 12th, 2008 — , Hottest Men, Ian Lawless, body shots, cologne, cup of coffee, drinking tea, glands, gold, lacoste, male model, naked buttocks, pour homme, sexiest men, swoon, tea, television advertisement, yum from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
One of the sexiest men out there is Australian male model Ian Lawless from Lacoste’s Pour Homme advertisement. I know he’s been out and about for a while now. I think we first saw him in 2002. However I am of the opinion that Ian Lawless is (still!) seriously swoon-worthy. I would drink a cup [...]
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October 11th, 2008 — , 3.5 Stars, England, Jane Austen, Movie, Regency, austen purists, bbc, billie piper, blake ritson, byronic hero, fanny, henry crawford, lady bertram, mansfield park, mary crawford, masterpiece theater, persuasion, phenomenal, rushworth, sir thomas, wickham from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
The Masterpiece Theater version of Mansfield Park is my first foray at watching this particular novel come to life. True Austen purists will find the film a disappointment. Too many characters are left out and several are given so little back story that newbies to Mansfield Park will be a bit confused at the beginning. [...]
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October 11th, 2008 — , 3.5 Stars, England, Jane Austen, Movie, Regency, austen purists, bbc, billie piper, blake ritson, byronic hero, fanny, henry crawford, lady bertram, mansfield park, mary crawford, masterpiece theater, persuasion, phenomenal, rushworth, sir thomas, wickham from RRN @ Review Romance Novel
The Masterpiece Theater version of Mansfield Park is my first foray at watching this particular novel come to life. True Austen purists will find the film a disappointment. Too many characters are left out and several are given so little back story that newbies to Mansfield Park will be a bit confused at the beginning. [...]
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October 10th, 2008 — , 2 Stars, Children, France, Handicap, Highlander, Kidnapping, Patricia Potter, Piracy, Pirate, Sailing, Scarred Hero, Scotland, Seas, Stowaway, Warrior, alex, bonny prince charlie, book review, brats, campbell family, diamond king, guilty feet, horrors of war, indiscriminately, innocents, jacobite, jeanette, letters of marque, meg, moral rightness, pirates, pretty face, redcoats, spoils, surrender, turncoats, virgin from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
The Diamond King has got it all: Highlanders, pirates, lost souls, and love.
Alex Leslie used to be a noble in a world that seems to have existed long ago before the war between Scotland and England. Now he is wanted, without honor or hope for a life that had once been held so promisingly before [...]
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October 10th, 2008 — , 2 Stars, Children, France, Handicap, Highlander, Kidnapping, Patricia Potter, Piracy, Pirate, Sailing, Scarred Hero, Scotland, Seas, Stowaway, Warrior, alex, bonny prince charlie, book review, brats, campbell family, diamond king, guilty feet, horrors of war, indiscriminately, innocents, jacobite, jeanette, letters of marque, meg, moral rightness, pirates, pretty face, redcoats, spoils, surrender, turncoats, virgin from RRN @ Review Romance Novel
The Diamond King has got it all: Highlanders, pirates, lost souls, and love.
Alex Leslie used to be a noble in a world that seems to have existed long ago before the war between Scotland and England. Now he is wanted, without honor or hope for a life that had once been held so promisingly before [...]
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October 6th, 2008 — , 2.5 Stars, Baroness or Viscountess, Counts, Marquis, Viscounts, England, Estranged, Heiress, Historical Romance, Laura Lee Guhrke, black and white, book review, brute, dirty deeds, duke, feathers, gray matter, heir, heroine, infidelity, innocent wife, john hammond, julia roberts, kind of man, marriage vows, nine years, novel, point of view, starring julia roberts, viola, viscount from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
I generally liked this novel. It revolves around how a marriage once destroyed by infidelity can be healed. I have pretty strong views on this subject so I’ll talk about what ruffled my feathers. I’m like Viola, the heroine, at the start of the novel, looking at things in black and white. The author didn’t [...]
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October 6th, 2008 — , 2.5 Stars, Baroness or Viscountess, Counts, Marquis, Viscounts, England, Estranged, Heiress, Historical Romance, Laura Lee Guhrke, black and white, book review, brute, dirty deeds, duke, feathers, gray matter, heir, heroine, infidelity, innocent wife, john hammond, julia roberts, kind of man, marriage vows, nine years, novel, point of view, starring julia roberts, viola, viscount from RRN @ Review Romance Novel
I generally liked this novel. It revolves around how a marriage once destroyed by infidelity can be healed. I have pretty strong views on this subject so I’ll talk about what ruffled my feathers. I’m like Viola, the heroine, at the start of the novel, looking at things in black and white. The author didn’t [...]
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October 4th, 2008 — , 5 Stars, Comedy of Manners, England, Jane Austen, Movie, Regency, Secondary Romance, brenda blethyn, colin firth, die hard, donald sutherland, drop dead gorgeous, grating, jane austen classic, jennifer ehle, laurence olivier, matthew macfadyen, miss elizabeth, mr darcy, mrs bennet, posture, pride and prejudice, sass, select group, sprinkling, trivial pursuit from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
I’m pretty certain a select group of individuals will think what I’m about to say is sacrilegious. I think that the 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightly, Donald Sutherland, and Matthew Macfadyen is the best version of this Jane Austen classic made to date. Sorry – sorry! I know the die hard [...]
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I’m pretty certain a select group of individuals will think what I’m about to say is sacrilegious. I think that the 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightly, Donald Sutherland, and Matthew Macfadyen is the best version of this Jane Austen classic made to date. Sorry – sorry! I know the die hard [...]
Related StoresOctober 3rd, 2008 — , 0.5 Stars, Counts, Marquis, Viscounts, England, Estranged, Gambling, Historical Romance, Jo Goodman, Rape, Scarred Hero, Suspense/Thriller, alastair, attempted rape, bodily fluids, book review, clue, confrontation, few moments, fun story, gambling debts, goodman, griffin, hero, heroine, rape scene, romances, settling, sister olivia, six years, slow reading, witness from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
I have been reading The Price of Desire by Jo Goodman these last few days and at 200 pages in I knew it was going to be a disaster. This review contains a lot of spoilers so be warned. I think many readers will find it helpful to read the spoilers as the book is [...]
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October 3rd, 2008 — , 0.5 Stars, Counts, Marquis, Viscounts, England, Estranged, Gambling, Historical Romance, Jo Goodman, Rape, Scarred Hero, Suspense/Thriller, alastair, attempted rape, bodily fluids, book review, clue, confrontation, few moments, fun story, gambling debts, goodman, griffin, hero, heroine, rape scene, romances, settling, sister olivia, six years, slow reading, witness from RRN @ Review Romance Novel
I have been reading The Price of Desire by Jo Goodman these last few days and at 200 pages in I knew it was going to be a disaster. This review contains a lot of spoilers so be warned. I think many readers will find it helpful to read the spoilers as the book is [...]
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October 1st, 2008 — , About, Japan, News, apple, asian countries, audience, author talks, buddhist, christian science monitor, exploits, handheld device, handheld devices, iphone, joke, manuscript, new york times, novel, novels, palm pilots, reuters, translation, world asia from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
I had never heard of such a thing until recently when I read this article over at the Christian Science Monitor. The article highlights the latest exploits of an 86 year old Buddhist nun and author of a new smash hit in cell phone novels. I know it sounds like a joke but as this [...]
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I had never heard of such a thing until recently when I read this article over at the Christian Science Monitor. The article highlights the latest exploits of an 86 year old Buddhist nun and author of a new smash hit in cell phone novels. I know it sounds like a joke but as this [...]
Related StoresSeptember 29th, 2008 — , 3.5 Stars, Bride Stealing, Counts, Marquis, Viscounts, Dukes and Earls, England, Heiress, Kidnapping, Lisa Kleypas, Regency, Rogues and Rakehells, attentions, better chance, book review, bowman, contempt, ear wax, flask, hands and lips, heiresses, house party, hoyden, long house, olfactory sense, proprietor, romance novels, scents, sister daisy, unusual behavior, virgin, viscount, westcliff from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
I had some unfamiliar and ear-wax color substances to avoid while reading this book; those are potential problems with any secondhand novel, though I must say I’ve never encountered anything quite like this. lol. Anyway despite the somewhat repulsive quality of my copy of It Happened One Autumn, I enjoyed the story. This Lisa Kleypas [...]
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September 29th, 2008 — , 3.5 Stars, Bride Stealing, Counts, Marquis, Viscounts, Dukes and Earls, England, Heiress, Kidnapping, Lisa Kleypas, Regency, Rogues and Rakehells, attentions, better chance, book review, bowman, contempt, ear wax, flask, hands and lips, heiresses, house party, hoyden, long house, olfactory sense, proprietor, romance novels, scents, sister daisy, unusual behavior, virgin, viscount, westcliff from RRN @ Review Romance Novel
I had some unfamiliar and ear-wax color substances to avoid while reading this book; those are potential problems with any secondhand novel, though I must say I’ve never encountered anything quite like this. lol. Anyway despite the somewhat repulsive quality of my copy of It Happened One Autumn, I enjoyed the story. This Lisa Kleypas [...]
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September 28th, 2008 — , 5 Stars,