Holiday books

Just thought you might like to know about a few good holiday books we have here at the library, and by some of your favorite authors!

Debbie Macomber writes a Christmas novel every year:
Christmas Wishes (PB F MAC)
Where Angels Go (F MAC)

Heather Graham:
The Last Noel (F GRA)

Pamela Britton and others:
A Nascar Holiday 2 (PB F BRI)

Diana Palmer:
Long, Tall Texan Legacy (PB F PAL)

Donna VanLiere:
The Christmas Promise (F VAN)

Happy Holidays and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate or a glass of wine and a good romance novel!

New books in processing!

I thought you might like to know of a few new books we just received and are in processing:

Contemporary Romance

• Mending Fences by Sherryl Woods
• Crazy in Love by Lani Diane Rich
• Tangled in You by Rachel Gibson

Historical Romance

• Once a Knight by Christina Dodd
• Captive Bride by Johanna Lindsey
• Sorceress by Lisa Jackson

You can find all of these paperbacks in the romance room as PB F and the first three letters of the author's last name.

New books by favorite authors!

Harlequin has reprinted the very popular Nora Roberts book, The MacGregor Brides, found in our catalog PB F ROB.

Debbie Macomber has also been busy with her new paperback, 74 Seaside Avenue, another in her Cedar Cove series. Other titles in the series include 16 Lighthouse Road, 204 Rosewood Lane, 311 Pelican Court, 44 Cranberry Point, 50 Harbor Street, and 6 Rainier Drive. All can be found in PB F MAC or hardback F MAC.

New website to look at--BellaOnline for Women

Take a look at the new website I have added to our blog--BellaOnline for Women. Click on the link, go to the site, and click on Books and Music on the left side of the webpage for great reviews and articles.

Book Review of The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes

Elizabeth Darrach, BellaOnline's Romance Novels Editor writes a book review for a collection of 3 short novellas. The library has a copy in our romance paperback room, call number PB F CRU.

The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes (St. Martin's) by Jennifer Crusie, Anne Stuart, and Eileen Dreyer is next. These three ladies have collaborated on a story that is a lot of fun to read. Mare, Dee and Lizzie O'Brien have spent much of their life hiding. They hide their out of control magical gifts as best they can, and they're hiding from their aunt Xan, who Dee believes killed their parents. And now Xan wants their powers, so she sends them their true loves. Or two of them, anyway, and a guy who got in the way. But the third true love comes through anyway. Still the sisters have to work for their happy endings, and to figure out just how to defeat Aunt Xan. What a lot of fun! It's by turns funny and erotic, and seamlessly told, which I found rather surprising, having read each of these authors on their own previously. A real keeper, here, this one's earned four arrows. I just wish these ladies wrote a little faster individually.

Kathleen Woodiwiss

Kathleen Woodiwiss, beloved author of 12 romance novels, died at the age of 68 from cancer on Tuesday, July 10. She wrote such "steamy" novels as The Flame and the Flower, The Wolf and the Dove, Shanna, Ashes in the Wind, Petals on the River and more. She was best known in the romance industry as the person who "revolutionized" the modern romance novel, writing a paperback including more than 650 pages. Every novel she wrote made the New York Times bestseller list.

Nora Roberts new book

Look out for Nora Roberts new book High Noon that will be on the shelves next week in hardcover. Don't forget to put in a reserve ahead of time.