Elizabeth Davis Romance

Romance for a new generation

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I’ve heard good things about this one in a discord that I’m in, and it’s been on my tbr list for awhile. Also, to be honest, I absolutely love this cover and it might be part of the reason why I picked it out of the pile first.

Anyway, I’m only five chapters in, but so far it’s really well written. I can’t say that I feel any particularly strong emotions toward the characters just yet, but there are plenty more chapters to go and so there’s lots of time for that to happen. As always, I’ll let you know my thoughts once I’ve finished!

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just chiming in to say I LOVED this one and I REALLY REALLY REALLY loved the second, so this is an excellent choice!

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All Paige Sullivan wants to do is make sure her little sister’s Christmas wedding goes off without a hitch.

It shouldn’t be too hard, since running the North Star Lodge has been Paige’s dream since she was a little girl, and after three years away from the family hotel she’s itching to get back into it.  But when Daniel Hill– the best man and one of Paige’s least favorite people in the universe– shows up, Paige’s work suddenly seems cut out for her.

And when Daniel offers her a temporary truce, she finds herself tempted in ways she never imagined.

Buy it now!

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All Paige Sullivan wants to do is make sure her little sister’s Christmas wedding goes off without a hitch.

It shouldn’t be too hard, since running the North Star Lodge has been Paige’s dream since she was a little girl, and after three years away from the family hotel she’s itching to get back into it.  But when Daniel Hill– the best man and one of Paige’s least favorite people in the universe– shows up, Paige’s work suddenly seems cut out for her.

And when Daniel offers her a temporary truce, she finds herself tempted in ways she never imagined.

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Set It Up (2018) dir. Claire Scanlon

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Need a break from election day stress?

You can pick up my whole novella series for $6!  It’s a fluffy-but-steamy series about Minnesotan witches with silly powers and their low-stakes, (fairly) low-angst boy problems.  It won’t fix the dumpster fire that is America, but it will probably make you feel better for a spell.*

Non-amazon links:

Book One ($0.99)

Book Two ($1.99)

Book Three ($2.99)

*DO YOU SEE WHAT I DID THERE

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Release Day!

Pick up your copy for just $2.99 today!

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Get ready, because release day is tomorrow!

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Another one?? 😍😍😍

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Yep! Last in the series, which is exciting and sad at the same time for me!

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Get ready, because release day is tomorrow!

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Cover reveal!

Check out the kick-ass cover my cover artist has made for the final novella in the Coven of the North Star series!  

And while you’re here, I’ve dropped the prices for the first two!  Now’s the perfect time to catch up before Spellbinding Love releases on October 2nd!

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The Hunt for Contemporaries

Hey everyone! This time it’s me who needs your book recommendations. 

I want to read more contemporaries (romantic suspense is good too!) but I’m having an issue. I can’t stand most of the hero trends in contemporary. I’m not trying to yuck someone’s yum but I just can’t anymore.

I don’t want:

cop heroes (they give me the wiggins these days) 

soldier heroes (military romances always have too heavyhanded a thread of “American Patriotism” and, frankly, these days AmPat makes me want to yack)

But OMG they’re EVERYWHERE in contemporary romance. 

I mean EMTs? Fine. Search and Rescue? Bring it on! Firefighters? Turn up the heat! But  until the politics change you can keep your military and law enforcement heroes faaaaaaaaar far (really far) away from me. 

I’m also not really keen on: 

Cowboys (see me notes re: AmPat) - Though will make exceptions to this if you can recommend me a cowboy whose worldview won’t make me grind my teeth.

Motorcycle Gang heroes (yes we’ve all seen SOA - I personally didn’t care for it).

Those of you who have read Tiffany Reisz’s Holiday trilogy know exactly what I’m looking for: stable, logical, protective but not overly macho heroes. 

So hit me up with 

Your artist heroes! 

Your favorite dog shelter owner heroes (I don’t freaking know). 

How about some beer brewing heroes? I’ve got Victoria Dahl’s series on my list. 

I’ll even take your tattoo artist hero recs so long as the books aren’t “gritty” and full of excessive amounts of angst. (Moderate angst is acceptable.) 

How about your lone biker heroes who aren’t part of the misogynistic criminal element? 

Handyman hero? You bet!

Head of  company but not a freaking billionaire? Lay it on me!

Send me ALLLLLLL your nerdy heroes and heroines. Nerd me up.

Just help me (Obi-wan, you’re my only hope) find some contemporary romance novels where I can find some heroes who give good hugs, and make their awesome, capable heroines feel safe, cherished, and loved. I want to read about wonderful, warm, loving, tender, compassionate men. 

Because I certainly don’t see any when I look out the window. 

SEND ME YOUR RECS! 

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Girl, I feel you on a spiritual level with this one. You’ve probably read a lot of these, as many ended up in my hands due to Romancelandia’s recommendation, but these are some of my favorite contemporary heroes from this year’s reading:

Artist hero: Micah Hale from Alisha Rai’s Serving Pleasure. (This one is listed as erotica, but it’s totally a romance.)

Another artist hero: Gabriel Hunter from Alisha Rai’s Hurts to Love You.

And another artist hero (who’s also a football player!): Ethan Dexter from Kristen Callihan’s The Game Plan.

Chef hero: Jackson Kane from Alisha Rai’s Wrong to Need You.

Poet/sexy wildlife ranger hero: Drew Runous from Penny Reid’s Beauty and the Mustache (This is also FREE on Amazon right now!

French wine maker hero: Luc Stanek from Ariana Ander’s In His Hands.

Nerdy hero: Dr. Charles Douglas from Emily Foster’s How Not to Fall

Handyman hero: Mac Coltrane from Julie Ann Long’s Dirty Dancing at Devil’s Leap

I hope this helps!

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So basically I need to read ALL the Alisha Rai? Okay. That’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make for the good of the community. *heroic pose* 

THANK YOU FOR THIS. I added I three or four of these to my list!

More if you count adding more than one of Julie Ann Long’s Hellcat Canyon books. Only one of the four has a cop hero!? Despite the series taking place in Wyoming?! And no ACTUAL cowboys! It’s a Romancelandia miracle. 

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I’M SO GLAD I WAS HELPFUL! YAY!

Yes, read all the Alisha Rai. She is spectacular and even her early self-published stuff is absolutely fantastic.

(The Hellcat Canyon books take place in CA, but they too are a delight, even the cop book.)

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1) YES DEFINITELY READ ALL THE ALISHA RAI

2) I am unsure of the protocol for rec-ing your own stuff so feel free to tell me if I’m completely out of bounds here, but I think I’ve got some that might fit the bill! Erik in Conjuring Affection is a shy mechanic sweetheart with an artsy/musician side, and Jack in Bewitching Desire is a cocky but very understanding lawyer. (Those are in a novella series I’m working on, the last one featuring a chef hero is out this fall). I’ve also got a nerdy bookstore owner in Cupcakes and Cardigans, which is free if you sign up for my newsletter here.

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(via Long Live the Avon True Romance)

So who remembers the Avon True Romance line? 

Did anyone collect these as a fledgling romance reader?

I did! I’m not sure what happened to my copies, but I used to have four or five of the twelve they published. As you might gather from the name, they were published by @avonromance - and there were some big romance names writing for this line of YA historical romances! Lorraine Heath, Meg Cabot, and Beverly Jenkins each wrote two, and even Karen Hawkins wrote one!

Follow the link above to check out my post, in which I get super nostalgic about my childhood as an enthusiastic romance thief reader.

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I’m genuinely surprised I never knew about these, but then again, I would have been aged out of teen romance by 2002/3. I’m still going to get my hands on those Meg Cabots though.

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I actually *just* re-read Victoria and the Rogue because I have it on my kindle-- it’s one of my favorite Meg Cabots, and that’s saying a lot.

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She’s so beautiful!

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Look, we don’t make the rules. 

But this is a romantic comedy starring Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves, and they’re both grumpy and hot, and not as young as they used to be (THIS IS A GOOD THING), and it’s called Destination Wedding (✈️💐🥂), and so we’re just going to have to be at the cinema on opening night, drool cups within easy reach, and VERY ready to thirst/swoon.

This has been a PSA.

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Jenna Dewan, Andy Fickman to Team on Romantic Comedy ‘Roomies’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Andy Fickman will direct and produce the music-driven romantic comedy “Roomies” with Jenna Dewan via her company, Everheart Productions.

“’Roomies’ is based on the 2017 romance novel of the same name by Christina Lauren, about a woman who marries an illegal immigrant in order to keep him in the country and help him get his dream job of starring in a Broadway musical. The story follows the couple as their marriage of convenience evolves from awkward roommates to besotted lovers. Christina Lauren, the combined pen name of Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, will adapt their own novel.”

More awesome news! 

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Don’t Call Princess Stories "Frivolous" — For Women & Femmes Of Color, They’re Crucial

The first story I remember writing (though my mom insists my writing career began at age 2) is from when I was about 7 years old. I showed the colored pencil drawing and accompanying block of text (which was never finished, thus pretty in line with m…

This is a wonderful piece that Alyssa Cole wrote for Bustle’s Royally Fascinated - a series of posts about “ owning our obsession with princesses — and exploring why that’s an empowering thing “.