Happy Ever After (And Giveaway) with Joyce Lamb Back to Blog
There’s a new romance blog in town. An awesome new blog that I plan to visit every day–and I hope you will find it equally awesome. It’s the Happy Ever After Blog at USA Today. The very talented Joyce Lamb is the mastermind behind the new blog, and she’s here to share all kinds of blog details with us today. Welcome, Joyce, and congrats on the launch of the new blog!
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Thank you SO much for having me today!!! It’s a good day for romance, in my humble opinion. That’s because over at usatoday.com, there’s a brand-new blog devoted to the love of romance novels, the readers who read them and the writers who write them.
Happy Ever After will run lots and lots of book reviews, author interviews and other fun stuff. In fact, HEA is going to interview Cynthia for her upcoming release, ANGEL OF DARKNESS. We’re going to review it, too!
I’m happy to report, too, that the woman in charge of this new blog is an award-winning romance novelist herself. That’s some pretty decent street cred, don’t you think? Oh, and that woman is me. : ) The best part is that we can all now be assured that this blog is about romance novel LOVE. No haters or “bodice ripper” rhetoric allowed.
Here’s a taste of what you’ll find at HEA:
Today, there’s an interview with Lavinia Kent, author of the new Regency romance WHAT A DUKE WANTS. Sample question:
HEA: What’s the most interesting thing you’ve learned about the Regency period that you didn’t already know?
Lavinia: “Much of what I found interesting was learning what didn’t happen. There is no evidence that dance cards existed during the Regency, or that heroines ever dampened their skirts to make them cling.”
She also talks about her love of the TV shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Real Housewives of New York, as well as other Housewives shows. It’s pretty entertaining, if I do say so myself. A review of WHAT A DUKE WANTS will appear at HEA next week.
You’ll also find a review today of this summer’s RITA award-winning Jill Shalvis’ new ANIMAL ATTRACTION. Review snippet: Jill’s “Animal series is a fun, light romantic read. Definitely a good way to spend a few hours with some sexy characters.” If you haven’t seen the cover of this book, prepare for an “ooohhh” and an “awwww.” An interview with Jill will run next week.
Later today, HEA will talk with best-selling romantic suspense writer Christy Reece. And next week, we’ll run a review of her SWEET JUSTICE, followed shortly by a review of SWEET REVENGE. It’s going to be, well, sweet.
There’ll also be a review today of the new paranormal romance by Virna DePaul, CHOSEN BY FATE. You do NOT want to miss this book. It’s complex, it’s gritty and it’s un-put-downable. An interview with Virna will follow next week.
Other author interviews and book reviews coming up in the next few weeks: Erin Quinn (HAUNTING EMBRACE), Jane Graves (HEARTSTRINGS AND DIAMOND RINGS), Ann Christopher (DEADLY DESIRES), Mariah Stewart (HOMETOWN GIRL), Shawn Lane (DEVOTEDLY HIS), Keri Arthur (DARKNESS UNBOUND), Desiree Holt (BEDROOM EYES) and Jenny B. Jones (THERE YOU’LL FIND ME) — and that’s just in the next few weeks.
HEA has many, many more interviews and reviews on tap, such as HEART OF A KILLER by Jaci Burton, ALL THAT REMAINS by Janice Kay Davidson, READY FOR LOVE by Gwyneth Bolton, THE BAKER’S WIFE by Erin Healy and … well, I could go on, but I’m sure you’re eager to hop over to HEA to say hi. But before you go, you can leave a comment here and I’ll choose two random commenters to win the first book in my True trilogy, TRUE VISION. Please remember to leave your e-mail address!
When you’re done with that, here’s where to start with Happy Ever After: http://bit.ly/ouV32w. And you can find out more about the street cred of HEA’s mistress (that’s me!) at JoyceWrites.com.
Let the romance novel love begin.
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This is exciting news! It’s great that USA Today is recognizing romance books and romance writers. I’ll be visiting your blog often.
I just read the blurb for your book and would love to read it.
This book sounds very good and very good news regarding USA today….about time!!
Love to find new reading material
I think this book looks awesome and I can’t wait to read it! 🙂
Great News! 🙂 Always love reading romance reviews…
Having a good place to read romance reviews is always a plus for me. I base a lot of my book purchases on what reviewers say.
Hi Cynthia! Hi Joyce! Great post, wonderful venture, awesome authors!! Love the romance community!!
Nice review and giveaway.
Love it =D
Thks.
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Great Post and giveaway !!!
reginamayross@gmail.com
Hi, Cynthia and everyone!
I’m psyched SO MUCH for this new blog. It’s already been great fun, and it’s been up only a day. 🙂 Thanks a bunch for checking it out and leaving a comment here. Doesn’t Cynthia rock?!?! Good luck on the giveaways! (And thanks again, Cynthia, for having me. 🙂
Joyce
Oooohhh goody!!! More reviews!!! Always looking for more awesome books to read and what better way to discover them but by recommendations by OTHER authors! I kind of strike out in the area of “friends recommending books” because most of the time, the ones that I’m recommended are either far too vulgar (yes, there is such a thing LOL!) or the story takes forever to develop and then the book ends abruptly leaving me going “HUH?!” (this works ok for series but NOT for individual books). Surprisingly enough, my husband ROCKS at recommending books (although I bet he is wishing that he had not turned me on to Charlaine Harris because I read everything of hers the local library had available in two weeks, oh and he checked them out 😉 )!!
Great news! I can’t wait to see the new HEA blog and see what USA Today brings to the romance reading community! Thanks for the giveaway!
Hi Cynthia and Joyce –
I think it’s so cool to have this blog on USA today – it’s about time :).
Thank you so much.
Sounds great. Thanks for sharing!! Looking forward to reading it.
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This is so exciting! And it took USA TODAY long enough!
Learned of this through Kathy Kulig on the FF&P loop & I shared it on my Google plus stream. It got reshared again twice more!
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Hi Joyce, I visited your new blog yesterday and it looks fantastic. Can’t wait to see it grow and grow with readers and writers. I have the second part in this series and plan to read it very soon. Thank you for the chance to win the first one. The cover is eye-catching too!
Thanks for sharing! Sounds great! Have to stop on over and visit your blog!
I can’t wait to read it!
Thanks for the new blog link. Will definitely be adding it to my daily favorites.
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Sounds great. I am always looking for new authors.—Rachel
Congrats on your blog’s launch, Joyce!!! Can’t wait to check out all of the posts.
How exciting it is to participate in the beginning of
a new blog! Best Wishes for a grand future for this
project, Joyce!
Pat Cochran
Thanks in advance for the upcoming reviews. I’m always open to learning about authors that might be new to me.
Hi Joyce! I always enjoy checking out a new Blog. Your book sounds wonderful and I would love to read it. Thanks for the giveaway!
It took Usa long enough!! I am so excited to check this out! It is so nice to see more sites recognizing the genre. I will definitely be adding this link to my favorites. Thanks for the heads up on this!!
Love the blog! You’ve caught me in your snare. I have to subscribe to USA Today now because I love reading reviews before I buy the books. Best wishes for the long-time success of HEA!
Thanks for all the great comments! Romance readers and authors rock. Wait, I’ve already said that, haven’t I? Bears repeating! : )
I hope you’ll all come visit HEA when I’m hosting Cynthia! We’ll have a spot o’ tea and reminisce about the good times. Nope, not British but most definitely punchy.
Happy Saturday, everyone!
Joyce
Great Cover art! I always like discovering a new book website, can’t wait to browse on over there….thanks for the give a way
sounds like a great new blog. I am going to have to check it out. I love the cover on your book. 🙂
Larena
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Hi again!!
I just wanted to say that the cover is absolutely beautiful!!
powermom245@comcast.net
Hi, everyone!
Thanks again for the wonderful support and comments! HEA is off to a strong start.
And now for the important stuff: Congratulations to Regina Ross and Pamela V. Mason! You’re the winners of the signed copies of TRUE VISION. I’ll contact you privately to get your details.
Thanks again, Cynthia, for having me!
Joyce
I just wanted to say that the cover is absolutely beautiful!!
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This looks like a good one – thanks for hosting –
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