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One of my favorite reviewers is having a Naughty Not Nice blog hop. So roll your mouse on over to Queentutt’s World of Escapism and clickedy click to check out the fabulous prizes, including A Promise of Amber.
Be sure to check back at Queentutt’s blog next week for new chance to win! You deserve a holiday treat or ten. 
From time to time I run across acrid commentary about women writing male male romance or straight men writing gay love stories, or the arrogance of men writing romance between a man and woman.
Seriously? Why on earth would anyone think one gender had a great claim to expertise in writing craft as applied to any particular genre?
History offers many example of women being discriminated against. Here’s where I get really confused. I would have guessed our own history of oppression, prejudice, and discrimination would have made women more sensitive and less tolerant to this kind of injustice. Reading commentary from women about men who dare to think they could capture romance on the page, dismays me. Are those railing against male authored romance unaware of D.H. Laurence, T.S. Eliot, Tolstoy, and Shakespeare?
Practicing gender bias makes no sense. Thankfully the vast majority of readers are too smart to be bothered by an author’s gender or sexual orientation or race or any other irrelevant label.
Right? Uh, you all aren’t prejudiced against men writing romance are you? 
One of my favorite authors and good friends is David Kentner. He writes delightfully different romance stories as KevaD. I’m mentioning him because, in addition to hours of entertainment and many kindnesses, he’s given me a fresh awareness that gender bias is alive and well even this in this enlightened age.
Here’s a link to KevaD’s Amazon page for your browsing pleasure.
This review is for the audio version of Muriel Barbery’s The Elegance of the Hedgehog , Barbara Rosenblat’s masterful rendition of Renee Michel adds to the charm of this quirky French literary piece. The prose is rich with nuance and tone. The heroines, a autodidact concierge and a jaded precocious pre-teen, are unlikely candidates for their best selling roles and therein lies their charm. A familiar tale of disaffected youth and cynical middle age is twisted into new directions to engage the reader.
The book is available in other formats, including ebook. But the audio version is a special treat.
I treated myself to the first book in Maya Bank’s new Highland trilogy. After reading the first few chapters, I purchased the other two titles. Now I’m trying to make them last and savor the stories. 
A couple of months ago, I finally read Liberating Lacey by Anne Calhoun, you can read my review here — I loved it. The story had a ripple effect. It made me remember other contemporary authors I really enjoyed. So I added a Toni Blake title, and a Lauren Dane’s Never Enough. And then I read a bunch more.
What all of these stories have in common is they are erotic contemporary romances between a man and woman. All are well written and all remind me what I love about romance. 
Mary’s Naughty Whispers reviewed A Promise of Amber and gave it five stars!
Here’s an excerpt from her review:
A promise of Amber is about difference, about racism, about fears, about bondage and domination, about trust, about a girl who grow up without love but hate and violence yet somehow kept her innocence. I am not talking virginity here. Yes she does but more of her spirit. Yes we read tons and tons of that kind of female who were abused. That is not a new concept. But it is all about how it is written. How some words can touch us deeply and make us feel the pain, the hopes, the fears and the love.
Devil’s Cub is the second Georgette Heyer title in the Alstair triology. An Infamous Army is the final installment. Devil’s Cub has been a long time favorite. While my first reading of These Old Shades was enjoyable,the plot seemed a trifle improbable. Only after realizing the stories are connected by the Alstair family and recurring characters did I re-read These Old Shades. As happens so often with well-written stories, I liked even better the second time around. Devil’s Cub lost nothing of it’s original luster, and now I’m looking forward to reading An Infamous Army for the first time.
Last month I treated myself to few more Geogette Heyer titles for the Kindle. The e-reader has spoiled me. I actually prefer it to paper books, it’s simply a better way to read. I started the rereading with These Old Shades. A delightful story, full of memorable characters, touching romance, and adventure. Best of all it’s set flawlessly in the regency period and sparkles with Ms. Heyer’s wonderful voice.
KevaD had a new release this week as part of Timeless Desire at Noble Romance, A Date with Bogie and Bacall.
Radio DJ Scott Kincaid’s first caller of the night is a lady who died forty-nine years ago. The second wants to knock his head off. And he thought falling in love would be easy.
Maureen and Frank Johnson shared the kind of romance most people believe only exists in movies. Until a ballroom fire took Maureen’s life.
Franci Johnson grew up hearing her grandparents’ love story a thousand times, and wishes to find the kind of undying love Frank and Maureen did.
Radio DJ, Scott Kincaid, just wants the ghost following him to go away. But Maureen thinks the hunky DJ just might be the answer to her granddaughter’s dreams . . . .
My love affair with the e-reader continues. For a couple of minutes, I felt guilty buying digital copies of titles I own in paper. But here’s why, digital is a much better reading experience. Dead tree books hold lots of wonderful memories, but they aren’t as comfortable or easy to access.
As I snuggled into enjoy the third read of an old favorite, I realized the digital version has other advantages, the page doesn’t yellow, the ink doesn’t fade, the spine doesn’t crack, and the pages don’t fall out… There may be technical difficulties down the road, but I have backup copies of my e-library, I’ve already accepted the e-reader will require replacement someday… So far, I haven’t found a downside.
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