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**Comfort Classics** The Wedding (Lairds' Fiancées #2) by Julie Garwood Historical romance*Mass Market Paperback & e-book, 384 pages Published January 1st 2003 by Pocket Books (first published January 1st 1996) It's a classic plot: a marriage of convenience that lays the groundwork for true love.  1119. Journeying from England to Scotland to wed a highlander, Lady Brenna had resigned herself to the arranged match. But when a band of fierce, painted warriors captured her en route, she fearlessly met their demand to marry their leader -- the quick-tempered laird Connor MacAlister. She couldn't know that her capture was merely the first act of vengeance against her betrothed, Connor's sworn enemy. Brenna harbored no illusions that her husband was in love with her; after a hasty forest wedding, MacAlister assured her she could return home once she had borne him a son. But she could not deny that she had once proposed to MacAlister -- ten years ag...

Occasionally I like to go back and read 'older' titles because I like an author's body of work and want to sample more. I'm calling these reviews " Comfort Classics ." Gentle Warrior (Tapestry Romance #74)  by Julie Garwood Historical romance*Paperback & e-book, 309 pages Published December 1st 1990 by Pocket Books (first published 1985) From the New York Times bestselling author of Ransom comes an exquisite tender tale of love, adventure and passion! In feudal England, Elizabeth Montwright barely escaped the massacre that destroyed her family and exiled her from her ancestral castle. Bent on revenge, she rode again through the fortress gates, disguised as a peasant...to seek aid from Geoffrey Berkley, the powerful baron who had routed the murderers. He heard her pleas, resisted her demands, and vowed to seduce his beautiful subject. Yet as Elizabeth fought the warrior's caresses, love flamed for this gallant man who must ...

It's Monday and we are today's stop on the Out In Blur blog tour presented by Entangled Publishing . Out In Blue is a paranormal novel written by Sarah Gilman and it has a fascinating take on angels and demons. We have a piece of the Scavenger Hunt for those partaking in the hunt, our review, and there's a tour-wide contest and another special contest which begins on February 26th to win a Nook. For that contest, simply click on the Blue in the Wild Contest link below. Blue in the Wild Contest :  Find Wren and Ginger to Win a Nook! Out in Blue (Return to Sanctuary, #1) by Sarah Gilman Paranormal*Paperback/ebook, 352 pages Release Date: February 2013*Entangled Select Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble In a violent world where fallen archangels are hunted for their valuable plumage, Wren knows one thing for certain: the human woman who saved him from a poacher attack will die if she stays with him. The demon responsible for his parents’ grues...

Tour Schedule Amazon  * Amazon Kindle Red Madrassa by Terah Edun A magical accident threw them together. But when Fate holds all the cards, it can be impossible to tell the difference between pure chance and Destiny... The Madrassa, a magical school for mage practitioners, is the stuff of legend. With selective entrance exams and quotas for only the most advanced of mage children, it's almost impossible to attend. When Allorna, a guardian trainee for the royal family, ends up on the doorstep of the citadel on the eve of the final day of a recruitment ceremony, she decides it must be fate. She was sure she knew the path her life would take before she enrolled. But sometimes life has a way of throwing in magical curveballs and strange friends, just to see if you’ll trip up. Oh, and one of those friends is a mage accused of murder, another is a slightly psychotic dragon, the third a healer facing an existential crisis, and the last is a female storm-caller with more hidden ...

What a great way to start off a new week with a cover reveal. Here it is: TIED (Fire Born #1) by Laney McMann Release Date: September 9, 2013 Target Reader: Young Adult Keywords: Fiction , Paranormal Romance , Urban Fantasy Normal people don't believe their nightmares stalk them. They don’t fall in love with boys who don’t exist, either.  Seventeen-year-old Layla Labelle, though, is far from normal. Her delusions walk the earth. Her hallucinations hunt her, and her skin heats to a burn every time her anger flares.  Or is that all in her head? Layla doesn't know what to believe any more because if none of that’s true, Max MacLarnon must be an illusion, and her heart must still be broken. No matter how much she wants to believe Max is real, doing so would mean everything else is, too. How, then, is that possible? The answers lie in an age-old legend the supernatural aren’t prepared to reveal, and with a curse that could tear Layla and Max ap...