It has been nearly a decade since I had a snow day…one of those days made for curling up under a blanket with a good book, watching the big fluffy snow pelting down. In Texas it never happens But this month we were blessed with a foot of snow. WOW plus two days to “enjoy” it, and a week to recover from the repercussions of the snowfall…you know, collapsed roofs, broken trees, fallen tree limbs etc. But I enjoyed my day off with escape to foreign climes… went to India! Yes, it seems to be a new trend in the romances, adventure in the subcontinent during the late 1700s early 1800s. Two of my favorite authors brought out books with part of the story set in India. Lauren Willig‘s latest Carnation is BETRAYAL OF THE BLOOD LILY and Stephanie Laurens new quartet, the Black Cobra. Lauren Willig has taken us all over England and parts of France with her amazing series of spies during the Napoleonic era, but now she’s taking us off to India with a bride who’s perhaps made a not-so-wise choice in trying to escape her life. Captain Alex Reid has better things to do than play…

Rough Riders, #8 November 2009On Sale: November 3, 2009Featuring: Keely McKay; Jack DonohueISBN: 1605046841EAN: 9781605046846e-Book$5.50 Romance Erotica Sensual Buy at Amazon.com All Jacked Upby Lorelei James Pulling off the ultimate con…if they can keep from pulling off their clothes. Keely McKay knows Jack—and Jack Donohue is a certified pain in her Wranglers. The lone girl in the prolific McKay family, Keely needs another man giving her orders like she needs a hole in her boot. What she does need is a restoration specialist so she can open her physical therapy clinic—and prove she’s left her wild-child days behind. That means dealing with buttoned-down, uptight Jack. Jack is this close to securing a career make-or-break project, until he learns his lack of marital status puts him out of contention. When the notoriously hot-tempered and hot-bodied Keely begs him for help, he proposes a crazy idea. He’ll oversee her project—if she acts the part of his loving fiancée. Their sizzling lust makes it all too easy to go from butting heads to knocking boots—but outside the bedroom they’re as mismatched as ever. The McKays remind Jack of the humble upbringing he left behind, and cowgirl Keely feels she doesn’t measure up to…