So this morning we announced that A Novel Romance is up for grabs in a contest (check it out here), but we still have one last contest to throw in before handing off control of ANR to someone else.

We have a brand-spanking new edition of Three Times A Bride from Avon Books to give away. In this book you get three stories, contributed by Catherine Anderson, Loretta Chase and Samantha James.

The winner will be selected on June 18th, the day before the the announcement of the A Novel Romance site contest winner.

To enter, go here

Buy Skin Game today

Publisher: Penguin

Format: Paperback, ebook

Written by: Ava Gray

Romance Novel Review from Donna:

“For those of you not in the know, Ava Gray is Ann Aguirre’s alter ego and she writes some damn good science fiction. Skin Game is a fine example of how sharp she can be in tackling the sci-fi genre.

Right off the bat, I have to mention that the characters didn’t fly off the page quite as quickly as they could’ve, but it’s not the end of the world. Though Ava Gray’s writing style in SkinGame is compelling and has a smooth flow about it, the info dumping didn’t really reflect that fact.

The well-plotted story was nonetheless fun and enjoyable and comes strongly recommended. After wrapping up this one, I’m really excited about reading the sequel, Skin Tight, and picking up more Ann Aguirre books in general.”

Things have not exactly be moving along at a break-neck pace here lately, but worry not…we are still very much into the idea of providing you all with the romance novel reviews you’ve come to know, love, and sometimes contest.

You know what this time of year is? The end of the university year and since two members of the crew are students, they have their hands tied with exams and consuming ridiculous amounts of jujubes, smarties and coffee.

That leaves two members, one of which needs a little bit of ‘me’ time, which happens once in a while. As for me, well, my man has been working away furiously on a book he will be self-publishing and I felt it’s only fair that with all the marketing and logistic help he helped A Novel Romance with, it’s only fair that I help him set-up his own marketing program.

Other News

Big thanks goes out to The Bibliophilic Book Blog for posting a link to our piece The Hardline On Selling ARCs. Honestly, I had no idea how those who sell ARCs are so vehemently despised. Whether the haters chastised them on Twitter, this site or other related sites, the opinion was loud and resounding – if you turn the publishers against the novel review industry, there won’t be much of one left. Also, try to put yourself in the author’s skin.

New Contest

Speaking of advance copies, we will be formally announcing our contest for a great new Avon Romance novel, so keep checking in.