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As the fifth book in the London Steampunk series, I've been waiting a while to tell the story of Aramina Duvall, the icy Duchess of Casavian, and Leo Barrons, the illegitimate heir of the Duke of Caine.  Both characters appeared in Kiss of Steel , the first book in my London Steampunk series, as mortal enemies, their relationship growing over the course of the previous four books until they finally get their romantic showdown in Of Silk And Steam .  And it is epic! Picture a Romeo & Juliet type family feud, a battle of wits - and seduction - between an ice princess and the only man who dares to scale her walls, and all-out war as a group of roguish and determined revolutionaries take on the cruel Prince Consort.  Blurb: When her beloved father was assassinated, Lady Aramina swore revenge. The man responsible is well beyond her grasp, but his dangerously seductive heir, Leo Barrons, is fair game. When Mina obtains evidence proving that Le...

Being a writer is 90% writing/daydreaming/plotting/talking-thinking books and 10% reminding yourself the rest of the world exists, or so it seems to me. So last weekend, I took some time out to have a girl's weekend away with my mum and two sisters, just to reconnect. Re-enactment of myself with chocolate fountain For Christmas, I'd gotten them tickets to Cirque du Soleil's Totem (and one for me too!), and mum had tickets to High Tea at the Windsor Hotel in Melbourne, so we definitely made a weekend of it. The High Tea was amazing. They brought out little trays with scones and sandwiches, and you had your choice of champagnes and different tea varieties. I ate my little heart out... and then realised there was a dessert buffet! Instant regret over the sandwiches. You name it, and it was on the dessert buffet. They even had a chocolate fountain. That night the streets were awash with thousands of people (over 500,000 to be more precise) for the Wh...

*POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR 'THE ORIGINALS' AHOY You have been warned.  I'm one of those people who rarely watches TV. It became a bit of a choice between having time to write, or watching random shows on the box just for the heck of it, and well, the writing won. However, I do love buying boxed sets of my favourite shows, and going on a full season binge whenever they release. I like being able to watch the series all at once (or within a week), because you can really see the characters arc's growing over the span of the show. Also, because when I start, I want to watch MOAR! NOW! My recent glom was The Originals, which I've been hungrily anticipating ever since I heard it was happening. The ultimate bad-boy Klaus Mikaelson, and his arc of redemption? His noble brother, Elijah, who sometimes does what needs to be done to protect his family, even as it tortures him? Yes, please. I adore anti-heroes and complex relationships between famil...

from Mia Marlowe... This week the romance world has been abuzz about the announcement of the nominations for RTBOOKReviews Reviewers' Choice award. It's sort of the Emmy's for Romance, with nominations in different categories. I'm thrilled to report that Sourcebooks authors are very well represented on this list. Here they all are: RT Book of the Year: CJ Lyons, Broken Diagnosed with a rare and untreatable heart condition, Scarlet has come to terms with the fact that she’s going to die. Literally of a broken heart. It could be tomorrow, or it could be next year. But the clock is ticking… All Scarlet asks is for a chance to attend high school—even if just for a week-a chance to be just like everyone else. But Scarlet can feel her heart beating out of control with each slammed locker and vicious taunt. Is this normal? Really? Yet there’s more going on than she knows. And finding out the truth might just kill Scarlet before her heart does… Read more......