Author Maria Geraci is here today talking about how to de-stress with romance (my favorite escape). Her latest release, The Boyfriend of the Month Club
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De-stress this holiday season with a romance
Thank you to the ladies of Book Binge for having me as their guest today! I’m here to talk about my new release, The Boyfriend of the Month Club, and about the upcoming holidays and my favorite way to de-stress.
Shopping. Baking. Sending out Christmas cards. Cleaning… The list goes on. Every holiday season I stress out just thinking about all I have to get done. It’s enough to make my inner Scrooge wish for January 2! So whenever I feel a ba-humbug moment coming on, I take a deep breath and try to remember the reason for the season, and that no one really cares if my house is a little dusty except me (and maybe my mother-in-law) and that I’m only human and can only do so much. That’s when I try to slip in some Me Time. Because you know the old saying, “If Momma ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.” And believe me, that’s as true at my house as anywhere else!
Being an avid reader as well as a writer, naturally, I relax by doing what I love best and that’s curling up with a good story. A few hours of blissful escape into a world that I know will provide me with a happily-ever-after ending. I love reading new authors, and favorite authors with new releases, but I also love to reread my “keepers.” Those are the books that I don’t ever sell at garage sales and only lend out to my most trusted friends. Over the years, I’ve collected quite a few of those! Old favorites include some of the classics, like Pride and Prejudice and Little Women, mixed in some contemporary romance like Ain’t She Sweet? by Susan Elizabeth Phillips and Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie and almost any historical by Madeline Hunter (I love everything she writes!)
I’d love to know what your favorite books are. Leave a comment below and five lucky winners will be randomly chosen to receive a copy of my December release, The Boyfriend of the Month Club. It’s a romantic comedy about a woman who turns her dysfunctional book club into a boyfriend club, where members come together to discuss the men they’ve dated, comparing them to classic literary heroes and villains. I hope it will soon be on your list of “keeper” romances!
Most of the books/authors Maria listed are favorites of ours, too. I love it when that happens.
Answer Maria’s questions from above for a chance to win one of 5 copies of The Boyfriend of the Month Club
This book is available from Berkley. You can buy it here
When I want to re-read old favorites I usually pick Mr Perfect or Open Season by Linda Howard or Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas to name a few.
I love to re-read my old favorites over and over. I have several by Julie Garwood. Castles is one of them. I also love Whitney, My Love by Judith McNaught.
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon was my first Time Travel and I absolutely love it! I also like Lynn Kurland’s Time Travel series. I’ve read all of them several times.
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You ladies all have great taste. You’ve all mentioned books I love too!
Mr Perfect by Linda Howard
Whitney, My Love
Outlander
All terrific books!
Thanks for commenting!
Romance i just love it my fave’s are by Julie Quinn
Elizabeth, I really love Julia Quinn too. Especially her Bridgerton series:)
My fav books, well Magician by Raymond E Feist. I just love re-reading fantasy for some reason.
This book sounds so fun, romance always cheers me right up, and I just love the idea of comparing the men to villains and heroes from the classics
Any book by Nora Roberts, Debbie Macomber, Bertrice Small, or Linda Lael Miller.
Some of my favorites are As You Desire by Connie Brockway; Bridget Jones’ Diary & I really loved Ain’t She Sweet? also, I think that is SEP’s best work to date.
Sarah’s Child by Linda Howard, Three Wishes by Barbara Delinsky, The Pregnancy Test by Erin McCarthy.
Favorites…Well I love to re-read Blue Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas and any one of her Hathaway books. I also love to re-read Christine Feehan’s Oceans of Fire, Julie Garwood’s Ransom, Linda Howard’s Mr. Perfect, Brenda Joyce’s Deadly Series which is getting a revival soon, and last but not the least, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig.
I would love to read this book. Would it help my chances if I said I was already interested in reading it? It’s on all of my wishlists. :p
I totally love the holidays but can easily get overwhelmed with juggling work, shopping, family time… and the dreaded extra cleaning on top of the usualy cleaning lol.
I have a ton of fav books here is a bit of a run down :):
Classics are Jane Austen Novels and Gone with the Wind
most of Nora Roberts
This year some tops on my List were Lake Magic by Kimberly Fisk, Night Pleasures by Sherrlyn Kenyon, The Princess in His Bed by Lila Dipasqua, Amethyst Destiny by Pamela Montgomerie, and Everlasting Desire by Amanda Ashley
Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays
Pam S
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I have so many favourites – I can hardly bear to get rid of any of my books. But, some of the major faves are, in no particular order:
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Heartless by Mary Balogh
The Notorious Rake by Mary Balogh
Devilish by Jo Beverley
Naked in Death by JD Robb
Regularly Scheduled Life by KA Mitchell
No Souvenirs by KA Mitchell.
I’d better stop now. 🙂
My favorite books, anything from Jane Porter. I love her works !!
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I love books that have unpredictable elements and quirky characters, regardless of subgenre.
This one sounds great. I love the flamingo.
Favorites of mine include:
The Red Hats Club Rides Again by Haywood Smith
You Had Me At Halo by Amanda Ashby
Do Me, Do My Roots by Eileen Rendahl
Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
I’ll read anything by Judith McNaught, Nora Roberts, Julie James and Julia Quinn. Paradise and Perfect by Judith McNaught are must-reads.
I am not much of a re-reader. But I like anything by Robyn Carr and Rachel Gibson.
Helen L.
I love all books by Cindy Miles and Kerrelyn Sparks, and recently Cynthia Eden 🙂
Quite a number of people on this blog have mentioned my favourite – Ain’t she sweet – absolutely love it and can reread it basically every 2 months.
Other favourites are Persuasion, See Jane Score, Wicked Deeds on a Winter’s Night and to Have and to Hold.
My friends and family don’t undertsand how I re-read and re-watch my fave books and moves but they give me confort. I love re-readng The Last Summer of You & Me by Ann Brashares, Succubus Series by Richelle Mead, Nora Roberts, and The Pact by Jodi Picoult.