Something to warm you up

So I don't know about you but here in Jersey it's snowing! In October! Before Halloween! Ridiculous if you ask me. So since I'd rather be warm I thought some hot man pics would do the trick!

Swimming anyone?

I would very much like to be on vaction with him!

And I can't leave out Henry!

So, just a little something to warm you up! I don't know about you but I am so looking forward to Immortals in a couple of weeks. 

Winner of 40 Follower Giveaway

I again just want to say thank you to everyone for visiting For The Love Of Romance. And now onto the good stuff!

Winner of an e-copy of The Rake and The Recluse is:

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I used random.org to pick the winner, as with all of my contests. Please email me at fortheloveofromance @ gmail DOT com (without the spaces of course)

Don't forget that if you didn't win this time I'm giving away a $10 giftcard to Amazon when I reach 50 followers.

Where am I?

Ah! Today I'm over at Rise of the Slush blog talking about reviewing. As you all know I started out reviewing for The Season for Romace and I love it but as I wrote in the post reviewing is hard work. So if you have the time please stop by and check it out!

And a big thanks to Landra for having me and allowing me to ramble on. :-)

40 Follower Giveaway

Huzzah! Looks like its time for a giveaway. Since I've reached over 40 followers I promised to giveaway an e-copy of Jenn LeBlanc's The Rake and The Recluse.

All you have to do to be eligble is enter a comment below and be a follower of For the Love of Romance using Google Friend Connect up on the left.

Thanks so much for joining me here at For the Love of Romance and don't forget at 50 followers I'm giving away another prize!

Also, don't forget to head over to Facebook and Like For the Love of Romance. I'm talking about what I'm reading (Shana Galen's The Making of a Gentleman) and asking what you're reading this Labor Day weekend.


*Contest runs until 9/12 at midnight*

Winners-Birthday Bash Giveaway

Thank you all so much for all the birthday love! I will tell you that I was sang to twice but I survived without shedding any tears.


Also I want to thank Kati over at Romancing Rakes for making the awesome Birthday Bash graphic. And because she is awesome, she is holding a giveaway in honor of my birthday. She's giving away The Rake and The Recluse by Jenn LeBlanc since it is one of our favorite books. So if you didn't win any books here head over there and enter. 


Now for the fun stuff! Presents and winners!

Winner of The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie

Melanie A.

Winner of Good Girls Don't

Keylayne 

Winner of Dark Lover

Heather F.

I used Random.org to pick the winners. I also added the names in the comments to the form to make sure everyone got a chance to win. I sent out emails to the winners and you have 2 days to claim your presents. If you won and didn't receive and email please contact me at fortheloveofromance AT gmail DOT com

Again, thank you so much for helping me celebrate my birthday. I hope that your next birthday is amazing and you get whatever you wish for. 

Also, don't forget the other giveaway I'm doing. Right now I'm at 39 followers and once I reach 40 I'm giving away a copy of The Rake and The Recluse by Jenn Leblanc so stay tuned!

Birthday Bash Giveaway

It's my birthday!!! 

Well, my birthday isn't until the 31st but It's never too early to celebrate. Now, the 31st will be the anniversary of my 21st birthday is next Wednesday... go ahead and do the math. 


I'll be 26 and I'm kind of freaking out about it. When you're growing up all you think about is reaching those major milestones... 16 when I could get my driving permit, 18 when I would be an adult and 21 when I could go out and party. Then last year was my 25th birthday and all my cards wished me a "Happy Quarter Century". Then it hit me... I was in my mid-twenties. 


So, now I'm on my way to thirty. Do you remember when you were younger and thinking 30 was so old? I don't feel old and I certainly don't think 30 is old. So I refuse to change my youthful ways and grow up. 


Anyway, I'm going to tell you a secret... I don't like my birthday. Yes, I like presents but what I hate is people singing Happy Birthday to me. I have learned to deal with it from my family but if we go out to a restaurant I forbid any public singing because I cry. I've been known to run to bathroom and hide under tables when the singing starts. The one time I was trapped and I cried my eyes out. I was 20. 


But the best thing about birthday is the cake and the presents. I would love to send everyone some cake but I don't think it will ship well. So, how about some presents?


I like presents, and not only do I like receiving presents but I like giving presents. So for my birthday I'm giving away three of my favorite romance novels to three luck people. 

Historical: The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley

Contemporary: Good Girl's Don't by Victoria Dahl

Paranormal: Dark Lover by JR Ward

To enter to win one of the books just fill out the form and tell me which book you would want as a present. 

Birthday Bash Giveaway Form

Good Luck! The giveaway is open until Aug. 31st at midnight. All I ask is that along with filling out the form you make sure you follow For The Love of Romance, because let's not forget I'm having a follower giveaway. 

So, do you hate your birthday? Do you run screaming from the room like me when someone starts singing? Did you have a mid-twenty's crisis like did?

I'm taking over the world... one follower at a time!

So I've been busy lately and have neglected you all dreadfully. For this I apologize... with Henry Cavill.

See ladies, he's sorry too. Forgive me?


So, August has been crazy. I went to RomCon in Denver and it was awesome. There are not enough exclamation points to tell you how excited I was to be going. I'm going to do a full RomCon recap but I will tell you it involved riding crops, handcuffs, red rope and tying a certain hot model up with said rope,  kilts, margaritas and so much more.  Oh, and if you missed the last episode of Romance Lately you can see our recap of RomCon. I'm the one wearing the mask.


August is also my birthday month. Of course I need to wait to the very last day of August to celebrate but that's fine because I'm not ready to age another year. But I am ready for presents, I'm always ready for presents. I also like giving presents and that's why I'm having a special Birthday Giveaway... more on that later this week!


I've also been planning new things for For The Love Of Romance. I'm going to start putting up my reviews. I have a lot to put up from my reviewing over at The Season (ps The Season is having a big giveaway for their 2nd Anniversary. Lots of book and a chance to win your choice of e-reader.) So along with my Season reviews I'm going to start doing some here.


Now that I have rambled a bit I'm going to tell you what my plan to take over the world is. Well, not the world but you know what I mean. I want For The Love Of Romance to be a place where we all can get together and talk about romance. You are the reason I wanted to start a blog. So, to take over my little area of the blogasphere I'm having a follower giveaway.


Yes, I am bribing you all to come listen to me ramble. What's in it for you? Well, let me tell you:


1. Jenn LeBlanc's illustrated romance novel The Rake and The Recluse (an e-copy) once I reach 40 followers.
2. A $10 gift card to Amazon.com once I reach 50 followers
3. An e-book of your choosing (up to $7.99) when ever I reach 60, 70, 80 and 90 followers.
4. The Grandprize! When I reach 100 follower one lucky person is going to receive a $25 gift card to Amazon.com, 2 of my favorite books of this year, and 2 books of your choosing. And when I saw books, I mean actual books unless you prefer the e-books.


Now, what kind of hoops am I going to make you jump through? Well... none. All I ask is that you follow using the Google Friend Connect. Once I reach the next milestone I'll put up a post and all you have to do is fill out the form with your name, address and email. Simple, yes?


I'm not against bribing either so I give you Richard Armiatge. And It's his birthday! See we were meant to be, same birthday month!

So there you have it. My plan to take over the world, one follower at a time.


As I try to make For The Love of Romance a fun place, what do you want to see on the blog?