Swans Book Review

Don’t Make Me Beautiful by Elle Casey Publication date: September 9th 2013 Genres: New Adult, Romance, Suspense A message from Elle about Don’t Make Me Beautiful:  A really long time ago, I read an article in a newspaper or a magazine (I haven’t been able to locate the original) about a woman who was so badly beaten over a long period of time, she couldn’t leave her house.  I thought about that woman a lot over the years and about what her thoughts might have been, her fears, her reality … and this book was my attempt to both exorcise those thoughts from my brain and also shed some light on a subject —domestic violence— that I feel should never be left in darkness. (October is Domestic Violence Awareness month.) Synopsis: **This story was inspired by true events. If you liked the movie “Sleeping With the Enemy”, then you might like this story too. CONTENT WARNING: Violence, foul language, and adult situations. Not meant for younger readers...

Q&A with Erica Ridley What’s your favorite historical romance?  Any old-school Julie Garwood novel. Love her wacky heroines and the men they drove insane. What is the first romance novel you ever read?  ONCE A PRINCESS by Johanna Lindsay. Very much a product of its time, but it hooked me on romance forevermore! Would you want to live in the time you write about?  I'd love to visit, and stay for the London Season! What would you love?  I would love to see, hear, and taste everything in real life. I adore experiencing new places and interacting with different cultures. You never really know a place or a people until you're walking in those shoes. I'd love to talk to servants, dance with dukes, and gossip with curmudgeonly matrons.  Hate? No cell phones Half the fun would be responding to photo comments from Facebook friends! ;) If given the choice between a duke, a rogue, or an alpha hero, which would you choose?  ...