Romance

pen4hire on January 30th, 2012

CONTEST IS OVER. The FINAL daily prize in the January Giveaway goes out today. And then I draw for the Grand Prize Winners. (See below) Destinations: Milan, New York City and Brittany in France Book: P.O. Box Love: A Novel of Letters (originally 2009, but NEW in English– February 2012) by Paola Calvetti I reviewed this [...]

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pen4hire on January 6th, 2012

CONTEST OVER (One reader today through Sunday night will win BOTH this audio book and another one. See end of post.) Destination: Michigan, near Traverse City  Audio Book: Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly Put the mystery writer Janet Evanovich together with romance writer Dorien Kelly and this is what you [...]

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pen4hire on November 24th, 2010

The Great American Road Trip Destination: Utah Book: The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin

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pen4hire on February 8th, 2010

Valentine’s Day is on a weekend! Perfect excuse to travel. Last year I talked about my favorite romantic city, romantic book and poetry, hotel, restaurant, etc. in this post. Please take a look because I have not changed my mind. And read on for two East Coast suggestions for this Valentine’s Day (if you can [...]

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pen4hire on February 13th, 2009

Easy to find both travel romance and book romance around the web this time of year. Maybe it has something to do with Valentine’s Day?? Sherman’s Travel, 10 romantic small inns and hotels. Most romantic trips. Do you agree, or do you have other nominees? Tips for romantic travel Light a candle and more. (Whoops! [...]

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pen4hire on February 6th, 2009

I have been pondering what places my husband and I have visited that were the most romantic.  There are so many. Santorini, Budapest, Florence and Salzburg, for instance. This little cherub in the Mirabell Palace in Salzburg seems to have a headache as he points the way out the door.  Mirabell was built in 1606 [...]

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pen4hire on February 4th, 2009

Valentine’s Day is coming up. It is unavoidable. I might as well write about it in terms of books and travel. Here are my random choices of romantic things. Most romantic couple:  Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning Most romantic city:  Florence (And the Brownings just happened to live there! Most romantic line of poetry:   [...]

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