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Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Tiffany Clare Shares Her Brilliant Debut!
It's my great pleasure to introduce a debut author who is no stranger to regular visitors to the lair (because she IS one! We love it when Bandita Buddies make good!).
Tiffany Clare's debut historical romance THE SURRENDER OF A LADY is a scorching hot, clever, intensely sensual, emotional rollercoaster of a story. I read the tempestuous, dramatic story of Lady Elena Ravenscliffe and the man who has never forgotten her, Griffin, Lord Rothburn, in one sitting and then said:
Dazzling, daring and different! Exotic and erotic! THE SURRENDER OF A LADYwill have you turning the pages until you finish, no matter how late it gets. Tiffany Clare is a brilliant new talent in historical romance.
I wasn't the only person bowled over by Tiffany's debut. The reviews have been amazing, including a Top Pick from Romantic Times Book Reviews!
RT said:
Debut author Clare bursts onto the scene with a unique, unforgettable, sensual love story sweeping from the harems of the east to staid Victorian ballrooms. Watch out for this sizzling new talent to rise to the top.
You can find out more about Tiffany and read excerpts from her books at her website: www.tiffanyclare.com
Because Tiffany loves us (she must!), she's very generously giving away...wait for it...FIVE BOOKS TODAY!!! And I'm throwing in a bonus Anna Campbell opus for good measure! So make sure you comment! And don't forget that if you click on the book covers, you can go straight to Amazon and order this fantastic debut!
So without more ado, HERE'S TIFFANY!
Tiffany, huge congratulations on the release of your brilliant debut THE SURRENDER OF A LADY. Can you tell us about this story?
I can't thank you enough for having me here! It's very exciting to be blogging with you wonderful gals! THE SURRENDER OF A LADY is about a woman, who's sold into slavery by her no good husband, to pay off his debts. To be reunited with her infant son, she agrees to become part of a harem where her favors will be sold to the highest paying bidders. She reinvents herself as Jinan, a Turkish princess, and never expects the only man she ever loved to find her in the harem. Nor does she ever expect him to bid for her favors for three months. Rothburn is a man broken and learning to live life one day at a time. His fall started when the one woman he loved married another. It's been ten years since Elena slipped from his grasp and he's been on a long road to recovery from opium addiction. When he sees her on auction, he knows he can't walk away from her again, and he knows he'll never be able to walk away again, despite the end of their contract looming.
Back cover blurb:
Sold. With one word, Lady Elena Ravenscliffe's destiny changes forever. Forced into Constantinople's slave market to pay off her late husband's debts and save her son, Elena reinvents herself as Jinan—a harem girl adored by the rich lords who bid on her favors. But one man instantly sees through her façade.
Griffin Summerfield, Marquess of Rothburn, let Elena slip through his fingers years ago. When he recognizes her on the auction block, he pays an outrageous sum to possess her even if it is for a short period of time. But when his deadline looms, Griffin will risk all in a desperate bid to make her his—and his alone…
The research for this story must have been fun – I speak from experience because of my courtesan books! Can you tell us some of the surprising and interesting things you unearthed and what resources you found particularly inspirational?
Oh, there was a lot of reading and research for this book. I knew nothing of the time period, the setting I had chosen, and the cultures of the Middle East and East. There was a lot of surprising information I uncovered . . . One thing in particular: Women of all cultures were sold into harems. Fathers with beautiful, nubile daughters, rich men who seized women in wars, pirates who stole women on the high seas, all seeking the a sultan or emperors favor. That was a major source of inspiration for the story. I thought to myself, why not sell my English beauty into a harem? She could be well sought after if this wasn't your typical harem.
And yes, that was something I had to change. In the harems of the Ottoman Empire, the only man allowed inside the harem women's quarters was the Sultan or his eunuchs (who were de-manned, so to speak). So I needed a reason for Amir (Jinan's owner) to not follow this 'rule.'
I uncovered that the sons born to sultans did not have an easy life. There were often death plots and attempted murders towards those in line for the 'throne.' Those not directly in line for the 'throne' were kept like prisoners in the dark and survival was slim, and madness common. I mention it very briefly in my book that Amir did not have an easy life growing up and despises how harems work. This is why he won't impregnate (and thereby be forced to marry) his harem girls. I made his mother English, so he would 'understand' Jinan/Elena 'culturally.'
I also did a lot of research on the opium trade. In the mid-Victorian era, England controlled much of China, and subjugated the population by giving them easy access to addiction—opium (it was banned in England at this time). It took me a long time to figure out Rothburn's character because I was so focused on Jinan.
One thing I knew was that he had fallen into a dark life. Just think of the type of man he would have had to be to slowly kill off another nation. It's justifying in a sense that he fell victim to the drug. With the life he led, there is nothing that can shock him (including seeing an English woman on auction in an Ottoman Prince's harem), nothing that can intimidate him, and most certainly nothing that he won't take if he wanted it bad enough. He admits freely that he is a man driven by one addiction or another.
Oh dang, this was a question about research, not the psychoanalysis of my characters!
Anyway, that's just a few of the things I found out. There were many, many more. But I don't want to bore anyone.
Tiff, I found all that absolutely fascinating! Thank you for sharing it. Here in the lair, we love call stories. Can you tell us yours?
It started with an email. My agent thought she'd tease me with a message that said something like, 'today is going to be fun,' then make me suffer a few hours before she called to give me the news that we had an offer! The best part of that was that no one else had offered, which meant drawing up interest to get other editors to respond with either a rejection or another offer. There was bidding for the book. It was full of much tenseness and silent squeeing for a few weeks. Actually, it was the most intense two weeks of my life, but it was totally awesome when St. Martin's came in with a final offer! I've been very blessed with an awesome house, awesome covers, and awesomeness all around. You'd think, as a writer, I could find another adjective! :) But, really, it was totally awesome!
You're an active blogger with the Vauxhall Vixens (and a regular visitor to the Bandits where we love to see you!). Do you think your web presence has helped your writing career?
I have no idea. I feel a little more connected to the internet romance community as a whole because there are a number of people I've met and gotten to know over the years online, but I'm not sure how that translates into helping my career (aside from meeting my amazing critique partners who kick my ass when needed). I'm still a baby in the industry; maybe I'll have an answer in a few years :)
Can you tell us about your writing journey?
There were lots of ups and downs. It's not an easy path; you have to really, really want it to help you get past the rejection and deal with the slow pace the industry moves at. For me, I needed writing partners. People—and now my dearest friends—who I was accountable to daily for word counts and finishing the next scene, chapter, and finally the book! I always wanted to publish my first book, but once I got over that (I thank God every day that it wasn't published), I continued to write, and a few books later… Jinan came along!
What's coming up next?
THE SEDUCTION OF HIS WIFE. A marriage of convenience and reconciliation story. Emma and Asbury married 12 years ago when they were both incredibly young, she 15 Richard only 19. Richard felt stifled and longed to explore the world and make riches of his own, so he left after their wedding night. Emma grew up, found her passion in life (her art) and she doesn't really know what to think of her husband's return…
Back cover blurb:
Emma Hallaway has not seen her husband in twelve years—and that's fine with her. As a young girl, she'd agreed to a simple marriage of convenience, allowing her to pursue her private passion for painting. And though unknown to the rest of polite society, Emma is now one of the most daring and sought-after artists in London. However, when her secret is threatened to be exposed, Emma is forced to open her heart—and her home—to a total stranger: her husband…
Richard Mansfield, Earl of Asbury, is all too familiar with danger. As a matter of fact, it is hard on his heels when he returns to England. Still, even he is shocked to learn of his wife's scandalous double life as an artist. But once he sees the vibrant grown woman she has become—so passionate, so strong, and so alluring—his undeniable attraction to Emma stuns him. Suddenly Richard is determined to turn their sham of a marriage into a true and lasting love. But how exactly does a gentleman seduce his own wife?
Wow, Tiff, that sounds fantastic! I can't wait to read it! Thanks so much for giving us some insight into your work! Do you have anything you'd like to ask the Bandits and Bandit Buddies to get conversation started?
What are your favorite tropes in romance? I'm giving away THREE copies of THE SURRENDER OF A LADY, ONE copy of Maggie Robinson's MISTRESS BY MISTAKE and ONE copy of Courtney Milan's TRIAL BY DESIRE (North America only).
For our faithful non-American visitors ONLY, I'm giving away a signed copy of the Australian edition of CAPTIVE OF SIN with that wonderfully over the top cover!
So it's a positive plethora of giveaways today! How can you resist? Get commenting people - oh, and please tell us when you comment where you're from so we know which section of the draw to put you in. Remember that's FIVE books to share among North American readers and a bonus CAPTIVE OF SIN for non-American readers! Good luck!
158 comments:
- Deanna said...
Congratulations on the debut, Tiffany. I'm looking forward to reading the book.
- October 6, 2010 at 12:08 AM
- Barbara E. said...
One of my favorite tropes in romance is the reconcilation - so I've got to read The Seduction of His Wife. Some other favorite tropes are the roguish rake and the good girl spinster, long time secret love of best friend, neighbor, friend's brother, etc., and marriage of convenience.
- October 6, 2010 at 12:13 AM
- gamistress66 said...
Congrats on the release and wonderful reviews. It sounds interesting, particularly set in such a unique setting. Thanks for the little inside info on that world. :)
I don't really have any favorite trope. I enjoy mixing things up some and my mood influences my reading choices somewhat as well (though I do pretty much stick to historicals). (US)
- October 6, 2010 at 12:18 AM
- Kirsten said...
Hey Tiff, CONGRATULATIONS!! I can't believe it's already here -- wasn't it just yesterday that we found out you'd SOLD?
(ha! probably feels like forever to you!)
I love seeing a harem story on the shelves again -- that was my favorite trope for many years! I was a HUGE Bertrice Small fan and did lots of research into the Ottoman Empire with the intent of someday writing a harem story. (Didn't one of the Sultan's brothers grow up in an actual cage? And then all the other brothers died, and cage-boy had to assume the title, but he was insane? I seem to remember something like that...)
Anyway, congratulations!! I'm thrilled for you -- oh, and before I forget -- LOOOOOVE those covers! :-)
- October 6, 2010 at 12:20 AM
- Unknown said...
well done Daz have a good day with GR
Congratulations on the book Tiffany.... sounds really interesting.... don't think I have read a book with a harem in it..... and Seduction of his wife sounds good too. I love rougish rakes especailly when they go all soft after meeting the right lady... mind you I love any book when it has a HEA
- October 6, 2010 at 12:37 AM
- Sheree said...
Congrats on your debut release! Especially with such a great setting. I like the reconciliation stories, like in "The Surrender of a Lady", as well as older-woman-younger-man, friends-to-lovers, enemies-to-lovers, etc. even secret baby as long as it's done well. I'm not picky in that way.
Love those harem pictures!
ironss[at]gmail.com (USA)
- October 6, 2010 at 12:58 AM
- PinkPeony said...
Hi Tiffany & Anna!
Congratulations on your debut!
Love the harem premise and your research sounds really interesting too. I'm a sucker for reunion/past love stories and secret baby stories.
- October 6, 2010 at 1:15 AM
- Donna MacMeans said...
Hi Tiffany - I love having you on this side of the blog (grin). LOVE those covers! Like Kirsten, I remember thoes Beatrice Small stories. How fun that you brought the harem back to the book shelves.
Favorite troupes? I love them all. One of my favorites is time-travel though I haven't seen a lot of those lately.
Daz - congrats on the rooster nabbing. Tiffany, congrats on nabbing that brass ring!
- October 6, 2010 at 1:22 AM
- Fedora said...
Ooh, congrats on your brilliant debut, Tiffany!!
As for favorite themes, friends to lovers, second chances, redemption, and plain Jane gets the hero, especially without the benefit of a fairy godmother and/or magical transformation whereby her fabulous gorgeousness is unveiled to the world. (It's much more satisfying to me when the hero comes to appreciate her inner beauty after getting to know her...)
Congrats on the GR, Daz!
- October 6, 2010 at 1:39 AM
- SiNn said...
Congrats on the debut! and taht cover is simple yet beautiful great post
honestly I love them all Histroicals r like an odl friend who i visit alot when im sick or just need a change but I read time travle and paranormal and steam punk and well all of it really
im in the USA
- October 6, 2010 at 1:39 AM
- Christine Wells said...
A warm Bandita welcome, Tiffany! Great interview as usual, Anna:)
I've ordered Surrender and am eagerly awaiting it. Several little birds told me how fantastic it is. Love the richness of your setting and both hero and heroine sound like amazingly intriguing characters. Can't wait!
As for tropes, I love reunion stories. All that history seems to ratchet up the tension a notch or five! Adore marriages of convenience, too so it sounds like your books are right up my alley. Btw, great title for the second book. That's conflict, right there, isn't it?
Congrats on the rooster, Daz!
- October 6, 2010 at 4:55 AM
- Helen said...
Well done Daz have fun with him today
Whoo Hoo I love the sound of this book Tittany I am soo looking forward to reading it and your second book sounds awesome as well YAY.
I love Cinderella stories and Friends to Lovers and Beauty and the Beast stories you know what I love them all I get so lost when I am reading they take me on wonderful adventures around the world (and this one is going to take me into a harem) into the past and into the future what a fantastic past time reading is.
Tiffany huge congrats on the release and Anna thank you so much for inviting Tiffany along today as a guest.
And for anyone who doesn't I am from Sydney Australia LOL and Anna I already have a signed copy of your fantastic book.
Have Fun
- October 6, 2010 at 5:00 AM
- Tiffany Clare said...
I'm sorry I don't ship internationally. I've learned my lesson from past contests. It's VERY expensive to ship from Canada. Because Canada Post not only sucks, they like to gouge Canadians... But, my North American friends (Canada and Mexico, too) please, comment away!
Daz, you snagged that rooster bright and early! Congrats! Glad you are looking forward to reading the book! Enjoy!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:11 AM
- Tiffany Clare said...
Barbara, Wouldn't you know it, I'm writing a blog on reunited lovers right now for another site! LOL
That is definitely one of my favorite tropes in romance, too!
gamistress66: I have to admit, my reading consists mostly of paranormals! But I do enjoy me some great historicals when the mood strikes and sucks me back into the past!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:13 AM
- Tiffany Clare said...
Kirsten, you know, when my friends sell and then there book is on the shelf, it feels like it was just yesterday that they announced the news. Experiencing it first hand has been a LONG wait! LOL
And yes, one of the princes grew up confined and mistreated only to become Sultan.
barb, hope you love both books! Rothburn isn't much of a rake, he's got other . . . issues :) Asbury (Seduction of His Wife) isn't much a rake either, but he definitely falls hard for his wife when they are back together. Jeeze, I've written three books and am just realizing there isn't a rake to be found. I must correct that, pronto!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:38 AM
- Tiffany Clare said...
Sheree, great to see you here! Oh! Enemies to lovers, those are a lot of great fun!
PinkPeony, Secret baby stories are more popular than I thought... there might (sort of in a strange way) be one in The Secret Desires of a Governess (May 24, 2011) Happy reading!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:39 AM
- Tiffany Clare said...
Ah, thanks! I like being on this side of the blog too. It's pretty exciting. And everyone keeps telling me about these Bertrice Small stories. I really must get me some and read them!
I love time-travel too. I read all the old Karen Marie-Moning's... time traveling back to medieval Scotland...they were great fun!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:41 AM
- Tiffany Clare said...
flchen1, yes, I love plain Jane stories too. I don't think there are enough of them out there! I've already got one of them up my sleeve, maybe it'll sell sometime in the future ;)
SiNn, you are a well rounded reader. I read a bit of everything, too!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:45 AM
- Tiffany Clare said...
Glad you are excited about the books. And yes, the second title is awesome--my lovely editor came up with it, because I suck at coming up with titles and she totally rocks. But can I also say how much I LOVE my third title: THE SECRET DESIRES OF A GOVERNESS.
Thank you so much for stopping by! I love getting lost in a good story too. Especially if it can sweep me off my feet and take me right through the doors of the setting. I love to feel transported for a few hjavascript:void(0)ours and so wrapped up in the characters that I feel like I'm there.
- October 6, 2010 at 5:50 AM
- Tiffany Clare said...
Oh! And I must say, I did not provide the pictures *bad author, smacks hand* that was the very lovely Anna Campbell. She made the post simply gorgeous!
I will say, I have many of those pictures in my research folder, though. Art is the easiest way for me to add texture to a scene, colour, scent, texture, etc. I'm sure that only makes sense to me, but a picture really is worth a thousand words when doing research (even if these are mostly idealized drawings from the Orientalists).
- October 6, 2010 at 6:02 AM
- Maureen said...
Congratulations on your debut story Tiffany! It sounds like an exciting and intense story. Marriage of convenience stories are one of my favorite types. I think it's because I like seeing the couple work out their problems within a marriage which makes me believe in their HEA.
- October 6, 2010 at 6:34 AM
- Dianna Love said...
Congratulations Tiffany!!! Your book sounds very interesting. I love reading historicals and can't wait to get a copy of yours. Fascinating setting and premise. That's a great cover, too, by the way. I can't remember seeing yellow used so dramatically. It's just stunning.
Best of luck with this release. I can only imagine that it will do very well.
- October 6, 2010 at 6:37 AM
- Anna Campbell said...
Guys, just back from my photo shoot in Melbourne and absolutely wrecked. Will be here big time tomorrow, I promise!
Tiff, welcome! Lovely to see you here and congratulations on THE SURRENDER OF A LADY. It's brilliant!
- October 6, 2010 at 6:38 AM
- Caroline said...
Congratulations on your debut, Tiffany, you must be thrilled. I'm totally captivated by this story and look forward to reading it. I've never read a harem story before so this sounds very different and exciting to me.
Best of luck with all your endeavors. BTW: I'm in Kentucky.
- October 6, 2010 at 6:45 AM
- Bronwyn said...
Hi Anna and congrats Tiff!!
My fave trope would have to be beauty and the beast and stories where the hero comes to the aid of the heroine and sweeps her off her feet as well as away from the villian/s.
Good luck with the release and with the second title.
Anna, I can't wait for the magazine to come out so we can see the pics! I hope you had some time to relax in Melbourne and didn't work too hard =P
Don't put me in the draw, I have all of Anna's books and I'm international =) Just wanted to comment.
- October 6, 2010 at 6:54 AM
- Laurie G said...
Your book sounds great Tiffany. I want to know how Griffin and Elena work things out!
My favorite themes are: marriage of convenience, lost love and beauty and the beast.
I'm from the USA.
- October 6, 2010 at 7:16 AM
- Unknown said...
Hi Tiffany
I don't mind that there isn't a rake as long as there is a happy ever after
- October 6, 2010 at 7:17 AM
- Unknown said...
Congrats on the release!!
Thanks for the contests too!
- October 6, 2010 at 7:27 AM
- Janie Mason said...
Congratulations, Tiffany! I admire all the research that must have gone into writing your debut novel and look forward to reading it.
Favorite troupes? I like friends to lovers stories and reluctant heroes.
Central Ohio (GO BUCKS!)
- October 6, 2010 at 8:01 AM
- Tiffany Clare said...
Maureen, I agree. It's nice to see a couple work out their relationship 'issues' and make it work. I think everyone that has been in a relationship 'gets it' so to speak.
Dianna, thank you for the compliments. And I am totally partial to my yellow cover, it is rather dramatic, even with a heroine who is decapitated on the cover :)
Thanks Anna! have a great sleep, I'm just starting out my day, though I do wish I could sleep a few more hours.
Caroline, Glad I can intrigue those not familiar with harem settings (I wasn't all that familiar, either, till I started researching.
Bronwyn, I adore B&B stories! My third book, Secret Desires of a Governess is kind of like a B&B mashed together with Jane Eyre.
Laurie, Rothburn and Jinan are totally a lost love/reunited lover theme.
barb, I'm totally about the HEA's!
Christine H! Thank you! Good luck!
- October 6, 2010 at 8:06 AM
- Tiffany Clare said...
For all the marriage of convenience stories, that is totally Courtney Milan's Trial by Desire, so if you don't win it here, definitely look for it on the shelves!
And thanks for commenting, Janie!
- October 6, 2010 at 8:07 AM
- Mason Canyon said...
Just wanted to say congratulations on the release Tiffany. I love the cover of your book. That would make a beautiful painting to hang over a fireplace in a library. Best of luck.
Thoughts in Progress
- October 6, 2010 at 8:08 AM
- Tiffany Clare said...
Thanks, Mason. I've been very lucky with all my covers. I think Secret Desires is the prettiest (I've only seen it up on Goodreads so far, but it will be published soon)!
- October 6, 2010 at 8:10 AM
- lgm52 said...
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- October 6, 2010 at 8:11 AM
- Minna said...
Beauty and the Beast stories are my favorites.
- October 6, 2010 at 8:13 AM
- lgm52 said...
Good reading, I've no doubt! Love those covers, too....Can hardly wait to read the book(s)! I love time-travel, long-time secret love, etc...
(I'm from Illinois)
- October 6, 2010 at 8:14 AM
- Meljprincess said...
I enjoy beauty and the beast, second chances, wrong bed, etc.
Congrats on your debut, Tiffany! I saw SURRENDER in Borders the other day and made my husband stop and look at the cover. I told him it's one of the most beautiful covers I've ever seen! The story appeals to me but I couldn't get the book that day. If I don't win I'll get it next visit. I came over from Facebook and I live in the USA.
Meljprincess AT aol DOT com
- October 6, 2010 at 8:26 AM
- pjpuppymom said...
Hi Tiff! Great having you here in the lair as a visiting author! How cool is that? :)
As you already know, I love, Loved, LOVED The Surrender of a Lady. It went straight to my keeper shelf. Now I'm counting the days until I can read The Seduction of His Wife.
I don't have a single favorite trope. There are so many that I enjoy. Time-travel, marriage of convenience, friends to lovers, reunited lovers and many more. For me, the most critical element is a well-written story. Beautiful writing will draw me into most any trope.
Daz, congrats on nabbing the GR!
- October 6, 2010 at 8:28 AM
- Amanda.Walker317 said...
Congrats on the debut. Can't wait to read!
- October 6, 2010 at 8:43 AM
- Amanda.Walker317 said...
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- October 6, 2010 at 8:44 AM
- Maggie Robinson/Margaret Rowe said...
Ooh! You're giving Mistress by Mistake away! Thanks so much for the plug, Tiff (and I'm giving away copies of SOAL on my website contests this month, so the affection is mutual---Tiff is a great, great critique partner. I truly don't think I'd be published w/o her).
I love the illustrations on this blog post. I got very interested in the orientalist school of art--beautifully romanticised visions of harem life that were, of course, entirely conjectural. But gorgeous anyway.
I'm very fond of the reunited lovers story---working on one right now and have one coming out in January. The Cinderella trope is fun too---who doesn't want to be rescued from a life of drudgery by a handsome, rich prince?
Oh, and don't enter me---I've got all the books, LOL.
- October 6, 2010 at 9:04 AM
- Tiffany Clare said...
Minna, definitely popular! Who doesn't love the tortured hero and the heroine who tames him?
lgm52, Thanks for stopping by, good luck with the contest!
Meljprincess, good luck with the draw! And thanks for the lovely compliment. It's one of the most beautiful covers I've seen, too!
PJ! Thanks for stopping by, and yes, I know how much you love this book. I hope you love the second, too!
Amanda.Walker317, thanks for stopping by. Good luck with the draw!
- October 6, 2010 at 9:10 AM
- Tiffany Clare said...
Maggie, XXOO! Love you, too! And how could I not give away a brilliant book like yours and Courtney's!?
- October 6, 2010 at 9:12 AM
- Christie Kelley said...
Welcome Tiffany!! How exciting to see your book in print!
I haven't read a harem story in years so I really have to get out and buy this book! I can't wait to read it.
- October 6, 2010 at 10:04 AM
- Gannon Carr said...
Hey, Tiffany! THE SURRENDER OF A LADY is on my list---can't wait to indulge in a long day reading.
Like Inara, I love a harem story. Bertrice Small was a favorite of mine for years---she writes some steamy harem romances.
Oh, I love a good reconciliation story, friends-to-lovers, marriage of convenience, rake and the spinster....the list goes on and on. As long as it's an engaging story, I'm in.
- October 6, 2010 at 10:07 AM
- Jennifer D. said...
Congrats on your debut book! My favorite tropes are reunion stories, marriage of convenience, secret babies and Romeo/Juliet class wars. I'm not too picky regarding the plot devices as long as the story / characters grab my interest. The only thing I really shy away from is vamps / shape shifters (which is against the tide today, I guess).
PS - I'm from the US
- October 6, 2010 at 10:38 AM
- Deb said...
Congrats, Tiffany, on your debut novel and any and all future novels! I think the premise and the setting are unique and intriguing.
My fave trope is the girl next door grows up and the hero has that BAM! moment where he realizes she's now a woman. Really, I love those stories best.
- October 6, 2010 at 10:42 AM
- Janga said...
Hi, Tiff! Congrats again on your debut, on the RT review, an on your first time as a guest author with the Banditas. I find it exciting but also a touch surreal to see friends from drabble days celebrated on blogs with books on shelves at B & N and BAM. LOL!
Reunion and redemption are my favorite themes, although I can be seduced by almost any trope in the hands of the right writer.
- October 6, 2010 at 10:47 AM
- Elyssa Papa said...
Hi, Tiff!!! It's so awesome to see you on Bandits. It seems like only yesterday we were talking about how much we wanted to nab the Golden Rooster. ;)
SOAL is fabulous!!! You know how much I love it!!!
As you know, I'm a total sucker for Beauty and the Beast trope and the wallflower trope. And, because of you and Maggie, I've liked reunited lovers trope more. :)
Don't enter me in the giveaway either! I already have the book.
- October 6, 2010 at 10:54 AM
- Hellie Sinclair said...
Hi Tiff! I'm still stalking you! *waves* Great interview, ladies!! Bandits always give the best interviews. :)
Favorite tropes: 1) Beauty and the Beast; 2) the Rake and the Wallflower or Jock and the Geek; 3) the Florence Nightengale scene. There is something about nursing someone back to health that makes you fall in love with them--and if they happen to have amnesia or something, all the better.
The Florence Nightengale doesn't have to be the whole book either to work. You can have a Beauty and the Beast set up going--total Pride and Prejudice--but then somehow he gets injured and she makes him soup, and voila, they like each other. Love it. Total sucker for it.
And I'm not against a Hero Riding in on a White Horse scene either. The dramatic rescue is often appreciated too.
- October 6, 2010 at 11:00 AM
- Hellie Sinclair said...
Dangit, how can I forget my favorite of the favorite tropes: reunited lovers. Damnit.
*beasty look of disgruntlement* I love reunited lovers.
- October 6, 2010 at 11:02 AM
- Tiffany Clare said...
Christie Kelley,
It is exciting! It still doesn't feel completely real. Hope you love it.
Gannon Carr, may you love it as much as PJ! I love me some steamy romance, I ought to get myself on that bandwagon of those who have read Small... I do have Kadir on my tbr somewhere... I'm a huge shifter fan. Any kind of shifter :)
Thanks Deb. Hope you get a chance to read and love the setting! And that is a great trope. It's almost related to the plain Jane, because the hero has just been blind all along!
Janga, Hope you are feeling better today. Thank you for visiting and for the congrats. It is surreal seeing your friends on the shelves at the bookstore, but it's also a really great feeling inside!
- October 6, 2010 at 11:02 AM
- Unknown said...
Tiffany, WOOOOOT on your release!
I'm stopping by the bookstore this afternoon (sitting at Panera working at the moment) and this is on the list. And actually, the second book looks absolutely outstanding.
We're so proud of you!
- October 6, 2010 at 12:01 PM
- Unknown said...
Oh, I should answer the question.
I have to say that old flames/reunited lovers is a big one for me. There's always stuff to forgive, and that makes the angst and personal growth curve for the characters believable for me.
Anna, great interview, btw.
- October 6, 2010 at 12:03 PM
- Unknown said...
Daz, congrats on the rooster!
- October 6, 2010 at 12:04 PM
- Unknown said...
Star-crossed lovers, beauty in the beast and disguise (particularly heroine as male) will always catch my attention. Hm, and pirates.
Definitely have a look at some of Bertrice Small's harem stories. I would recommend her debut title, The Kadin.
- October 6, 2010 at 12:12 PM
- elainec said...
Hi. I think one of my favorite themes is friends to lovers. There's usually a lot of background and understanding in those novels. I like that.
This new work sounds interesting - different from my usual reading. The cover is outstanding!
Good luck with it, Tiffany.
- October 6, 2010 at 12:27 PM
- Anna Sugden said...
Congratulations on your debut! So glad we can help you celebrate it here in the Lair!
Your books sounds fascinating and one to add to my TBR mountain. Being of Persian descent, I always think 'there but for the grace of God'! I'm always fascinated by different settings, so this sounds right up my street.
I love reunion stories and marriage of convenience and best friends to lovers.
- October 6, 2010 at 1:02 PM
- RFTC Blog said...
I absolutely adore reconciliation and friends to lovers stories. I just love it when the hero and heroine have known eachother for years. I feel that they have more chemistry since there is a backstory. I also enjoy anything that has a strong alpha male.
Congrats on the release Tiffany. I can't wait to read this and your next book. Two of my favorite themes!
- October 6, 2010 at 1:06 PM
- jo robertson said...
Hi, Tiffany, it's so great to see a Bandita Buddy here as a guest. Congratulations on your debut book. It sounds wonderful. I love a tortured hero and you've certainly put Rothburn through his paces. What a great story line.
- October 6, 2010 at 1:19 PM
- catslady said...
Congrats - I love debut authors and books - just something about that "first" lol. If I like the voice and thus the characters, I don't care what the theme is. I also adore the cover - reminds me of another book from a very familiar author here (grin).
- October 6, 2010 at 1:55 PM
- Unknown said...
Hi Tiffany! Best of luck to you on your new novel. Beautiful cover, by the way.
To answer the question, I don't have a favorite trope.
petalsontheriver at gmail dot com
- October 6, 2010 at 2:04 PM
- Unknown said...
Congrats on your book release. I love paranormals and just recently began to read more historicals. I saw this on FB and had to come over and comment.
Thanks for the great contest. I am in Kentucky, the United States.
tonyacallihan AT hotmail DOT com
- October 6, 2010 at 2:57 PM
- Trish Milburn said...
Tiffany, huge congrats on your new release! Those are some gorgeous covers, and the stories sound wonderful.
Favorite tropes, huh? I have to say I'm a big fan of the friends-to-lovers story line. I have one of those in the works for the trilogy I'm currently working on. Right now, though, it's a secret baby story. Speaking of which, back to writing.
- October 6, 2010 at 3:06 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Righto, I'm BAAAAACCCKKKK! Looks like there's a party going on in the harem!
Daz, congrats on the rooster!
- October 6, 2010 at 3:09 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Barbara, love your list of tropes. I love all those. When it's well done, I must say I love hatred into love too. All that conflict and passion - ooh, la la (forgive the French - my first French edition comes out today!).
- October 6, 2010 at 3:09 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Gamistress, I loved Tiff's debut (think that's obvious!). I think you will too!
- October 6, 2010 at 3:10 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Kirsten, I'm with you on the harem stories! I love a good Harlequin sheikh! My favorite author Dorothy Dunnett uses the harem trope in a big way too. Fabulous. I did a lot of research into the Ottomon Empire too! One day I'm going to do something about that in terms of a book.
- October 6, 2010 at 3:18 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Barb, the HEA is certainly my FAVORITE trope! LOL! Love that sigh of contentment I give at the end of a great romance.
- October 6, 2010 at 3:19 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Sheree, what an interesting list. Actually I was thinking about my favorite tropes and I think a lot of the fairytales are up there for me. You know, Ugly Duckling, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and my fave, Beauty and the Beast.
- October 6, 2010 at 3:20 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hey, Jen, love your choices! I'm so excited that Tiff's book is at last out and people can see what all the fuss is about!
- October 6, 2010 at 3:20 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Donna, there was a brief flurry of time travels last year. Pamela Palmer did a couple, for example, under her other name Pamela Montgomerie. That seems to have died off now, which is a pity. I love a good time travel too. Fish out of water is another of my favorite tropes and you don't get any more FOOW than a time travel!
- October 6, 2010 at 3:24 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hiya SiNn! Yeah, it's a gorgeous cover, isn't it? I bet Tiff was happy dancing the first time she saw it!
- October 6, 2010 at 3:25 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Ooh, Christine, I forgot the marriage of convenience trope! LOVE that! All that sexual tension when the hero and heroine are forced to worked out their differences and usually under one roof! Yum!
- October 6, 2010 at 3:26 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Haha, Helen! Sydney? Really? Snort! Actually I think you should live at the Tim Tam factory and be their resident taster!
- October 6, 2010 at 3:31 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Tiff, the other thing I've noticed about Canada Post is that they're glacially slow when it comes to deliveries. It's taken up to a month to get stuff to my Canadian readers. It's only about a week to everywhere else I send to.
- October 6, 2010 at 3:32 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Tiff, I love those Karen Marie Moning Time Travels too. And she had some bodacious covers!
- October 6, 2010 at 3:39 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Tiff, so glad you like the illustrations. I had a lovely time looking at luscious art (some of it a little saucy for exposure on the front door of the lair!). I agree with you about art being inspirational. I love the luscious sensuality of so many images of harem life (most of them completely imaginary as they were painted by Western artists who'd never been inside an actual harem!). There was a wonderful exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney a few years ago called Orientalism that was full of beautiful pictures like this. I was in heaven!
- October 6, 2010 at 3:41 PM
- Minna said...
Of course I like Beauty and the Geek stories, too!
- October 6, 2010 at 3:47 PM
- Suzanne Ferrell said...
Good afternooon Anna and Tiffany! What a great interview, ladies!
Your book sounds scrumptious, Tiffany. Just the thing for warming my upcoming fall and winter months. Hmmm, am thinking this will be on my birthday wishlist.
- October 6, 2010 at 3:54 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Maureen, great to meet another marriage of convenience fan!
- October 6, 2010 at 4:01 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Dianna, thanks for swinging by!
- October 6, 2010 at 4:02 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hey, Caroline, great to hear you now! I'm hoping Tiff's book sets up a new fashion for harem stories!!!
- October 6, 2010 at 4:02 PM
- Annie West said...
Hi Tiffany. Congratulations on your sale and your second book and your success all round!
I remember Anna raving about your book and deciding I just had to get my hands on it - sounds a real treat. Thanks, by the way, for the gorgeous pics with the post too - I loved them.
I'm a sucker for marriage of convenience stories and Cinderella and yes, reunion stories, especially when the separation has been a long one. So you can see I'm grinning in anticipation of both your stories!
- October 6, 2010 at 4:22 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Bron, lovely to see you here! The Melbourne trip was really full on which means I'm taking a bit of time to start firing on all cylinders this morning! My plane was late in, went straight to the hotel for a room service dinner, early breakfast with an old work colleague (perhaps I should phrase that as previous work colleague - 'old' sounds a bit prejudicial!) and then a whole day of shooting at this gorgeous house in Fitzroy. Then all the travel to get home! Phew! Definite flying visit!
- October 6, 2010 at 4:38 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Laurie, you picked my faves too!
- October 6, 2010 at 4:39 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Barb and Tiff, I've only just written my first real rake - I don't think they're de rigeur, as they say in the best Regencies ;-)
- October 6, 2010 at 4:39 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Thanks for swinging by, Christine!
- October 6, 2010 at 4:40 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Oh, Janie, the reluctant hero! You're so right! I'd forgotten that one but I always love it when the guy discovers his inner alpha/knight in shining armour!
- October 6, 2010 at 4:41 PM
- misskallie2000 said...
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- October 6, 2010 at 4:42 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Actually, Tiff, I think you could make an argument for Jane Eyre as already being a Beauty and the Beast story!
- October 6, 2010 at 4:43 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Tiff, got Courtney's Trial by Desire on the TBR pile. I loved her Proof by Seduction.
In fact, if you guys aren't contested out (ha ha, as if!), I'm giving away Proof by Seduction as part of my current website contest. Really easy question: http://www.annacampbell.info/contest.html
- October 6, 2010 at 4:44 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hey, Mason, thanks for swinging by! You'll love Tiff's book!
- October 6, 2010 at 4:44 PM
- misskallie2000 said...
Congratulations Tiffany. I have fallen in love with all your books and I know I will have to wait for them all to be published but I will wait. lol.
I love romance and adventure set in the 1800's the best but love all romance stories. I also love mystery and suspense with romance. I enjoy reading the making up parts the best, when one or both are fighting against love. I also love falling in love stories when each is searching to find the right path.
Thanks for stopping by to chat with us.
I am from USA
misskallie2000 at yahoo dot com
- October 6, 2010 at 4:49 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Minna, I personally don't think it gets any better than a great BATB story!
- October 6, 2010 at 4:51 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hello, LGM! Lovely to see you here - here have a margarita!
Tiff, have you noticed EVERYBODY loves the cover?
- October 6, 2010 at 4:52 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hiya Mel! Great to see you. That yellow really takes the eye, doesn't it? You'll love Tiff's book!
- October 6, 2010 at 4:53 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
PJ, I was so happy when I saw you loved The Surrender of a Lady as much as I did! Aren't we lucky that we've got so many wonderful romance tropes to choose from? Personally, I love a great buffet!
- October 6, 2010 at 4:53 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Amanda, happy reading! Thanks for swinging by!
- October 6, 2010 at 4:54 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hey, Maggie, I was excited when Tiff featured your wonderful Mistress by Mistake too! Another fabulous read! I think you girls must inspire each other to be naughty - both are tssss hot!
Aren't those pictures luscious? I had such fun picking them!
- October 6, 2010 at 4:55 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Christie, Tiff's book is luscious. And isn't it wonderful to feature one of our Bandita Buddies as a guest? Love it!
- October 6, 2010 at 4:56 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Gannon, I think both you and your distinguished colleague PJ hit the nail on the head - anything works if it's done well! There's even a few tropes that don't particularly appeal to me but in each case, I can point to books where the author overcame my prejudices by telling a really fantastic story.
- October 6, 2010 at 4:57 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hey, Jennifer, great to see you.
Tiff, thank you for bringing so many new faces to the lair. We love having new people for the cabana boys to torture...uh, take care of. (Actually the torture generally involves cushions, feathers and lots of margaritas so it's not too painful!)
- October 6, 2010 at 4:58 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Oh, Deb, I'd forgotten that trope. You're right - those stories are lovely!!!!
- October 6, 2010 at 4:58 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Actually, Janga, I think all my stories are redemption stories at heart - because of course, that's what BATB is. The Surrender of a Lady is both a reunion and a redemption story so it's right up your alley!
- October 6, 2010 at 4:59 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hello, Miss Ely! Lovely to see you. Isn't SOAL gorgeous? I just loved it!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:03 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Snort, Helly! The soup trope? Yeah, I love it!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:03 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
WHOOOO! That beasty look is seriously scary.
- October 6, 2010 at 5:04 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Cassondra, it does bring a tear of pride to the eye when a Bandita Buddy manages to emerge from the margarita haze to become a star, doesn't it? Love it!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:05 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Cassondra, thank you for saying you enjoyed the interview. I could have gone on and on! We'll have to have Tiff back for the launch of her next book so I can probe further!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:06 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Anna, noticed Bertrice getting a lot of love today. I must check out her books. Thanks for swinging by! Here, a margarita with your name on it.
Hold on, a margarita has Margarita's name on it!!! Oh, dear, I'm getting confused!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:07 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Elaine, Sarah Mayberry does some of the best friends to lovers books I know. If you haven't already, you should check her out!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:07 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Anna, it was such fun reading a book with such an exotic setting. It took me back to my earliest days of reading historical romance when you could go anywhere - Russia, the Middle East, France, Italy! You name it.
- October 6, 2010 at 5:08 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hey, Danielle, great to see you here! You'll love Tiff's book! I can't wait to read the second one myself!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:09 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Jo, oh, poor Rothburn really does suffer! Love it ;-)
- October 6, 2010 at 5:09 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Catslady, clearly yellow is the new black! ;-) Yeah, I love a great debut too! There's something special about that first time - and I'm just waiting for Tawny to dive in and take advantage of that line!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:10 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hey, Petals, lovely to see you here! Good luck in the draw!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:10 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hey, Tonya, great to see you here. Hey, we should set up a special section of the lair bar for the newbies today! Fantastic stuff! Thanks for swinging by from Facebook!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:12 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Trish, thanks for sneaking, blinking at the light, from the deadline cave! Isn't it great to have Tiff as our guest today?
- October 6, 2010 at 5:13 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Minna, beauty and the geek stories are great! I hope to write one one day - actually my next story is kinda beauty and the geek, now I think of it.
- October 6, 2010 at 5:14 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Suz, we know you love a good hot read (can't wait for Lacy to hit the stands so I can read it!). You'll love Tiff's book!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:14 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hey, Annie, great to have you here. Yes, I DID rave about Tiff's book, didn't I? I felt very lucky getting such an early peek at it!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:15 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hey, Miss Kallie, thanks for swinging by. I think the upshot of Tiff's question is that we all love a great romance, whatever the trope!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:16 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Phew, caught up! Might go and have a cup of tea to celebrate!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:17 PM
- chey said...
Do I have to choose just one? I've narrowed it down to 2nd chances and timetravel
- October 6, 2010 at 5:35 PM
- Tiffany Clare said...
Holy Crap, the blog exploded while I was at work! I'm just in the midst of dinner w/the kids now that I'm home... but I will respond to everyone!
Ely, you rock, that is all!
Hellion you can stalk me all you want. I like having a stalker (if it's you). And a man on a powerful horse present a very, uh... verile image! LOL Yeah, no complaints here. . .
- October 6, 2010 at 5:38 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Ha ha, Chey! No, no points will be taken off your score if you mention more than one trope!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:45 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Tiff, a lot of them are me responding to people. But on the other hand, a lot of them are NOT! ;-) You're a hit, my friend!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:46 PM
- Tiffany Clare said...
Cassondra, Thanks! Glad you like the sound of the next one, too! Lots of fans of reunited lovers. I visit that theme often in my writing :)
Anna Carrasco Bowling, How can we not love heroines dressed as men! Jo Bev wrote a great one. I can't remember the title, but it was a Malloren book. I believe I already have Kadin on my TBR. Just haven't gotten to it...
elainec, That's what I love about friends to lovers/reunited lovers stories, too! There is some understanding between the characters already.
Anna Sugden, Thanks for having me here. This is a fantastic visit! I totally hear you on the TBR mountain... mine is in the uh . . . hundreds or so. Hope you enjoy the book when you get through your mountain of books :)
Danielle Gorman,
Wishing you luck on the book win! And I love me some Alpha men. A lot. All my guys have been alpha's to date... Can't seem to help myself.
jo robertson, Thank you! Yes, my hero and heroine are pretty tortured. I like doing some damage to them, and then fixing it so they are really deserving of their HEA :)
- October 6, 2010 at 5:46 PM
- Tiffany Clare said...
I'm glad you love debut authors! I hope you enjoy my book! Yes, the fab Anna Campbell had a beautiful cover, too! I'm definitely partial to yellow! LOL
petals, No favorite trope! Just a lover of romance! Glad to hear/read that! Best of luck on the draw!
Tonya Renee Callihan, Thank you. And, I'm a HUGE para fan, but historicals hold a fond place in my heart, too! Thanks for stopping by!
Trish Milburn, Thank you, and I am totally in love with ALL my covers. St. Martin's has done so wonderfully on them! And yay for friends-to-lovers themes!
- October 6, 2010 at 6:09 PM
- Tiffany Clare said...
Anna! YAY, congrats on French additions! Love those Parisians...
writing Dorothy Dunnett's name down now and yay on exploring the Ottoman empire! It's rather fascinating.
Also, I did much happy dancing when I first saw the cover. I was totally in shock by its gorgeousness!
- October 6, 2010 at 6:14 PM
- Tiffany Clare said...
Minna, I love that Beauty and the Geek! makes me snort and think, yeah, I could use me one of those right about now!
Suzanne Ferrell, Thank you! Anna did an awesome job with the questions! I certainly hope you find it scrumptious, and the location and tension between the characters can totally keep you warm during the winter months ;)
- October 6, 2010 at 6:17 PM
- Marg said...
Love the idea of such unusual settings! Will definitely add to my TBR list!
I am an Aussie reader!
- October 6, 2010 at 6:20 PM
- Jill said...
Congratulations Tiffany!!
I love new authors...I hope the debut is a fantastic success for you. I'm looking forward to reading it.
Romance Direct (AU)
- October 6, 2010 at 6:21 PM
- Tiffany Clare said...
Annie West, Thank you! Anna is totally the queen of the pics for this post! I totally didn't think to include them. LOL! Cinderella are so much fun. There really aren't that man of them (at least not that many I can think of)... huh, I think I'm going to go on the look out for them! And my marriage of convenience... 12 years is definitely a long time to be separated but Emma and Asbury definitely work things out!
Anna, it's hard not to think of STD's when talking rakes. I'm going to have to make a safe sex kinda guy... with some French skins in his trouser pockets and all! LOL
- October 6, 2010 at 6:23 PM
- Tiffany Clare said...
Anna, love your thinking on JE being kinda like B&B... but I do love my CP (Elyssa Papa's) description of my third book. She says, it's what you would get if B&B had babies with JE! LOL
- October 6, 2010 at 6:24 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Tiff, actually I think you'd really like Dorothy Dunnett. She wrote a wonderful series, best read in order, featuring Francis Crawford of Lymond with much derring do and adventure in the 16th century (and angst - lots of angst!). The first book is the Game of Kings and I highly recommend it.
- October 6, 2010 at 7:06 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hey, Marg, great to have some more Aussies on the blog! Don't forget readers outside North America go in the draw for a signed copy of CAPTIVE OF SIN!
- October 6, 2010 at 7:07 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hey, Jill, lovely to see you! I bet you sell lots of Tiffany's book through Romance Direct!
- October 6, 2010 at 7:07 PM
- Kaetrin said...
I like friends to lovers, reunited lovers and where the hero rescues the heroine (and she rescues him right back in true Pretty Woman style!).
I'm in Australia - Hi Anna! *waves*
- October 6, 2010 at 7:08 PM
- Sheree said...
Did I mention how much I like the cover of "The Surrender of a Lady"? The drape of the gold fabric is very sensual. Of course, I love Anna's "My Reckless Surrender" as well so maybe it's the color. Still, a very nice cover.
- October 6, 2010 at 7:31 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Kaetrin, how cool you mentioned the Pretty Woman connection. I often thing of that in connection with my books. Yeah, he rescues her. But she's also rescuing him! Love that mutual thing going on! Good luck with the contest!
- October 6, 2010 at 7:34 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Sheree, Sherry Thomas had a very nice yellow cover too about the same stage as mine came out. I love that colour and it looks fab on a bookshelf!
- October 6, 2010 at 7:35 PM
- Pat Cochran said...
Welcome and Congratulations, Ms.
Tiffany. One glimpse of the cover
of TSOAL and I knew I'd seen it
before. I recently received a
package from Maggie Robinson and
one of the colorful bookmarks was
for your book! I love the "trope"
for this tale! I'm of an age that
was exposed way back in the day to
harem stories. I'm glad to see the
theme return. I look forward to
reading The Surrender Of A Lady!
Pat Cochran
- October 6, 2010 at 7:44 PM
- Pat Cochran said...
Forgot to say that I am from
Texas in good ole USA!
Pat Cochran
- October 6, 2010 at 7:48 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Pat, like me, it seems you have fond memories of harem-set historicals! I remember a couple with that setting when I was on a bit of a Johanna Lindsey craze many years ago! Thanks for swinging by!
- October 6, 2010 at 7:49 PM
- Louisa Cornell said...
Good on you, Daz !! Enjoy your day with the Golden One!
Tiffany !!!! Late to the party, but from the looks of things you have NOT been lonely in the Lair at all. Which is as it should be!
You have certainly come a long, long way since our AvonFanLit days !! I am so thrilled and proud for you!
This story had much success on the contest circuit and rightfully so. The characters are so intriguing and the story definitely sounds fresh and new! Can't wait to read it!
I love a good Beauty and the Beast story.
And a fish out of water story is also good as well - a hero completely out of his depth in his situation and the heroine who seeks to smooth his way and falls in love in the process.
And a good redemption story is always sigh-worthy when it is well-done.
And the opposites attract trope is another favorite. Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh comes to mind.
I am afraid when it comes to historical romance I am a complete glutton. I love them all!
- October 6, 2010 at 8:34 PM
- Unknown said...
Congrats on your new debut book, sound fabulous and what great reviews. I love reading authors debut books. What a great giveaway! I love friends to lover stories and secret love. I like to switch around so I am game for about any kind of story! USA
- October 6, 2010 at 8:42 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hey, Louisa, isn't it great to have Tiffany's book out on the shelves at last? I've been dying for the rest of the world to read this wonderful story! You'll love it!
- October 6, 2010 at 9:02 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Virginia, thanks for swinging by! Secret love is another great one!
- October 6, 2010 at 9:43 PM
- Tiffany Clare said...
misskallie2000, ahhh, hope you love All my books!
And Anna, I know! Everyone adores the cover! The just keep getting better! By far, though, THE SECRET DESIRES OF A GOVERNESS (MAY 24, 2011) IS THE BEST! No lie!
- October 6, 2010 at 9:59 PM
- Tiffany Clare said...
Anna, as long as those Cabana boys are feeding me grapes a la Cleopatra style, we are good ;) And probing, eh? And only tea to celebrate? I'm loving me some Argentinian Malbec! LOL
chey, I always say, the more the merrier :) As many tropes as you love is all good! Especially of the happily ever after variety!
Marg and Jill! Thank you for stopping by! This is fantastic fun! Next time, I promise, international readers/blog commenters totally welcome! AC can quote me on that!
- October 6, 2010 at 10:13 PM
- Tiffany Clare said...
Kaetrin,nothing wrong with heroine rescuing hero right back. Makes them equals!
Sheree, the yellow is totally the new black!
Anna and Sheree, yes Sherry Thomas had a great cover... Like beautiful! I was totally jealous ;)
Pat Cochran,
Thank you! Maggie is totally awesome! Love her to death! Glad you got a bookmark! And seriously, there is no 'age' for harem stories. You just got to open up your heart to love them, no matter your maturity :) or mine, for that matter :) Enjoy the book!!!!
- October 6, 2010 at 10:24 PM
- Tiffany Clare said...
Louisa Cornell,
Never late to the party! And these gals are totally awesome! Thank you for the kudos! God, AvonFanLit days. A nightmare and a blessing, eh? Enjoy the read! And nothing wrong with loving all tropes!
Virginia, Thank you! I love readers who read debuts! Actually, I've always read debut authors. There is something fresh, new and shiny about them that makes their writing sometimes raw and new to me. That first discovery can be amazing!
- October 6, 2010 at 10:35 PM
- Karyn Gerrard said...
Hope I am not too late!
Live in Canada!
Give me a tall hero, 6'4 at least, long and lean. And muscular, is that a trope? LOL!
Scarred inside and/or out, is that one too? I love dark, tortured heroes! (Anna, you KNOW, this)
Anyway, all the best for your release, heard great things about this book, would love to read it!
- October 6, 2010 at 11:08 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Karyn, definitely not too late! You'll LOVE Tiff's book - it's right up your alley with just that element of the dark that you really respond to. Snorted at your choice of romance trope. Yeah, I think I like that one too!
- October 7, 2010 at 12:30 AM
- Tiffany Clare said...
Karyn, Thanks for stopping by... and I agree with Anna, I totally love your trope too! LOL
- October 7, 2010 at 6:21 AM
- Caroline Kelly said...
I look forward to seeing the Australian version of this book available through my local bookstore.
My favourite trope involves the term, "casual acquaintance," when referring to work colleagues/family members/neighbours engaging in illicit acts.
- October 9, 2010 at 8:08 PM


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JP Council defers hospital partner resolution
The Jefferson Parish Council deferred a resolution on a hospital partner Wednesday until it receives a consultant recommendation.
At its Oct. 16 meeting, the council is expected to vote on a resolution that would direct consultant Kaufman Hall to immediately provide the Jefferson Parish Council with a statement identifying any recommendations made regarding selection, or direct them to provide them with a recommendation.
It's a decision years in the making. Two hospital boards are already in talks with three potential suitors to operate East and West Jeff Hospital. They include Ochsner Health System, Louisiana Children's Medical Center and Tennessee-based hospital system HCA.
A public hearing regarding hospital partner selection will take place at a later date.
No deadlines were given in recommendation process, but Roberts said the goal was to have partner in place by the end of 2013.
"There's been a lot of due diligence done. We looked at several different aspects and avenues to vet them all out. So I don't think taking that long was a bad thing," said Roberts.
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Longmont's largest private-sector employer is about to get even larger: Seagate is hiring.
The company is holding a job fair May 9 to search for candidates for the approximately 150 jobs it plans to open at its Colorado design center in Longmont. The new positions will be mostly in engineering and other technical fields, according to the company. The jobs will go to support Seagate's efforts in the hard disk and solid state hybrid drive markets, it said.
The Longmont facility currently employs about 1,250 people and is one of two Seagate design centers in the U.S. The other is in Minnesota. The company also has a center in Singapore and another in Korea, which it picked up when it bought the hard disk drive business of Samsung in late 2011. The Longmont site is the largest of the company's design centers.
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After a long and eventful run from the law, John McAfee's time on the lam is finally over. Following his arrest in Guatemala, McAfee was hospitalized due to an as-yet-unconfirmed condition. Not exactly a good day. Suffice it to say he is now the furthest thing from "on the run," and this picture of him speaks a thousand words, and most of them are about how much of a bummer it must be to be John McAfee right now.
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NEC says Entergy is attempting 'unlawful evisceration'
BRATTLEBORO -- A filing by Entergy to the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont is nothing more than an attack on the sovereignty of the state of Vermont, stated attorneys for the New England Coalition, in documents filed with the court on Dec. 14.
In addition, to grant Entergy's request would result in "an unlawful evisceration of the State's role in the regulation of the sale of Vermont utilities," wrote Brice Simon and Jared Magolis, who are representing NEC, which opposes the continued operation of Entergy-owned Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon.
Earlier this month, NEC filed a motion with the Vermont Supreme Court, contending Entergy is operating the plant in violation of a condition agreed to when the Vermont Public Service Board allowed it to purchase the plant in 2002.
Condition 8 of the agreement stipulates operation of the plant would cease if Entergy failed to obtain a new certificate of public good on or before March 21, 2012.
On Dec. 10, Entergy filed a request with the federal district court, asking it to force NEC to withdraw its filing with the Vermont Supreme Court.
"This court should prevent (the New England Coalition) from undermining the Court's prior decisions in this matter," wrote attorneys for Entergy, referring to a district court finding in January that concluded the Vermont Legislature had overstepped its authority when it forbid the PSB from issuing a certificate without legislative approval.
The court ruled the Legislature considered safety, which is under the sole purview of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, when it crafted legislation given itself the power over the PSB's issuance of a CPG.
The NRC issued a new 20-year operating license to Yankee in March 2011. The Public Service Board is in the process of reviewing Entergy's application for a new certificate but it is not expected to finish examining testimony and evidence until August 2013.
Until then, the PSB has agreed to let Yankee continue to operate under its current CPG, which expired in March 2012. The PSB recently denied an Entergy request that would have nullified Condition 8 of the sale agreement.
Entergy could have sought an injunction from the district court barring a shutdown for any reason, but based its case only on the basis of federal preemption and the on-site storage of nuclear waste, wrote Simon and Margolis. At no time did they raise the question of Condition 8, they added.
Entergy has not filed in Vermont Supreme Court opposing NEC's motion to force the shutdown of Yankee.
The attorneys also stressed that NEC's motion to the Supreme Court has nothing to do with the current CPG and only refers to the sale agreement.
"This has nothing to do with the certificate, radiological safety or pre-emption," Margolis told the Reformer last week. "We were careful to leave out anything to do with the District Court's order. Because it has nothing to do with the federal case, there is no basis to enjoin it."
NEC does not contend that Entergy is prohibited from operating Vermont Yankee regardless of whether a new CPG is granted, they wrote, nor does it dispute the ability of Entergy to continue to operate the plant while an application for a new CPG is under review.
"NEC's complaint is limited to the sole issue of whether (Entergy is) allowed to operate the Vermont Yankee facility in clear and direct violation of Condition 8 of the Sale Order with impunity, of if the Vermont Supreme Court has some enforcement authority over the undisputed conduct," wrote Simon and Margolis.
In this case, wrote Simon and Margolis, the district court does not have jurisdiction over NEC's filing to the Vermont Supreme Court.
"The only purpose for exercising jurisdiction would be to frustrate Vermont's state-based procedure for enforcing lawful Public Service Board orders," they wrote.
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Obama's answer to globalization: Demagoguery
Barack Obama might be on to something. He has brought class warfare to American politics. Well, revived it anyway, after Al Gore rode it to a loss in the 2000 presidential election. In fact, America has seen such outbreaks from time to time, most notably when William Jennings Bryan represented the debtor class by calling for a debased currency in his "You shall not crucify mankind on a cross of gold" presidential campaigns of 1896, 1900, and 1908. He lost all three.
That was then, and this is now. For one thing, Obama's attack on "fat cat bankers" who, he says, brought on our current troubles, but escaped unscathed after taxpayer bailouts, is falling on the sympathetic ears of the unemployed and underemployed, families who have been converted to renters from homeowners after being dispossessed by those bankers, and parents worried that even their college-graduated children will slide down the living standard scale. As Manhattan Institute economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth points out at RealClearMarkets.com, "The unemployment rate in 2010 for newly graduated men and women with bachelor degrees was 9.2 percent, far higher than the 5.1 percent rate such adults experienced in 2005." Worse still, she cites new studies that show that "graduating in a recession leads to earnings losses that last for 10 years after graduation."
A taxing debate: Who should pay more?
25% of millionaires pay lower tax rates than many middle-class Americans
For another, the president's attacks on "millionaires and billionaires" are getting a sympathetic hearing from Americans once immune to such populist rabble-rousing. During the good times--1993-2000 and 2001-2007--the real incomes of the top 1 percent of earners grew at rates of over 10 percent, while those of 99 percent of earners increased at rates of only 2.7 percent and 1.3 percent in those periods, respectively. Much-publicized bankers' bonuses, often in the tens of millions of dollars, challenged the long-held quintessentially American view that income is related to performance. Failed bankers and CEOs who were cashiered for unsatisfactory performance rode off into the sunset with millions in their pockets, and free time in which to lower their golf scores.
So goes the populist version. Right on many of the facts, wrong on the diagnosis and prescription. There is no denying that income inequality has increased in recent years. Or that it is tempting for politicians to equate inequality with inequity, or unfairness, and to propose to solve the problem by taxing the rich, defined by candidate Obama as those millionaires and billionaires, and by legislation-proposing Obama as families with annual incomes of more than $250,000. Just how taking money from these people will put any cash into the pockets of those who have not done well of late is unexplained.
As any thoughtful leftist knows, the culprit is globalization, the very same phenomenon that has done more to end poverty in the world than all the well-intentioned aid programs have ever done. Millions of Chinese and Indian workers have ridden the production of stuff for world markets to a level of affluence undreamt of only a decade or so ago. Millions of Russians and residents of former satellite nations are increasingly prosperous and free to travel and spend.
So far, so good. But globalization has also exacerbated inequality in many Western countries, including most especially America. Managerial skills can now be marketed internationally, and fetch higher prices. The dealmaker who could make his tens of thousands merging one U.S. company with another can now make tens of millions putting together larger, cross-border mergers. The wealth manager who could cater to clients in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles can now add rich Indians to her client list. In short, the talented are now writing on bigger slates, and their rewards have risen commensurately.
The news is less good for the woman sewing t-shirts or making trainers. She is the collateral damage of globalization. She did all that was asked of her: worked hard, paid her taxes, saw her children off to school every day. Not her fault that millions of $1-per-day Chinese were more than willing to compete with her, and that Walmart snapped up their products, triggering a massive shift of wealth from the U.S. to China, and from producers to consumers.
Equally disadvantaged, but somewhat less entitled to our sympathy, are the unionized workers in the manufacturing sector who in a closed economy could extract high wages from employers willing and able to pass on the higher costs. The extent to which globalization put an end to that ride on the backs of consumers is shown by the recent settlement agreed to by the United Auto Workers union and the car makers. New hires are to receive about half the hourly wage of old timers, gradually bringing the costs of American manufacturers down to those of Japanese and other auto makers--and now lower-cost China is dipping its toe into the U.S. auto market.
The only group not directly affected by globalization is public sector workers. Policemen, firemen, clerks in the office that issues drivers' licenses have no fear of foreign competition. Because their unions are also large contributors to the campaigns of the politicians who sit across the table from them in wage negotiations, they pretty much could get the wage and pension packages they sought.
But that party, too, is coming to an end, an indirect effect of globalization. Hard-pressed voters, their real incomes stuck at years-ago levels, are no longer willing to pay the taxes needed to support the life styles and large pensions of public sector workers. In Wisconsin, Republican governor Scott Walker faced down his Democratic opposition and massed demonstrations to reform the public sector bargaining process and start to get public sector compensation under control. Ohio Republican governor John Kasich did the same, and Democratic governors Andrew Cuomo (New York) and Jerry Brown (California) are moving in that direction. These moves will help relieve the burden on taxpayers, but they will also reduce the number of relatively high-paying jobs in America, and the compensation of those who survive the staffing cuts.
Nothing the president is proposing can do anything about these trends. He could, of course, reduce inequality by raising taxes on "the rich": his Democratic colleagues in the Senate are proposing a 5 percent surtax on incomes in excess of $1 million, a move most voters favor. But that won't pass a Republican House of Representatives, and anyhow might discourage job-creating entrepreneurs. Longer-term solutions such as massive retraining programs and growth-inducing tax reform would help. But those wouldn't have much noticeable effect until after next year's elections, and so at best receive only passing mention from politicians-on-the-make. Better to concentrate on attacking those evil bankers and greedy millionaires and billionaires.
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Josh Groban delighted "Glee" fans earlier this season by turning up (with a restraining order against former choir director Sandy Ryerson) on the hit FOX show. And on Thursday night's red carpet at the OneXOne Gala in San Francisco, Josh said he will be returning to the series.
"I think I'm going to come back and do one more episode," Josh told Access Hollywood. "And we'll see what happens."
VIEW THE PHOTOS: The Glorious Cast Of 'Glee'!
The singer said that one reason he signed up for the show is because it allows him to enjoy a little TV levity.
"I love doing comedy, so every chance I get to do something silly is really fun," he said.
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And in particular, Josh said his brief stint on "Glee" was a total delight.
"I had a great time with that cast, coming from a theater background," he said. "It's so nice to see so many theater actors being hired for mainstream television. And also, being a member of the choir club as a kid, just to see that group of people being represented in mainstream culture is really, really so great."
Josh was one of the many stars including Charlize Theron and Jeremy Piven, who turned up at the OneXOne charity event, which was originally set to be hosted by Matt Damon on Thursday evening. The actor, however, had to withdraw from the event over a family emergency. But while Matt wasn't there to support the group which raises money to distribute between various charity organizations including Feeding America, Josh championed his work.
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"Matt Damon has done an incredible job of getting the word out," he said. "OneXOne has done an amazing job of letting it be a word of mouth snowball effect around the world."
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SLICING Roundup
October 31st, 2011
This Halloween saw a number of takes on slicing. We saw slicing wood, cutting walls, separating bones, and even slicing integer arrays!
Now let's cut into these 12 games and see what's inside:
The Lazy Haberdasher, by Patai Gergely
A very challenging spatial puzzle game where you cut up a chunk of wood and use the pieces to make a shape.
The Real Ninja, by Rahil Patel
Slice ninjas, jump over pumpkins and duck parents in this Halloween themed slicing adventure.
Luckey Slice, by Leighton Luckey
Fun game that will test your reflexes as you slice some squares but not others!
A simple stylish game in which you can cut apart robots!
This game explores the idea that Pac-man can eat through walls and push them!
Quest of the Slicetron, by Dusty of Podunk Studioz
Slice yourself into two controllable characters to get through each level in this challenging platformer.
Combat Simulator For Skeletons, by Vamsi Krishna. Veligatla
A pretty difficult game where you can split apart a skeleton to collect stars and avoid hazards.
An interesting way to explore different materials and the sounds they make.
Slicing The Bush, by Michael Sanford
Slice up a grid-like bush to match a pattern.
Slicing Defense, by Erik Jansson
Slice up endless waves of zombies.
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…we haven't played a high quality offense in a while. I've always admired the Giants O-Line. When they play well, their line often has their way in both the running game and passing game. And that's happening right now. We're also catching the Giants right about the time of year they start to wake up and go on a run.
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I felt like things were going well after the Jordy bomb then stopping them. Until Crosby's predictable miss totally deflated us and inspired them. Thanks to the attempted confidence boost by MM we have lost all momentum…..and 14 pts
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spot on Jeff L…those misses hurt more than just missed points


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Blind man sinks 3-point shot at college basketball game
A Springfield man who is blind and mentally impaired is getting some national attention -- and a year's worth of McDonald's value meals -- after hitting a 3-point shot during halftime of a college basketball game.
Fans at a College of Ozarks basketball game cheered wildly Saturday when 54-year-old Michael Quin hit the shot. A video of the shot got attention on some social media sites during the weekend.
KSPR-TV reports Quin had a series of falls beginning six years ago, causing him to go blind in 2010 and lose much of his mental capacity.
He joined Champion Athletes of Ozarks, which helps disabled people participate in sports.
Quin says he likes basketball and was excited about his shot -- as well as the free food from McDonald's.


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There's a new sheet of ice in the barn, the air is crisp and pucks are flying again! It's time to pounce on opportunities and start the trip that ends at the Blue Cross Arena in the spring
There's a new sheet of ice in the barn, the air is crisp and pucks are flying again! It's time to pounce on opportunities and start the trip that ends at the Blue Cross Arena in the spring
Soo... Who was everybody's favorite goalie of the night?
I don't know about goalies but I did see a lot that I liked, in general. A few things that stood out to me: Seiferling's got a nice outlet pass, Willett's got a quick shot from the point. Mikowski is looking really good this year - seems like he gained some speed. Logan looked good on the PK.
Hello friends, question- will Saturday's game against NU be streamable? I can't find any information regarding a stream on the RIT website, and NU won't put out a press release until tomorrow or Thursday.
So I have a rules-related question from Saturday's game. The empty net goal near the end was disallowed because the whistle was blown on account of the scrum in RIT's end, well behind the play. I'm not debating the whistle, because I definitely heard it blow before the puck was even shot (the whistle was what drew my attention to the scuffle in the first place, as I was following the puck). My question is, should the ref have whistled the play dead while RIT was on a breakaway, since the penalty was against Brock, or should this have been a delayed penalty call? Fortunately this didn't affect the outcome (and RIT soon scored a goal anyway!), but if the referee was correct in stopping play, this seems like a pretty cheap way to prevent an empty net goal.
Not sure there is a free stream. Last year someone on the RIT reddit page streamed the local television feed I believe, but that channel was recently shutdown by Spectrum and RIT hasn't officially announced a new TV channel or anything yet.
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"Through the years, we ever will acclaim........"
"Through the years, we ever will acclaim........"
Can't we all just get along?
Always remember... This is just a game we're talking about here. Let's not take it all too seriously.
Drackett - limited action - looked ok - handled the puck confidently
Andriano - Saw a flurry of shots and generally looked pretty darn good - Did let in a softie, though.
Glimpses of good play. Sample sizes too small. At least we didn't see anything alarming from any of the three.
The rest of the team as usual showed some really positive things, but again continued to show a lack of finish. Brock's goalie was good, but not spectacular. The Tiger shooters let him off the hook, IMHO. That game should have been a bit more in RIT's favor through the first two periods.
Can't we all just get along?
Always remember... This is just a game we're talking about here. Let's not take it all too seriously.
My thoughts on the exhibition...
Was concern at the beginning as there was all to familiar sloppiness in the beginning that reminded me of last season. Especially in and around the RIT net. Brock really should have took an early lead more than once. As the game went on that got cleaned up and I was general happy with RIT's gap control and defensive coverage. It did lapse a little in the third but Andriano impressed. Yes he did let in a softie but what I really like was his reaction. He just kind of shook his head and then refocused. As did the team which is a very good sign. What hurt last year just as much if not more than the injuries was how this team hurt themselves by getting caught in the moment. I loved the way both Norrish brothers played, they looked like they had a chip on their shoulders but played under control. Brady did get a Roughing call that I thought was a little weak as he got jumped after the play. Was typical poor AHA control of game where they just decided to take two players. I would have liked to seen a few more guys play that way.
They played well, like to see a few more Grade A scoring chances. However with Abt and Valenzuela out of the line and a lot of Freshmen just being thrown into many situation to see how they do, I thought everything went about as well as can be expected. They need someone to join Powell in putting the puck in the net. Lots of Candidates though and I think Wayne is going to need to tinker with the forward lines to find the right combo!
I'm guessing Short will get the start at Blue Cross. Experience and Wayne saying he has had a great camp leads me to believe he will get the nod and the Freshmen will split next weekend. Like to see that play out before I form more of a comment on the goaltenders. Will say I like what I see from all of them so far...
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"If we play our game, there's pretty much no chance they have of beating us. We know what we have to do. It's just a matter of going out and doing it." - Brent Alexin
Looks like all home games will be streamed for free?! I like this... https://twitter.com/rit_sportszone/s...46654271832064
Mikowski didn't play Saturday but he did play in the orange and white game. Same with Valenzuela.
Our preview of the weekend- good luck.
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