It’s hilarious and complex and the world-building is stellar, and you can’t get any better than Locke and Jean, especially in terms of bromances. If any of you are fans of A Song of Ice and Fire and are looking for something to read in the long, LOOONG wait for WINDS OF WINTER, you’d be doing yourself a huge favor by starting this series. These two and their crass, clever banter and their unshakeable loyalty make me frenzied with fangirlishness. I still haven’t read book three in this amazing series (starting it very soon, though), but I think it goes without saying that I will always need to know what’s up with Locke Lamora and his bff, Jean Tannen. Two thieves caught between avarice and admiration. The Thorn of Emberlain: Gentleman Bastards #4 Ī breakaway republic, outnumbered on all fronts. Publishers Weekly described her Berkley single-title novel, PROMISE ME A RAINBOW, as '.an example of delicately crafted, eminently satisfying romantic fiction.'. Her award-winning literary short stories have appeared in The Crescent Review, The Bad Apple, The Mosaic, The Sanskrit, Laurels, The Emrys Journal and Writer's Choice. She has received numerous awards from Romantic Times magazine. BLACKBERRY WINTER, THE BARTERED BRIDE and a Berkley novel, PROMISE ME A RAINBOW, have been RITA award finalists. She has also won the RITA award for her Harlequin-Silhouette novels, PATRICK GALLAGHER'S WIDOW, THE PRISONER, and THE BRIDE FAIR. Her award-winning literary short stories have appeared in The Crescent Review, The Bad Apple, The Mosaic, Th AKA Cinda Richardsįormer public health nurse, now award-winning romance novelist, Cheryl Reavis, describes herself as a 'late bloomer.' Her Silhouette Special Edition™, A CRIME OF THE HEART, reached millions of readers in Good Housekeeping magazine and won the Romance Writers of America's coveted RITA award the year it was published. And now that I've found the truth, will I have the strength to make it through my own blackberry. Their relationship was like a blackberry winterthe colder the weather, the sweeter the berries in spring. Their life together just took a detour that lasted over forty years. BLACKBERRY WINTER, THE BARTERED BRIDE and a Berkley novel, PROMISE ME A RAINBOW, have been RITA award finalists. I discovered that I have a fatherand my parents are still in love.

AKA Cinda Richards Former public health nurse, now award-winning romance novelist, Cheryl Reavis, describes herself as a 'late bloomer.' Her Silhouette Special Edition™, A CRIME OF THE HEART, reached millions of readers in Good Housekeeping magazine and won the Romance Writers of America's coveted RITA award the year it was published.

Blackberry Winter by Cheryl Reavis