Apples Should Be Red by Penny Watson is a book I read months ago, a recommendation based on my love for Victoria Dahl’s older couple novella, Fanning the Flames. I saved it for a Thanksgiving post though because the story takes place in the few days before the holiday. Plus it’s a short, sweet, comedic
Month: November 2014
Thanksgiving, a barely tangentially romance-related musing
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Weird, right? Most kids will say Christmas or maybe Halloween if they’re still high on candy. Adults of my acquaintance will cite Easter or Christmas or Fourth of July. But Thanksgiving, with its focus on gratitude and food and hanging with friends and family is mine. I haven’t been home
Beyond Possession Whiskey-Pecan Cake
Beyond Possession is the latest novella in Kit Rocha’s apocalyptic, dystopian erotic romance series about the bootlegging O’Kane gang. If you haven’t read any of the series, I can’t recommend that you start with this one, although I’d argue that it’s the easiest book thus far in a series that pushes boundaries in nearly every
Beyond Feminism
This week Jackie Horne of Romance Novels for Feminists discussed feminism in Kit Rocha’s Beyond series and found it wanting. If you haven’t read the novels or the RNFF post or both, this post isn’t likely to make much sense and for that I’m sorry. It’s just that after reading all the full-length novels and
Saving the CEO Stuffed Pork Tenderloin
There are generally several common features to romances that star billionaire CEOs. Overwhelmingly, the CEO is the hero, not the heroine. There’s also better than average chance that he’s into BDSM (and he’s the top, natch). He probably doesn’t actually do all that much work over the course of the novel and, since it’s a
One Kiss with a Rock Star Foie Gras Burgers & Truffle Fries
Normally I put my disclosures at the bottom of the post, but the book I’m featuring today is a special case. This isn’t a review. It’s cover copy and a recipe and a heads up that One Kiss with a Rock Star by Shari Slade and Amber Lin went on sale yesterday. Having been a
All You Can Eat Curried Chicken Fried Steak
Whining on Twitter is surprisingly fruitful. I highly recommend it. After reading Andi Marquette’s post on Queer Romance Month about how there “isn’t much interest in f/f” I was like, “But…I’m interested in f/f…” So I poked around on Amazon and GoodReads a little bit and queried Megan Mulry, who had mentioned the post on