There’s a lot going on right now in Cooking Up Romance land! Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner released their new historical romance set in the 1960s on Tuesday, Star Dust. It’s the first book in their series about mid-century astronauts. A couple weeks ago I drove down to where Emma lives and helped out with
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A Fashionable Indulgence Limoncello Gin Cocktail
A Fashionable Indulgence by K.J. Charles is the start of her new Regency series, The Society of Gentlemen. Harry Vane, son of socialist revolutionaries, has just discovered that he could be the heir to a fortune. But first he has to win over his grandfather, who has big plans for the young man, including marrying
Guest Post by Maria Rose: Midnight Secrets Baked Ziti
My good friend Maria Rose is guest posting today for me. She’s a reviewer for Straight Shootin’ Book Reviews and a truly voracious reader. She has great style and I think you’re going to love this review of Midnight Secrets by Lisa Marie Rice. I’ll pick back up with the recipe for baked ziti after
Gunpowder Alchemy Roasted Sesame Broccoli
You have just a few more hours to enter to win an ebook copy of Gunpowder Alchemy and also one of Laura Florand’s ebooks in celebration of our trip to Momofuku Milk Bar over RWA! Click over to this post and scroll down for the giveaway. Gunpowder Alchemy by Jeannie Lin is set in an
Into the Shadows Bourbon Chocolate Milkshakes
So this is a secret baby book. I hate secret baby books. HATE. I hate them so much that my review policies caution people against sending them to me. Except…I loved this secret baby book. Into the Shadows, the third book in Carolyn Crane’s Undercover Associates series, features undercover Associate Thorne, who isn’t really an
Roses Have Thorns Lasagna 2015 TBR Challenge
It’s TBR Challenge time again! This month’s theme was “Kickin’ it Old School”, which is most definitely not a problem for me as the vast majority of my TBR pile is acquired via used bookstores and thrift stores and it would be a rare book that isn’t more than ten years old. So I literally
Blogiversary Week Review: FIT Homemade Granola
If you still haven’t entered to win the Cooking Up Romance Blogiversary Week $50 Amazon gift card, you have just a couple more days! From a narrative perspective, I’ve always thought that a personal trainer would make an excellent romance dominant. I mean, you have this person whose job it is to push physical and
Blogiversary Week Review: Taken Honey-Pepper Salmon
Don’t forget to enter the Cooking Up Romance Blogiversary Week Giveaway for a $50 Amazon Giftcard! Pretty much any romance involving a kinky bookseller is always going to get my vote. And if it’s by Charlotte Stein? Double vote! Can we vote twice? Whatever, I just did. Taken, a recent offering by Stein, features
The Big Heat Coca-Cola Slow Cooker Pork BBQ Sandwiches
I was looking for a comfort read the other day and for some inexplicable reason, this old category romance came to mind. I read it over and over for a few months, but I got over it and eventually got rid of it with the rest of my books from what I now refer to