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MORE Prickly Heroines?
What? The great women at Frolic are publishing me again? Yes, they are. The piece is on prickly heroines in contemporary. Spoiler alert: I’m going to be doing at least one more for historical…
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Giant Men Doing Soft Things
You know what I love? A giant man being tender to a puppy. Or holding a baby. Or just generally being soft. I suspect I am not alone. In fact, Kristen Callihan said about her current work-in-progress: I should mention, one of my current projects was inspired by a tweet from a while back. MAKE IT SWEET features an embittered hockey player, forced to retire due to concussion syndrome, who finds himself wooing his new neighbor with the sweets he bakes in his spare time. 🧁🍰🥧 — Kristen Callihan (@Kris10Callihan) August 6, 2019 So here’s a recommendation list of romances…
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The First Families of Romancelandia
I’ve been re-reading (listening to) Sarina Bowen’s True North Series and falling in love with the Shipley family all over again. So, it occurred to me to compile a list of the great, warm-hearted families of Romancelandia. The ones that make us just want to curl up on the couch with the gang, help out in the kitchen, sit around a campfire with…you know the deal. As always, my friends came through! Affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Ilona Andrews, The Baylors of the HIDDEN LEGACY series (Per @IsobelCarr and @JenicaDawn), the KATE DANIELS series…
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The Prickly Heroines of 2018
Wow. It’s been ten months since I crowdsourced A Home for “Difficult” Heroines.” And it’s been a great year for some stunning, strong women in romance fiction. Women with agency and boundaries. Women who, inexplicably to me, frequently get the label of “bitch.” So, I’ve asked Twitter to give me their recommendations for this year’s best bitches. Listed below with the Twitter handles of the recommenders. Affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Contemporary Alyssa Cole, A DUKE BY DEFAULT – “I loved Portia because she knew herself.” (Per @damselspodcast) Jenny Holiday, the entire Bridesmaids Behaving…
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Happy Holidays from Buck House
…hee. Yeah. Chez Buck is not exactly Buckingham Palace. And this year’s holidays have been marred by some pretty serious health issues (mostly mine, though some have been Mr. B’s. Spines are the very devil, I’m convinced of it. Specifically, the sciatic nerve is a design flaw and I would like to speak to a manager right this instant.) So, despite having a yearly ritual to go to the local tree nursery and get a fresh tree, we conceded to the fact that neither my nor Mr. B’s back is up to wrangling one this year and finally decided to…
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Stuff I love – Svaha
I’m the type of person who, when i find something I love, I tend to do two things: Buy multiples of the beloved thing. Shout the infatuation from the rooftops. So here’s my shout from the rooftops, wearing the second beloved thing. Dresses from Svaha. These aren’t just cute, funky cotton dresses. They’re cute, funky cotton dresses with pockets. Cute, funky cotton dresses with pockets big enough to carry a Kindle. Go forth and peruse, loves. You won’t be disappointed.
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Kate Clayborn’s Chance of a Lifetime Series
I’ve been lucky enough to get to be an early reader of all Kate Clayborn’s Chance of a Lifetime books in ARC (advance reader’s copy) form. And if someone were to ask me which of them was my favorite, I couldn’t begin to tell you. They’re all so good. All so individual, while still retaining that Kate Clayborn-ness. Why don’t you ask me which one of my cats are my favorite while you’re at it, you monster? The basic premise is that best friends Kit, Zoe, and Greer collectively purchase a lottery ticket and actually win. They split the money (life-changing…
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Get to Know Jane Doe
People who know me know that I love Victoria Dahl. Several of her contemporary romances occupy prominent spaces on my favorites shelf. Over the last couple of years, she’s taken a left turn away from romance and, under the name Victoria Helen Stone, delved into psychological thrillers. Evelyn, After was her first and I still think about the audacious way she decided to structure it (chapters alternate between events that happened before the event that changed Evelyn’s life and after. It is tense and gripping and I REALLY recommend it). I was given an ARC of Jane Doe, her latest…
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Short-haired heroines
To celebrate Kate Clayborn’s cover reveal for BEST OF LUCK (which you can also pre-order!), let’s do a list of short-haired heroines! As always, all recommendation lists can be found on a single page. Listen, let me tell you something important: Greer Hawthorne is a (very) short-haired romance novel heroine and I’m so glad that’s reflected on this cover for BEST OF LUCK! 🍀💙🍀 https://t.co/tJgEfggax2 — Kate Clayborn (@kateclayborn) July 27, 2018 Mary Balogh, SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS – A historical (Regency)! (Per @AWeaverWrites) Suzanne Brockmann, BREAKING POINT – Gina Vitigliano has short hair in this Troubleshooters book (Per me) Lorelie Brown,…
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Firefighters and Paramedics – a few of KT’s favorite things…
Yesterday, Twitter friend KT asked me: @_AdeleBuck I’ve got a real need for firemen 🚒 and firewomen romances, also paramedics. Do you know of any lists? Or would you put out a call for action for me, please? — KT Gilbert (@ktgilbert76) July 6, 2018 Firefighters and paramedics, hmmm…what sprang to mind right away was Kate Clayborn’s lovely LUCK OF THE DRAW. Aiden is a paramedic, it’s almost immediately plot-relevant, and he’s also reticent and more than a bit grumpy (lots of folks’ catnip for sure). Shannon Stacey’s BOSTON FIRE series has both male and female firefighters (and she notes…