Fave Valentine’s Day Themed Romances 2019

This post lists my favorite Valentine's Day-themed romances I read since last Valentine's Day's list. I tried 30 romances to get to this list! These recs definitely show my bias towards contemporary romance, but there are romsusp and paranormal romances included as well. I link to reviews where I have written them; and also where …

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Review of Her Christmas Cookie

Her Christmas Cookie by Katrina Jackson. 2018. Her Christmas Cookie is the fourth book in the Welcome to Seaport series by Katrina Jackson. All of the books are wonderful. This book will be much more satisfying if you read it after reading From Scratch, which is a delight and definitely worth the read regardless. It …

An Excerpt from The Prince and Her Dreamer

I'm so thrilled to share an excerpt from The Prince and Her Dreamer by Kayla Bashe! This f/demigirl Nutcracker retelling looks wonderful and is out on December 12, 2018. The Clara in this story is autistic, and the author has written about how writing this story was part of their own self acceptance of their non-binary …

Cover Reveal for Wrapped Up In You by Ceillie Simkiss

  I am thrilled to be part of a cover reveal for Wrapped Up In You, the sequel to Learning Curves that comes out December 14! It's always fun to revisit couples from romances I enjoyed, and I'm excited for another Christmas with these two awesome characters. (You may recall that I interviewed Ceillie Simkiss about Learning …

Book and Snack Pairing: Flavored Hershey’s Kisses

My plan for this Book and Snack Pairing post series is to taste snacks (two new and one old favorite) and pair them with romances (two recent first time reads and one old favorite). The romances reflect my reading habits, so they tend contemporary, and are a mix of pairings and groupings. I am marking …

Guest Post: Bookish Chanukah Gift Recs from Shira Glassman

Guest post by Shira Glassman Hi, everyone! Corey thought it might be fun if I made a small guide to the paperback books you might buy your friends for Chanukah, which incidentally is earlyish this year -- the first candle is lit during the first weekend in December. If there are trigger warnings for the …

Review of Rogue Nights

Rogue Nights (anthology). 2018. Rogue Nights is the sixth book in a series of collections of resistance romance. Rogue Nights (2 f/f, 2 m/m, 3 m/f stories) is more queer than some of the previous collections, containing four stories with queer MCs. It has three stories by authors of color; three of the previous collections had two …

Interview with Katrina Jackson

Small Town Secrets by Katrina Jackson just came out, and it is one of my favorite f/f romances ever! I love the long term pining, the foodie elements, the small town setting, the way Black characters and families are centered, the family secrets arc, and the smoking hot sex scenes, which include a strap-on scene that …

Fave Halloween Romances 2018

I did a post at the end of 2017 recommending a bunch of fall and winter holiday romance, that included Halloween romances. This year, I am doing a separate post just for Halloween romance, focused on romance fiction where Halloween the holiday plays a major role in the story. I tried to give all new …

Excerpt from Life Within Parole, Volume 2

I'm so excited to share an excerpt from Life Within Parole, Volume 2 by RoAnna Sylver, a story collection set in the Chameleon Moon universe, by one of my favorite queer authors, which comes out October 11! Here is a note from the author about the excerpt: The opening to “Happening Again” might strike some …