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Month: September 2014

Glitterland Cottage Pie

Posted on September 29, 2014September 20, 2015 by admin

Alexis Hall’s Glitterland is a flawless gem of a novel. Certainly the best thing I’ve read all year. Maybe one of the best things I’ve read ever. When I start ranking books in my head, it approaches Prince of Midnight, my favorite Laura Kinsale book and Stardust, my favorite Neil Gaiman book. So I think

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Recipe PostsAlexis Hall, beef, dinner4 Comments

Religion & Romance: a Non-Theoretical Perspective

Posted on September 25, 2014June 25, 2015 by admin

Aside from the first romance novels consumed in utter stealth beneath my covers after midnight while still in high school, I’ve always been a pretty open romance reader. I mean, I’m not shy about cracking a vintage Harlequin while waiting for the bus or pulling out my Grace Burrowes at the doctor’s office. My female

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UncategorizedAlexis Hall, faith, m/m romance8 Comments

Reawakening Peaches and Cream Jello Mold

Posted on September 22, 2014September 20, 2015 by admin

Disclaimer: If zombies, threesomes or Jello salads make you squirm (and not in the good way), you may want to back out of this post immediately. The book I’m discussing this week is probably one of the weirdest things I’ve ever read, romance or otherwise. It’s by Charlotte Stein, whose work I have long enjoyed,

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Recipe PostsCharlotte Stein, dessert, jello, peach2 Comments

Afternoon Delight Chocolate-Chile Lava Cakes

Posted on September 15, 2014June 29, 2015 by admin

When I first heard about Anne Calhoun’s Afternoon Delight (out tomorrow) on Twitter a few months ago, I was super eager to read it just based on a single phrase: food truck. I’ve read several of Calhoun’s books and she has never disappointed. Add in a heroine with a food truck and a sexy paramedic

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Recipe Postsanne calhoun, chocolate, dessertLeave a comment

My Kitchen Rules

Posted on September 12, 2014June 25, 2015 by admin

I have some rules for my kitchen. I mean, I guess not every cook is like this, but all the serious home cooks I know have pretty much the same ones. It’s pretty funny how similar we are actually. The reason I mention this is that sometimes I read books about chefs and, well, side-eye

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Uncategorizedcooking1 Comment

Private Politics Ben’s Chili Bowl Copy-Cat Chili Dogs

Posted on September 8, 2014September 20, 2015 by admin

  [Elisabeth here. I gushed so effusively about Liam, the hero of Emma Barry’s latest DC-set romance, that my husband pestered me until I let him read it. I asked if he had any thoughts he wanted to include in my review. As it turned out, he had lots of thoughts. So I just let

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Recipe Postsbeef, chili, dinner, emma barry1 Comment

The Man and the Hero

Posted on September 4, 2014June 25, 2015 by admin

There has been a lot of discussion lately in the Romancelandia blogosphere about Alpha Males and Beta Males and Theta Males and Gamma Males. Am I missing any Greek letters there? And while I understand the marketing reasoning behind each of these category distinctions (especially for those of us who read romance for the heroes

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Uncategorizedalpha, beta, hero worship6 Comments

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