I love chatting on Twitter with Ana from Immersed in Books, but there’s only so much in-depth book discussion that can happen in 140 characters. When we both wanted to read Living in Sin by Anastasia Vitsky, part of a new collection of lesbian romances about Damsels in Distress from Less Than Three Press, I
Month: March 2015
Love in the Broken Places
I’m a little surprised that more romance characters aren’t in therapy. Love is awesome, but it can’t fix *everything*. — Elisabeth Lane (@elisabethjlane) March 19, 2015 I idly posted this on Twitter this morning, the result of a book I was reading, Living in Secret by Jackie Ashenden. I don’t want to give away any
Tempest Smoked Mac & Cheese 2015 TBR Challenge
This month’s TBR Challenge theme was “series catch-up” and while I’m stretching the spirit a little bit by both starting and finishing during the challenge month, the Playing the Fool series by Lisa Henry and J.A. Rock has been on my TBR pile since late last year. So I feel like it still qualifies
In Bed With Her Italian Boss Family Tomato Sauce
In Bed with Her Italian Boss by Kate Hardy, a Harlequin Presents that seems to have started life as a Mills & Boon called Breakfast at Giovanni’s, wasn’t what I would have expected given that title. That title conjures visions of a dubiously-appropriate workplace romance with a hot-blooded man. This book is not that. Not
Flight of Magpies Szechuan Pork Tacos
It’s books like Flight of Magpies by K.J. Charles that make my heart hurt every time someone says that romance novels are dumb. Because this book, even more than the two that preceded it (and those were pretty damn good), is absolutely brilliant. And it’s brilliant in, like, three separate genres, somehow doing justice
For My Lady’s Heart Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake
Laura Kinsale never disappoints me. In For My Lady’s Heart, she has written a masterpiece, not just of romance, but of universal literary merit. It’s one of the most subversive works of literature I’ve read. Well, listened to actually. My husband and I got the audio book and played it in the car on road
Guilty Pleasure Mushroom Risotto
Jane O’Reilly has been a favorite of mine since picking up her Indecent… trilogy last year. She’s got a completely matter of fact feminism and sex-positivity to her books that appeals to me on a visceral level even if the particular kink or sexual dynamic she’s exploring isn’t one I’m especially interested in. The Pleasure