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Book Review

Crosstown Crush by Cara McKenna

Crosstown Crush

I really struggled with how to review and grade Crosstown Crush by Cara McKenna because I personally found that the kink described in the novel was not for me. Despite that, the book is well-written with likeable characters and I thought that McKenna did a good job of explaining that kink to people who are unfamiliar with it. The book centers around married couple Samira and Mike. Mike has a very particular kink–cuckolding. For those … Continue reading Crosstown Crush by Cara McKenna

RITA Reader Challenge Review

Her Best Laid Plans by Cara McKenna

Her Best Laid Plans

“Her Best Laid Plans” is a fun (and sexy) novella set in Ireland where broken-hearted Jamie meets hot bartender Connor and the sexy times ensue! Did I mention this was sexy? It is! Jamie has had her life on hold for four years, moving to California to support her boyfriend by waitressing while he finishes medical school. She believed that once he had finished his studies, he would then support her as she began her … Continue reading Her Best Laid Plans by Cara McKenna

Book Review

After Hours by Cara McKenna

After Hours by Cara McKenna

 I am a finicky erotic romance reader. I dislike when characters start porntalking, when there is endless discussion of who is what for whom (I'm hard for you, you're wet for me, she's humid for the mailman). I dislike when otherwise normally-conversing humans start talking about their cocks every other sentence, and get very irritated when a sex scene of amplified raunch is shoved into a book in such a way that I wonder if … Continue reading After Hours by Cara McKenna

What’s on Your Romance Wishlist?

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We recently received a pretty cool email from Reader Linda about romance and what we desperately want to read. If we had the choice, what perfect books would we craft? What heroes would we choose? What heroines or settings are we just waiting to devour with our eyeballs? Here is Linda’s original email: Recently a friend of mine said rather dismissively “those women wouldn’t be interested if Christian Grey wasn’t wealthy and was a creepy dude … Continue reading What’s on Your Romance Wishlist?

Book Review

A Pound of Flesh by Sophie Jackson

A Pound of Flesh

A Pound of Flesh is a pretty recent release, so I remember it being talked about a lot on Twitter. I’ve had a string of stressful traveling and family issues hit me at once, so of course I had to engage in a little retail book therapy and picked this puppy up. A heroine teaching literature classes to prisoners and a criminal hero who has some sort of connection to the murder of the heroine’s … Continue reading A Pound of Flesh by Sophie Jackson

Books On Sale

Books on Sale: Goldfinches, Time Travel, Women’s Fiction, and Hard Time

Books on Sale: Goldfinches, Time Travel, Women’s Fiction, and Hard Time

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt is $7.50 at Amazon, which is the lowest price I've seen for this book. This was The Book Everyone Was Talking About (and Still Is). It won the Pulitzer, and the hold list for it at my library is about eighteen miles long. It's part mystery, part literary fiction, and part coming-of-age novel, and many people have made Good Book Noise about this novel – including Shauna Summers in our … Continue reading Books on Sale: Goldfinches, Time Travel, Women’s Fiction, and Hard Time

Books On Sale

Books on Sale: Contempory Ruthie Knox, Historical Pamela Clare & Last Call on Tantor Sale

Books on Sale: Contempory Ruthie Knox, Historical Pamela Clare & Last Call on Tantor Sale

About Last Night by Ruthie Knox is .99c at Amazon right now. This is an intense contemporary, with a heroine and hero carrying backstory baggage and managing it in very different ways. Their attraction and the way it's described are very powerful, too. If you like a little angst and a lot of heat in your contemps, you'll probably like this a lot. This book was a RITA® nominee in 2013 for Best Contemporary. Cath … Continue reading Books on Sale: Contempory Ruthie Knox, Historical Pamela Clare & Last Call on Tantor Sale

Tantor Audiobooks: 60% Off for Youse Guyse! Yes! You!

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While I was at Digital Book World earlier this month, a gentleman from Tantor Audio approached me and asked if the readers of this here website liked audiobooks, specifically (obviously) romance audiobooks. I said yup, some of you most certainly do – and that I'd been listening to more audiobooks each month as I walk the dogs or drive somewhere (I live in Jersey; there's always somewhere to drive to). So, for the month of … Continue reading Tantor Audiobooks: 60% Off for Youse Guyse! Yes! You!

“It’s Not Really Like That” or How We Talk To Girls About Sex - A Guest Post from

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 Molly O'Keefe prevously wrote about her love of Bruce Springsteen, and is back with a discussion of how she – and we – learn about sex. I never had a discussion with my parents about sex. Or even a vague and confusing birds and the bees conversation. Which is odd considering my dad was a high school health teacher and my mom was a nurse. Instead what I got was a musical montage of pornography, … Continue reading “It’s Not Really Like That” or How We Talk To Girls About Sex - A Guest Post from

Bejazzled and Beefy Winners!

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Oh, dear, oh, dear, I’m late too announce the winner of the Bejazzled and Beswimsuited title contest. So, without sparkly ado, here are the honorable mentions: Megs for Crotching Sparkle, Not-So-Hidden Wang. Cara McKenna’s  The German Sausage Merchant’s Shimmering Hairless Bride. The Romantic Suspense genre could do with a influx of more titles like Andrea’s: Snatching Diamonds could have some outstanding sparkly cover imagery! Bibiophile’s two entries: The Dick and the Diamond and Mining Mons … Continue reading Bejazzled and Beefy Winners!