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American Royalty by Tracey Livesay is $1.99! This is a contemporary romance with a royal hero and famous singer heroine. I personally love the cover, but I know on Cover Awe, some felt it had “uncanny valley” vibes.
This guest post is from Crystal Anne with An E. She comes to us from a sunny clime, but prefers to remain a pale indoor cat. She enjoys reading, cross-stitching something nerdy, going to see live music, and playing video games. She works as an autism consultant by day, got a degree in information science for fun, and currently serves on her local library advisory board. Ed. note: TW/CW: depictions of violence in the video … Continue reading The Continuing Adventures of the Middle-Aged Gamer: Doing a Leap of Faith into Assassin’s Creed
Welcome back to Wednesday Links! We are roasting here in New England! I’ve been going hard on lots of crisp, fresh salads. My partner and I are in the midst of lots of planning – ring designing, elopement planning, house buying stuff. Wow, is it overwhelming and not super easy to find a central list of resources. However, we’ve started doing Planning Tuesdays, where we dedicate an hour or so on Tuesday evenings to whittle … Continue reading Links: Bridgerton, Clay Crafts, & More
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams is $1.99! One of Williams’ other romances also has a Netflix adaptation. I remember this working well as a gateway book for people to give contemporary romances a try.
It’s been a minute since we checked in with your viewing recommendations – so, what are you watching lately? It is HOT where I am, with my phone going off with heat advisories and all sorts of uncomfortable nonsense, so I’ve started a few new programs and am very curious what everyone’s been enjoying. While I had COVID, I started watching Sister Boniface Mysteries, in part because of Lara’s very enthusiastic post. So many of you echoed … Continue reading Whatcha Watching?
Happily Never After by Lynn Painter is $2.99! This was mentioned on a previous Hide Your Wallet and features two characters who get hired to shout “I object” at weddings. Did any of you pick this up?
This HaBO is from Obsessed Southern Mama, who hopes to track down this book: So I read a book awhile back that had a single mom with an infant and some fake dating/forced proximity. These are some other details but I’m not 100%. It was a sports (possibly hockey) romance where the heroine gets involved with her brother’s teammate/best friend. Basically the scene I remember is she was at a farmers market (either with the … Continue reading HaBO: Hockey Player Fake Dates at the Farmer’s Market
It’s time for another edition of Stuff We Like! It’s Prime Day, and we’re sharing things that made our lives easier, or that were the perfect treat for ourselves. Want to see? Just click that image above or click right here, and come shop with us! And if you’d like to browse some more, we have a complete Stuff We Like archive, including past Gift Guides and other posts of our favorite items.
The Duke of Shadows by Meredith Duran is $1.99! This was Duran’s debut historical, and Sarah reviewed it back in 2008 and gave it a B-. She struggled with the heroine, but looooved the hero:
Julian was tortured and noble, and though he didn’t change so much as come to own himself and the power at his disposal in both of the cultures that shaped him, his journey was fascinating. Julian was marvelous, and did things I wished heroes in other historical novels would do, including beating the ever living shit out of someone who truly deserved it, and being vindicated for doing so. YUM.
This guest post is from Steve Ammidown! You may remember hearing him recently on Episode 618. The Romance Reader’s Handbook with Steve Ammidown, where we discussed another piece of romance history, The Romance Reader’s Handbook. Today, he’s talking about romance memorabilia and ephemera – there’s so much, y’all. We love talking about and seeing all the different collections, and as an archivist and librarian, Steve has a very thorough background in both! Welcome, Steve! … I love … Continue reading Romance Memorabilia Never Disappears, It Just Shows Up On eBay!
