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Fitness Options for When You Can’t Get to the Gym

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At-home workouts are great for people who don’t like group fitness classes, are too impatient to wait for weights or stations, or who want to keep moving on those days they want to work out but don’t want to leave home. And thankfully, there are tons of solid options on YouTube, so you can get a good sweat or stretch on, without having to pay for a gym membership. Now that we’ve all been told … Continue reading Fitness Options for When You Can’t Get to the Gym

Links: Alyssa Cole, Textiles, & More

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Buckle up for Wednesday links! This is a mid-week, chill party post. Take a break, grab some water, do some stretches. Whatever you need to do to regroup and power through the afternoon slog. And, if you decide to nap under your desk, I certainly won’t tell! … Love a prickly heroine? Frolic has some great reading recommendations for you! All of them are contemporary and I’d love to see a historical romance version of … Continue reading Links: Alyssa Cole, Textiles, & More

Giveaway: Withings Activity Tracking Watches

Withings Steel HR watch with a black leather band and a black face.

It’s giveaway time! Who doesn’t love that? This week, we’ll be running a giveaway for two (2) Withings watches! If you didn’t get lucky in any of our past Withings giveaways, perhaps you’ll win this time! For this giveaway, we have the Steel HR Watch and the Steel Watch up for grabs. Sarah: I really like doing giveaways for Withings watches because they’re gorgeous and, more importantly, I love mine. I got it a little over two years ago. … Continue reading Giveaway: Withings Activity Tracking Watches

Links: Horses, Movie News, & Buff Nannies

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Welcome to Wednesday Links! This is where we link pretty neat things we’ve seen around the internet recently. This is the last Wednesday I’ll be spending in my old apartment. Next week, I will officially be in my new place and all I’ll say is that we’re turning the dining room into a reading room. … Author Rebekah Weatherspoon has finally revealed her cover for Rafe, an upcoming romance with a “buff male nanny.” The heroine … Continue reading Links: Horses, Movie News, & Buff Nannies

Giveaway: Nokia Activity Watches

Withings Steel HR watch with a black leather band and a black face.

I feel like we’re past due for a giveaway, don’t you think? For the next six days, we’ll be running a giveaway for two (2) Nokia watches! We’ve done a couple Nokia giveaways previously and they’ve been a huge hit. For this giveaway, we have the Steel HR Watch and the Steel Watch up for grabs. Sarah: I really like doing giveaways for Nokia watches because they’re gorgeous and more importantly I love mine. I got it a little … Continue reading Giveaway: Nokia Activity Watches

Links: Outlander, Mythology, Bingo, & More!

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Happy Hump Day! I don’t know about you, but this week feels like it’s crawling by. But hopefully these links will help you kill some time! Sarah is over at the Withings blog to talk about her relationship with fitness and romance: While Wendell works out to improve health and mood, she points out that in the female-centric world of romance, in which characters of all shapes and sizes explore and enjoy love and sex, … Continue reading Links: Outlander, Mythology, Bingo, & More!

Giveaway: Activité Steel and Activité Pop Fitness Tracking Watches!

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Susie Felber, who is also known in the Romance universe as “Edith Layton’s daughter,” has a cool new job with a French company, Withings, which makes connected health and fitness devices. She reached out to me to see if I’d be willing to host a giveaway of two of their Activité fitness trackers – a gift for Valentine’s Day that’s the opposite of chocolate, as she put it. Mais oui, s’il vous plait! I know … Continue reading Giveaway: Activité Steel and Activité Pop Fitness Tracking Watches!