Horse riding is the only sport where riders compete on an equal basis regardless of gender. It was the horses that drew me to horse racing, and the idea of equity that helped keep me interested (and the data, but that’s an aside to this story). I grew up in a country town in New Zealand with parents who had zero interest in horses, so I took myself along to pony club and begged people to let me borrow their horses. From there, I worked as a strapper (or if you are American, a hot walker or Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap Up 1/11/20
Guest post: Writing a character’s coming out by Jayce Ellis New Releases: Week of January 6-10, 2020 Angela’s Minis- Reviews for books by Joanna Shupe, Seanan McGuire, and Zoey Draven Guest Post: Writing Cute Smut by Rachel Reid Guest Post: Amy Aislin talks about preparing a book for release Top Ten January 10, 2020 Kini: 2020 hasn't started off great for reading, I have DNF'ed as many books as I've finished (3 each). I started Whiteout by Adriana Anders and it seems to be Continue Reading
Top Ten January 10, 2020
It’s been another week y’all. But we made it. 10. The New York Times has this beautiful photo of the cast of Schitt’s Creek and I love it. I have the article saved to go back to at some point. 9. In other Schitt’s Creek fun, I saw this post that used SC gifs to about about Meghan and Harry leaving the Royal Family. 8. Author Lucy Eden is putting together a silent auction, #romanceforpr, to raise money for World Central Kitchen and Hispanic Federation. The donation Interest Form is Continue Reading
Guest Post: Amy Aislin talks about preparing a book for release
Thank you for joining me to celebrate the release of my newest m/m sports romance, Shots on Goal (Stick Side #3), and thank you to Smexy Books for allowing me to briefly take over the blog! Shots on Goal is the third book in the Stick Side series. Each novel features different main characters and can be read as standalones. Shots has a prickly NHL player who cooks his way into his teammates’ good graces, and an optimistic college senior trying to save his local library. Shots was Continue Reading
Guest Post: Writing Cute Smut by Rachel Reid
We already had a post planned for Rachel to talk about "cute smut" and I saw this tweet from Rachel and I practically begged Stephanie at Carina to ask Rachel to expand on this tweet in her post. Thank you Stephanie and Rachel for this post. (Side note, I will have a mini-review for Tough Guy tomorrow) Ryan was pretty sure he had an ugly dick. That was the first line I wrote of the third book in my Game Changers series, Tough Guy. It didn’t end up being the first line of the book, but it Continue Reading
Guest post: Writing a character’s coming out by Jayce Ellis
Jayce stopped by to talk about how she approached writing Jeremiah coming out in her new novel, Jeremiah, available now. I came out as pansexual to a few of my friends over drinks, wings, and mumbo sauce. We were so busy laughing and kiki-ing it up that we didn’t even pause for reflection. To be honest, I wasn’t even sure they’d heard me. The next morning, one of them sent a group text. Jayce, did you come out to us last night, or was that my imagination? That was real, but I’m not sure I Continue Reading
Kini’s Friday Kisses- Mini reviews for books by Kate Clayborn, Tasha L. Harrison, Roni Loren, and Emily Belden
Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn- I actually read this months ago but just waited to talk about it. I didn’t love this book. It was a good but not great read for me. It felt more like women’s fiction, but that is fine with me because I enjoy WF too. There was a lot of emphasis on the Meg’s work and it felt like too much at times. There is a subplot where Meg and her roommate/former best friend work on repairing their relationship but it also felt like this was a more important relationship to Meg Continue Reading
Kini’s Most Anticipated Reads 2020
First I want to mention that almost all of the books that I am excited about are from traditional publishers because they typically release information about new books several months in advance. If you are indie or self publishing a book, we would love to know about it sooner rather than later so we can get it on our radar! Our request form does not require an ARC. Second, most of these books are from the first half of 2020, with a few from the second half as publishing hasn’t released much Continue Reading
Sheena’s Most Anticipated Reads for 2020
I for one am soooo READY to ring in the New Year and (yet again!) embark on my quest to vanquish my TBRs and devour the books I am eagerly anticipating. MY 2020 romance reading forecast promises to be full of contemporary gems, paranormal activity-and I am determined to mark my return, back to my beloved Historicals- my all time fav genre, which took a back seat for me in 2019. My eyeballs are READY: Road to Salvation, Trilogy by Jamie Begley (Last Riders)- Book 1, Gavin's Song is out Continue Reading
Excerpt: Blood and Blade, Goddess with a Blade #6, by Lauren Dane
We hope you enjoy this excerpt of Blood and Blade by Lauren Dane, out 12/30 “Here’s a thought,” Rowan said while she took in her very grumpy spouse. He’d just touched down in their backyard and had sauntered into the house all smooth and debonair but the line between his eyes and the set of his mouth told of his ruffled feathers. Her super competitive, hyper achieving alpha Vampire had been used to being the best at everything he tried for so long, he was decidedly averse Continue Reading