Marriage (and its flipside, divorce), besides being “what brings us together, today” is one of those odd topics where civil law and religion often blend. Fitting, because I’m both a lawyer and a fairly observant Jew. Even more fitting because I wrote a historical romance featuring a twice divorced Jewish heroine called Dalliances & Devotion. And while my books don’t talk a ton about religion (I mean where’s the space? This is the book has like ten tropes: second chance, bodyguard, Continue Reading
Smexy Deals
With two million dollars' worth of diamonds on the line, she can't afford to fall for her husband. Penelope Blue has the perfect life, and the perfect husband. Well, except for the fact that he works for the FBI...and she's a thief. What's the saying? Keep your friends close...and your husband closer. Being married to a federal agent certainly has its perks. This way a savvy jewel thief always knows what the enemy is up to. Plus, who doesn't love the way a G-man looks in a suit? Penelope Continue Reading
Guest Post: It ain’t heavy, it’s my romance by Ainslie Paton
Some romances are designed to read like sunshine and lollipops, some to please with sass and snark, or comic situations and big laughs. Some show the storm clouds. Like a lot of authors, I write romance in part to explore issues that interest me. Sometimes that means showing the darker underbelly of storm clouds. I’ve written a mentally ill hero who was homeless, a male nanny, a female executive in a male dominated industry, a tech titan who got sacked from his own company for being a Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Three Parts Harmony by Holley Trent releases tomorrow, 8/19. “Come here,” Raleigh murmured. Theo dropped his hands from his chest and made himself space between Raleigh’s feet. “I’m here.” “Closer.” Theo’s lips quirked at one corner. “How much closer?” “Lean in.” Putting a hand at either side of Raleigh’s head at the sofa back, Theo folded himself down and met Raleigh’s gaze. “Here?” “Closer.” “Which parts of me?” “Pick one.” “Is it up to me?” “Right now, it Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap Up
Sexcerpt- Playing House by Ruby Lang New Releases: Week of August 12-16, 2019 Angela’s Tuesday Thoughts Wistful/Wanton Wednesday: Fire in Her Eyes by Ruby Dixon Excerpt: Unbreak Me by Michelle Hazen Review: Playing House by Ruby Lang Review: Quiet Man by Kristen Ashley Smexy’s Top Ten 8/16 Kini: I am still riding the high of reading Quiet Man by Kristen Ashley. Today, 8/17 is Bookstore Romance Day. I am doing a panel with Grace Burrowes, Harper Kincaid and Juno Rushdan. Continue Reading
Smexy Deals
In high school they were the perfect couple—until the day Georgia left Leo in the cold... Hockey player Leo Trevi has spent the last six years trying to do two things: get over the girl who broke his heart, and succeed in the NHL. But on the first day he’s called up to the newly franchised Brooklyn Bruisers, Leo gets checked on both sides, first by the team’s coach—who has a long simmering grudge, and then by the Bruisers’ sexy, icy publicist—his former girlfriend Georgia Worthington.Saying Continue Reading
Review: Quiet Man by Kristen Ashley
I’ve skipped the last couple of books by Kristen Ashley because I heard a lot of not great things about them. Plus I am still not over how disappointing Luci & Hap’s story was in Loose Ends last year. I wanted so much more for them. Anyway, when I heard about Ashley’s upcoming series with Forever Romance, out next year, that is a spin off of the Dream Man series, I had a renewed interest in her books. Quiet Man is a novella that serves as a nice introduction to the new series. It was 100% Continue Reading
Smexy Deals
Everyone knows Brooke Wicks loves to have a good time. She’s not interested in getting serious, settling down, or limiting herself to one man. So when she meets the sexy, irresistible Mason King, she sees another opportunity to let loose and go wild. But the gorgeous Aussie isn’t interested in just a quick fling with Brooke, and if she wants to get into his bed, she’s going to have to do it on his terms. Loving fast and hard has always been Mason’s philosophy. He doesn’t want a Continue Reading
Excerpt: Unbreak Me by Michelle Hazen
Andra opened her front door, and the frown froze on her face as LJ’s shoulders filled the doorframe. He was holding . . . a cake? “Um, hi,” she managed. She reached behind her back to undo the knot that pulled her T-shirt tight against her chest, shaking the baggy hem so it would fall to cover some of her leggings. What was he doing here? Oh crap, she’d promised to talk to him about the horses. “Look, I’m sorry. I know I said I’d come talk to you a couple days ago, Continue Reading
Guest Post: Five Contrary Heroines I Adore by Therese Beharrie
I started writing ONE DAY TO FALL because I wanted to write a heroine who didn’t conform. Not to society, which doesn’t favour women, or to her family, who favours society’s expectations of women. We tend to call these heroines unlikeable, but I like the idea of them being grumpy. They’re too busy fighting the patriarchy to smile, thank you very much. I like the idea of them being contrary even more. Even to the expectations of the reader… I think these heroines should be celebrated, so here Continue Reading