Amanda Weaver's new novel, Love Around the Corner, is out now, Amanda is here to talk about one of my favorite tropes- Second Chance. I think people love reading second chance romances because most of us have someone in our past we still wonder about, some relationship that didn’t end the way we wanted it to. Don’t we all secretly google that one who got away to see how their life has worked out? Gemma, the heroine in Love Around the Corner has definitely googled her ex, although she’d Continue Reading
Excerpt: Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing by Charlie Adhara
Charlie's latest novel, Wolf in Sheep's Clothing releases today and Charlie was kind enough to share an excerpt with us! Introduction: Snarky agent Cooper Dayton and his sweet, werewolf partner Oliver Park are back in this fourth book of the Big Bad Wolf series, Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing. Between hunting for a new house and navigating recent revelations regarding the power dynamics of his relationship, Cooper is almost relieved to be sent on a nice, distracting case. This time the guys are Continue Reading
Guest Post: Tropes at Work in ONE LAST CHANCE by Therese Beharrie
I’ve published fourteen books in my career so far. Of those fourteen, six have been second chance romances. ONE LAST CHANCE, the third book in my ONE DAY TO FOREVER series, will be the seventh. I’m clearly a fan of the trope, partly because there are so many ways of exploring it, and partly because I only need the chance of a romance the first time around not to work out to define it as a second chance romance. But the one thing all of my second chance romances have in common is that Continue Reading
Excerpt: Hard Ride by A.M. Arthur
Thanks so much to the folks here at Smexy Books for having me today to talk about my new release, HARD RIDE (Clean Slate Ranch #5). This is a fake relationship book and was my first time writing this particular trope, but I had so much fun it won’t be the last! Single guy Derrick Massey is facing a long summer of five family weddings, and he needs a fake boyfriend to keep his family off his back about settling down. Quiet cowboy Slater needs a place to stay in the city while he heals from a Continue Reading
Guest Post: One More Time: Some Favorite Second-Chance Romances by Ruby Lang
Second Chance Romance is one of my (Kini) favorite tropes so I was thrilled to get the chance to have Ruby put together a list of recommendations. Ruby's new novel, House Rules, releases on February 10. I love second-chance romances because they are unabashedly about personal growth. The main characters in this kind of story are trying to prove that they are no longer the people who couldn’t end up together. For example, in my upcoming contemporary romance, House Rules, the third in my Continue Reading
Guest Post: How a Librarian from The Mummy Inspired Hearts on Hold by Charish Reid
Charish's new book, Hearts on Hold, releases next week, 2/3 and she stopped by to talk a little bit about the inspiration behind it. FYI- I finished this book last week and will have a mini review tomorrow, it was good, so you should go ahead and preorder it :) I saw the 1999 The Mummy when I was thirteen-years-old and sang it’s cinematic praises for about four months straight. I’m certain my friends grew exhausted by my excessive fan-girling… But what I loved most was the blossoming Continue Reading
Top Ten – January 24, 2020
We made it another week y’all. Happy Friday! 10. We are basically a Cheer fan account now, so I felt compelled to share this with you. Buzzfeed has a round-up of celebrities tweeting about Cheer. 9. But have you seen their whole Daytona performance? I've watched it several time. https://youtu.be/CYhgKyOO_98 8. Idol by Kristen Callihan has been turned into an interactive story. If anyone has tried this out, please let us know how it Continue Reading
Guest Post: Lucy Parker’s TBR
Lucy's last TBR post with us did so well, we invited her back to talk about her 2020 TBR. Lucy's new book Headliners releases next week. I've already read it and it was delightful and you should definitely add it to your TBR. I’m personally confused as to how it’s already 2020 at all, but despite the fact that 2019 disappeared in the blink of an eye, it brought some incredible books, and I’m so excited for what new additions I’ll have this year for my keeper shelf and my much-cherished 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) https://twitter.com/akaRachelReid/status/1206960946821947392?s=19 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, 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