I’m trapped in a glass case of EMOtion

This past weekend was my bestest bestie’s wedding. Love was in the air, God gave us a beautiful day, everyone was on time, and the bride and groom have a romance to envy. So naturally I spent the day being so EMOtional I should have looked like this: Well I looked like that on the [...]

Temporary lusty replacement (guest post)

Since my life belongs to my bestest bestie for her wedding weekend I invited a Really F*cking aMazing blogger (in army speak that would be shortened to corresponding acronym Romeo Foxtrot Mike) mylittlebecky to guest blog! [see what i did there? yes i'm clever] Not only did she accept my invitation, but she flattered the [...]

I’m writing, but just not here

I am tap, tap, tapping away at the keyboard, but unfortunately (for y’all) not for the blog. I’m writing a toast for my bestest bestie’s wedding! We met 8 years ago the first month of freshman year (gasp! so long ago) living in the same dorm and I’ve been feverishly scribbling down the perfect way [...]

Her Only Desire, Gaelen Foley

Title: Her Only Desire Author: Gaelen Foley(prob one of the best rom author websites I’ve seen, in fact in my imagination that’s what I wanted my blog to look like) Genre: Historical Romance Publisher: Ballantine Books Release Date: March 2007 Standalone or Series: First book in the Spice Trilogy, and cousins to the Knight Miscellany [...]

New Release: Finger Lickin’ Fifteen, by Janet Evanovich

If someone is holding a book in public I BLATANTLY stare and crick my neck until I can read the title. I will also read over their shoulder. This morning on my commute to work I saw two women with bright-cherry-red hardcover books but no matter how I strained my eyeballs or craned my neck [...]

Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth

Although I’m from Chicago and the hubby is from God’s Country (as he calls his home state of New Jersey) we heart the south and we definitely fist pumped to Song of the South this weekend at our friend’s wedding in Wilmington, North Carolina. And even though we guzzled sweet tea and brought some Cheerwine [...]

Famous figures in historical fiction

How do you feel about famous figures in your historical fiction? And no I don’t mean famous as in Scarlett O’Hara or Mr. Darcy, even though I can quote them and talk about them like they are real people. I mean like King Charles II, or Abraham Lincoln, or the Duke of Wellington. What happens [...]

Scandal, by Carolyn Jewel

I was the VERY FIRST person from my library to borrow Carolyn Jewel’s new historical romance novel, Scandal. There has been a quite a bit of very positive buzz about it throughout romancelandia so when I saw the gorgeous cover languishing in the paperback romance section I snapped it up immediately! Plus I needed a nice, [...]

You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stick together* You gotta be HUMAN

*In case you were wondering, this Des’ree album was the first CD I ever bought. Actually it was one of two but the other one was the Aladdin soundtrack, so I don’t count it. My suspension of disbelief is wacky, it has an ever changing “tolerance line” that can or cannot be crossed as in: it’s [...]

Friday Finds (June 12)

What great books did you hear about or discover this week? Share with us at Friday Finds! Hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading!     The Lost Recipe for Happiness, by Barbara O’Neal: as per usual I found out about this book through a roundabout way. I saw Ms. O’Neal’s comment on another blog and [...]