COVER REVEAL & EXCERPT: Overnight Sensation by Sarina Bowen

Romance fans, hockey romance fans, sports romance fans! Sarina Bowen unwrapped the cover for OVERNIGHT SENSATION today, giving us the full low down on the next book in her Brooklyn Bruisers series. It's Jason Castro and Heidi Jo Pepper's story and it drops January 22. Keep reading for the blurb and excerpt. BLURB: Everyone knows the…

December 10, 20180Comments

Events

Tom Douglas’ Cookbook Social Celebrates Northwest Authors & Artisans

Join the Festivities at Palace Ballroom on December 10 For all the home cooks and aspiring home cooks in your life, there's no better place to look for gifts this holiday season than Tom Douglas' Cookbook Social. At the Palace Ballroom on December 10, this year's line up includes two of my favorites from the…

December 5, 20180Comments

Book Reviews

MY FAVORITE HALF-NIGHT STAND by Christina Lauren | 4-Star Review

Review copy provided by the publisher Christina Lauren Keeps It Sexy as Their Rom-Coms Evolve In MY FAVORITE HALF-NIGHT STAND, Millie Morris and Reid Campbell are two friends in a group of academics on the faculty at UC Santa Barbara. With the commencement banquet on the horizon, the gang decides to dive into dating…

December 4, 20180Comments

Book Reviews

6 Can’t Miss Reads Hitting Shelves in December

This year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday book deals didn’t do much for me, which means hopefully I’ll have a few more dollars to spend on December new releases. Usually as the year winds down, I use December to catch up on books that I meant to read, but didn’t. The thing is, the…

December 3, 20180Comments

Product Review Recipes

We Tried Trader Joe’s Bourbon Cake Mix

In the avalanche of holiday treats Trader Joe's rolled out over the last month, one new one caught my eye: Trader Joe's Bourbon Cake mix ($3.49 per box). I've generally liked Trader Joe's boxed mixes and used their lemon cake as the base for my Lemon Elderflower Cake for the Royal Wedding. Bourbon is the…

November 30, 20180Comments

Book Reviews

HE’S NOT MY BOYFRIEND by Jackie Lau | 4-star Review

ARC Provided by the Author for Review He's Not My Boyfriend is Jackie Lau's Best Yet: More Laughs, Medium Angst. Totally Irresistible. Jackie Lau's previous books have looked to forced proximity to get hero and heroine together. In her latest, HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND, it's straightforward. An initial meet in a craft beer bar turns…

November 20, 20180Comments

Recipes

Mix Up Your Chex Mix with Peatos

Chex Mix has been a family holiday tradition my entire life, and probably even before I was around. My aunt used to make it with the requisite Chex cereal, mixed nuts, pretzels and wheat nuts (which I'm not even sure exist anymore). We've never been a garlic bagel chip or Cheez-It, or Goldfish family. But…

November 14, 20180Comments

Book Reviews

FIREWORKS by Sarina Bowen | Book Review

ARC provided by the author's publicist for review FIREWORKS Is the Sweet and Sizzling Sixth Installment in Sarina Bowen's True North series They say you can’t go home again. In FIREWORKS by Sarina Bowen, Skylar Copeland left Colebury, Vermont 12 years ago and never looked back. But after an on-air gaffe at her TV job,…

November 13, 20180Comments

Product Review Recipes

Tis the Season: Trader Joe’s Holiday Products Are Hitting Shelves Now

Trader Joe's Holiday 2018 products are beginning to hit stores. The company previewed its holiday products on its Inside Trader Joe's podcast, episode 8. Included in its 2018 holiday offerings are buche de Noel ice cream, an advent calendar for dogs, cranberry persimmon relish and perennial favorites, Peppermint Joe-Joe's and Peppermint Pretzel Thins. Keep your…

November 7, 20180Comments

Book Reviews

Alisha Rai’s the Right Swipe + Some Thoughts on Ilustrated Covers in Romance

Alisha Rai just revealed the cover for the first book in her Modern Love series, THE RIGHT SWIPE (Avon, July 9, 2019). In line with a broader trend in romance toward illustrated covers, THE RIGHT SWIPE features a pink cover with its main characters shown looking at their phones. For me, this new cover trend has…

November 6, 20180Comments

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COVER REVEAL & EXCERPT: Overnight Sensation by Sarina Bowen

MY FAVORITE HALF-NIGHT STAND by Christina Lauren | 4-Star Review

6 Can’t Miss Reads Hitting Shelves in December

We Tried Trader Joe’s Bourbon Cake Mix

HE’S NOT MY BOYFRIEND by Jackie Lau | 4-star Review

Mix Up Your Chex Mix with Peatos

FIREWORKS by Sarina Bowen | Book Review

Tis the Season: Trader Joe’s Holiday Products Are Hitting Shelves Now

Alisha Rai’s the Right Swipe + Some Thoughts on Ilustrated Covers in Romance

Review: The Romance Revival by Christina Lauren

Book Review: Wisdom Corner by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

Book Review: Just for the Season by Rachel Griffiths