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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…
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…
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…
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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…
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…
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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,…
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…
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…
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Unafraid, Unapologetic and Unforgettable, Double Play's Heroine is a Woman For Our Times
In Double Play (Love Games #3) by Maggie Wells, Avery Preston is a women’s studies and lit professor at Wolcott College. Avery moves through the world the way most men do — unapologetic, opinionated…
Jasmine Guillory's The Proposal Inspires a Fall-Flavored Risotto
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In Jasmine Guillory's upcoming rom-com, THE PROPOSAL (Berkley, October 30), Doctor Carlos Ibarra knows his way around a kitchen. He happens to be at the Dodger game when Nik Paterson is on the receiving end of the worst Jumbotron proposal of…
