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falafel
How to Make Good Falafel at Home
Inspired by Sarina Bowen's Brooklynaire, which drops Monday, I went back into the archives to remake and reshoot a previous post on falafel. I opted for balls rather than patties as I did last time, but the recipe holds up. I tried using canned chickpeas knowing that some of you might want to take the shortcut,…
she regrets nothing
SHE REGRETS NOTHING by Andrea Dunlop | 4 star Review
Dirty. Sexy. Money. ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley Andrea Dunlop’s latest, She Regrets Nothing, is gloriously glitzy and glamorous. Laila Lawrence, newly orphaned, is the estranged daughter of a crazy rich New York family. When her beautiful, wealthy cousins meet her at her mother’s funeral, she’s a 23-year old hygienist in Michigan,…
after the storm
AFTER THE STORM by Katy Ames | Review
After the Storm ARC provided by the author's publicist for review You know when you read a book and you want to jump up and down and wave your arms to get people to notice it? That’s how I feel about Katy Ames’ Seven Winds series, including her latest, AFTER THE STORM. Not every book…
hidden seams
Hidden Seams by Alessandra Torre | Review
ARC provided by the author for review Hidden Seams delivers a high stakes take on the enemies-to-lovers trope set in the world of high fashion. Marco Lent is heir apparent to Vince Horace’s fashion empire, and Avery McKenna is a woman on a mission to determine her paternity. With only a faded photo from LiveAid…
the ones who got away
THE ONES WHO GOT AWAY by Roni Loren | 4 Star Review
Copy provided by the publisher Sourcebooks Casa via Bookish First It's never been casual to write fiction touched by gun violence and school shootings, but given the current state of affairs in the United States, it's particularly tense. In The Ones Who Got Away, Roni Loren manages to do it with sensitivity, focusing on the…
hidden seams
HIDDEN SEAMS by Alessandra Torre | New Release
Hidden Seams by Alessandra Torre, Genre: Erotic Romance Standalone, 336 pages HIDDEN SEAMS, Alessandra Torre's latest is live! Check out the synopsis, add it to your TBR, grab a copy from Amazon, and look for my review next week. Synopsis A billion-dollar fashion empire, and it's about to be mine... I've worked a decade for this. I've sold my…
the wedding date
THE WEDDING DATE by Jasmine Guillory | 4 star Review
If You’ve Been Missing Rom-coms at the Movies, You’ve Got to Read Jasmine Guillory’s The Wedding Date ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley The Wedding Date, Jasmine Guillory’s debut novel is absolutely delightful. Alexa and Drew meet cute and get stuck temporarily in a hotel elevator in San Francisco. Luckily, she’s armed with…
baked chocolate donuts
Baked Chocolate Donuts with Strawberry Glaze
I make everything about food. So when I finished reading Jasmine Guillory's fantastic novel, The Wedding Date, one of the things I latched onto was the heroine's love for pink donuts with sprinkles. But these baked chocolate donuts (double chocolate even!) go above and beyond with not just a dip in pink glaze, but real…