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Something New: I Owe You One

August 23, 2022 / 3 minutes of reading / Leave a Comment

I don’t usually read romance, so this one is a bit of a divergence from my usual. I Owe You One by Sophie Kinsella is a rom com with a unique plot-line, focused as much on Fixie’s relationships with her brother and hilariously vague sister and managing the family store. Being a rom com there are, of course, two men in her life, one that’s right for her and one that’s not. The storyline is interesting and the characters not the run-of-the-mill.

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Mysteries with just a hint of romance

February 10, 2022 / 8 minutes of reading / Leave a Comment

This year, I am going to let just a taste of romance into my Valentine’s Day post. No, I am still not interested in the love at first sight or romantic date tropes, but I thought I would feature some slow-burn romance in the mystery genre.

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Two Hearts Unspoken

April 18, 2019 / 1 minute of reading / Leave a Comment

By USA Today Bestselling Author Tamara Ferguson. Battling PTSD, wounded warrior Air Force Captain Zachary Logan experiences flashbacks of a gruesome murder. Can he keep his new love and autistic son safe when they’re all singled out by the killer?

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Have a Non-Romantic Valentine’s Day

February 7, 2019 / 5 minutes of reading / 2 Comments

This year, I wanted to do something a little bit different again. I wanted to focus on characters who were asexual or aromantic. But in searching for them, I kept running up against books that were about sexual relationships and romance, but from or including an ace/aro perspective or character. And I realized that wasn’t what I was looking for. I was looking for books that did not focus on romance at all. Where sex and romance were not the focus of the story, or even a subplot.

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What is Kabedon?

January 24, 2019 / 2 minutes of reading / 2 Comments

This week, in one of my writing groups, the subject of Kabedon came up. Not something I had ever heard of before, so I won’t assume that you have either. Kabedon is a new trend in Japanese courtship, popularized in manga and anime. Kabe-don (“wall punch”) is the act of the man slapping his hand on the wall next to the woman, pinning her in position by his proximity. He may place only one hand on the wall, or one hand on either side of her so that she is encircled by his arms. He leans in very close to talk to her.

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Romance or crime?

December 27, 2018 / 4 minutes of reading / 1 Comment

Over the last month or so, I have watched way too many Christmas romance movies. My husband really likes them, so we have watched just about every one that has come on TV, or at least it feels that way. These movies tend to be very formulaic, as described in this satirical post that I saw on Facebook.

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Excerpt from On Turpentine Lane

March 7, 2017 / 2 minutes of reading / 6 Comments

Don’t forget to check out all of the great deals on Smashwords’ World eBook Week!

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December 15

November 25, 2016 / 1 minute of reading / Leave a Comment

Ex-cop Catrina Turner is lonely. After a traumatic recovery dive she quit the force and ran away to remote Muskoka with Titan, her retired police dog. They provide winter security for luxury lake houses owned by rich celebrities. Her PTSD, a closely-held secret, makes a relationship impossible…until a handsome visitor makes a tempting proposal.

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