I can’t help but be a huge Disney junkie. It goes with the territory of living in Orlando, having cast members in the family, and living in an age of Marvel superheroes, Star Wars movies, and of course live action Disney classics. Disney princesses are the first romance stories most children learn about and even…
5 Featured New Releases on Smashwords
Smashwords’ Featured New Releases list is a gold mine for those looking for an awesome indie read, including these five romance novels. The Viking’s Consort by Quinn Loftis Genre: Teen, Historical Allete Auvray isn’t just heir to the English throne. Since marrying her beloved Viking fiancé, Jarl Torben, she’s also the new queen of his…
5 Romance Novels to Read if You Like Stranger Things
Like millions of other people, I’m a huge fan of Stranger Things, a Netflix original series that takes place the 1980s in rural Indiana. Nothing ever happens in the quiet town of Hawkins. Until kids inexplicably go missing, a girl with superhuman abilities shows up out of nowhere and Hawkin Lab, a nearby secretive science facility is…
Bridgerton Will Air on Netflix in 2020
There has been much excitement since Netflix announced a Shondaland series based off Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series. Shooting is scheduled to wrap up in early 2020, so the show will most likely air in the fall of 2020. We’ve learned a lot since the announcement of Bridgerton, including Julie Andrews being cast as Lady Whistledown…
Book Spotlight: Confessions of an Expat in Paris by Vicki Lesage
From champagne bottles to baby bottles, this memoir offers a humorous glimpse of an American expat’s years abroad… Party girl Vicki moved to Paris hoping to drink wine and fall in love. She accomplished both goals, but not without bumps along the way: romantic encounters gone awry, uniquely French situations threatening her sanity, and two…
Outcast Witch Rises to the Top; People Try to Kill Her
Genre: Urban Fantasy Average Goodreads Rating: 3.45 out of 5 stars My rating: 4 out of 5 stars Catherine Baker hasn’t been very attached to the magic world for years, aside from her witch friend Morgan, her fairy cousins, and her boss who’s a librarian AKA magic historian. But who needs the magic world after…
Romance Writer Tessa Dare Donated $3,000 to Help Detained Women and Children
Horrors that belong in a George Orwell novel are happening in Dilley, Texas as you read this. Currently, hundreds of detainees, including women, children, and 15 infants are kept in dog cages and a refrigerated building designed to keep them from sleeping. Two baloney sandwiches is a standard four-day food supply for families and visitors…
5 Facts About Bestselling Romance Author Julia Quinn
Julia Quinn is a bestselling author famous for her historical romance novels featuring strong heroines. Her most popular series, The Bridgertons, is actually being adapted into a Netflix show by Shondaland. Here are 5 facts about the awesome author behind the series. She won $79,000 on The Weakest Link Although she didn’t know much about…
Read Like a Rebel: Banned Books to Read in 2019
Books are a powerful thing. They have the ability to create empathy with characters in a way not many other mediums can. When you open up a book, you’re inside the mind of the protagonist, allowing you to experience everything they do (when it’s written well, at least). Books are also very accessible through libraries,…
10 Amazing Quotes About Reading
Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them. Lemony Snicket You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the…