Tag: Romance
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If You Love Dragons, Rejoice! 5 Romantasy Reads for You in the New Year
Dragons represent power, heat, strength, and often an intimate bond of friendship that goes beyond typical human comprehension, but not beyond what we may desire from such a friendship. Dragon bonds are typically eternal and woven into a person’s existence that neither can exist without the other. Maybe that’s why we love dragon stories so…
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Modern Royalty? An Empire at Stake? Love on the Line? Check Out This Book Beauty’s Review!
It seems that winter decided to hit most of the nation all at once, including This Book Beauty. My kids have been home on winter break for an entire extra week, and man, am I ready for them to go back to school. Their brains need the mental stimulation, and I need a break for…
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Most Anticipated Romantasy(ish) Books for the New Year!
The holiday season is in full swing and getting ready to wrap up. The evidence of our awesome Christmas celebration lay littered all over the living room floor and the family gatherings are STILL not complete. We’ve celebrated with great food and good company. My husband understood the assignment and went all-out on my Christmas…
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5 Romantasy Reads You Need to Devour Before 2025
2024 is almost at its conclusion and 2025 is ready to barge in, which is incredibly insane. 2024 feels like it flew by in a blur of screaming children and intense deadlines of my own creation. I’ve also heard, as you get older and children grow up, the years seem to go faster and faster.…
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The Final Chapter Has Arrived! The Thrilling Conclusion is Now!
Chapter 10: Welcome to the final chapter of the first Writing Prompt Wednesday! I’ve learned a lot during this process; Writing Prompt Wednesday will likely be relegated to semi-flash fiction. This has been fun, but this has been a lot! Let me know if you’d prefer to see something different or if you have any…
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Celebrate Writers in November! Happy National Writer’s Month! My Favorite Time of the Year.
November is a pretty big month for writers and published authors. Not only are there a ton of famous birthdays to celebrate (real and fictional), but November is also full of fun bookish holidays to celebrate, including the entire month itself! You may have heard of NaNoWriMo, which stands for National Novel Writing Month, an…
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All New Writing Prompt Wednesday – Part 9 (Almost There!)
Chapter 9 and we are almost done with this writing prompt! Writing prompts can be a great way to help get creativity flowing again, especially if a writer is dealing with mild writer’s block. Sometimes, sitting down at the computer or with pen and paper doesn’t result in an immediate flow of creativity, which is…
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New Book Alert! Lord Difficult by Eileen Putman
Lord Difficult was everything I’d expect and desire from a historical romance. Elements of this romance harken back to traditional romance novels similar to Catherine Coulter’s in which the reader is deeply immersed in the historical elements of the story through the unique writing style. This book was an interesting blend of, what feels like…
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Writing Prompt Wednesday – Part 8 Is All New!
Chapter 8 Here we are, onto part 8 of The Night of the Renascent! When I started this writing prompt, I had no idea it was going to go on this long, I honestly wasn’t sure what would come of this process. I’ve had a lot of fun writing Malia and Sebastian’s story and there…
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Romance Readers & The Paranormal Subgenre We Love to Devour
Welcome to November! I can’t believe that we are coming to the end of 2024 already. The next two months are going to be absolutely insane with family traditions and gatherings. Tonight though, as I’m writing this, it is Halloween in our part of the world, the perfect night for all of the paranormal creatures…
