For the Criminally Inane

Young Adult fantasy is my favorite genre. If you look at my shelves, they are filled with YA fantasy books. I love YA because it's clean, it's adventurous, it's all about growth, making mistakes, and taking responsibility. It was about putting off more mature decisions like intimacy until you're older and focused on the emotional relationship in the romance. YA lit is written for CHILDREN ages 12-18. However... Recently that's changed. I'm not sure when or why. I opened a book a while ago and was SHOCKED to find a scene in YA fantasy where they legit had S3X! It was euphemized. But it was totally obvious what they were talking about and they were clearly in bed. Another book talked about how they were gloriously naked after a tactful description of the act. GLORIOUSLY NAKED? WHAT THE HECK????  I know that some people are like, I let my kids read whatever they want and they're turning out okay. Fine. I get it. You can let your kid read Game of Thrones or wh...

 Waaaaaaay back in 2010 when we were still in grad school, my husband met a Japanese man at church who came to the area on business. Since my husband lived in Japan as a missionary for two years and is fluent, we invited him over for dinner after the services. I made homemade pizza which was fast and easy for me to make and fed a lot.  Then my husband offered to take him to the train station so he could catch his flight. (He offered to take him all the way to the airport, but the man insisted on taking the train--public transportation is much more common in Japan and it wasn't much of a hassle to taketh train to the airport and our family had taken it many times.) During dinner, the man casually asked my husband what he missed as food from Japan. My husband listed off a few things including Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki. The Osaka-style was more of a pancake where it's prepared omelet-style of throwing everything into a bowl and then cooking it. Hiroshima-style was more like lay...

  November is national bell pepper month. Do you know what that means? That means that sweet romance writers all over the internet are celebrating sweet romance. Get it? Bell peppers are sweet. Sweet romance don't have any spice? I hope you're laughing or at least looking at this screen amused. So what does that mean for you, dear reader? Lots of sweet/closed-door/fade-to-black romances coming your way!  How do I find what I'm looking for in the midst of these books? We've divided the sweet category up into different categories: Cherry --Sweet novellas Bell --all sweet full-length novels Shishito --action and adventures (romantic suspense) Mini sweet --light and adorable Sweet Banana --complexity PNR, Sci-fi Romance etc romantasy Cubanelle--love and food!  (Mine is in here!) CLICK HERE FOR THE LINK TO ALL OF THESE And giveaways. Paperback giveaways!! I love getting paperbacks in the mail. Be sure to check the dates (some haven't started yet...) and check and see if...

 I found this list and I'm going to be joining these authors in a promo. I want to check them out! If you have read any of these let me know! The Duchess: Tales of Kelnore Hannah E. Carey The Princess: Tales of Kelnore Hannah E. Carey Tutored By a Fae: An Enemies to Lovers Soulmates Romance Layla K Wood Trained by a Fae: A Fated Mates Romance Layla K Wood Crowned A Traitor : A Hellish Fairytale Book 1 Kate Callaghan Peaceweaver Everly Haywood Rejected By a Fae: An Enemies To Lovers Soulmate Romance Layla K Wood Motor Girl and the Endless Race A. A. Achibane The Three Fates Aisha Urooj A Hare in the Wilderness S E Turner A Winter of Fish and Favor E. M. Epps Queen of Deception Epic Fantasy Romance Healer's Blade Kyrie Wang Mask of Deception and Sacrifice Callie Thomas The Almost Queen Laura Greenwood Wicked Woods Complete Series Box Set Kailin Gow ...

  Seasons of Sugar Creek: Summer is here! Yeah, I know it's fall. It's a little late. But it's here,  it's here! You can now pre-order my book on Amazon. I'll get it up on other retailers soon! Don't you love this cover? It's like a breath of fresh air. Thanks to Hillary Doan Sperry for the cover design!  Here's the blurb: Who will believe that a billionaire fashion icon and a tomboy dairymaid are dating? Tomboy Kristen Benton is roped into competing in the Miss Sugar Princess pageant with her sister. No one expects her to win—especially not the preening bullies who taunt her into wagering on the winner. Desperate for a pageant coach, Kristen makes a deal with billionaire fashion icon Ward Bianci to help her get into the final five. But the price he asks is pretty steep… Italian-American Ward Bianci needs a fake girlfriend to inherit his grandfather’s multi-billion dollar fashion empire. At a mutual friend’s wedding, the groom wagers Ward can’t get Krist...

 Yahoo!  We did it! We funded the books, now we're working on stretch goals! I updated the original post but I thought I'd write one here, too. We are just about $300 away from sprayed edges!!! These books will look gorgeous on your shelf and you'll love getting it out and rereading the story! Also I am adding some metal bookmarks. Find out more here!  What else? Revisions for Sugar Creek is going well. I got a peek at the cover and it is GOR-geous! I can't wait to show you!