Today, Monika from Lovely Bookshelf included my New Adult novel, Two Lovely Berries, as one of her Ten Favorite Underrated Books. She wrote: “A. M.
Category: Women’s Literature
A Problem That Can’t Be Solved With Cake
In The Cake Therapist, by Judith Fertig, pastry chef Claire “Neely” O’Neil makes sense of the world through its flavors. To her, “every flavor… [is]
Why Jane Austen Appeals to Readers Who Don’t “Just Want a Boyfriend”
It is the bicentennial of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, and I could think of no better way of marking the occasion than by devoting
A Light Read For A Gloomy Day: Libby Mercer’s Fashioning a Romance
I chose Libby Mercer’s light Chick Lit Novel, Fashioning a Romance, to distract me from Hurricane Sandy’s incessant rain* (you can see how we prepared for
Domestic Violence Is NOT Romantic (Traditional Publishing Doesn’t Seem To Know That)
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time when I hope people whose lives are not affected directly by violence think about those whose lives
How To Eat A “Cupcape”: A Sweet and Sour Dessert
Meg Donohue’s debut novel, How to Eat a Cupcake (or as my children would say, “Cupcape”*), stars former best friends with a complicated past who enter into a
The Misfortune Of Knowing 