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Contemporary VS. Paranormal: Who Do You Love?

Mary Burton brings some class to Love Fest on the Small Towns & Sweet Tea panel.

by Madeline Iva

Howdy ladies! This is my third year organizing romance panels at Virginia Festival of the Book–which is next Saturday, March 22nd. Here’s what we’re offering this year:

Small Towns & Sweet Tea–The Charm of Southern Contemporary Romance

Hell on Heels: Bad Girls, Feminism, & Rebellion in Romance Fiction

Publishing Alchemy: How Romance Authors Quickly Master New Publishing Trends

and last, but not least:

To...

What Kind Of Woman Hires A Gigolo?

By Elizabeth Shore

Right around a year ago this time, I wrote a post about the Showtime reality show,Gigolos.Aside from the undeniable titillation factor of watching hot guys having sex, there’s something appealing about how the show depicts the lives of men who work as professional gigolos. You get glimpses into their private lives, their interests outside of work, and the kinds of things one spends time thinking about who works as a gigolo, like the constant need to stayüber fit (Captain Obv...

Digging Deep: Like Honey

My next novel comes out in less than a month—April 3. I’ve mentioned LIKE HONEY a lot here. Here is why: I think it’s my favorite book of all the books I’ve written, and that includes my mysteries. I don’ t know if it’s the characters, the setting, or the plot–or maybe it’s just everything. I loved writing it and hated to see it end. Some writers won’t admit they like some of their own books better than others. I will. And it’s this one:

My main female character, Jennifer, has been in both SAF...

Come to Daddy

by Kiersten Hallie Krum

“Doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.” So doth Benedict lament in Much Ado About Nothing when trying to talk himself out of his previous protestations against love.

It’s true. As we get older, our tastes change.

Chris Hemsworth and daughter

Some of that’s biology. Our bodies, and other appetites, simply can’t stomach what we used to gorge on without compunction. Some of it’s wisdom and experience that views our on...

Spring Forward … into a Nice Sex Dream

Through the magic of the sex dream, one can be on Team Fitz and Team Jake simultaneously. I call this Team Alexa.

By Alexa Day

A great many of us lost an hour last night. Congratulations! Spring is on its way, and not a moment too soon. Sure, regular schedules are going to feel weird for a little while. Some folks are going to show up for stuff at the wrong time. But the good news is that losing that hour is going to create a low-grade sleep deficit for some lucky individuals. Those people, lik...

Sexy Saturday Round-Up

by Liz Everly and the Lady Smut Bloggers

Hello, Sexy! Happy Saturday! Here in Virginia, we are so DONE with winter. I don’t know about you, but I’m hoping for spring soon. In the mean time, take a peek at some of the great blogs posts we’ve found for you this week. We’ve got all sorts of tidbits for you—including information about an app that will blow your mind.

From Liz:

Size DOES matter to women–just not quite how you might think.

Sean Penn and Charlize Theron have a public make-out session. H...

I’ll Take Manhattan

By C. Margery Kempe

If all has gone according to plan, I should be waking up in New York today. Actually not Manhattan as in this Wikimedia photo, but upstate. However, I have noticed that when you say ‘New York’ people inevitably make the jump to ‘Manhattan’ and you have to head that off if you want people to realize where you actually are.

There’s a romance associated with the city that doesn’t extend to the actually very glorious upstate regions, but that’s okay. We’d just as soon avoid Manh...

He’s Not Alone–He’s Just Saving Himself for Me

By Madeline Iva

It was a revelation — I was in college, and my housemate Claire was about four inches from the TV. We’d been watching Northern Exposure, which was almost over. I’d just noticed something. Everyone was paired off at the end of the episode–except the 80 year old woman who owned the grocery store and John Corbett. Before the commercials roled, John was back in his DJ booth, wisely opining about recent events. He wasalone again, naturally.

I said as much while Claire put her hands o...

Listen Up, Ladies. It’s “Man Rules” Time

Follow my rules, babe, and we’ll be just fine.

By Elizabeth Shore

Have you heard this one?

Q: What’s the one thing men and women can agree on?

A: They both prefer the company of men.

Now, I can’t say that I find that entirely true, but I will admit that I enjoy talking with men. Men can be charming, intelligent, funny, and stimulating conversationalists. Often times they’ll approach problems or think about things very differently from how I would and it can make for fun discussion. What’snot so...

The Art of the Tease

By Liz Everly

So this weekend I attended a showing of Gypsy, the musical. Besides being astounded by some of the local talent, it inspired me to think about the woman who was “Gypsy Rose Lee” and the art of the tease, which she is given the credit for “inventing” on the Burlesque dance stage. Others dancers were doing more than teasing. She, evidently, never stripped completely. Seeing the play also inspired me to think about what romance authors have in common with a good strip tease. Does th...