by Laura K Curtis | Jan 27, 2016 | Books, Writing
*Edited to Add: Today, Amazon changed the categories for this book from “romance” to “fiction.” The rest of this still applies. Amazon’s Lake Union imprint is publishing this particular book, so you’d think they would know what it...
by Laura K Curtis | Jan 20, 2016 | Books, TBR Challenge
Over the summer, I wrote a post for All About Romance on defining the Gothic. In the ensuing discussion, people brought up a couple of books I hadn’t read. One of them was Portrait in Shadows and one of my tweeps was kind enough to mail me a copy since it is...
by Laura K Curtis | Jan 8, 2016 | Books, Recipes, Romance, Stuff!
I am super happy to invite you all to join me, Penny Watson, and Lexxi Callahan at our new website, Happy Heart Reads! It’s a place for comfort reads, good food, cocktails, music, puppies…anything that lightens your heart. Things I’ve already learned...
by Laura K Curtis | Jan 1, 2016 | Books, Romance, Stuff!, Writing
2015 is going out on a decidedly easier note for me than it came in on. But many of my friends are not so lucky. To anyone who’s feeling the pain right now, I offer a shoulder and an ear and anything else I have that you need. This time last year, I was leaning...
by Laura K Curtis | Nov 7, 2015 | Books, Romance
Last night I was re-reading Madam, Will You Talk?, which I haven’t read in, oh, probably ten years. As happens (to me, at least), although I remembered the main plot, there were plenty of things I’d forgotten. One of them is that our heroine, Charity, lost...
by Laura K Curtis | Oct 22, 2015 | Books, Romance, Writing
Lately, there’s been a lot of chatter about reclaiming the word “smut” in the romance community. I tried to have a conversation about this on Twitter, but 140 characters (or even 280 characters) doesn’t really cut it when you’re trying to...
