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Spoilers for the series up to maybe 50% of god emperor of dune Also remember that this is just my opinion. You are allowed to enjoy the books and there is nothing wrong with it. This is just my experience. dune goes through many accepting periods throughout the series. There are events that take place […]
Augusta Britt was just 16 when she met a 42-year-old Cormac McCarthy at a Tuscon motel pool. At the time, she was in and out of foster care—where she encountered a lot of abuse and inappropriate attention from men—and saw in McCarthy some sense of security. In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, she recounts […]
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL […]
So I'm aro-ace (maybe relevant), but I do enjoy reading romance in fiction. I have my preferences as do we all, but I just cannot understand the second-chance romance trope. You're telling me one or both of these people have not moved on in 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 years? I'm supposed to believe that? […]
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Grump and Grumpier? Many of my ideas start with a “meet cute,” which in the case of this book, was actually a “meet scandalously!” I wanted to explore what would happen if my main character, Ana, gives in to her urges and behaves very […]
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write The Scarlet D? After writing my last book, Long Enough to Love You, I received much feedback that older, more mature women are underrepresented in romance. The story of second chances later in life seems rarely written about. The Scarlet D is a story […]
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Vendetta? I love gangster films and tv, and when I read the story about New York’s first mafia family I felt like it was a story that people would love to read and that I’d love to write. If you had to pick theme […]
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write In Love with the Devil? I like to read and write very dark stories to entertain and help survivors overcome trauma. If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of In Love with the Devil, what would they be? “Game of […]