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ARC Review: Book of the Month by Jennifer Probst

Book of the Month by Jennifer Probst is a romcom about a writer who’s first book was a bestseller, but who is having trouble reaching that same level with her subsequent books. Her solution is to hire someone to break her heart so that she can reach the same level of emotion she had whenContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: Book of the Month by Jennifer Probst”

ARC Review: Murder in Highbury by Vanessa Kelly

Murder in Highbury by Vanessa Kelly is a fun regency era murder mystery featuring the characters from Jane Austen’s Emma, and it is such a fun read, you won’t want to miss it. I am a huge fan of all Jane Austen’s books, but Emma is not my favourite, so I was a bit dubiousContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: Murder in Highbury by Vanessa Kelly”

Still Loving Watercolour

Winter scene inspired by a photo on Pixabay I’m a bit behind on scheduling book reviews and it’s late in the day on Friday night so a quick update on my attempt to learn watercolour seemed easiest. As you can see, I’m continuing with my watercolour journey, and I’m still in love with that medium.ContinueContinue reading “Still Loving Watercolour”

Romancing the Capital 2018

This past weekend was the Romancing the Capital book conference here in Ottawa. This was the fourth year for the conference, and I’m very happy to say that the organizer, Eve Langlais, is planning on doing another in 2019! Yay! As you may have guessed, this conference focuses on romance novels in all forms from sweet to well, basically whatever you can think of. This was my third year attending, and the second year in which my friend, Dianne, attended with me…and we are planning on attending next year as well, and maybe dragging along another friend or two.

A Masquerade Mask

Any of you who were following my blog last year at about this time, may remember that I attended Romancing the Capital (RTC), a reader and author get together in Ottawa (Kanata to be exact), and it’s coming up this week! I’m so excited!
The format is slightly different this year, in that there will only be a dinner/dance on Friday night, rather than one on both Friday and Saturday nights, but I’m thrilled that the theme for this year is a masquerade ball.