The Geekish Reader

  **GIVEAWAY WINNER – ERIN!!** Where authors, friends and fellow bloggers share their favorite receipes! ----------------------------------------- Amanda Usen knows two things for certain: chocolate cheesecake is good for breakfast, and a hot chef can steal your heart. Her husband stole hers the first day of class at the Culinary Institute of America. She married him after graduation in a lovely French Quarter restaurant in New Orleans, and they spent a few years enjoying the food and the fun in the Big Easy. Now they live in Western New York with their three children, a crawfish, two guinea pigs, a tortoise, and a new-to-them beagle. Amanda spends her days teaching pastry arts classes and her nights writing romance. If she isn’t baking or writing, she can usually be found chasing the kids around the yard with her very own hot chef husband. Want chimichurri, chocolate cake or Chicken Alighieri? Visit Amanda at http://www.amandausen.com , where you can find recipes for many of t

Welcome to Stitch Read Cook's weekly feature!! A Day in the Life of..... This is where us bloggers & fans get a glimpse inside the days of our favorite authors! -------------------- Kristen Callihan is a child of the 80’s, which means she's worn neon skirts, black-lace gloves, and combat boots (although never all at once) and can quote John Hughes movies with the best of them. A life long daydreamer, she finally realized that the characters in her head needed a proper home and thus hit the keyboard. She believes that falling in love is one of the headiest experiences a person can have, so naturally she writes romance. Her love of superheroes, action movies, and history led her to write historical paranormals. She lives in the Washington D.C. area and, when not writing, looks after two children, one husband, and a dog — the fish can fend for themselves. Day in the life of Kristen Callihan (if she was a romance author circa 1980, or what she’d imagine said author’s

Melissa Foster is the award-winning author of four International bestselling novels. Her books have been recommended by USA Today’s book blog, Hagerstown Magazine, The Patriot, and several other print venues. She is the founder of the Women’s Nest , a social and support community for women, the World Literary Café . When she’s not writing, Melissa helps authors navigate the publishing industry through her author training programs on  Fostering Success . Melissa is also a community builder for the Alliance for Independent Authors. She has been published in Calgary’s Child Magazine, the Huffington Post, and Women Business Owners magazine. Melissa hosts an annual Aspiring Authors contest for children and has painted and donated several murals to The Hospital for Sick Children in Washington, DC. Melissa lives in Maryland with her family. Visit Melissa on The Women’s Nest , Fostering Success , or World Lit Cafe . Join Melissa and the YaYa Writer Girls at their annual in-person event.

Where authors, friends and fellow bloggers share their favorite receipes! ----------------------------------------- Melinda Pinon grew up on the back of a horse hills of Colorado. A jack of all trades she is still trying to figure out what she wants to be when she grows up; cowgirl is high on her list. Married to a Naval officer, she and her husband have moved cross county A LOT the last couple of years. Life has them in Texas right now; which has really kicked those cowgirl fantasies into high gear. When not day dreaming about riding the range she is busy taking care of here extremely rambunctious 19 month old, Mateo. She loves to read, cook, and is one crafty son of a gun. While the cowgirl gig is just a dream for now she still swings her butt up in the saddle every chances she gets. I'm sure y'all have heard the saying "slower than molasses in *insert cold month of your choice here*". Well it's been pretty dang cold down here in Texas. We were recently hit

Adrianne Lee lives with her husband of many, many years on the beautiful Olympic Peninsula in Washington State in a pole barn building her husband transformed into an upstairs apartment with a shop below for his hot rods. Adrianne creates her stories on her laptop, in her recliner with her adopted cat, Spooky, curled between her calves, snoozing.  Over thirty years of summer vacationing in the Flat Head Lake area near Kalispell and Glacier Park has given her a love for all things Montana. Social Media Links: Website ~ Facebook ~ Twitter ~ Goodreads   Welcome Adrienne and Anna! Let’s start with Adrienne…. What sets your book apart from all the others?  What makes it unique? The setting. Kalispell is scenic eye-candy with air so fresh it will make you high, and good-looking hunky cowboys at every turn. And Molly McCoy’s Big Sky Pie shop is a place I wish existed. I want to go there, walk in the door, and immediately smell the DELICIOUS aromas. I want to sit in one of the b

Welcome to Stitch Read Cook's weekly feature!! A Day in the Life of..... This is where us bloggers & fans get a glimpse inside the days of our favorite authors! --------------------   My name is Courtney Cole and I'm a novelist. ​I started out writing Young Adult fiction, but I've dabbled in women's contemporary novels and most recently, I've found my new love... New Adult Fiction. ​I'm what you call a "hybrid" author.  I started my writing career as an indie, but my newest series, The Beautifully Broken, has been picked up by Grand Central Publishing (Hachette). Fun facts about me I am terrified of buoys and birds. I am 5'10" tall I was born and raised in Kansas, but I live near Lake Michigan now I like to have the volume on my car stereo set at an even number I am married to my real life Prince Charming and have two sons and a daughter. I collect dashboard hula-girls ​My favorite movie is and always will be Caddy Shack.

Rebecca Zanetti wrote her first story when she was six – a romance between a princess and neighboring prince.  The princess fell out of her castle and the prince rescued her. A happily ever after was had by all. This theme of romance has been carried through Rebecca’s works until present time.  While today’s heroine may have a medical degree, black belt in Karate and her own 401K, she’s still after that happy ending.  And today’s prince may have fangs and wear a black hat, but hey, a modern princess likes a guy who bites. Rebecca attended Pepperdine University, earning a bachelor’s degree in Journalism with a Political Science emphasis.  While there she worked as the Editor-in-Chief of The Graphic newspaper, a member of the Pi Phi Sorority and an intern for President Reagan, who still gave 3-5 speeches a week, even though he was no longer president. After college, Rebecca worked as an art curator and a Senate aide before heading to law school, where she received her Juris Docto

Author Tracy Solheim has written her share of best sellers and note-worthy books. Unfortunately most of them line the shelves of dusty government offices around the world never to see the light of day. She hopes to change that with her series of contemporary romantic fiction novels published by Berkley Books. “I guess you could say I’m a frustrated sports writer at heart, but I love writing—and reading—books centered around sports. I can thank my dad for that. He introduced me to Dick Francis novels when I was a teenager and I was hooked. I am also a big fan of the happily ever after endings of romance novels, so it was only natural that I combined the two elements in my fiction debut.” To find out more about Tracy Solheim, visit her at http://www.tracysolheim.com/     SOMETIMES THE BEST DEFENSE IS A STRONG OFFENSE…. Bridal gown designer, Julianne Marchione knows better than to lose her head at a client’s wedding. But much to her embarrassment, a mix of migraine medication

Title:   Geek Girls Don’t Date Dukes Author:   Gina Lamm Genre:   Time Travel, Historical Romance Pages:   352 Published:   September 2013 Publisher:   Sourcebooks Source:   NetGalley Synopsis: Leah Ramsey has always loved historical romance novels and dressing in period costumes. So when she has a chance to time travel and experience the history for herself, she jumps at it—figuring it can't be too hard to catch the eye of a duke. After all, it happens all the time in her novels. Avery Russell, valet and prize pugilist, reluctantly helps Leah gain a position in the Duke of Granville's household . . . as a maid. Domestic servitude wasn't exactly what she had in mind, but she's determined to win her happily ever after. Even if the hero isn't exactly who she's expecting.         Leah has seen her friend Jamie (from The Geek and the Scandalous Earl) fall in love with the most amazing man from the past.  Now, she wants to find that same type of relationship

Welcome to Stitch Read Cook's weekly feature!! A Day in the Life of..... This is where us bloggers & fans get a glimpse inside the days of our favorite authors! -------------------- Historical romance author Theresa Romain pursued an impractical education that allowed her to read everything she could get her hands on. She then worked for universities and libraries, where she got to read even more. Eventually she started writing, too. She lives with her family in the Midwest, where she is working on her next book. Website: http://theresaromain.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AuthorTheresaRomain Twitter: @TheresaRomain A Day in the Life Of… Aislynn, thanks for inviting me to join you here at Stitch Read Cook! I love learning about the way my favorite authors spend their time through this “Day in the Life Of…” series. But. I had a harder time than I expected putting my own post together, because I don’t really have a typical day. Along with being a write