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A holiday season solo wasn’t a daunting prospect for Shelley. She enjoyed her solitude. “But when a mutual friend said, ‘I’ve got a friend going out of town who is in desperate need of a pet sitter,’ I said, ‘Why not? I don’t have plans to spend Christmas with anyone.’”
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That Christmas she had completely given up on love. Then the house sitter showed up | CNN
Lauren Thomas was heading home for Christmas. Housesitter Shelley Couch was staying in Lauren’s house for the holidays. The two formed an unexpected connection which changed their lives forever.
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December 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
A holiday season solo wasn’t a daunting prospect for Shelley. She enjoyed her solitude. “But when a mutual friend said, ‘I’ve got a friend going out of town who is in desperate need of a pet sitter,’ I said, ‘Why not? I don’t have plans to spend Christmas with anyone.’”
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The closest I've come to a #Christmas #romance story, so far. Might eventually use this scene as the meet-cute for a novel. covell.ca/christmas-ri...
Christmas Ride
Decades ago, I drove airport shuttle buses and limousines, in various towns and cities. Depending on bookings and flights, I might wait hours at the airport. During one long wait, shortly before Ch…
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December 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The closest I've come to a #Christmas #romance story, so far. Might eventually use this scene as the meet-cute for a novel. covell.ca/christmas-ri...
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A collection of three Christmas novellas to heat up the holidays!
Includes: Her Pretend Christmas Date, One Bed for Christmas, and A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas.
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Includes: Her Pretend Christmas Date, One Bed for Christmas, and A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A collection of three Christmas novellas to heat up the holidays!
Includes: Her Pretend Christmas Date, One Bed for Christmas, and A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas.
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Includes: Her Pretend Christmas Date, One Bed for Christmas, and A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas.
jackielaubooks.com/books/theres...
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Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
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Sugar and spice and everything...naughty!
Let me read you a story tonight. 😉
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Let me read you a story tonight. 😉
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Thea Landen - Sultry Stories to Enchant and Excite - Audiobooks
Thea Landen lives in New York with her husband and children. Though she’s dabbled in all romantic subgenres, she has a special love for sci-fi, fantasy, and adventure…anything that pushes the imaginat...
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December 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Sugar and spice and everything...naughty!
Let me read you a story tonight. 😉
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Let me read you a story tonight. 😉
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December 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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“The last-minute christmas rush at the bookshop.” - my latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books
December 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“The last-minute christmas rush at the bookshop.” - my latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books
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He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows you would taste really good
So be ready with your stake
Oh
You'd better not shout
You'd better not cry
He's moving to London, he's sexy and bi
Dracula is coming to town
He knows when you're awake
He knows you would taste really good
So be ready with your stake
Oh
You'd better not shout
You'd better not cry
He's moving to London, he's sexy and bi
Dracula is coming to town
December 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows you would taste really good
So be ready with your stake
Oh
You'd better not shout
You'd better not cry
He's moving to London, he's sexy and bi
Dracula is coming to town
He knows when you're awake
He knows you would taste really good
So be ready with your stake
Oh
You'd better not shout
You'd better not cry
He's moving to London, he's sexy and bi
Dracula is coming to town
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"Romantic fiction, however you define it, is about the things that matter most. It is about how we create community, and where that starts. It is about love and everything that happens because of it."
Not just love, actually: why romance fiction is booming
From Emily Henry to Rebecca Yarros and Alison Espach’s The Wedding People – romance has dominated the book charts this year. So why is it still dismissed by critics?
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December 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"Romantic fiction, however you define it, is about the things that matter most. It is about how we create community, and where that starts. It is about love and everything that happens because of it."
"Next year, the British Book Awards will recognise romantic fiction for the first time. The recognition is long overdue."
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The Guardian view on the rise of romantic fiction: finally getting the respect it deserves
Jilly Cooper, Joanna Trollope and Sophie Kinsella all changed the genre. A new generation of novelists are doing the same and sales are soaring
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December 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
"Next year, the British Book Awards will recognise romantic fiction for the first time. The recognition is long overdue."
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Canadian economy rallies as #1 export now Heated Rivalry
Canadian economy rallies as #1 export now Heated Rivalry
OTTAWA - Canada's economy, which has spent the year reeling due to American tariffs, is finishing the year strong thanks to the country's new chief export, the gay hockey-romance drama Heated Rivalry.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Canadian economy rallies as #1 export now Heated Rivalry
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It's 1790 and you've just signed up for a #drawing class. What will you need to succeed? 🤔
🔎 Take a closer look at these works from Learning to Draw to find out! 👇
ℹ️ The Accademia Clementina, Bologna (detail), 1739, Giampietro Zanotti. Getty Museum
🔎 Take a closer look at these works from Learning to Draw to find out! 👇
ℹ️ The Accademia Clementina, Bologna (detail), 1739, Giampietro Zanotti. Getty Museum
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It's 1790 and you've just signed up for a #drawing class. What will you need to succeed? 🤔
🔎 Take a closer look at these works from Learning to Draw to find out! 👇
ℹ️ The Accademia Clementina, Bologna (detail), 1739, Giampietro Zanotti. Getty Museum
🔎 Take a closer look at these works from Learning to Draw to find out! 👇
ℹ️ The Accademia Clementina, Bologna (detail), 1739, Giampietro Zanotti. Getty Museum
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In honour of #JaneAusten250, I offer a couple of blog posts about my 2023 and 2025 visits to Jane Austen Country and Jane Austen's House.
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England 3: Jane Austen Country
Peak District, Pemberley, and Bath My England trip earlier this year included a modest Jane Austen pilgrimage, consisting of locations that were convenient to other travel plans. First stop was the…
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December 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
In honour of #JaneAusten250, I offer a couple of blog posts about my 2023 and 2025 visits to Jane Austen Country and Jane Austen's House.
covell.ca/2023/07/20/e...
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NEW: It’s not just readers that suffer due to Harlequin’s mismanagement of the' Heated Rivalry' books. Reid misses out on royalties, & booksellers miss out on commissions—which is especially painful during the holiday season when many small businesses make the bulk of their money.
was ‘heated rivalry’ failed by its publisher?
everyone's devouring the new TV series, so why can't people buy a copy of the book the show is based on?
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December 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
NEW: It’s not just readers that suffer due to Harlequin’s mismanagement of the' Heated Rivalry' books. Reid misses out on royalties, & booksellers miss out on commissions—which is especially painful during the holiday season when many small businesses make the bulk of their money.
Great thread!
Buckle in, we’re doing Romance 101 - Heated Rivalry edition. This is for all the folks showing their ignorance about what Heated Rivalry is doing. Note: Very little of this is my original thoughts. These things are Known.
December 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Great thread!
Congratulations Rachel!
‘I never thought any of this would happen’: Halifax author’s book series turned into hit TV show
Heated Rivalry: Halifax author’s books turned into TV show
A Halifax author’s hockey romance novel has been turned into one of the hottest new shows on Crave.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Congratulations Rachel!
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‘I never thought any of this would happen’: Halifax author’s book series turned into hit TV show
Heated Rivalry: Halifax author’s books turned into TV show
A Halifax author’s hockey romance novel has been turned into one of the hottest new shows on Crave.
www.cp24.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
‘I never thought any of this would happen’: Halifax author’s book series turned into hit TV show
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Couple weds in Nelson, B.C., with little notice — but great support from community
Leah Fried and Tim Bowman aren't from Nelson — but that didn't matter to the people who showed up #BritishColumbia
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Leah Fried and Tim Bowman aren't from Nelson — but that didn't matter to the people who showed up #BritishColumbia
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They had only hours to plan their wedding. A group of strangers in Nelson, B.C., made it happen | CBC News
There is no story that encapsulates the vibes of Nelson, B.C., quite like this. Witnesses, a photographer, an officiant and a musician all showed up at Cottonwood Falls Park, with very little notice, ...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Couple weds in Nelson, B.C., with little notice — but great support from community
Leah Fried and Tim Bowman aren't from Nelson — but that didn't matter to the people who showed up #BritishColumbia
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Leah Fried and Tim Bowman aren't from Nelson — but that didn't matter to the people who showed up #BritishColumbia
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If you're discovering Heated Rivalry now because of the tv show, you'll enjoy this @fatedmates.net podcast episode about the 2019 romance novel by Rachel Reid that the tv show is based on: fatedmates.net/episodes/202... 📚💕🌈 #FatedMates #HeatedRivalry #Romancelandia #MMRomance #BookSky
Today we're headed back in the time machine to before the pandemic when everyone but us read this one m/m hockey book and lost their collective minds!
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid — Fated Mates: Romance Books for Novel People
Today we're headed back in the time machine to before the pandemic when everyone but us read this one m/m hockey book and lost their collective minds! Heated Rivalry is one of those books that roman...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If you're discovering Heated Rivalry now because of the tv show, you'll enjoy this @fatedmates.net podcast episode about the 2019 romance novel by Rachel Reid that the tv show is based on: fatedmates.net/episodes/202... 📚💕🌈 #FatedMates #HeatedRivalry #Romancelandia #MMRomance #BookSky
"Join author West Ambrose for a queer workshop covering love notes, sex scenes, and the tools to describe fantasies and desire in writing."
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“I took him and made him my brother”: Ancient Texts, Sensual Freedoms, and Writing Your ‘Wildest’ Dreams
Join author West Ambrose for a queer workshop covering love notes, sex scenes, and the tools to describe fantasies and desire in writing. Whether it is just for yourself or for someone else, writing a...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"Join author West Ambrose for a queer workshop covering love notes, sex scenes, and the tools to describe fantasies and desire in writing."
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RWAC member (and VP) Denise Flint reading from her new book, Home For Christmas: A Collection of Newfoundland and Labrador Romances, at the Crow's Nest Officers' Club in St. John's.
November 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
RWAC member (and VP) Denise Flint reading from her new book, Home For Christmas: A Collection of Newfoundland and Labrador Romances, at the Crow's Nest Officers' Club in St. John's.
Tomorrow's meeting features a presentation from Morena Stamm of Wild Rose Press, about how to query. Members check the group chat for online meeting details. Non-members are welcome to attend and check us out - contact us via our website.
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Tomorrow's meeting features a presentation from Morena Stamm of Wild Rose Press, about how to query. Members check the group chat for online meeting details. Non-members are welcome to attend and check us out - contact us via our website.
“I was like, ‘If I’m going to take a 12-hour flight, you’re going to put a label on this.”
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She arrived in New York on Halloween anticipating a movie moment. Then she met the guy of her dreams | CNN
Parisian Claire Chabaud-Tropéano traveled to New York City one October on a whim. Then Claire crossed paths with LA musician David Redd and they both felt a connection they couldn’t ignore.
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November 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“I was like, ‘If I’m going to take a 12-hour flight, you’re going to put a label on this.”
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A long post about my visit to Jane Austen House, with lots of context and photos. #janeausten
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On the Trail of Jane Austen
Photos from a visit to Jane Austen House and the area, and things I learned there.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
A long post about my visit to Jane Austen House, with lots of context and photos. #janeausten
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Meeting Sunday, Oct 19, online, 2 PM Atlantic Time. Members check the group chat for the link. Non-members contact us via the web site if interested in attending. romanceac.ca
Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada
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October 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Meeting Sunday, Oct 19, online, 2 PM Atlantic Time. Members check the group chat for the link. Non-members contact us via the web site if interested in attending. romanceac.ca