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Caro Kinkead
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Writer of words, knitter of yarn. Owned by two adorable cats. Slightly steamy, slightly sweet historical romance.
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Caro Kinkead @carokinkead.bsky.social · Nov 18
Since I’ve gained a number of new followers, I should introduce myself again. I write Regency Romance, with 🫑 spice. I love research rabbit holes, usually for history or films/television. Casablanca is my comfort film, and I always have some knitting project on my needles. And I read. A lot.
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Happy book birthday to @mimimatthewsesq.bsky.social !! 🎉❤️😻
Here's Phantom giving The Marriage Method his kiss of approval. #HistoricalRomance #MarriageOfConvenience #RomanceBooks
A gray cat kissing the paperback copy of The Marriage Method by Mimi Matthews.
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE is warm, cozy, & out today. I hope you love it! 💗

The story: A cranky baker's erroneous obituary brings the woman who got away back into his life--& now he needs to convince her to stay.
The heat level: steamy!
The baked goods: plentiful!

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The illustrated cover of SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE by Olivia Dade (subtitle: "A Harlot's Bay Novel") is a warm peachy pink, with golden light coming from an overhead light fixture. The picture is set in a bakery, with racks of golden-brown pastries and loaves of broad. In the foreground, a pretty fat woman with long brown hair is sitting on a table, with a handsome fat man with ruddy hair and a beard standing between her legs. She has a hand tugging on his apron, and he has a hand on her thigh. They are nearly kissing and gazing at one another with desire and adoration.
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Want to grab today's deals from Kobo or Bookshop instead*? Affiliate links below! 😊

Your Friday thread of #romancedeals is ready, $0.99 to $1.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤

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November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Today's romance deals are up, treat yourself to one of these lovely reads!

5 romances, all under $2 👀📚

Tuesday Romance Deals (11/18): Second chance with a Duke, snowed in with only one bed, a heroine on the run after witnessing a murder & more! 📚 www.tbqsbookpalace.com/2025/11/tues...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
carokinkead.bsky.social
My Novel November project has decided not only are my leads in a romantic suspense, which is *not* what I set out to write, there is a sinkhole in the middle of the plot big enough the city council may have to pass a special appropriations measure to fix it. :: sigh ::

How's your writing going?
carokinkead.bsky.social Caro Kinkead @carokinkead.bsky.social · 28d
Day 15: Your main character decided they're in a different book than the one you're writing 😅

"Surviving 30 Days of Novel November"—because sometimes you need more than caffeine. 📚💻

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#NovelNovember #AmWriting #WritersLife #WritingMotivation
On a dark blue-green background, the headline reads: November is coming. Are you ready? On the left is the cover for Surviving 30 Days of Novel November. On the right are the words "Daily motivation to hit your word goals. Survival tips for when the writing gets tough. Permission to be imperfect (and keep writing anyway). Below that is a cartoon of a woman sitting at a desk, head on her laptop, arms hanging loosely, either in exhaustion, defeat, or both. Below that are the words "Your Novel November companion. Because every writer needs backup.
November 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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thebookqueen.bsky.social
Hide your wallets, it’s that time again! #TBQsBookDeals

Your Saturday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $2.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
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November 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Antifa, 1925. (Read the whole post.)
100yearsagonews.bsky.social 100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 15d
Nov. 11, 1925: Masked Ku Klux Klansmen march in an Armistice Day parade in Red Bank, N.J., protected by an escort of over 100 police. “Many of the spectators made it a point not to raise their hats when American flags carried by Klansmen went by,” a wire report notes.
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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carokinkead.bsky.social
Day 15: Your main character decided they're in a different book than the one you're writing 😅

"Surviving 30 Days of Novel November"—because sometimes you need more than caffeine. 📚💻

books2read.com/u/4DGN6P

#NovelNovember #AmWriting #WritersLife #WritingMotivation
On a dark blue-green background, the headline reads: November is coming. Are you ready? On the left is the cover for Surviving 30 Days of Novel November. On the right are the words "Daily motivation to hit your word goals. Survival tips for when the writing gets tough. Permission to be imperfect (and keep writing anyway). Below that is a cartoon of a woman sitting at a desk, head on her laptop, arms hanging loosely, either in exhaustion, defeat, or both. Below that are the words "Your Novel November companion. Because every writer needs backup.
October 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
carokinkead.bsky.social
Today we remember my husband's great-uncle, who served as an ambulance driver in WWI. Awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre for the number of men he pulled off the field and got back to hospital alive, he did not speak of what he saw in those days.

#VeteransDay #ArmisticeDay #WorldWarI
On a blue background are two old photos of a young man. On the left is a full-length one of him in full uniform (including puttees) outside a house. On the right is a head and shoulder portrait of him in uniform, a medal pinned on his chest. Below this, on the right, is a metal disk inscribed Samuel G. Hicks, Private First Class, Ambulance Company 145. On the left is a medal with a red bar with three white stripes at either end. Below that is a crown and suspended from that is a Maltese Cross with two swords crossed behind it. This is a Belgian Crosse de Guerre from World War I that was awarded to him.
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
carokinkead.bsky.social
Yes! Strange Tales of the Tang Dynasty 3 has just dropped its first episodes.
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Don't miss your chance to get @elisekova.bsky.social's ARCANA ACADEMY on sale for $1.99.

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#romantasy #romanticfantasy #arcanaacademy #elisekova #darkacademia #fantasyromancebooks #enemiestolovers #tarotmagic #mystery #sale #salealert #booksale @delreybooks.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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This week's Book Quote Wednesday word is "color," so here's a snippet from Lorelei and Gerard's first meeting in my fantasy rom-com Enchanting the Fae Queen, which you can preorder now: stephanieburgis.com/books/enchanting-the-fae-queen

Less than 12 weeks to wait!!! ✨💖✨

#romancelandia #bookqw
The illustrated cover for Enchanting the Fae Queen, by Stephanie Burgis, shows a mischievously grinning woman with long blonde curls, a moonstone crown, a pink dress and bare feet, sitting perched in a tree teasing the uniformed general who stands before her, his expression determined and one of his hands around her closest leg while she pokes his strong nose with one finger. Vines of leaves sweep magically out from the tree around her to draw him towards her. The tagline reads: All’s fae in love and war. The text beside and below it reads: Lorelei released his arm as if it had burned her like the magic-repelling iron rails currently being planned by Imperial engineers to crisscross the vast Empire—part of the mortal world’s endless, vicious fight to extinguish the life and color from every corner of the continent. Meanwhile, the god of war and justice who stood at the head of the Imperial pantheon, Divine Jovar, smiled in benevolence upon His chosen few . . . Including the man who loomed before her now, certain and protected in his god-touched path of conquest. Unfortunately for him, Lorelei had her own divine sponsor—and more than enough personal stubbornness to move mountains.
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Get as many free books from black authors as you can. All genres. 2 days only starting today. #BlackBookSky #Romancelandia

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Black Readers Appreciation Event
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November 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Oh hey, I have a new book! 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈
PreOrder now for $2.99; E-Book will be $3.99 upon release, Nov. 14th!
“The Impoverished Orphan,” a Pride & Prejudice Regency romance with a touch of cozy mystery!
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Will be on Kindle Unlimited!
#JaneAusten
#BookSky
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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“Speaker Johnson, many Americans are wondering why you’re unable to see or hear any developments in the news. Some are speculating that you were kicked in the head by a horse; others theorize that you’ve been huffing spray paint. Which is it?”
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
carokinkead.bsky.social
So Johnson is not really a Republican, but a member of the Know Nothing party.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23d
RAJU: Last week you were very critical of Biden's use of the autopen. But Trump admitted on 60 Minutes to not knowing he pardoned a crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty to money laundering. Does that also concern you?

MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
November 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
carokinkead.bsky.social
Just closed both of my Linkedin accounts. The spur was notice of an extended in-law’s birthday whom I’ve blocked everywhere else. I’d “connected” with him when I’d created the account because to do otherwise would have caused grief with the late f-i-l I didn’t need.
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
carokinkead.bsky.social
And because I did promo, and it is #nationalcatday, here is my cat tax. Our wonderful Gimli, son of Miss Timmy. The only orange tabby in his litter, he's a bit of a chonk at 16 pounds, most of which is muscle.

#writerswithcats #orangetabby
Gimli, my chunky orange tabby, stretched out peacefully on the floor without a care in the world. The floor is a faux wood, almost the same color as he is.
October 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
carokinkead.bsky.social
Day 15: Your main character decided they're in a different book than the one you're writing 😅

"Surviving 30 Days of Novel November"—because sometimes you need more than caffeine. 📚💻

books2read.com/u/4DGN6P

#NovelNovember #AmWriting #WritersLife #WritingMotivation
On a dark blue-green background, the headline reads: November is coming. Are you ready? On the left is the cover for Surviving 30 Days of Novel November. On the right are the words "Daily motivation to hit your word goals. Survival tips for when the writing gets tough. Permission to be imperfect (and keep writing anyway). Below that is a cartoon of a woman sitting at a desk, head on her laptop, arms hanging loosely, either in exhaustion, defeat, or both. Below that are the words "Your Novel November companion. Because every writer needs backup.
October 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
carokinkead.bsky.social
Nothing more fun than opening the Vellum file you spent, oh, an hour and a half on yesterday, and realizing you forgot to save before you quit.
a man is laying his head on a desk with his hands on the desk .
Alt: President Bartlett beating his head on his desk. (From the West Wing, when POTUS encountered someone even more oendantic than himself.)
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October 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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lartist.bsky.social
From the Larchives: The Rocky Horus Picture Scroll. One of my favorite works. I had the assistance of an Egyptology PhD student to translate the Time Warp phonetically. Enjoy :)
cartoon: in the style of Egyptian heiroglyhics the lyrics to the Time Warp have been phonetically translated and help illustrate characters from RHPS Caption; Rocky Horus Picture Scroll
October 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
carokinkead.bsky.social
I've been digging into family genealogy via Ancestry. This is setting a basic family tree as far back as we can and finding links for more serious research.

Have discovered I had an ancestor murdered by his wife in 1600, so that's one point where I definitely need to do more research.
October 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
carokinkead.bsky.social
And let history sound the alarm of how
The future demands that we fight for it now
It will only be ours if we keep marching

#NoKings
indivisible.org Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Oct 18
😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Some assorted reminders as we enter the weekend:
1. Posting illegal content is a violation of §3.B of the Bluesky terms of service.
2. Violations of the TOS may be reported through the app. See TOS §6.A
3. The Hatch Act (5 USC §7321 et seq) is a law.
October 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM