Happy Saturday Everyone!

Important question of the day: What are you eating today? I need some food ideas.

My current pregnancy craving is bagels with cream cheese and ice cold water. (And of course, still with the grapefruit craving. I seriously can't stop eating them. I'm convinced I wrote that craving into existence with all the grapefruit in Mr. H.O.A. 😉)

ANNOUNCEMENT: World's Worst Boyfriend cover reveal on MONDAY!!!! You can preorder at a special price before release day!

I'll be showing off the cover on Instagram and Facebook, and I'll send a quick email blast to make sure you anyone who doesn't have social media will still have a chance to see it. :) (P.S. There's going to be a fun giveaway on my Instagram page on Monday, so make sure you follow along to join!)

Other news:

I don't know if you've noticed over the past few months or not, but I've stopped sharing a bunch of books in this newsletter. I know you are bombarded with books to read from every avenue, and I want there to be a REASON I recommend a book to you, not just because it's been published. 🤣

So from now on, I am only recommending specific books or authors to you that I've read and enjoyed. (That's actually a really tall order, because I'm a DNF-er. Do-not-finish. If the book doesn't hold my attention, I stop reading. 🤷‍♀️)

With that said, I'm so excited to share someone special with you today.

My friend Gigi Blume has a box set with an exclusive story available on Amazon.

Gigi Blume is one of the very first clean romantic comedy authors I found! I didn't even know there were others out there when I first started writing it. I was so excited to discover her books, because she was the first one I found writing closed door romantic comedy the way I was: full of fun dialogue, chemistry and attraction but no on-page sex.

Gigi is a blast to hang out with too, and you can find her over on Facebook and join her reader group here!

Backstage Romance Series: Read here!

♥ LOVE AND LOATHING

A spunky chorus girl. A hotshot movie star. An unforgettable stage kiss.

Beth Bennet can’t keep her mind off of Will Darcy—but only because he’s infuriatingly arrogant just like every other Hollywood type she’s known. It’s definitely not because he’s drop-dead gorgeous. 

And since she swore to loathe him for all eternity, falling for him would be an extreme inconvenience.

Will Darcy is only doing this musical as a favor to a friend, and he certainly could do without the distraction from the sassy and spirited Beth Bennet—even if she invades his daydreams like an over-zealous photo bomber.

♥ SECRETS OF A HOLLYWOOD MATCHMAKER

Single Pringle never to mingle. 

That’s the pact I have with my best friend who happens to be the sexiest man in Hollywood. But just because friends don’t kiss, it doesn’t mean we can’t pretend for the screen. 

Pucker up, mate.

Sweet with a touch of heat, Secrets of a Hollywood Matchmaker is a laugh out loud, hysterical friends-to-lovers romance.

If you like simmering chemistry, clever and witty banter, heart-stopping kisses, and fast-paced humor, you’ll fall for Jaxson and Emma in this sweet rom com based on Jane Austen’s timeless classic, Emma.

♥ DRIVING MISS DARCY

3 days til Christmas, 2 unlikely traveling companions, 1 zippy little dog

Georgia Darcy never asked to be a movie star’s little sister but nothing will keep her from getting to her brother’s wedding on Christmas Day. Even if Mother Nature thwarts her traveling plans.

When all flights cancel, she's unexpectedly paired with a chronically unlucky rideshare and his overly cute dog, finding that turbulence isn’t exclusive to airplanes. Especially when it comes to her feelings.

Wyatt Silva, flat broke and fresh out of options, embarks on a detour road trip alongside delightfully sweet Georgia, who not only stumbles over his dog, but also into his heart.

Doomed with nutty disasters of ridiculous proportions, the cockeyed couple is forced to find creative means to trek it across the country. Will they find romance along the way or will a few secrets and a sleigh full of questions prevent them from jingling all the way home in time for the holidays?

Sleet, snow, and a Winnebago. It’ll take a Christmas miracle to navigate their stormy attraction to one another and reach Pemberley for Christmas.

♥ PITA MY HEART (ONLY AVAILABLE AS PART OF THIS SET)

Ingram was my schoolgirl crush. Now he’s my business rival.

When we’re locked inside a pita bread factory after hours, it’s knives out, and not the kind for spreading hummus.

If he thinks flashing that charming smile will make me fold, he’s got another thing coming. I am so prepared to give him a pita my mind… as long as he doesn’t take a pita my heart in the process.

Pita My Heart is a snack-sized romantic comedy found exclusively in the Backstage Romance box set.

Lots of love and awkward hugs,

Carina Taylor