When I was about 13, I read a book called The Explorer by Francis Parkinson Keyes. It does not appear to be available on Amazon or the librarything (or anywhere else I looked), so unfortunately I can’t link to it, but it was definitely an adult romance, and not at all a romance I would [...]

The Thirteenth House is the sequel to Mystic and Rider by Sharon Shinn.  Both books, along with the third, Dark Moon Defender, are fantasy-romances set in the mythical kingdom of Gillengaria, and are, unfortunately, fraught with the saccharine tendencies of romance novels of every other genre.  Sharon Shinn, although a fascinating world-builder, is prone to [...]

Note: I thought about explaining all the terms and jokes from the novels that this post contains.  But the thing about a joke is that it’s not funny if you explain it.  If you are intrigued at all, I would suggest picking up one of the books.  I started with Going Postal, but Sourcery and Pyramids are also good ones to start with.  I [...]