It starts as a love song. It ends with murder.1999Gifty is a woman adrift in the wake of her wife's death. She's living in stasis, unable to bring herself to enter the bedroom where Helen died after a long illness. Her therapist tells her to confront her grief, but instead she wanders the streets looking for someone from her past.Fallen nineties pop star Isobel has done everything she can to reinvent herself. Gone is the girlish mak...

Seven women, inextricably linked by one man, must figure out which of them killed him in order to protect one another in this electrifying debut thriller.New Year’s Eve, 1999.Seven women are gathered in a hotel room at midnight; a man's head sits in the center of the floor. They all had a motive to kill Jamie Spellman. They all swear they didn't. But in order to protect one another, they have to find out who did.The ex, who...

Bake big flavor into little treats with this playful collection of 75 sweet and savory recipes from award-winning chef Rose Wilde, including breakfast muffins, nostalgic sweets, savory bites, frozen desserts, and celebration-ready cupcakes.Tiny Cakes proves that the best treats sometimes come in the smallest packages. Celebrate the joy of handheld creations for every occasion with imaginative recipes that transform familiar favorites with unexpected flavor...

A deadly enemy, from beyond the gates of Nowhere, is breaking through the formidable spells that bind it. The key to its destruction lies buried deep within the mind of James Cadwallader, the son of a human family, especially chosen to be entrusted with the secret wisdom of their ancestors. The threat is growing ever stronger. His father is ill, his little sister in danger, and the menace creeps ever closer. Their last remaining hope is to unleash the forgotten magic James holds, a magic b...

A Los Angeles Times and Bon Appetit Best Book of the YearDiscover brown-flour baking with the charismatic Rose Wilde—a grain geek hungry for texture, flavor, and diversity of ingredients.In her extraordinary debut cookbook, Rose Wilde shares her joy of grain. From buckwheat, barley, and brown rice to spelt, sonora, and sweet corn, Bread and Roses is a comprehensive guide to choosing ingredients with an impact beyond the plate, res...

Into the land of dreams I go, where phantom thoughts may be more important than the world as it is. Does belief supersede reality in our thinking, or do our beliefs really reflect what is truly within one another? Perhaps reality is a mingling of the inner and outer worlds, much like when lovers embrace. These seven short poems from a lesbian perspective look at love, lust, hatred, knowledge, rage, being, and love again. Several of the poems are erotic - adults only.

Women have long been used by unwise and wicked people as the workhorses of humanity, and given nothing but shame, infamy and ridicule in return. Looking around me, I see that many have only half-gotten the message that we must be equal to men, and the vast majority of people are ignorant of the scapegoating that the powerful and wicked use on women and many minorities, in order to preserve their power and privilege. Conspiracies are the rule in circles of power, and there is a vast one bei...

Loneliness has only recently come out of the closet, so to speak, and presented itself as a widespread condition in the world. Sufferers often aren't the obvious reclusive people: They can be mothers, fathers, teachers, doctors, or anyone from any walk of life. Waiting for the widespread denial of loneliness in our society to go away, so that people can reach out to each other, may take a long time. Try art, music, literature and poetry for therapy - and in the meantime, the reader can try...

However many millions of people hope for good outcomes, it is still only hope. What's the difference between hope and illusions? I used to believe that if a person loses their hope, they will also lose their mind; I'm not so sure anymore. I think that destroying false hopes is the only thing resembling an answer to life's challenges.We live in a world with too many choices to harm ourselves and others, and not enough reward for the truly good choices we can make. Bending to the law...

Women (and men) are working hard in many parts of the world to see that true gender equality is reached. There is nothing to be lost (save for some who feel entitled to more) and much to be gained for everyone. At this time I think we are adrift, not having established a strong sense of what comes next. There is both danger and opportunity in being temporarily directionless, and if the supporters of women's equality act quickly, a new fruitful course can be set for humanity. Of course many...

Thinking back over the years, I haven't heard many sexual jokes about women that were tasteful. To each their own, but I like my work to be a misogyny-free zone. Mustering up my best humor skills, here are twenty-six jokes you can tell your friends. From groaners to ones that made me laugh out loud, I include all the good and borderline jokes I can recall. The jokes vary from the tastefully dirty to the just plain dirty. The word "twat" as an acronym? You wouldn't believe the punchline! Do...

Words can leave us drained and empty, or they can send us into the delightful tumult of dreaming. Passion is etched into each of these seven short poems, as I anticipate the revolutionary forces to come in the world. If you think the backlash against feminism is powerful, then take a close look at the reactions of feminists to the entrenchment of patriarchy. You will see that women don't simply want to save their brethren in the here and now - we want to save a planet from unbridled greed ...