Spring Break Behavior We Should Incorporate In Everyday Life

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By Regina Gosney Spring Break is that time of the year no one is exempt to looking forward to. Even if you’re a full-time employee and aren’t given a week off to take shots and work on your tan, it’s still a magical time of the year that we can all appreciate. Perhaps there’s hot college guys that come to …

Culinary Mysteries Make Murder Appetizing

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By Katherine Sharma The culinary mystery has become a popular subgenre, pleasing both crime-solving and foodie fans. Most of these nestle in the “cozy” mystery category, sport cute titles, include recipes, and form fictional series. Here’s a quick taste (pun intended) of popular foodie mysteries: Ellery Adams writes the Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery series, so begin with her debut Pies …

Can You Find True Love In an Arranged Marriage? Ask Ravi Patel

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By Lindsay Piper Shaw In 2009, Ravi Patel accompanied his family to their native home of India for a month-long trip. Unbeknownst to his parents, Patel had been dating an American woman for two years, and feeling conflicted that she was not Indian, he broke off the relationship. The breakup came just on the heels of this pre-planned family jaunt, …

True Love Returns In My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

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Fourteen long years ago, Greek Canadian actress Nia Vardalos had a surprise hit with a sweet and harmless comedy. My Big Fat Greek Wedding plundered Ms Vardalos’ ethnic heritage for broad and affectionate stereotypes, and co-starred John Corbett as an Anglo-Saxon suitor who gets a nasty shock when he meets his fiancée’s loud and histrionic family. With the support of producers Tom …

Recipes for Love: The Train In Spain

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The following excerpt and recipes are reprinted from The Hungry Love Cookbook: 30 Steamy, Scintillating Stories; 100 Titillating, Mouthwatering Recipes by Cindy Silvert. He caught her eye in the ticket line. After two glorious weeks in Spain, she had thought she was immune to drop-dead gorgeous. Apparently not. Heather had brushed up on her Spanish for just such an occasion, …

Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice hits the theaters this weekend and we’re so excited to stare at those tight costumes. But let’s be honest, we all have a favorite. On one hand we have Mr. All American. The Man of Steel (can’t beat that name) with his rippling biceps and luscious black curly hair. He has superhuman strength, speed, …

Tasty Recipes of Love and Steamy Stories

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What are you hungry for? The Hungry Love Cookbook: 30 Steamy, Scintillating Stories; 100 Titillating, Mouthwatering Recipes by Cindy Silvert is a collection of romantic parody vignettes interwoven with luscious recipes that are easy to follow and require the least amount of work for the maximum flavor. The amorous escapades contained within will whet your appetite for more than just …

Sci Fi Meets Mystery: Detecting in Future Time

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By Katherine Sharma In previous posts, I focused on mysteries set in past historical eras, but some mysteries leap into the future, and this marriage of science fiction with mystery has attracted best-selling authors and awards. Start with sci-fi titan Isaac Asimov, who wrote Caves of Steel back in 1953 to prove to his doubting editor that mystery and science …

3 Beautiful Love Poems For All Your Romantic Moods

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From the archives of True Love Magazine, here are some beautiful poems that were submitted by readers. Was It Real To You? When you close your eyes to sleep tonight, Will you think of me? Or will your arms reach out to pull her close, And your thoughts just let me be? Will I just be a memory Of a …

Victorian Mysteries Debut Modern Crime-Solving

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By Katherine Sharma Looking to escape back in time with your next mystery? England’s Victorian era is a favorite setting because it can combine old-fashioned moral certitudes with relatively modern crime-solving thanks to the era’s policing and forensic science advances. Indeed, the Victorian period ushered in the first true detective fiction, such as Charles Dickens’ Bleak House, Wilkie Collins’ The Woman in …