Valentine’s romances
Susan Elizabeth Phillips, What I Did for Love
America’s best romance writer gives us a hilarious tale of a has-been actress and her detestable former costar who find themselves in lust and marriage (but not, they insist, love). Brilliant pop culture references and a delicious romance make this novel is a perfect Valentine’s Day treat.
Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policeman’s Union
Lauded for its inspired writing and complex plotting, The Yiddish Policeman’s Union is also a thoughtful investigation of a love affair that survives marriage, grief and encroaching years. In its own odd, inspired way, this is one of the most romantic pieces of literary fiction published in recent years.
Emma Bull, War for the Oaks
War for the Oaks is a cult classic: an exceptionally creative urban fantasy in which the faeries who walk Minneapolis streets are no kids in Harry Potter capes, but dangerous, dazzling warriors. Bull’s wry heroine is as idiosyncratic as the "phouka," or faerie, she falls in love with.
War for the Oaks
Ian Kelly, Casanova: Actor, Lover, Priest, Spy
We think of Casanova through the lens of his sex life – and this biography doesn’t ignore his prowess (not to mention his eight illegitimate children). But Casanova turns out to be as fascinating outside the bedchamber as inside the sheets.
Martha Hopkins and Randall Lockridge, The New InterCourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook
An utterly delicious collection of recipes bringing together champagne and chocolate with lesser-known stimulants such as pine nuts and rosemary. The crucial point is that these recipes are not gimmicky: the food is as delicious and sexy as the photos of beautiful bodies clothed in figs and asparagus.
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