plus size | amberlynnmyers

When the book tells you that it is a plus size romance, automatically you assume that it is the woman in the story that is plus size, like men can’t be fat too. Or maybe it’s just that most romance novels focus on the physical “flaws” of the women, while all of the men are tall, cut, and gorgeous. More and more though, romance authors are turning this trope on its ear by making the man the plus size character, and not in the whole he’s the size of a tree sort of way. These men have bellys, and I am a big believer that a keg can be just as sexy as a six pack if worn by the right man. Marie Lipscomb embraces the idea that the man can be the plus size character in her book Rhythm.

Finn is the rock star drummer for the band Vixen’s Wail which is planning to go on tour for a month to try to cement their following. Since Symphonic Metal is not to everyone’s taste, when he gets the opportunity to stay in a duplex in the woods for a week, where he doesn’t have to worry about disturbing the peace with his practice, he takes it. Too bad the other half of the duplex doesn’t stay empty. The woman who interrupts the pounding of his drums is the soft and curvy type of gorgeous. She’s also incredibly pissed.

A quiet weekend away in a cabin is just what Beth needs to find her creative spark in time for the charity gallery showing. Aft er arriving at the beautiful cabin, she sets up her easel, takes out her paints, and gets down to the business of being creative in the blessed silence, until it’s interrupted by a crazy rhythmic pounding from downstairs. Her neighbor is a tall, broad, thickly built bear of a man who is sexy as sin, and irritating as hell. His version of quiet is a heck of a lot different than hers and they repeatedly butt heads until each is doing their level best to get a rise out of the other.

When a flash flood destroys the bottom floor of the duplex and forces Finn to stay with Beth, things turn instantly charged and it becomes apparent that all of that irritation is hiding some pretty rocking attraction.

This is a great story! I love that Finn is a big, furry, guy who compares himself to Animal from The Muppets. It probably helps that I’ve always had a thing for drummers 🙂 I also love that both Beth and Finn use their art to help them work through their emotions and of course when things go to hell with their relationship, it’s their art that helps them fix it.

Rhythm is the first book in the Vixens Rock series and is definitely worth a read, so check it out on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited if you like rock star romance.

Well done, Marie Lipscomb! Well done!

I love discovering a new author that I can binge read. I’m not sure there is anything else in the world that fills my heart with such joy and let’s be frank, we all need some joy right about now. 2021 has the potential to be great, but realistically nothing has really changed or improved since the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, so I’m sure we will take all the joy we can get, even if it comes in the form of an author we have never read with a whole series of books just ripe for the reading.

On social media there have been a number people who have mentioned Jessa Kane’s novel Husky and the way people have been talking about it, I just had to read it.

I LOVE books with curvy women and having been a big girl for most of my life, my favorite phrase is, “big girls need love too!” However, big beautiful women are becoming more and more common as the heroines of romance novels, but what about big beautiful men? They need love too!

Husky takes the idea of the plus size man and show that it is absolutely sexy. I tell my own plus size teddy bear that a keg is better than a six pack 🙂 and what I mean is that there is something to be said about having a guy who is cuddly, sweet, and sexy, and makes me feel small and feminine. In the book Husky, the main character Daws is all of those things. He is a big guy who doesn’t boast a set of six pack abs. He is a real dude who earned his muscles through physical labor and who is a badass even if he isn’t model perfect.

Daws is a beat up, rough looking, bar owner who isn’t looking for love and doesn’t expect it. When Parker walks into his joint and slides her gorgeous ass onto a bar stool, he feels like he’s been blindsided, especially when the young, gorgeous woman tells him that she wants him to be a model and inspire her new clothing line. After discovering she is serious what could he say, except, fuck yes. There is no way he is going to let the opportunity to spend more time with this sweet, beautiful woman get away.

Parker is an up and coming fashion designer. After winning a reality show for fashion design, all eyes are on her for her first real show. The problem is that her men’s line is serious lacking and uninspired. The perfect male models just aren’t doing it for her and unless she can find some inspiration quick, her first show is destined to be a flop. Then she strolls into the corner bar and sees Daws. His rough, tough, husky appearance is a far cry from the shiny models she’s been working with and he’s exactly what she needs…both for her designs and to sate the sudden lust that has overtaken her.

It is completely refreshing to read a story where the guy is the one who is feeling a little uncertain. Oh, sure, it’s pretty common to read about a hero feeling like he’s not good enough for the heroine, but it’s usually not because the hero is husky. Jessa Kane not only makes Daws sexy, but she also makes him a mysterious badass with a past that includes a cool as hell job. He’s real, and the way Parker wants to climb him like a tree makes the book totally hot. I love, love, love it and I have already downloaded some of Jessa Kane’s other books (Burly, King Sized, Queen Sized, and My Husband, My Stalker {because who can resist a title like that?!?}).

Jessa Kane’s storyline is fresh and compelling. Husky is a quick read that will leave you fanning your face, but also completely satisfied 😉 So, get to Amazon and check out Jessa Kane’s writing!

Well done, Jessa Kane! Well done!