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Heath, Lorraine. The Duchess in His Bed. New York: Avon, 2019. ISBN-13: 978-0062676061 | $7.99 USD | 387 pages | Victorian Romance Blurb For a duchess with practical desires, falling in love is an inconceivable part of her plan… As owner of the Elysium Club which caters to women’s fantasies, Aiden Trewlove is accustomed to introducing adventurous ladies to sin and vice. But he is uncharacteristically intrigued by the mysterious beauty who visits his club one night, yearning to indulge in the forbidden—with him. Drawn to her indomitable spirit, he breaks his rule of never becoming personally involved with his clientele and is determined to fully awaken her desires. A recent widow, Selena Sheffield, Duchess of Lushing, has never known passion, not until Aiden’s slow, sensual seduction leads her on a journey of discovery and incredible pleasure. But her reasons for visiting the notorious club are not all that they seem. As Selena’s motives become complicated by love, she finds herself with a most unexpected choice: forge ahead with a secret plan that could secure her future—or follow her heart which could prove ruinous. In the series #1 Beyond Scandal and Desire #2 When a Duke Loves a Woman #3 The Scoundrel in Her Bed Review 5 stars Despite a rocky start, Lorraine Heath’s Sins for All Seasons has gotten better and better with each book. The Duchess in His Bed is the best of the series yet. Once again, she tackles a challenging storyline with deep subject matter with grace and empathy for her major characters. With Selena’s character, I love how the narrative explored a concept that isn’t often touched on in historicals, but was a grim reality for many noble families at one point or another: the noble line dying out. Heath parses out the legalese fairly simply, and makes a compelling case for Selena to try to deceive the world by quickly conceiving a child with someone else to keep the title and properties in her family. I loved seeing how deeply she cared for her brother and sisters, and how much the burden of having to be the responsible eldest weighed on her, but I also like that she did try to prepare her brother to take on more responsibilities later in the book too, so she wasn’t going it alone. Aiden is perhaps my favorite of the Trewloves, although all the siblings are delightful in their own way. As previously hinted at in the prior book, he has a bit more baggage than Finn about their father, and I appreciated the way this was handled. Aiden, like Mick, does crave acceptance to some degree, but he’s also fairly happy being a Trewlove, and he is grateful to Ettie for raising him, and acknowledges the sacrifices she made for all of them. The romance between the two was beautiful, if complicated because of their contrasting desires in life. Aiden initially doesn’t even want to father children, because of his background. While the situation could have been a bit touchy, with the power dynamics between them as well, I appreciate that she did let him in on what was going on, giving him the option to participate, and even be involved in the child’s life. I savored every moment of them together, navigating this situation, and I deeply rooted for them to figure out a way to be together. But what truly tipped the scales for me, raising this from a solid book to an excellent book was the way the paternity arc with Finn and Aiden’s father, the Earl of Elverton was resolved. While I still don’t forgive Heath for her poor handling of this in book 1 (and bringing it up in every book is not helping matters), the earl being a rotten human being and finally getting his comeuppance satisfied me in indescribable ways. The related reveal of Aiden’s (but not Finn’s) mother was also much more bittersweet, and tied to the ongoing theme in this series of women’s mistreatment by men in power and those same men using baby farms as a means to get rid of their illegitimate children. I really loved this one, and I’d recommend it to readers looking for an emotionally moving historical romance. Author Bio Lorraine Heath always dreamed of being a writer. After graduating from the University of Texas, she wrote training manuals, press releases, articles, and computer code, but something was always missing. When she read a romance novel, she not only became hooked on the genre, but quickly realized what her writing lacked: rebels, scoundrels, and rogues. She’s been writing about them ever since. Her novels have been recognized with numerous industry awards and have appeared on the USA Today and New York Times bestseller lists. Website Buy links Bookshop Amazon Barnes & Noble Kobo Google Play Apple Books Bryce, Denny S. The Trial of Mrs. Rhinelander. New York: Kensington, 2024. ISBN-13: 978-1496737878 | $17.95 USD | 336 pages | Historical Fiction Blurb Inspired by a real-life scandal that was shocking even for the tumultuous Roaring Twenties, this captivating novel tells the story of a pioneering Black journalist, a secret interracial marriage among the New York elite, and the sensational divorce case that ignited an explosive battle over race and class—and brought together three very different women fighting for justice, legitimacy, and the futures they risked everything to shape. For readers of Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, a transporting work of fact-based historical fiction from Denny S. Bryce, bestselling author of Wild Women and the Blues, In the Face of the Sun, and Can’t We Be Friends: A Novel of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe. New York, 1920s. Born to English immigrants who’ve built a comfortable life, idealistic Alice Jones longs for the kind of true love her mother and father have. She believes she’s found it with Leonard “Kip” Rhinelander, the shy heir to his prominent white family’s real estate fortune. Alice, too, is white, though she is vaguely aware of rumors that question her ancestry—gossip her parents dismiss. But when the lovers secretly wed, Kip’s father threatens his inheritance unless he annuls the marriage. Devastated but determined, Alice faces overwhelming odds legally and in the merciless court of public opinion. But there are two people who can either help her—or shatter her hopes for good: In the 1940s, her estranged niece, Roberta Brooks, must put aside her disdain for her infamous aunt to combat an unexpected new Rhinelander legal assault. And in the 1920s, reporter Marvel Cunningham lives to chronicle social change and the Harlem Renaissance’s fiery creativity, but when Alice’s story dominates the headlines, Marvel’s job is to cover it. At first, Marvel and Roberta, in different decades, see Alice’s legal entanglements as tabloid sensations generated by a self-hating woman who failed to “pass.” But the deeper they investigate, the more they will learn about the reasons behind Alice Jones’s behavior and what the three women have in common. The Trial of Mrs. Rhinelander will bring to light stunning truths that will force these women to confront who they are and who they can be in a world that is all too quick to judge. Review 4 stars I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley and am voluntarily posting a review. All opinions are my own. I love how Denny S. Bryce’s books have introduced me to aspects of Black American history that I either knew very little about or knew nothing about prior to picking up her books. In the case of The Trial of Mrs. Rhinelander, it’s very much the latter, as I hadn’t heard of Alice Jones, the Rhinelander family, or Rhinelander v. Rhinelander case before. But this book has all the hallmarks of some of my favorite stories, like discussions of race and class relations, and how those play out both in the courts of law and public opinion via the newspapers. The structure of this book is interesting, and it’s not unlike Bryce’s prior books in its dual timeline focus, but I also saw parallels to books like The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?, particularly in its use of a journalist reporting on the story years later, not to mention discussing the issue of “passing” in high society as a parallel to Kitty Karr. With the more contemporary element being the weakest part of both (and dual timeline also being hit-or-miss for Bryce), I initially didn’t care for this structure, and found the chapters from Roberta’s perspective to be the weakest parts of the novel. But Bryce’s work here is aided by the fact that she reinforces Roberta’s personal connection to Alice, in addition to role as a journalist. I do feel that the blurb was a tad misleading in overselling the journalistic element though. While it’s a substantial part of the case and its aftermath, I didn’t feel it was so in the way the blurb presents it. The journalist Marvel who Alice befriends is mentioned in the blurb, and the blurb frames it as if Marvel has a large role at least equal to Roberta, and prior to picking it up, I worried that the book would follow the two journalists, with only limited glimpses of Alice, who is the true star of the book. Speaking of which, I love Alice. She went through so much, and her family was simply trying to exist in the racist American society of the 1920s, which had different standards of race (the infamous “one-drop rule”) and Blackness in comparison to England, where the family hailed from. She fell in love with Lenny/Kip Rhinelander, who came from a wealthy family, and they got married, but his father made her justify her right to marry into the family, and demanded an annulment. To see how the aftereffects lingered far beyond when the original court case played out, until all the Rhinelanders involved had passed on, was truly intense. This was an enlightening and emotionally moving read, and I’d recommend it to readers looking for historical fiction about strong Black women. Author Bio Denny S. Bryce is a best-selling, award-winning author of historical fiction. A former dancer and public relations professional, Denny is an adjunct professor in the MFA program at Drexel University, a book critic for NPR, and a freelance writer whose work has appeared in USA Today and Harper’s Bazaar. She is also a member of the Historical Novel Society, Women’s Fiction Writers Association, and Tall Poppy Writers. Originally from Ohio, she likes to call Chicago her hometown but currently resides in Savannah, Georgia. You can find her online at DennySBryce.com. Buy links Bookshop Amazon Barnes & Noble Kobo Google Play Apple Books Peckham, Scarlett. The Mistress Experience. New York: Avon, 2024. ISBN-13: 9780062935656 | $9.99 USD | 368 pages | Regency Romance Blurb The scandalous women of the USA Today bestselling author Scarlett Peckham’s Society of Sirens are back with the final stage in their fight for female rights—and this time the battle is to be waged in bed… She’s the most infamous harlot in London…and she’s up for auction. Thaïs Magadalene is a legend. The nation’s most notorious courtesan, she sells herself once a week, for one night only, and never to the same patron twice. Until now. To raise money for the cause of women’s rights, she has auctioned herself off for one month as mistress to the highest bidder. But the winner is not who he seems. Lord Alastair Eden is an earl, a radical politician, and a perfectionist in all things—except one. His confidence belies an unexpected secret: he doesn’t know how to please a woman in bed. He’s determined to change that before he marries. And who could be better than the most skilled lover in the country to teach him? And love is never for sale. Thaïs dreams of finding a man who will love her unconditionally, never mind her past and reputation. Eden dreams of finding a perfectly bred young lady to be his wife and helpmeet. But when a steamy month in the countryside breeds a connection both in and out of the bedchamber, the two of them must decide how much can be sacrificed for love—one’s dreams, or one’s reputation. In the series #1 The Rakess #2 The Portrait of a Duchess Review 5 stars I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley and am voluntarily posting a review. All opinions are my own. The Mistress Experience is the third and final book in Scarlett Peckham’s Society of Sirens series. It can be read as a stand-alone, but I’ve loved the series for its themes of sisterhood and tearing down the patriarchy, so I would recommend all the books. However, this one has a special place in my heart, as it’s one of my favorite tropes: sex lessons. And while the role reversal with the woman being the teacher has been done before, I loved the setup here in particular, in part due to the characters and their dynamic. Thaïs is a sought-after courtesan in London, but I loved her growth in realizing she wants domesticity, including marriage and a husband, while also being loud and unapologetic about her identity as a courtesan throughout the book. It was nice to have a balance for her, not having trauma around how she got into this line of work, while also craving “traditional” things too. Alistair is also wonderful. He’s buttoned-up, and not very sexually experienced, and his flaws in that department in the encounters he has had give him insecurities about how he might “perform” when he gets married. It was sweet, if a tad unusual, for him to solicit lessons for this purpose, but I liked that it made him stand out from a lot of the other heroes out there. Thaïs and Alistair have a wonderful connection that grows over their just-over-a-month acquaintance, and I love how their romance balances both the physical intimacy as she proceeds in the lessons, and the growing emotional connection. While there is a bit where they have a conflict over him not being able to marry her because of her being a sex worker, I appreciate that this was handled sensitively, with him not diminishing her profession, and his perspective on marrying outside one’s class growing in a realistic way. As this is the last book in the series (sob!), I love that it closed out some of the external plot threads, like Lady Elinor’s toxic marriage/pending divorce, not to mention the series closing out on a fun note including all the series leads, in addition to them all playing major roles in each others’ books. I love that all of the women and their partners ended up happy on their own terms, while also continuing to crusade for women’s rights. This was perhaps my favorite book in the series (hard to believe since I practically made The Rakess my entire personality in 2020), and it’s in the running to be my favorite of the year. I’d strongly recommend this book if you’re interested in fiercely feminist, sex-positive historical romance. Author Bio Scarlett Peckham fell in love with romance novels as a child, sneaking paperbacks from the stash in her grandmother’s closet. By the time she came of age she had exhausted her library’s supply and begun to dream of writing one of her own. Scarlett studied English at Columbia University and built a career in communications, but in her free hours always returned to her earliest obsession: those delicious, big-hearted books you devour in the dark and can never bear to put down. Her Golden Heart®-winning debut novel, The Duke I Tempted, was named a Best Romance Novel of 2018 by BookPage and The Washington Post and called “astonishingly good” by The New York Times Book Review. Scarlett recently moved to Los Angeles after spending most of her life in Brooklyn and London. When not reading or writing romance she enjoys drinking immoderate quantities of white wine, watching The Real Housewives, and dressing her cat in bowtie. Scarlett is represented by Sarah Younger at the Nancy Yost Literary Agency and spends far too much time on Instagram and Twitter. You can drop her a line at scarlett [at] scarlettpeckham [dot] com. Website Buy links The Ripped Bodice (signed copies) Bookshop Amazon Barnes & Noble Kobo Google Play Apple Books Bridgerton Season 3 is finally complete, and I can now firmly say, following a month of tiring discourse, that this was definitely the best season yet. In hindsight, was the choice to split a season of eight episodes, even if they’re all over an hour apiece, the best choice? Perhaps not, from a storytelling and pacing standpoint, with a lot of the setup in the front half, especially for the supporting characters feeling like filler. But from a marketing standpoint, I get why Netflix chose to do this, as they’ve begun to increasingly do for more of their content overall, as even negative press worked out well for the show in the long run. As I spoke about my initial thoughts in my Part 1 review, I will be mostly discussing how elements introduced paid off, while also discussing new elements introduced. Polin’s HEA The most frustrating bit of discourse was the speculation that Pen and Colin wouldn’t have a happy ending (Colin not having groveled enough for not noticing Pen’s secret crush was a very close second). But if the first part paid homage to some of the beats of their early romance, you see more of that in part two. While the Whistledown of it all hangs over their heads a lot longer (goddamn, do these writers like to draw out the drama!), I love that it ultimately comes down to Colin’s desire for purpose, as a partner for Penelope and in life. Lady Whistledown’s Fate and Penelope’s Growth A big concern was how the Whistledown reveal would be handled, if indeed it would at all. LW has become such an instrumental part of the show, with the social media teams on the show’s Twitter and Instagram incorporating it into their posts. And Julie Andrews’ occasional snippets of narration are an absolute highlight of every episode. But the writers have found a compromise that honors Penelope’s journey of developing self-confidence, honoring the need for her to come out into the light, both to take accountability for the wrong she has done and to shine in her own right. While I don’t know that people would be so forgiving of someone in reality, it helps that Penelope is generally likable, although often underestimated. And at the end of the day, like in the book, she has the support of all her family, Featherington and Bridgerton. Even Queen Charlotte seems moved to forgive her, in spite of Whistledown being Public Enemy Number 1 for Charlotte for most of the show thus far. But my favorite part of all this was, while the close bond between Penelope and Lady Danbury has not been present thus far, I enjoyed that Lady D’s perceptiveness was revealed where Penelope was concerned, due to their mutual closeness with the Bridgertons. Portia Sees Penelope and Butterflies Fly I’ve gone back and forth on my feelings on Portia, alternately respecting her for the lengths she takes to protect her girls, and also chafing at her general disregard for Penelope and her agency. This part of the season sees Colin telling Portia off for this, which changes her tune, initially for performative reasons. But I love the acknowledgment that Penelope is the daughter who is most like Portia, particularly as both of them face major crises, Penelope’s being related to Whistledown and Portia’s being the house of cards she created with the lie about the money she and Jack embezzled, plus the fraudulent terms for inheriting/keeping the title. And even the other sisters, particularly the more prickly Prudence, acknowledge Penelope’s more subtle genius. And speaking of subtle genius, a broken clock is right twice a day, and Philipa’s choice to incorporate butterflies into the climactic moment of the ball and Prudence were throwing was brilliant. Eloise and Penelope Make Up, Cressida Ousted I was very much rooting for Eloise and Penelope to make up, and I mostly appreciate how they did it. Eloise has shown that, despite her tunnel vision and self-centeredness at times, she doesn’t like to see Pen or any of her family hurt, and that continues this season. She quickly realizes the falseness of her friendship with Cressida, and while in their “breakup,” Cressida does unintentionally parrot Penelope’s season 2 tirade about how Eloise is “all talk,” and hasn’t actual done anything with her life, it rings hollow from Cressida, who also hasn’t done anything of note. And while I can understand Cressida’s perspective, given the toxic family situation she lives in, of which Eloise is largely ignorant, Cressida brought her fate upon herself, as she failed to scheme with as much forethought as either Penelope or Portia Featherington, and clung to heavily to the ideology bred into her that they can’t depend on anyone. I have mixed feelings about Cressida’s regression, especially since she had a lot of potential, and as women, Penelope and Cressida in particular were fighting similar battles with the patriarchy in different ways. And given that Portia, Prudence, and Philipa have found redemption and mended things with Penelope, I don’t know why Cressida couldn’t. Lady Danbury’s Conflict With Her Brother and Friendship with Violet This was yet another source for the wildest discourse, including people claiming Marcus was Simon’s real father, because of the “healthy seed” line from season 2, which I always interpreted as being meant to push back on the rhetoric that it was always the woman’s fault, something that was so common historically. It’s basically the reason Henry VIII got married so many times, when the fault may have been with him all along (If interested, go down the rabbit-hole of Henry VIII possibly having Kell-positive blood; it’s fascinating). But the truth is much more in line with what I expected, and it had something to do with the fact that they were very much estranged during the past timeline of Queen Charlotte, with her even stating at least that she had no family to rely on when her husband died. Given the state of her loveless, borderline abusive marriage to the lech Lord Danbury, I was unsurprised to learn she tried to get out of it, and these plans were thwarted by Marcus who told their father. But I was saddened by how a misunderstanding of intentions got between them, with him actually respecting her but also wanting to protect her, but she resented him because of it resulting in her having to get married. In the meantime, her protectiveness over Violet was very sweet, with her even basically laying down the gauntlet to Marcus at one point (prior to them making amends) that Violet is her friend, and she’d look after her friend’s interests, and Violet in turn is only interested in pursuing things once both of their families’ issues are settled. While she does ease up towards the end of the season, I enjoyed how it allowed for more bonding between the two women, including a moment where the past between Lady D and Violet’s father is finally acknowledged. And while things end on a good note overall, with Marcus and Violet slowly exploring their relationship at season’s end, I do wish it hadn’t come together without some tag-teaming from Lady D and Anthony, whose protective side also returned in one of his brief reappearances. While he didn’t do Daphne any favors, I would love to see Anthony defending his mother’s honor. Queer Rep at Last!: What Does This Mean for Benedict, Francesca, and Perhaps Eloise? This is the section where I will implore you to temporarily ignore almost everything I said in the intro about the episode release schedule, because if nothing else releasing Part 2 during Pride Month was genius. While there have been queer characters before, like Mr. Granville from season 1 or Brimsley and Reynolds, they’re either one-offs or characters who don’t get a happy ending. And while the aforementioned Mr. Granville did have people thinking Benedict could be queer, the writers have at long last delivered on it in a somewhat tangible way, with Benedict’s romance with Lady Tilley turning into something more unconventional with her artsy “friend,” Paul in the mix too. It was great to see his eyes continue to be opened about people who choose to live outside the norms he grew up with, and thus broaden the possibilities for how his own romance could play out. And as an occasional reader of MMF romance, even though I knew this wouldn’t be endgame, I like that this put that possibility on the table in addition to a monogamous queer relationship. In regards to Francesca and John, I had heard rumors about a certain queer shakeup for Michael coming, along with backlash from a certain segment of book fans, but I didn’t want to get my hopes up about it. But sure enough, this did occur, and Michaela Stirling shows up near the end of the season, not long after Francesca and John’s wedding. And while the brief interaction wasn’t a lot to go off, Michaela definitely made an impression, not just on Francesca, but also Eloise, who has decided to spend some time in Scotland with the newlyweds to see more of the world. While it’s hard to say definitively how this will all pan out, there are a number of possibilities already, with both Eloise and Francesca to an extent being theorized to be queer as well. I don’t think Francesca in particular being queer negates the bond she has with John at all, as they’re shown to have a sweet relationship. And it’s very possible something Benedict said about being able to love more than one person, which was applied in the platonic sense to Eloise regarding her bonds with Penelope and Colin, and later resulted in his decision to pursue things with Tilley and Paul, could foreshadow the fate of things for Francesca, John, and Michaela. And a big part of her book was that she still loved John, but in a different way, so I don’t know why it bothers people that Michael is now Michaela, unless they’re biphobic. And in response to those crying about the possible loss of the infertility storyline, I’d like to cycle back to the bit in my intro to the Lady Danbury section, and point out that people in history didn’t have the knowledge we know now to know for certain what caused their fertility issues, so to treat that book as God-tier rep for infertile women, when Book Francesca ends up having kids with “the right person,” which isn’t even a reality for many infertile people, and this myth is still perpetuated by romance novels today? And that being queer doesn’t mean the fertility plotline can’t exist, but that it might be handled a different way, with more sensitivity towards those whose stories didn’t end in miracle pregnancies? And with that, I wish every person who makes comments like this the curse of stepping on Legos constantly for the rest of their hateful existence. The show has transcended the books’ audience at this point, and won’t fail because some homophobic Lady Karen de Bourghs (credit to Bianca of Bookhoarding for this term) stop watching. Will and Alice Not much to say here, but I’m sad Will is selling the club. But it was fun to see more “buddy”moments with him, Benedict, Colin, and now John. And Will and Alice being mentored by Lady Danbury has been a nice touch, as she also went through something similar. The Absence of Simon and Daphne I can’t remember if I remarked on it in previous reviews, but I do believe that Simon not returning didn’t impact much in season 2 or season 3 part 1, with his friendship with Will being the main exception, although the Bridgerton boys have all filled the void there, more or less. I’d have loved to hear Simon’s thoughts on Will’s new prospects and his decision about the club, but otherwise, I’m not bothered, and I wish Regé-Jean Page well in all his new endeavors. And while I wish the same for Phoebe Dynevor, I did miss her presence in the second half in particular. She wouldn’t have had much to do, so U understand her not coming back, but while Simon and Daphne missing two family weddings is very noticeable, even more so than Simon’s absence from the farce that was Anthony’s failed wedding to Edwina last season, or the events in the fallout from that. Also, given how both were present in the events surrounding Colin’s scandalous betrothal with Marina, it does seem odd, even if there was another narrative purpose. I suppose that is one silver lining to the Kanthony wedding happening off-screen, as much as fans wished they’d seen it…we can debate whether Simon and Daphne would have attended or not, without anyone being wrong. Anthony and Kate, and the Returning Lead Conundrum I feel like they’ve struck a perfect balance in their inclusion of Kanthony here, after their soaring inclusion in part 1. Whether it was solely because of Jonathan Bailey’s commitment to Wicked or other reasons, I feel they were better incorporated than Daphne was last season. I liked seeing them pop in to give love advice to Colin when he was struggling with Penelope’s LW secret in particular, and while he did not divulge the exact details, I love how Kate in particular was helpful in providing advice on how to handle disagreements with someone you love. I also loved seeing Kate and Eloise have a moment together when Eloise is still on the outs with Penelope. And while Anthony is absent from a lot of the “bachelor party” shenanigans, that scene from the promos where he’s shocked and even outraged on Penelope’s behalf at what transpired between her and Colin, while Benedict is impressed, is one of the best moments overall. As both Luke Newton and Nicola Coughlan have confirmed they will be returning for future seasons, I feel like this set the blueprint for how to turn a lead couple into a supporting couple, as has not been attempted prior, although it will be interesting to see how that works out, given how much the writers seem to love Penelope as a character. The Music One plus to the season being split was getting even more string covers! “Yellow” by Coldplay being the Polin wedding song was iconic, as Luke Newton posted a cover of the song on YouTube, not to mention yellow has been one of Penelope’s colors prior to her glow up this season. “You Belong With Me” by Taylor Swift is the ultimate Polin song, and I was delighted to see it being used in a dance sequence. And Demi Lovato’s “Confident” was definitely one of my favorite picks overall so far. Concluding Thoughts/Hopes for the Future This season set up a lot of groundwork for the next couple seasons, and I can’t wait to see it all play out! The hint at the Masquerade next year piques my interest given the direction of Benedict’s story, and of course, there’s hopes for Eloise to continue her growth and exploration, and Francesca to bond with her new family and see where that takes her, whether it all falls in line with the books or not. And as the show goes on, I continue to marvel at the rapid growth of Will Tilston (Gregory) and Florence Hunt (Hyacinth), with them now both being 17. While the Francesca recasting had to do with scheduling conflicts, it’s very possible Will and Florence will be able to grow into the status of romantic leads, if that aligns with their wishes, especially with the show’s filming and release schedule now promising a season roughly every two years, as unbearable of a wait that is. So, overall, I continue to enjoy the show, and my hopes are high. While I repeat my encouragement that the pissed off Lady (and Lord) Karens go off into a corner and be pissed by themselves, I’d otherwise recommend it to those who’ve enjoyed the show thus far. Morris, Wanda M. What You Leave Behind. New York: William Morrow, 2024. ISBN-13: 978-0063322219 | $18.99 USD | 384 pages | Thriller Blurb Award-winning author Wanda Morris returns with a powerful, haunting thriller following a lawyer who after the mysterious disappearance of a local landowner and the death of his sister just months before, uncovers a conspiracy that dates back to Reconstruction and persists in half the United States today. Deena Wood’s life has fallen apart in the aftermath of losing her beloved mother, her marriage, and her prestigious job at an Atlanta law firm. She needs what the Geechee people of coastal Georgia call a “dayclean,” a fresh start. She returns to her childhood home in Brunswick, Georgia, to heal. But her return is anything but the respite she thought it might be. To make peace with all her loss, she often drives through the city. One day, she unwittingly finds herself on the oceanfront property of a loner widower who is fighting to keep land that has been in his family since the end of the Civil War. He threatens her and warns her to never return. But shortly after, he disappears, and his very expensive property is quickly put up for sale. Curious about what has happened to the man, Deena digs into his disappearance and finds a family legacy at risk. What starts out as a bit of curious snooping, turns into a deadly game of illegal land grabs and property redevelopment in poor and rural communities with dark and powerful forces at work. Without realizing it, Deena finds herself caught up in a nightmarish scheme that threatens her community and her family. She’ll need help and finds it in a close but unlikely source because she knows she must do whatever it takes to stop the sinister forces at play before she becomes their next target. Review 4 stars I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley and am voluntarily posting a review. All opinions are my own. While I really enjoyed Wanda M. Morris’s first thriller, her second was a bit of a dud for me. However, What You Leave Behind sounded promising. Sure enough, I ended up enjoying this one quite a bit more. Morris blends social commentary and history impeccably with her mystery plot, keeping me intrigued throughout. One thing I noticed early on was the great sense of place, with the narrative drawing the reader into the Brunswick, Georgia setting. The story also delves into the history of Black people during Reconstruction, including that of the Geechee-Gullah community specifically, something I was not super informed about. The story also delves into the heirs property system and its impact on Black and brown communities, consolidating the wealth among the few (mostly white) wealthy people. Deena as a protagonist is sympathetic, even if her life is messy and she’s flawed. She’s returned home after a messy divorce, and her father has speedily remarried after her mother’s death, so Deena has a frosty relationship with her stepmother, and with so much happening to her all at once, it’s like her life is falling apart. But I appreciate that, while she’s going through a lot, she still has guts, and while she doesn’t always make the wisest of decisions, she has spine and stands up for what’s right in the face of injustice. The plot is engaging, and fairly steadily paced. Between the family drama and the missing person and the land grab plot, there was a lot going on that kept me on the edge of my seat and wondering how it would all come together. This was a solid return to form for Wanda M. Morris, and I am now once again interested in reading more from her in the future. I’d recommend this to readers who enjoy mystery/thrillers starring Black leads that also bring up relevant social issues. Author Bio Wanda M. Morris is the acclaimed author of All Her Little Secrets, which has been praised by Karin Slaughter as “brilliantly nuanced” and reviewed by The Boston Globe, LA Times, New York Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Seattle Times, and South Florida Sun Sentinel among others. It was named as one of the “Best Books of 2021” by Hudson Booksellers and selected as the #1 Top Pick for “Library Reads” by librarians across the country. It was selected as a Book Buzz Pick by Good Morning America, serialized in Entertainment Weekly and a Marie Claire book club pick. All Her Little Secrets won the 2022 Lefty Award for Best Debut Mystery Novel and a finalist for 2022 Georgia Author of the Year for Best First Novel. It was also nominated for the Anthony Award, the Strand Critics Award, the Macavity Award and has been shortlisted for the Crook’s Corner Book Prize. All Her Little Secrets has been optioned for a one-hour limited series on Showtime executive produced by and starring Emmy-award winning actress Uzo Aduba. Click here for more details. Her new book, Anywhere You Run, was named one of the Top Ten Crime Fiction Books for 2022 by The New York Times. It was also selected as one of the Best Books of 2022 by NPR, Publishers Weekly, Amazon, and Library Journal. It has been named as one of “Fifteen Standout Historical Fiction Books to Read This Year” by Oprah Daily and received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and Booklist. Anywhere You Run won the 2023 Anthony Award for Best Historical Novel, the 2023 Georgia Author of the Year for Best Mystery, and the 2023 Lefty Award for Best Historical Novel. In addition, it was nominated for the Strand Critics Award, the Macavity Award, and the ITW Thriller Award. Anywhere You Run was also longlisted for the prestigious Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Prize. Wanda is a member of Sisters in Crime, Crime Writers of Color and serves on the Board of International Thriller Writers. She is a former corporate attorney, married, the mother of three, and lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Website Buy links Bookshop Amazon Barnes & Noble Kobo Google Play Apple Books Heath, Lorraine. When the Duke Was Wicked. New York: Avon, 2014. ISBN-13:978-0062276223 | $7.99 USD | 374 pages | Victorian Romance Blurb Lady Grace Mabry’s ample inheritance has made it impossible for her to tell whether a suitor is in love with her—or enamored of her riches. Who better to distinguish beau from blackguard than her notorious childhood friend, the Duke of Lovingdon?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ With no interest in marriage, Lovingdon has long lived only for pleasure. He sees little harm in helping Grace find a proper match. After all, he’s familiar with all the ploys a scoundrel uses to gain a woman’s favor. He simply has to teach the lovely innocent how to distinguish honest emotions from false ones. How better than by demonstrating his wicked ways. But as lessons lead to torrid passion and Grace becomes ensnared in another man’s marriage plot, Lovingdon must wage a desperate gamble: Open his heart fully—or risk losing the woman he adores… Review 4 stars I was both super-excited and rather nervous to start the Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James series, as the Scoundrels had largely been such a top-tier series for me. I wanted more of the world and the characters, and I knew already that Lorraine Heath could pull off in writing multigenerational stories, but it’s somewhat different when you already have an image of one of the protagonists as a child. However, When the Duke Was Wicked more or less fulfilled my expectations. There were parts of Lovingdon’s arc that made me cringe a little, like his commitment to debauchery after losing his wife and daughter, while also wallowing in the loss of them. But given his mother was also a widow in her own book, albeit in different circumstances, and he had been set up to be rather soft-hearted, it’s easy to believe that he’d take the loss of those he loved hard and turn to rakish behavior to numb the pain. I appreciated the way the narrative focused on his grieving process, with him slowly learning to let go of his previous wife and stop living in the past in order to move on. I had a bit of an inkling what Grace was like from her supporting role in Minerva’s book, but even before her marriage, I like that she’s equally strong-willed. She does have moments of naivete, but I love that she has an unconventional side too, as only Frannie and Sterling’s daughter would, engaging in activities like playing cards at Dodger’s with the boys and smoking, not to mention sneaking out at all hours of the night. With their families being best friends and having grown up together, I loved the banter between Grace and Lovingdon. I did worry initially, as their history includes her having a childhood crush on him, that persisted until his first marriage. However, while the lingering attraction is implied, she is as committed to finding someone else to marry as he is to his hedonism for a good portion of the book. This leads to great interplay between them, as he “helps” her sort through her myriad suitors, and the sparks fly between them. With it now being the second generation, I loved getting updates on how some of the older characters have ended up, as well as how their children are doing, in preparation for their own eventual HEAs. I was particularly touched by Grace’s relationship with her father, with her revelation that she wants to dance with him at her wedding before he entirely loses his sight. And I also love the bond she has with her adoptive brother, Drake, formerly Peter Sykes. With the shift to focusing more on the upper-crust, there’s more domestic and romantic drama over mystery and intrigue. However, there is an external crisis which complements the internal one, contributing to an emotionally satisfying ending. This was a great way to kick off the Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James series, and I’d recommend it to readers who enjoy angsty, emotional historical romance. Author Bio Lorraine Heath always dreamed of being a writer. After graduating from the University of Texas, she wrote training manuals, press releases, articles, and computer code, but something was always missing. When she read a romance novel, she not only became hooked on the genre, but quickly realized what her writing lacked: rebels, scoundrels, and rogues. She’s been writing about them ever since. Her novels have been recognized with numerous industry awards and have appeared on the USA Today and New York Times bestseller lists. Website Buy links Bookshop Amazon Barnes & Noble Kobo Google Play Apple Books Heath, Lorraine. Midnight Pleasures With a Scoundrel. New York: Avon, 2009. ISBN-13: 978-0061734007 | $8.99 USD | 384 pages | Victorian Romance Blurb She sought revenge but discovered desire.​​.. On a quest to avenge her sister’s death, Eleanor Watkins never expected to fall for the man following her through pleasure gardens and into ballrooms. But soon nothing can keep her from the arms of the sinfully attractive scoundrel, not even the dangerous secrets she keeps. Strong, compassionate, and utterly irresistible, James is all she desires. But can she trust him enough to let herself succumb to all the pleasures that midnight allows? James Swindler has worked hard to atone for his unsavory past. He is now as at home in London’s glittering salons as he is in the roughest streets. But when the inspector is tasked with keeping watch on a mysterious lady suspected of nefarious deeds, he is determined to use his skills at seduction to lure Eleanor into revealing her plans. Instead, he is the one seduced, turning away from everything he holds dear in order to protect her—no matter the cost to his heart. ​ In the series #1 In Bed with the Devil #2 Between the Devil and Desire #3 Surrender to the Devil Review 4 stars Midnight Pleasures with a Scoundrel is a great final full novel in the Scoundrels of St. James series. Lorraine Heath once again blends angsty romance with mystery and intrigue in an expert way, making me root for these characters every step of the way. This one is perhaps the most self-contained of the series, although I would recommend the series overall for the recurring dynamics among the primary cast. I didn’t know entirely what to expect what James Swindler, as while he’s been present in the other books, he wasn’t as vibrant as the others. I did think it was interesting to get his side of his relationship with Frannie, with him having been infatuated with her, while the others were more protective in a brotherly way. I also enjoyed learning more about his background, and how his life on the streets having his father’s execution led him to his current path as an inspector for Scotland Yard and working to fight for justice. While the “cop” characters can often be symbols of corruption, regardless of the genre, I like how he works against the system to help the most vulnerable and bring down the powerful and corrupt. I was initially unsure how to discuss the plot twist where the FMC was concerned, but while the blurb calls her Eleanor, the St. James Character Guide on Lorraine Heath’s website calls her Emma. For the sake of consistency, I’ll use Emma, while noting that her identity is purposely written in a misleading way to serve the plot. And when I found out the twist as to why it was, and her motivations for doing so, I felt a little conflicted at the deception, but I also could not help but admire her bravery, and feel for her loss, and how she felt the need to take justice into her own hands. And while the deception initially extended to James, once all things are sorted out, it’s clear how well-suited they are for each other, as both share a deep passion for justice for the innocent and vulnerable. This emotional connection is also complemented by a strong physical and sexual chemistry. The intrigue and danger are high this time around, including a murder investigation and a dark secret society. I was just as intrigued in how that would all shake out as I was in the romance. This was another brilliant book from Lorraine Heath, and I’m excited for what comes next with the next generation. If you’re interested in emotional historical romance with a dash of mystery, I’d recommend checking this one out! Buy links Bookshop Amazon Barnes & Noble Kobo Google Play Apple Books Heath, Lorraine. The Last Wicked Scoundrel. New York: Avon Impulse, 2014. ISBN-13: 978-0062317162 | $4.99 USD | 176 pages | Victorian Romance Blurb William Graves is the last of Feagan’s scoundrels. A onetime grave robber turned royal physician, he has devoted his life to saving others—because he knows there is no way to save himself. Especially not around a lady like Winnie. Though undeserving of her touch, he cannot resist. His passion cannot be tamed…even in the face of certain danger. Winnie, the Duchess of Avendale, never knew peace until her brutal husband died. With William she’s discovered burning desire—and the healing power of love. But now, confronted by the past she thought she’d left behind, Winnie must face her fears…or risk losing the one man who can fulfill all her dreams.​ Review 4 stars I was a bit apprehensive about both the final Scoundrel’s love story and the repercussions of what happened to the Duke of Avendale being relegated to a novella, especially with the next Duke being a prominent character in the follow up series, but this book surprised me by being able to do a lot with a fairly short book. Like Heath’s later novella, When the Marquess Falls, while the romance is prominent, it’s fairly simple in comparison to others in the series, letting other plot elements shine. I enjoyed getting to know William, who has a tragic backstory of his own that led to him joining up with the Scoundrels, including life with an abusive mother whose death he was responsible for and being abandoned by his father. Winnie, meanwhile, is still recovering from the physical and emotional trauma of her abusive marriage, and believes he’s come back to haunt her. I loved the dynamic between William and Winnie, dating back to the first book, when he cared for her when she was injured, with the simmering tensions now very apparent. It’s complicated by William’s role in dispensing with her husband in the first book, along with the other Scoundrels, and Winnie’s close friend Catherine, and their conflicted feelings about what to do, and if they should tell her. The suspense over if Avendale had managed to return, and then when and how he’d show up had me waiting with bated breath. The story culminates in an epic showdown that was dangerous, but satisfying in how it wrapped things up. This is a satisfying conclusion for the Scoundrels of St. James series, and I’d recommend it, and the rest of the series, to readers who enjoy emotional romance with a dash of mystery. Buy links Bookshop Amazon Barnes & Noble Kobo Google Play Apple Books Author Bio Lorraine Heath always dreamed of being a writer. After graduating from the University of Texas, she wrote training manuals, press releases, articles, and computer code, but something was always missing. When she read a romance novel, she not only became hooked on the genre, but quickly realized what her writing lacked: rebels, scoundrels, and rogues. She’s been writing about them ever since. Her novels have been recognized with numerous industry awards and have appeared on the USA Today and New York Times bestseller lists. Website Heath, Lorraine. Surrender to the Devil. New York: Avon, 2009. ISBN-13: 978-0061733994 | $8.99 USD | 384 pages | Victorian Romance Blurb A Devilish Duke on a Quest for Pleasure . . . Frannie Darling was once a child of London’s roughest streets, surrounded by petty thieves, pickpockets, and worse. But though she survived this harsh upbringing to become a woman of incomparable beauty, Frannie wants nothing to do with the men who lust for her, the rogues who frequent the gaming hall where she works. She can take care of herself and feels perfectly safe on her own—safe, that is, until he strides into her world, and once again it becomes a very dangerous place indeed. To bed her but not wed her. That’s what Sterling Mabry, the eighth Duke of Greystone, wants. But Frannie abhors arrogant aristocrats interested only in their own pleasure. So why then does the thought of an illicit tryst with the devilish duke leave her trembling with desire? Her willing body begs for release . . . and a wicked, wonderful surrender. In the series #1 In Bed with the Devil #2 Between the Devil and Desire Review 4 stars Surrender to the Devil is the third in Lorraine Heath’s Scoundrels of St. James series. It can be read as a standalone, and has less of the fear of spoilers that the previous book did, especially as part of it overlaps timeline wise with the previous book. But I would recommend the other books, as part of what makes the series so great is the relationships between the titular scoundrels. Frannie is an absolute delight. Like the “Scoundrels” of the prior books, she was raised on the streets and has dealt with her own share of trauma as a result, including being sold to a brothel at twelve, which also ties into the backstories of the heroes of the prior two books. As a result, the others are very protective of her, but I love that she’s strong-willed, competent, and can take care of herself. Like Jack particularly, she also has no illusions about the aristocratic world, and this has previously been her reasoning behind refusing to marry Luke, although it’s implied all of the Scoundrels have or had complicated feelings for her, which she doesn’t reciprocate. I also love how her and the others’ experiences on the streets, and knowing how not everyone was as kind as Feagan and the late Earl of Claybourne, motivates her current work with orphans, founding a home for them, with aspirations to do more. I admit I was a bit apprehensive about Sterling at first, as Duke heroes with working-class women have often pissed me off, and Heath’s subsequent books subverting this dynamic did little to assuage me. But Sterling also mystified me, as there were allusions to how he had “changed” since returning from his travels abroad from his sister Catherine’s perspective. But while he did have moments where he asserted his “alpha-ness,” he never overstepped, and had a good sense of self-awareness and empathy for Frannie, which later extended to the orphans she cared for. And learning about what brought about the change in him, first subtly in his internal monologue, and later in his love confession, was beautiful. Their romance was super-sweet, and somewhat lower-stakes than the previous ones while still being high in angst and tension. When I initially read the blurb, I thought I knew how it would play out, with the two having an illicit affair. And while that does happen, there’s a bit more back-and-forth than I expected, as they dance around each other, and I particularly respected how Frannie’s agency in the matter was always acknowledged, whether it be between them, or when Sterling was confronted by some combination of the other Scoundrels in Overprotective Big Brother mode a few times. While this book did have a bit of a lull in the tension somewhere in the middle, the third-act conflict posing danger to their lives and demonstrating how well they truly do work for each other, in spite of their superficial differences, truly touched my heart. And while this installment was lighter on the Dickens references and allusions for most of the book, with Frannie not being a direct analogue for any one character, my jaw dropped when Charles Dickens himself showed up at the end! I really enjoyed this one, and would recommend it to readers interested in emotionally moving historical romance. Author Bio Lorraine Heath always dreamed of being a writer. After graduating from the University of Texas, she wrote training manuals, press releases, articles, and computer code, but something was always missing. When she read a romance novel, she not only became hooked on the genre, but quickly realized what her writing lacked: rebels, scoundrels, and rogues. She’s been writing about them ever since. Her novels have been recognized with numerous industry awards and have appeared on the USA Today and New York Times bestseller lists. Website Buy links Bookshop Amazon Barnes & Noble Kobo Google Play Apple Books Heath, Lorraine. Between the Devil and Desire. New York: Avon, 2009. ISBN-13: 978-0061355646 | $6.99 USD | 384 pages | Victorian Romance Blurb London’s most notorious rogue—decadent, depraved, forbidden The ladies of the ton won’t stop whispering about deliciously wicked Jack Dodger—once a thieving street urchin, now the wealthy owner of London’s most exclusive gentleman’s club. There’s no pleasure he hasn’t enjoyed, no debauchery the handsome scoundrel won’t provide for the lords who flock to his house of carnal intrigue. London’s most virtuous lady—honorable, uncorrupted, and all too human Olivia, Duchess of Lovingdon, would never associate with such a rogue. So when Jack is named sole heir to the duke’s personal possessions, the beautiful, well-bred lady is outraged. Now, Olivia is forced to share her beloved home with this despicable man. Caught between the devil and desire But Olivia’s icy disdain is no match for Jack’s dangerous charm. His touch awakens desire. His kiss demands surrender. She will struggle to bar Jack from her heart . . . but her body, coveting divine release, will not let her bar him from her bed. In the series #1 In Bed with the Devil Review 5 stars Between the Devil and Desire is yet another top-tier Lorraine Heath book, and I can understand why other readers consider this series her best. Following very closely, timeline wise, after its predecessor, it’s chock-full of more intrigue, angst, and swoony, sexy romance. And while the romance can stand on its own, there are some spoilers for non-romance related elements of the first book. Jack was an absolute delight in the first book, and continues to be so in this one. He’s very much a rogue, but he’s quite a nuanced one. He has a devil-may-care attitude, a trait he developed as a result of the trauma he experienced early in his life, and I would like to warn readers new to the series that his past includes references and discussions (but no graphic depictions) of child sexual abuse. His complex bond with Luke, hero of the last book, is also explored further, particularly in relation to his role in the previously mentioned plot twist and its ramifications on their relationship. But in spite of all he experienced, or perhaps because of it, he also cares deeply for those he loves, especially his fellow Scoundrels, and while he initially dithers about taking on the role of guardian to Henry, the new Duke of Lovingdon, especially as he was unsettled by the previous Duke’s motivations, he becomes close to him as well. Olivia is also quite interesting. A foil for Jack, she’s very proper and buttoned-up. My interest was piqued when I learned early in the book she was sister to the Duke of Avendale, a supporting character from the prior book, particularly as her perspective presented insight into his behavior that mirrored those which played a role in the previous book’s plot. But I was also intrigued by the complex nature of her prior marriage, with the late Duke of Lovingdon keeping more secrets close to his chest than she knew. The romance started on a delightful front, much funnier than I’m used to from Heath. Jack and Olivia engage in witty banter as they argue over the ins and outs of how Henry will be raised, not to mention disagreements over the distribution of the late Duke’s estate in Jack’s favor. Things gradually take a dark turn, with family secrets coming to light, and them fighting their desire for one another despite the taboo nature of their relationship. I loved how they pushed each other’s buttons and wound each other up, while also waiting with bated breath for their illicit kisses, and more. Heath really brought the drama with this one, including a messy family tree that feels like it’s out of a soap opera. I had an inkling as to what Lovingdon’s connection might be, but even with all the foreshadowing, it caught me off guard just as much as it did for both Jack and Olivia. The final twist in particular blew me away, because I was so certain I had to be wrong, because “no way Lorraine would do this,” and she did?! This book was perhaps even better than the last, and I’d recommend it to readers looking for a dramatic, angsty historical romance. Author Bio Lorraine Heath always dreamed of being a writer. After graduating from the University of Texas, she wrote training manuals, press releases, articles, and computer code, but something was always missing. When she read a romance novel, she not only became hooked on the genre, but quickly realized what her writing lacked: rebels, scoundrels, and rogues. She’s been writing about them ever since. Her novels have been recognized with numerous industry awards and have appeared on the USA Today and New York Times bestseller lists. Website Buy links Bookshop Amazon Barnes & Noble Kobo Google Play Apple Books Heath, Lorraine. In Bed with the Devil. New York: Avon, 2008. ISBN-13: 978-0061355578 | $8.99 USD | 384 pages | Victorian Romance Blurb They call him the Devil Earl—a scoundrel and accused murderer who grew up on the violent London streets. A proper young lady risks more than her reputation when consorting with the roguishly handsome Lucian Langdon, but Lady Catherine Mabry believes she has no choice. To protect those she loves, she would do anything—even strike a bargain with the devil himself. Lucian desires respectability and a wife above all else, but the woman of his choosing lacks the social graces to be accepted by the aristocracy. Catherine can help Lucian gain everything he wants. But what she asks for in exchange will put their very lives in jeopardy. When danger closes in, Catherine discovers a man of immense passion and he discovers a woman of immeasurable courage. As secrets from his dark past are revealed, Lucian begins to question everything he knows to be true, including the yearnings of his own heart. Review 5 stars The “St. James” world that Lorraine Heath has created is the one series that most intrigued me, and despite any difficulties tracking down some of the books, I was determined to read these in order, in spite of having had no issue reading the Hellions spinoff and other books which also reference some of these characters, and Heath’s disclaimer that all the books stand alone. And thus far, that seems to be a wise decision, as In Bed with the Devil serves as a brilliant introduction to the initial cast of characters and their various connections with one another, plus providing context for how certain things may shake out in future books. I admit I was surprised that I didn’t catch the Oliver Twist references until I was a good way into the book (or even suspect that the “Dodger” family were an homage to “The Artful Dodger,” from having met them later in the timeline in Falling Into Bed with a Duke), so that was a pleasant surprise, and I love the meta way the story name-drops it later in the book. The two major characters are incredibly compelling and sympathetic. Luke has a dark past, having grown up on the streets among his fellow “Scoundrels,” including being convicted of murdering the heir to the earldom of Claybourne, only to have the then-current earl recognize him as a his grandson, despite Luke having no memories of their connection. The impostor syndrome and conflicting feelings he feels were well-rendered, and in spite of him being very morally gray, I love that he had his heart in the right place, always sticking up for the vulnerable, the way not many in the aristocracy would, although the fact that he’s killed someone at all has earned him a blackened reputation. Catherine has a very similar spirit and big heart, in that she is desperate to help her friend, Winifred, who is trapped in an abusive marriage. I admire her resourcefulness in seeking out Luke, in spite of the risk it might pose to her own reputation to be associated with him. I loved the dynamic between these two. Even with them both being similarly big-hearted and selfless, this gets in the way of their road to happiness too. Luke has long had a connection with his childhood friend, Frannie, and spent a good deal of time believing he wanted to marry her, in spite of her rebuffing him, due to them technically running in different circles since he became the earl. Catherine selflessly gives her heart and virtue to Luke, but later keeps her distance, believing he’s still committed to Frannie. There’s also the way the two women’s conflicting stations tie into Luke’s identity crisis, with him unclear about whether he belongs in the aristocratic world for a good portion of the book. While some of these aspects, including a third-act pregnancy, might sometimes annoy me, Heath used these plot devices to expert effect, making me root for these characters the whole way. And with a generous helping of suspense and danger, this also makes for a fairly engaging read beyond the romance too. From the intrigue of life on the streets to the gritty (possibly temporary, if later book blurbs are any indication) resolution to the domestic violence storyline, there was a lot going on, without forgetting to center the main romance. This was a brilliant first book, and I can’t wait to see what’s to come in the future books! I’d recommend this if you’re looking for a dark, angsty historical romance. Author Bio Lorraine Heath always dreamed of being a writer. After graduating from the University of Texas, she wrote training manuals, press releases, articles, and computer code, but something was always missing. When she read a romance novel, she not only became hooked on the genre, but quickly realized what her writing lacked: rebels, scoundrels, and rogues. She’s been writing about them ever since. Her novels have been recognized with numerous industry awards and have appeared on the USA Today and New York Times bestseller lists. Website Buy links Bookshop Amazon Barnes & Noble Kobo Google Play Apple Books Bellezza, Audrey, & Emily Harding. Elizabeth of East Hampton. New York: Gallery Books, 2024. ISBN-13: 978-1668052556 | $18.99 USD | 384 pages | Contemporary Romance Blurb This fresh and whip-smart modern retelling of Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice—from the authors of the “great beach read” (Bookreporter) Emma of 83rd Street—transports you to summer in the Hamptons, where classes clash, rumors run wild, and love has a frustrating habit of popping up where you least expect it. It’s a truth universally acknowledged—well, by Elizabeth Bennet anyway—that there’s nothing worse than summer in the Hamptons. She should know: she’s lived out there her whole life. Every June, her hometown on the edge of Long Island is inundated with rich Manhattanites who party until dawn and then disappear by September. And after twenty-five years, Lizzy wants to leave, too. But after putting her own dreams on hold to help save her family’s failing bakery, she’s still surfing the same beach every morning and waiting for something, anything, to change. She’s not holding her breath though, not even when her sister starts flirting with the hot new bachelor in town, Charlie Pierce, and he introduces Lizzy to his even hotter friend. Will Darcy is everything Lizzy Bennet is not. Aloof, arrogant…and rich. Of course, he’s never cared about money. In fact, it’s number one on his long list of things that irk him. Number two? His friend Charlie’s insistence on setting him up with his new girlfriend’s sharp-tongued sister. Lizzy Bennet is all wrong for him, from her money-hungry family to her uncanny ability to speak to him as bluntly as he does everyone else. But then maybe that’s why he can’t stop thinking about her. Lizzy is sure Will hates everybody. He thinks she willfully misunderstands them. Yet, just as they strike an uneasy truce, mistakes threaten Charlie and Jane’s romance, with Will and Lizzy caught in the undertow. Between a hurricane and a hypocritical aunt, a drunken voicemail and a deceptive party promoter, the two must sift through the gossip and lies to protect the happiness of everyone they love—even if it means sacrificing their own. But when the truth also forces them to see each other in an entirely new light, they must swallow their pride to learn that love is a lot like surfing: sometimes the only way to survive is to let yourself fall. In the series #1 Emma of 83rd Street Review 3 stars I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley and am voluntarily posting a review. All opinions are my own. I really enjoyed Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding’s Emma of 83rd Street, and was hyped when the story hinted at a possible P&P follow up. Elizabeth of East Hampton is almost as charming as its predecessor, but I do feel like the authors’ desire to stay fairly loyal to the source material came back to bite them, resulting in some issues. The characters and their dynamics are fairly solid. I loved Lizzy and her family, and how similar they felt to the generally chaotic nature of the original. The financial issues, in spite of existing within an elite world among the super-wealthy, in this case New York, was well-conveyed. Lizzy herself is a bit of an idealist and a dreamer, longing for more, yet not able to reach for it and feeling confined by that. Each of the family members was translated to the modern world in a believable way, from Mrs. Bennet being into MLMs, and Lydia being an influencer. Mary even gets some love, being an activist who plays an active role in the latter part of the plot. I generally liked the romance between Lizzy and Will Darcy. The dynamic between them is fairly similar to the original, with respect and then passion and love growing. But there were ways in which this book’s need to follow the plot and even character beats of the original left me feeling underwhelmed. There are so many superfluous characters, including the sisters, that I understand why some of my favorite modern adaptations (The Lizzie Bennet Diaries) chose to cut and condense the cast. In making Mary more relevant and centering her as the crisis point, the authors made a solid choice by removing sexual stigma attached to the Lydia character and highlighting activism and the unjust response to civil disobedience instead. But Lydia and Kitty, meanwhile, simply exist for little purpose. And with how slow the book was overall, especially in the second half, even Jane and Charlie’s relevance felt debatable. Add in more overlap with the last book (both Emma and George Knightley appear), and it all just felt needlessly overstuffed with characters who mostly didn’t advance the narrative. While I didn’t love this book quite as much as their first, I like what these authors have to offer. I’d recommend this book to Austen fans searching for a fairly faithful retelling of Pride and Prejudice. Author Bio Audrey Bellezza is a two-time Emmy Award–nominated TV producer who has spent over twenty years writing, developing, and executive producing nonfiction television shows for a number of networks and streaming platforms. Audrey lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children. Emily Harding is a writer and TV producer whose work has appeared on numerous networks and websites. When not hunched over her computer perfecting her bad posture, she can be found losing another game of Monopoly to her husband and two kids. Buy links Bookshop Amazon Barnes & Noble Kobo Google Play Apple Books
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WASHINGTON (CBSDC) - What happens when just a complete nubb disrupts the sports universe by slamming an elite college basketball statistician in the throes of March Madness? Everyone reading this can draw the inevitable conclusion. But let me try to chronicle this saga by simplifying some details to make it more reader-friendly. Welcome. Enjoy your front row seat to the Big Time Network. The story begins with Matt Valdez, the type of lowly producer who’s content with excreting gaseous matter into the air, then sharing a laugh with himself as he sits in his own filth. Then there’s Ken Pomeroy, a fancy stats guru whose work has been embraced by the best of the college ranks: names like Jim Larranaga and Brad Stevens (turn on a television anywhere right now) come to mind. We’ll set the scene in the Junkies studio. It’s early in the week; everyone is scrambling to masterwork their brackets in time for the NCAA tournament. March Madness. A gambler’s dream and worst nightmare. Related: Seth Davis Upset Picks A simple ‘Did you hear Lavar & Dukes had Ken Pom on as a guest?’ is thrown out. It’s followed up by a ‘Valdez, why haven’t you booked him?’ This is a mystery that from the surface appears innocent enough, but when you start to dig a little deeper, a tale riddled with corruption and deceit begins to unfold. Enter plot point 1 as told on the Junkies of 106.7 The Fan: Valdez: I said ‘well, our listeners aren’t going to want to hear 15 minutes on pace of play.’ EB: Yea, but that’s not what you said yesterday on the show. Cakes: I think you’re sugarcoating it a little bit. JP: Let’s get Ken Pom’s take based on what you said, via Lavar and Dukes. We have the audio right? EB: No no, but you need to preface it for people who are tuning in by what Valdez actually said. He said ‘Trust me, he’s not very good.’ Lurch: No, he said he was Dull. Valdez: I said he was Dry. I didn’t say DULL, I said DRY. Cakes: Dry implies kind of dull. http://cbswashington.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/ken-pom-war-part-1.mp3 Take it from someone who’s been called dry on countless occasions. It’s a more polite way of saying ‘not entertaining.’ Valdez: Well it’s a very dry subject that he’s an expert on. Let’s listen to Chad Dukes expertly stoke the fire with Ken Pomeroy on Lavar & Dukes Wednesday: http://cbswashington.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/ken-pow-war-part-2.mp3 Key Ken Pom takeaways: “Yea you know, Matt Valdez is pretty much dead to me at this point.” “I’m actually a pretty huge fan of the Junkies. I grew up in the D.C. area and so I listen to them frequently and I know Matt’s a big fan of mine (Big Time). But yesterday he said I was like dry, and a terrible interview or something like that. I think that’s pretty close to the exact quote.” “I think I’ve said all I need to say. Extremely disappointed to hear what he had to say yesterday.” “Like I said, I’ve listened to the Junkies from their start in the late 90’s and still listen to them to this day. So you can imagine when you hear your name thrown around negatively by your idols, it’s tough to take.” Wow. What were the odds Matt Valdez would talk smack on-air and it would actually get back to Ken Pom?! You see, what Valdez ‘slept on’ was the very same thing that has given him a career: the power of the Junks. He foolishly neglected to take into account that this renowned guru could be a Junkies listener. Cakes: In a billion years, Valdes never thought that Ken Pomeroy was a Junkies P1 out in Utah, listening to the show forever! EB: What you need to do Matt, is you need to apologize. You need to apologize to Ken. Now watch him grovel. Valdez: I’ll apologize on air. I’m very sorry. EB: Will you say that you were wrong? Valdez: I was wrong. EB: He’s excellent on air in fact. Valdez: Excellent. Very good. Very talented. Oh, it’s disgusting. EB: He’s ten times better than you on the radio! The last person who should ever be getting into a war of words is Valdez. It’s no secret, the kid’s no linguist. But what happened when Ken Pom discovered he’d been chastised publicly by the producer of a show he adores could be described as a rightful tongue-lashing; a pointed counter-attack. And the shameful apology that followed was just embarrassing. A man boyishly cowering in the corner as he realized he’d been caught railing against his hero. What Valdez needs to realize is, when it comes to bashing someone you deeply admire, you either go all-in or refrain from doing so altogether. You either honor your appreciation for the person by completely burying them – because you care and want them to be aware of their deficiencies – or you watch yourself become the villain. There is no in-between. Related: Richard Sherman vs. Skip Bayless The scraps of Valdez’ dignity shall serve as a constant reminder not to bite the hand that feeds. Oh, did I forget to mention Ken Pomeroy came on the Junkies the next day to confront Matt? Enjoy. http://cbswashington.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/12kenpominterview.mp3 Follow Ken Pom on Twitter. Take a shot at Matt here. Also visit KenPom.com for all your college basketball statistical needs. P.S. Hats off to the producers and on-air talent who masterfully made this happen. It really was impressive how it developed into a war stretched across multiple radio shows, strung out for multiple days. LANHAM, Md. (CBSDC) - John “Cakes” Auville has a problem that’s been growing on him. And after weeks of laughing it off, tensions among his coworkers began to boil over, and the time finally came for him to face the music. Basically, he’s had disgusting sores on his face for weeks and he finally sought professional help to determine the cause. “They came up with the diagnosis,” Cakes told the Junkies on 106.7 The Fan. “What did you guys bet? Any bets?” “I thought it was what you had in the past,” JP said. “I can never remember the name of it. What was it?” “Perioral Dermatitis?” Cakes answered. “Not what I’m afflicted with.” Wait for it. “Staph Infection. Staph Infection on the face.” Cakes was just as befuddled by the diagnosis as everyone around him, and anyone who happened to hear the big reveal on the air Tuesday morning. Cakes: Apparently I have very sensitive skin and I have the immunity system of a mosquito. I didn’t know this: staph lives in your nose. JP: Jason right now has staph infection? I right now have staph infection? Cakes: All of you are walking around with it. It’s just a matter of whether it manifests itself on your face. Valdez: Twenty-five percent of people carry Staph in their nose and mouth. So one out of the four Junks, as Cakes processed the information. Actually, to expand on the Web MD fear-mongering Valdez regurgitated: “about 25% of people normally carry staph in the nose, mouth, genitals or anal area.” Sleep on that one. But Larry Bishop, disgusted by the leper he was perched across from in the studio, came through with a decisive look into the future. Larry: Obviously you’ve got the medicine inside of you and its working, but it looks like the sores are so pronounced that it may take a good couple weeks for it to all clear up. Cakes: I mean I have a follow-up in ten days. Larry: So I don’t think you can shave for a couple of weeks. Cakes: Beard-A-Thon 2013, it’s on baby! Because by the time this whole nonsense is over, hopefully – knock on wood – the Capitals will be in the playoffs. Monster playoff beard. Epic. Let’s hope between now and then, Cakes gets this infection taken care of, so it doesn’t become the WJFK Staff infection. Follow Cakes on Twitter. YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY: Solving the Age-Old Question: What’s On Cakes’ Face? EB Has A Problem … It’s Time We Intervene Panty Perverts Caught in Arlington, Va. and Lanham, Md. LANHAM, Md. (CBSDC) - Eric Bickel is a fascinating human being. He really is. During Friday’s show, he chose to unburden himself of something that had been bothering him for some time; something rather peculiar in nature. It seems he’s had this recurring dream, which involves him losing his uhhhh … his junk. “I have to be delicate obviously, but it has to do with my junk,” Bickel told the rest of the Junkies. “And for some reason I have this dream over and over and over that I can actually detach it from my body; that I can just like, pop it off almost. And then it turns into like PLAY-DOH.”” Listen to him as he explains his weird junk dream: (2:31) EB Explains His Plah-Doh Junk Junkies - 106.7 The Fan Although critical at first, Lurch did offer high value to the conversation by naming situations where it would be beneficial to detach your junk. “You’re playing hoops or whatever, or when I was playing softball with the old guys,” Lurch offered. “Yea, you would detach it and put it in your bag and then just put it back on.” The Junkies have a male-dominated audience, so unfortunately for the female minority, this next exercise will be an act of futility, but imagine if you could just remove it. First of all, would you do it? Secondly, where/when would you remove it? Are there some places where it’s required? Others where it’s just a common courtesy? Would it be like taking off your shoes when you walk into someone’s home? Is it customary for every home to have it’s equivalent to the coat-hanger? Maybe there’s like a drawer everyone keeps by their front door. When male visitors come by, they just drop it in the drawer as they step inside. “Please take your junk off when you come inside.” I know I’ve heard of a ‘junk drawer’ before, but I never would have thought … You’re dining at a fancy restaurant … “Excuse me, do you have some place I can store my junk?” Lock Lurch would remove his as soon as he got home every night. I don’t know. The whole ‘thing’ sounds preposterous, but it does make for a fascinating imagination session. Hats off to you EB, for having such an interesting brain. Brings a whole new perspective to Sports Junkies. Show pictures of your detached junk to EB here. (18:57) EB's Junk Dream The Junkies - 106.7 The Fan WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – Along with grasping to fill the giant size-seven shoes left by comedic genius John Auville this week, JP of the Junkies became obsessed with showing everyone his disgusting toes, talking about his disgusting toes, and tweeting about his disgusting toes on the show Tuesday. *Warning to reader: NSFA (not safe for anyone) The thing about talk radio is, it’s important to bring elements of your personal life onto the air to build a relationship with your audience. Things you’re allowed to leave off range anywhere from personal details about your family, to in-depth coverage of your horrifying bloody toes. But really, when you have your own show, the sky’s the limit to what you choose to expose; even if it’s the gnarly details of your crusty, crackling foot fungus. To give you an idea of how revolting this convo was, here’s one of the introductory lines. “I have bloody toes.” Let me rattle off some more thrilling quotes. “I just have toenail fungus.” “I cut off my whole nail except for like a nubb.” “I shave off the whole nail except for the nubber.” “It’s just a nubb.” “I shaved ‘em down and I put it in an Epsom salt bath.” “I’m nubbs.” He didn’t actually say that last one, but he basically did. Sue me for all my zeros, lawyer man. JP explained the condition as so debilitating, he’s forced to either wear shoes to the beach, or cover his Leatherface-looking digits from the harsh judgment of the world with layers of sand. Now dig your nails into this snippet: JP: I think EB has toenail fungus. EB: Don’t throw me in your mix. This is your story. JP: Alright, but don’t you have it? EB: Why are you throwing my fungus in the mix? JP: I’m just saying, it’s not that uncommon. EB: I do, but use somebody else as an example. Before you read on, there’s brutally graphic photos of JP’s toes coming. He should honestly have to work XXX into his Twitter handle if he’s going to be doing this. I don’t know if it’s the sight of these pics or that I’ve been melting my face off in Dewey Beach for three days, but I’m sick to my stomach after writing this. I seriously am.#notabit Hey JP! You’re grossing everyone out! JP Talks About His Gross Toes The Junkies - 106.7 The Fan Follow JP on Twitter, if you dare. WASHINGTON (CBSDC) - You already know this, but there’s a guy named Yasiel Puig on the Dodgers tearing up the league. Pronounced: [Poo-eeg]. What you probably don’t know (because the thought was expertly implanted in your brain) , you didn’t actually learn about Puig from his nightly SportsCenter Top 10 appearances, or the Dodgers frequent nationally televised games, or Twitter or even anything else. You only know who he is because JP of the Junkies told you. It doesn’t matter how many consecutive games he’s hit in, how outrageous his OPS is, or how many home runs he hit in the month of June. You wouldn’t have known the name Yasiel Puig without JP claiming him like 7 days ago. Don’t believe me? Then how do you explain this conversation from the show, like 4 or 5 whole days ago? JP Discovered Puig The Junkies - 106.7 The Fan JP: “Just the fact that I mentioned how good he was before any of you guys were onto him, like you put me as this big Yasiel Puig fan.” Lurch: “Hold on. Hold on.” Cakes: “Did you watch SportsCenter?” Lurch: “Are you claiming you knew who Puig was before me?” JP: “On this show.” Lurch: “Really? Is that why I already had him on my fantasy team when you brought him up?” Valdez: “JP’s like the advanced scout for the Junkies.” Very funny Cakes. I’m sure SportsCenter was onto Puig before Hey F’ing JPedia…before July 3rd. How to Pronounce Puig The Junkies - 106.7 The Fan Grow up, and respect the divine source of knowledge sitting across from you. People are so disrespectful these days, honestly. You think it’s easy to speak so aimlessly you drain rooms of their tissue resources everywhere you go? So unwarranted everyone around you has Hoover flags hanging from their ears? Only a rare talent can draw blood from a stone with nothing but the sound of his voice. And you know what else, it takes one to know one, and identifying a ballplayer’s talent just 33 games into his career is called intuition. So to answer your question, yes Jason Bishop. That IS why you had Puig on your fantasy team before JP brought him up. Related: Davey Johnson Wouldn’t Give Puig All-Star Nod JP Says Puig Will Save Baseball The Junkies - 106.7 The Fan WASHINGTON (CBSDC) - Some of the best sports talk radio segments in morning drive are those which extend beyond what the latest notable person thinks about the Redskins’ name change debate, or why an MLB manager wants to slit his wrists – basically, topics that have nothing to do with sports. That’s where the Junkies come in, and why on this day, Jason Bishop is king (and really always has been within the confines of Ashburn). You see, Lurchy is now 43-years-old, has consistently expressed signs of being in the throes of a midlife crisis, like when he inexplicably grew out his hair, and now has two kids on the verge of adolescence, and then high school, and his wife has braces. We all struggle to find the meaning of life, and sometimes it helps in our ongoing pursuit to regain the bliss of our youth, to find little things to keep our minds off the short, fleeting amount of time we have left between now and the end of days. Fortunately, the Junks have a diehard fanbase that’s loyal and cares enough, to assist in answering these little life questions on a daily basis. So let’s explore what prompted Jason Bishop’s latest cry for help Tuesday morning: “What will make my life happy?” JP: “The major revelation is, you are seriously considering adding to the Bishop family…” Lurch: “My wife and I have been thinking about it for the last few months. Not getting any younger. I’m certainly not getting any younger. Life is short. Valdez, Drab, I think it’s time … to get a dog.” Lurch: “My wife and I have been talking about getting a puppy here for the last few months. The kids have been begging for it and they’re spoiled little brats. But to see their eyes light up giving them a puppy I think would be priceless. So I think that now it’s just a matter of finding the right dog. Finding the perfect dog for the family, for the kids. Do I get a rescue? Do I get a puppy? Do I get a smaller dog? Do I get a bigger dog?” Lurch: “I don’t want just suggestions on what type of dog to get, first of all, I want you to tell me if I should get a dog. Is the juice worth the squeeze? And then if you think it is, then you tell me what kind of dog to get. What will make my life happy?” These are all great questions, questions which could drastically reduce the strain on those midlife concerns, or if nothing else, delay the inevitable. But now Jason needs your help. He outlined his demands in the segment below, and needs the help of the listener in the decision-making process. Because after all, the Junkies lives wouldn’t be the same without their listeners. Please help him answer the following questions, before he does something drastic, like purchasing a Ferrari or dumping his money into a pyramid scheme. What kind of dog should Jason get? What kind of dog will best help him forget that his body is quickly withering away, and that none of this really matters? The Revelation - Lurch Wants a Dog The Junkies - 106.7 The Fan Revelation Part 2 - The Setbacks The Junkies - 106.7 The Fan NUBBSVILLE, Md. (CBSDC) - Tuesday’s show brought a startling development on the ‘Jason being depressed about everything’ front. It’s been well-documented Lurch has reached the point in a man’s life in which he’s able to find sorrow in the little things. Little things like his daughters getting older, his wife getting braces. He once even inexplicably grew out his hair. A few months back, he asked on the show, “What will make my life happy?” before deciding that buying a dog would fill the bottomless void in his soul. One of the aforementioned problems has brought him so much stress, it’s tipped the scales, and is now a serious, growing problem, about growth. “I’m having a hard time with just noticing the development,” Jason said of his eldest daughter. “I’m having a hard time with it. And not that she is beyond her years.” “What do you mean you’re having a hard time? You don’t like it?” EB said. “I’m having a hard time coping with it,” Lurch said. “Are we gonna do a therapy session right now?” EB said. “He doesn’t like puberty,” Cakes said. “He’s not a fan.” “So what are you suggesting?” EB said before JP began to sympathize with Jason, noting his own daughter’s “development.” Lurch: Growing BREASTS is what I’m talking about! LOL. EB: Right, but why does it affect you really? Lurch: I’m her dad! I’m noticing she’s not my little girl anymore. That’s my point. And I’m having a hard time coping with it. EB: It doesn’t take them growing breasts to realize they’re getting older though. I mean I think about that every day. Cakes: You won’t play Daughter by Pearl Jam (Cakes was desperately trying to divert the topic). Lurch: That’s when it starts. When you notice their body developing, that’s when it really hits you. I’m just telling you, I’m having a hard time with it. No matter what problems you are dealing with, we want to help you find a reason to keep living. By calling 1-800-273-TALK (8255) you’ll be connected to a skilled, trained counselor at a crisis center in your area, anytime 24/7. JUNKIES POLL: Do All Brothers Know Mr. Marcus? Lurch's Daughter is Growing Breasts The Junkies - 106.7 The Fan Lurch Doesn't Believe in Cars That Drive Themselves The Junkies - 106.7 The Fan WASHINGTON (CBSDC) - It’s almost cute — definitely hysterical — whenever Jason’s imagination begins running wild with the innocence of a child (who can’t read), for something that will likely be a reality in the not so distant future. Four states have already passed legislation to legally welcome the future of autonomous cars, which have surpassed the production stage, and in some cases, already reached the roadways in testing. Lurch, who can barely use a computer, doesn’t know how to type, can’t comprehend the relationship between the internet and WiFi (one being a product of the other), and to this day, still has yet to figure out how to upload songs to his iPod, does not agree with this accurate assessment. “Hold on, now when you say they drive themselves,” Lurch, the donk, said when the topic was broached on the Junkies on Wednesday. “So you’re telling me that you can just start the car, and just take a nap, and it will get you from home to work?” “Yea,” EB replied. “It drives you.” “There’s no way they’re going to allow that thing,” Lurch argued with a great deal of ignorance on his side. “They’re not going to allow that thing on the roads.” “I’m not inventing it, I’m telling you they’ve been working on it for years,” EB said. “Alright, they might be working on it, but there’s no way,” Lurch said. “They have models that can do it now in little tracks,” EB responded. “I understand that, but there’s no way, state by state, they’re going to allow that on the roads,” Lurch said. In May 2012, Nevada passed legislation for autonomous cars, quickly followed by Florida in July 2012. California passed similar legislation that September, then Michigan in 2013. They’ve literally been allowing it state by state. “Not in our lifetime,” Lurch concluded. “No way in our lifetime.” He’s probably right. Epic Lurch Story The Junkies - 106.7 The Fan WASHINGTON (CBDC) - If you missed parts or all of the Junkies on Thursday, it’s understandable — there’s like three feet of snow outside. You can chalk it up to Snowchi Pax, or whatever they’re calling it, but you still missed an epic Lurch segment involving his wife, Theresa. Yesterday, as Lurch explained, Lurch met up with a few of the guys from the Corner Club as snowfall first touched down, to imbibe and have a round on the golf simulator. So after their round, obviously, they headed over to Bonefish for a subsequent round of drinks. Lurch then had to drive his daughters to a softball workout. Here’s when chaos inserts itself: Snowchi notwithstanding, Theresa had plans for the whole family to meet up with the Kelleys (I don’t know who the Kelleys are either) for dinner afterward. Lurch: So it’s 7:30 and the storm is gonna pummel us. And I start thinking about it, well, I gotta get up at like 3:30 — I’m not getting up at the standard 4:20 or whatever. So then I told my wife, I said, ‘I’m not gonna go to dinner, because I gotta go to sleep early, I gotta watch GW/VCU.’ EB: She can kind of understand that. Well, you threw in the GW/VCU. Lurch: Well I didn’t tell her that, but I was thinking to myself, if I go to dinner, we’re not gonna start eating ’til 8, I’ll be there til 9, and I want to go to sleep relatively early. So she cancels the dinner. She could have taken the girls, because the Kelleys have kids that they know, and I said, ‘Why can’t you just go to the Kelleys without me?’ She said, ‘No, I’m not gonna go because Jim’s gonna be there and it’s gonna be awkward, I’m not gonna have anyone to talk to. I said, ‘What? What are you talking about? It’s not awkward, we’ve know them for years. So she cancels the dinner, we go to Subway after the workout. So we get back up into the house and she’s like, ‘the Kelleys are afraid to ask you to go anywhere because you’re such a D-bag.’ I said, ‘What?!’ JP: So she didn’t really call you that? EB: No, she did. Lurch: No, she goes, ‘You’re such a d-bag that the Kelleys are afraid to ask you to go out, and these are the reasons, because you always bail.’ So then she’s yelling at me in the bedroom, the kids are downstairs eating. I was floored! I didn’t know where it came from! It was out of left field. She obviously wasn’t thinking about me, because she just takes it for granted that I could just go to bed at 11 o’clock. She wasn’t up cleaning off the car at 3:30. Right? That was ME. All she does is roll over and say, ‘Drive safe! [snooring sounds] Be careful! [more snoring sounds]‘ The issue went unresolved, with both of them going to bed in a huff, although, Lurch said later he planned to have a sit down with Theresa when he arrives back home. Lurch: I might have to take a couple credit cards away today. EB: That’s the hammer. WHAM! Lurch: I can take the Nordstrom and The Gap away. See how she likes that. And if she really pushes me, Macy’s is going. Reggie Calls In The Junkies - 106.7 The Fan LANHAM, Md. (CBSDC) – The Junkies received a very special call on Friday – they were joined by Reggie, former love interest to Peggy, Lurch’s mom, a guy who’s been mentioned countless times on the show through the years, oftentimes in jest. Reggie is almost a thing of Junkies folklore, and anyone who’s been listening to the show for years knows exactly what I mean, so him calling in perhaps brings a shade of reality to someone who’s long felt more like a myth. As Lurch explained, his mother met Reggie, a former secret service agent, when the two were working at the White House during the Reagan administration, although, the extent of their relationship was always a bit hazy. Let’s see if his call served to clear any of the up: “You had called the show a few years back, correct?” Lurch asked. “Yea, you know what happened is, when you guys were talking about that way back then, somebody that I used to work with – even though you didn’t say the last name – they listened to it, they knew, and they called me.” “Can you give these guys a little idea of what the friendship was like with my mom?” Lurch asked. [Valdez giggling] “You make a lot of friends when you work at the White House,” Reggie said. “You travel with the staff. You’re part of a team, so you get to know each other, and his mom was a wonderful lady. Great person.” So no. Still just as hazy. Reggie has a lot of high-profile friends apparently, and Lurch recounted one particular account when he and his mother flew out to Los Angeles to meet up with Reggie, and during their stay, Lurch was treated to accompany him to a visit to his friend’s house. His friend is Hall of Fame running back Marcus Allen. Reggie also enlightened the Junks about his a trip he made long ago to the home of OJ Simpson, white Bronco in front and all. And he even joaned a little, when asked to tell one memory he has of Jason. “What was that movie, White Men Can’t Jump?” Reggie laughed before ending his call on a pleasant note. “[Jason] found the right profession, I think, and I’m really proud of him. You’re doing a great job, buddy, so just keep doing what you’re doing and give your mom my best.” All in all, Reggie’s phone call was a delightful surprise, and a segment to which serious Junks fans with truly enjoy listening. [Also Lurch dropped a bombshell about his wife on the show yesterday — read about/listen to that here] Listen to the segment in the audio clip above. Lurch Wants to Wrap it Up The Junkies - 106.7 The Fan WASHINGTON (CBSDC) - The buzz from March Madness is in the air. It’s palpable. Electric. As of this writing, cube-dwellers across this fine land — the backbone of our hardworking nation — are lining up outside their bosses’ offices with unexpected wooziness — It may be a stomach virus. I hear that’s going around. I wouldn’t want to get the entire office sick — to flee their nine-to-fives for the bar stool sanctuaries. Not even the Sports Junkies — who spend four hours a day deeply immersed in sports talk radio — are immune to its seductive lure. “Can’t Wait! C’mon let’s wrap it up so I can get on the roaaaaad,” Lurch said, full of enthusiasm for life, two seconds into the 56th minute of the 4th hour of the show. “Looks like he shaved,” JP said of Lurch, almost as if seeing him for the first time that morning, or being forced to examine him through a new lens when faced with a level of excitement so uncharacteristic of Lurch in the last hour of the show. “He shaves pretty much every day,” EB indulged. And then, sensing the potential for these once harmless beard comments to trickle on for another twenty unforgivable seconds, Lurch flips the switch, initiating a violent tone shift, and signaling the end of a shared moment. “Can we wrap it up?” he says sternly, as the March Madness theme music falls off a cliff, mysteriously mimicking that shift in tone. “Yea,” JP obliged. “Cause I need to get on the road,” Lurch said. “Alright, we’re out of here, Grant and Danny are up next from Public Bar,” JP wrapped it up. I reached 106.7 The Fan program director Chris Kinard for comment on Lurch’s bizarre, abrupt mood swing. “I think that’s perfectly reasonable. He put in a very tough 4 hours and 10 minutes of work today,” Kinard told me exclusively, three hours into what figures to be his fourth 14-hour work day this week. “It’s perfectly reasonable for him to want to get on the road to go watch TV as quickly as possible, and be away from his family all day … today, all day tomorrow, all day Saturday and all day Sunday,” he said. “So I sympathize with him.” WASHINGTON (CBSDC) - Perhaps being ‘worried’ about it isn’t the proper phrasing, but Lurch is certainly ‘aware’ he’s becoming the crazy, screaming dad who ruins his children’s softball games for all other parents and kids (his included) in attendance, he admitted Monday. We all know this guy. We all hate this guy. He’s the parent who recalls his own shortcomings as a player, while watching his kids play sports, and lives vicariously through them with the aggression of someone who knows ‘too much’ about the game to let apathy slide by the wayside. This guy sucks the fun out of the game, every time, and has parents across the diamond muttering under their breath for him to ‘shut up’ but wont’ say it to his face because, like most parents, they’ve put their confrontational ‘shut up or I’ll make you shut up’ days far back in the rearview. In reality, they end up talking to other parents as they’re walking to their cars in that ‘Can you believe that guy?’ kind of way, then passive-aggressively alert the ump before their next unfortunate encounter with screaming dad. “I would love to just have a camera fixated on me at my daughter’s softball game, because I know I just make a fool of myself,” Lurch said. Lurch: Look, she’s twelve-years-old. And all these kids are 11, 12, some of them are 13. But it just drives me batty, the mental mistakes. And I understand they’re 12, and they don’t get the repetitions that they should. Practice time has been cut because of the weather. EB: They also don’t care that much. Lurch: They don’t care like the parents do. But I know I’m the loudest parent. I know it. I know for a fact I am. I know the parents on the other side can hear me, because they’ve said stuff to me before. JP: Does your wife ever say anything to you? Lurch: My wife just kind of sits on the bleachers. She pulls the hat down. She doesn’t want to be 50 feet within earshot. JP: Do you kids every scold you? Lurch: They feel it. I know they feel it. Because when they make a mistake, I’m so loud on the field and I know they can hear it. All the players can hear; the coaches can hear it; the other parents can hear it. But I’m just so competitive. I have this drive, and I just want them to do well, and I want her to play well. And when there’s two outs and she’s on first, and there’s a popup to right-center field, and she’s waiting to see if it’s caught. There’s two outs. Right. I’m like ‘RUNNNNNN! WHAT ARE YOU DOING? THERE’S TWO OUTS!’ Lurch: And then she ends up on third, where she could have scored if she’s running. The parents are probably just looking at me like what are you doing. Poor T. She probably just lets it build and build for weeks on end, before consuming the proper dosage of wine to get up the nerve to call him a nine-letter word, and “the Kelleys are afraid to ask you to go out.” Listen to the segment in the giant audio clip below. ”Lurch ”106.7 WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – Lurch has officially adopted the dog he fell in love with on the air, which he met last week when the Washington Animal Rescue League brought a few pups in need of a home into the Junkies studio, renaming the female Dutch Shepard ‘Luca.’ The news, first reported by WARL, has been confirmed by 106.7 The Fan. Here are some quotes from Lurch on how he and his wife T came to the decision to ultimately adopt, rather than foster the dog on a trial basis. “So we went down there, and of course the three dogs that they brought in on Wednesday, the last dog that we met was the Dutch Shepard,” Lurch explained. “But there was something about the Dutch Shepard that I really liked,” he said. “I just like the coat. I like the temperament. I like the demeanor of the dog.” Lurch, on bringing the dog home for the first time. “Now look, when we brought the dog home on Friday, okay, it had an accident in the house,” he said. “And we knew that was gonna happen, right? That’s the one part that I’m kind of fearful of, is the bathroom training. The potty training.” “I think she’s been really good over the last couple days. We got her Friday, she’s had one major mishap in the house. But we’re kind of freaking out. Every time she eats something or every time she drinks water, we take her out like five minutes later.” “What was the major mishap?” EB would ask. “She poo’d right there in the living room,” Lurch said. LOL. “She’s peed a couple times on the carpet,” he later added. “But you should see this dog eat,” Lurch would go on to say. “I mean, I don’t know how often they fed the dog at the rescue league. Drab, you’ll know. When we put food in this dog’s bowl, she inhales the food. She doesn’t even taste it.” More on the dog sitch: Drab: Hey, what was the girls’ reaction when you came through the door with it? Lurch: Well, you know my youngest daughter, we had to kind of tell my youngest daughter that we’re just fostering the dog, that we didn’t officially adopt it. JP [laughing]: They lied. Lurch: Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do sometimes. It’s a white lie. It’s a Reggie White lie. EB: So you have like the one kid that was upset about it? Lurch: Yes. I told you, she didn’t want to become emotionally attached to a pet. Now, over the last couple days… EB: She’s warming up to it? Lurch: Yes, but she still thinks it’s just a foster, it’s not an adoption. But it’s really an adoption. There’s one final note to Junkies listeners, from Lurch, the consummate angler. “Hey, if you work at a pet store, text me.” More Junkies Blog: Donk: Move Harper to Third, Zimmerman to Left WTF Is This Junkies Caller Trying to Say? Junkies Joined In Studio by 2 LPGA Sillies ”Lurch ”106.7 WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – Less than a week as a new dog owner, and Lurch has already had a supreme bonding moment with his Dutch Shepard, Luca, who helped him thwart a home invasion inside his palatial Ashburn estate. Luca, as Lurch explained, started barking late one night as the rest of the house laid their heads in peaceful slumber. The Papa decided to head downstairs to see what was the matter, to find Luca in her crate barking loudly, at the sight of a house mouse squatting in her immediate field of view, seemingly taunting the captive animal. Unfortunately, the devious little mouse scurried away at the initial sighting of the big, hulking Lurch Papa. Fortunately, the mouse had a rebellious streak in it, and decided to dance too close to the sun one too many times. “So that mouse is sitting, staring at Luca, flipping her the bird, taunting her, because the mouse is just chilling,” Lurch explained. “Whatever the mouse wants to do, nibbling on everything.” “So, once the mouse saw me come downstairs, it scurried down the steps; it was gone, right? I took the dog out, she went pee. I put her back in, fine. 4 o’clock in the morning, dog’s barking again, alright? I’m thinking, ‘There’s no way that mouse came back up and is sitting right next to the cage.’ So I tip-toed down the stairs; that mouse is right back in the same spot.” “Well, you’re gonna get a glue trap and put peanut butter on it, right next to the cage,” EB said. “Right back in the same spot, Mr. Bickel, alright,” Lurch said. “But I crept on it, on the back side of it, because I don’t think that mice can see real well.” “I don’t know,” Cakes said. “How would I know?” “Well it’s nibbling on something, like on the leg of a table,” Lurch said. “What you grab to smack it?” JP asked. “So I grabbed a big Pittsburgh Steelers cup that my wife likes to use for her coffee,” Lurch said. “Oh, you just pummeled her coffee cup,” EB said. “And I crept up right behind the mouse. I can’t believe the mouse didn’t see me coming,” Lurch said. “And I wanted to put the cup over top of the mouse. The mouse kind of moved when I did it, so it kind of got caught on the edge of the cup, at the head. And it starts moving violently. The tail is wagging violently. And I kept it there, and I just put a big heavy table on top of it.” “A table?” JP said, flummoxed. “Well, yea, because the mouse, if I just let it go, the mouse is gonna get out,” Lurch said. “And if I just let the cup go, it was strong enough to move the cup. The cup wasn’t real heavy. So I had to put something heavy on the cup to keep it down, and I figured it was just gonna suffocate. “Then I take the dog out to pee and poop, went back, the table falls over — the one I put on top of the cup — the table falls over.” “Silly mouse trap you built!” Cakes joaned (joaning is bullying). “Then the cup falls over, but you know what? That mouse was dead!” Lurch rejoiced. “Doneskie!” “I think you got him from the initial contact from the cup,” JP said. “Yea, you stunned him,” Flakes said. “I think I did,” Lurch said. “But it was because Luca barked, that we stopped the home invasion of the mouse. That mouse is doneskie! Not sure if there are any more in the house, there might be, but that one’s cooked.” “Luca’s a hero,” EB said. “Luca is,” Lurch agreed. “Ashburn hero.” Congrats to the Lurch Papa, for finding himself a reindeer-looking guard dog in Luca (or Luka, or, I don’t know). Listen to the full story below. More Junkies Blogs: Caller Dumbly Suggest Switching Harper-Zimmerman Junks Joined In Studio by LPGA Sillies Lurch Officially Adopts the Dutch Shepard ”Luca ”106.7 WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – Surely by now you’ve heard there’s some controversy about town. Look, I’m not here to take any official stance or anything, but rather solely here to report the news. However, you’re likely to have an opinion. In fact, I’m sure you do. The one certainty here, is whichever opinion you have, it’s probably impassioned to the point you’d either comment ‘this is inevitable, just get it over with’ or ‘OMG, please stop talking about it!’ Lurch is trying to decide whether or not he should have his dog, Luka, pee in his neighbor’s yard. Lurch: They. Don’t. Care. About the yard. You should see the yard. Weeds everywhere, they never cut the grass. Cakes: Does it get you bitter? That’s bordering your property, it’s gotta get you bitter. JP: So wait a second. You have some sort of landlord that’s never ever been there, that just bought the house? Didn’t live there at all? Lurch: The guy who lived there for a long time, that I knew – this guy Tim – was a really good guy, he moved. Sold it to this guy from Egypt who’s never been in the house, all he did was buy the house to rent out to people. And he rents to families, mostly Middle Eastern families, and this family from Syria, believe me, they don’t care about the yard. That’s what I’m gonna do. Luka has a new potty ground. Cakes: They’re just happy they’re out of Syria. JP: Will you at least do it kind like on the border? You’re not gonna go right to the middle of their yard, are you? Lurch: Honestly, I don’t think they would care. The Junks went on to throw out on impromptu poll, which was promptly cut short because there was like 10 seconds left in the show, which was promptly eaten up by a guy calling in with his ‘World Cup predictions.’ That’s where you come in. Now that you’ve been given prior context, should Lurch allow his dog to pee in his neighbors’ yard? ”Lurch ”106.7 WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – It’s been awhile since the website has seen a substantial Lurch’s dog update (aside from him considering allowing the dog to pee in his neighbors’ yard), and in the last two weeks, there have been some startling developments. First, about two weeks back, Valdez, citing a source close to the king, uncovered a bombshell about how Lurch plans to obtain a crate for Luka — the Dutch Shepherd he rescued from the Washington Animal Rescue League — which, if he goes through with it, may be the most unscrupulous act he’s committed to date. Valdez: Alright, well you know how Jason just got Luka, his beautiful new dog? Well, what he’s doing is, he doesn’t want to pay for a dog crate, a brand new dog crate. Lurch: Oh, jeeze. You just make stuff up. Valdez: So he’s asking all of his boys if they’ll hook him for a dog crate. EB: You’re kidding. Valdez: It’s $80. It’s $80 a dog crate. EB: Eighty dollars?! Valdez: And the, I believe the quote is, ‘I don’t want to pay for that ess.’ ”Lurch’s ”106.7 Short of begging for handouts, Lurch is also considering training his dog in the German language, which is pretty cool. As he explained last week, he had a trainer visit his home to experience first-hand what commanding a dog in German may be like. “The guy came over to the house for ninety minutes,” Lurch said. “And we talked, and I asked him a bunch of questions,” he said. “His dogs were actually in the car, and he brought his dogs out into my yard. And the one dog, it’s like a Belgian, I want to say Malamute, but that’s wrong — it’s Belgian Mal or Maul, or something like that; it looks like a shepherd — and that thing sat there, my dog’s going crazy on the leash, barking and trying to jump on it. “That dog just sat there, looked up at his master, and then the master said something like ‘Walwoumph,’ and that thing got up, and went right into the truck. I mean he didn’t flinch, he just listened to him. He was just staring at his master. And I said, ‘If you can make my dog do that, I’m just gonna bow to you.’ “ You might be thinking: ‘Why would anyone want to train their dog in another language? Well, as Lurch would explain, it’s actually a rather clever way of training your dog to be uniquely responsive to your commands, while avoiding confusing the dog when, say, at the dog park, when other dogs and their English-speaking dog owners are around, barking orders at each other, so to speak. Fast-forward to the 7-minute mark for that story. ”Training ”106.7 Listen: JP/Bruce the Hugger ‘I Believe’ Chant Remix BETHESDA, Md. (CBSDC) – There’s a lot to celebrate today: Team USA advancing to the World Cup’s knockout round, no new major Redskins name controversy stories, and the Quicken Loans National officially being underway at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda. To the latter, it was major news when Tiger Woods announced he’d return to golf in time for his own tournament, and understandably so, became the biggest story heading into the tournament as a result. Fortunately for Tiger, the Junkies had prime real estate for their live broadcast from Congressional, which afforded Lurch the opportunity to announce the play-by-play call of Tiger’s tee shot on the 10th hole. As Lurch took his spot overlooking the 10th green, like the professional broadcaster he is, he naturally lowered his voice just above a whisper, as Tiger approached the tee. It was actually hilarious how seamless he made the transition, like he’s been practicing while watching golf with the Corner Club, patiently awaiting his chance to play Jim Nantz. “I can hear you now. I have to whisper, because I’m out here on the deck and I’m overlooking the green. Of course, you have to talk in golf speak, in golf tone here when you’re at the golf tournament, but we’re overlooking the tenth green here at Congressional. It’s playing 203 yards today, all downhill. About 185 of it is complete carry over the tee boxes and the pond, here, between the 10th and the 18th, here. … “Tiger Woods, of course, one of the most anticipated rounds of golf this year on the tour, wearing his black pants and his lime-green Nike shirt. Has not played since March 9, when he played at the WGC Cadillac Championship in Florida.” “What are the wind conditions, Jason?” JP played along. “Not much wind, JP,” Lurch replied. “I think it’s pretty still and steady; it’s a beautiful morning. It really is. Temperature probably in the mid to high 7os. And here’s Tiger Woods. “Are we looking at a right-to-left situation?” JP asked. “Probably,” Lurch said. “He has a five-iron in his hand, and here’s his shot: high ball flight, coming down — he likes it, he’s posing — and that is deep. That will be in the bunker. His first tee shot, competitive tee shot since March, and he is deep in the bunker. Gonna be a tough up-and-down, JP.” Lurch would go on to describe Jordan Spieth’s tee shot, before throwing it back to JP in the studio. Listen to Jason’s PxP, which begins roughly halfway through in the clip below. It’s funny, and almost mesmerizing, really, hearing the normally loud Papa lower his voice to a ‘golf tone.’ While I’m sure this opens me up to being called a ‘donk,’ one thing I’m not clear on, is how Tiger’s tee shot from the 10th hole could be his first ‘competitive tee shot since March.’ ”Lurch ”106.7 UPDATE (Wednesday): In quite possibly the greatest possible turn of events in response to Lurch making fun of Kirk Cousins’ dog, Kirk Cousins has tweeted a picture of his dog, which turns out to have been a foster pet … of which Lurch was making fun … Even better, people noticed the sick, twisted, awful, scruffy little irony … WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – Jason ‘Lurch’ Bishop of the Sports Junkies was just letting his Dutch Shepherd run free at the Old Izaak Walton dog park in Leesburg, Va. last Friday, he says, when he was introduced to Kirk Cousins’ “awful little white, scruffy little oversized rat dog.” This is the same Kirk Cousins who second-string quarterbacks for the Washington Redskins. Bishop relayed the story of his unfortunate interaction with Cousins’ dog on 106.7 The Fan on Monday morning. (Listen to the audio below) “So this guy walks in, and I can just tell he’ a stud,” Bishop set the scene. “He looks athletic – he’s limping a little bit, though – and I’m like, ‘You know what? He definitely plays for the ‘Skins.’ He’s got to. White guy, comes in with a hot chick. “So he comes in with this hot chick and another guy, and they walk in, and I can just tell this guy’s a stud, so I was thinking, ‘Alright, maybe he’s like a DB or wide receiver, maybe just like camp fodder’; but then he’s wearing a Michigan State hat, and I’m like, ‘Hold on, that’s Kirk Cousins. 100 percent.’ “So he comes in with his – I think he’s recently married, Kirk Cousins – his wife’s pretty hot, by the way. “Again, nobody picks a pig if you have your druthers,” EB chimed in. “If you’re a quarterback, no chance.” “So they come in. They’ve got the little white, scruffy little oversized rat dog,” Lurch said. “Maybe it’s a rescue dog,” Cakes reasoned. “C’mon, maybe he took pity on the poor dog.” “Well, they should give it back,” Lurch insisted. “This dog was awful.” “Kirk Cousins’ dog is awful?” EB asked. “They bring it in. She carries it in, and they go and sit on this bench,” Lurch continued. “See, Luka likes to play. She’s 6-months-old, all she wants to do is play, and especially with younger dogs. She likes to go, just kind of, swat ‘em around, nip at ‘em. “So Kirk and his wife bring their dog in, and they go sit on the bench,” Lurch said. “Oh, he’s used to sitting on the bench!,” Cakes zinged. “So my dog immediately attracted to their dog, and wants to play with their dog. “Does said dog have a name?” Cakes asked. “Don’t know what their dog’s name is,” Lurch said. “But that dog went nuts. I mean, you would have thought like a hyena was chasing it. It was barking and trying to bite my dog.” “So Kirk Cousins’ dog is untrained?” EB asked. “Is that what you’re insinuating?” “No, it’s just unsociable,” Lurch clarified. “So my dog kind of goes over to the bench, and they’re all sitting at the bench. My dog kind of goes under the bench, underneath Kirk Cousins’ legs. And I said, ‘Oh no, this is gonna be awkward.’ My dog clearly was not going to leave their dog alone. So I went in, and I went under Kirk’s legs, I grabbed my dog, picked her up and said, ‘Sorry.’ Walked away. Put her down, she went to play with another dog for about five minutes, she went right back to Kirk Cousins’ dog. “And Kirk’s dog was going [vicious dog noises], trying to kill my dog. But my dog doesn’t realize the difference between playing and like an awkward response. So she goes back to his dog, right underneath Kirk’s legs. I go right back, and I go under his legs and said, ‘Sorry again.’ I grabbed my dog, and then all of a sudden his wife says, ‘Yea, sorry, my dog’s just unsociable. I’m just trying to get her used to other dogs.’ And meanwhile, the dog’s going [more vicious dog noises]. And she goes, ‘Sorry about that.’ I said, ‘Okay, that’s fine.’ And I basically had to put my dog on a leash until they left.” “100 percent chance they left because my dog wouldn’t leave their dog alone,” Lurch concluded. In fairness to Cousins, his wife, and their reportedly awful dog, it seems obvious to point out Lurch’s dog appeared to be the aggressor in this instance, provoking Cousins’ dog to act in such an “unsociable” manner. Listen to the full story below. ”Kirk ”106.7 WASHINGTON — Longtime Junkies listeners sure know Lurch isn’t one to wait around, for even a minute, after the show. Which makes it all the more thoughtful that, when he heard Niall Horan of One Direction was making an appearance at 1015 Half Street, he stuck around for over an hour after The Junkies’ broadcast to get a photo with one of his daughters’ favorite musicians. VIDEO: Niall Horan Performs at DC Lottery Live JP: Was there a buzz here? I was completely unaware. Cakes: Oh, there was a buzz. There was a full-on buzz. EB: The place was going nuts. He was supposed to be here at 10. Lurch: There was a hundred 17-year-old girls standing outside. Indeed, there were. EB: Yeah, so Jason found out and you know Jason’s girls are like the president of the fan club. They’re like super obsessed. So all of a sudden, Jason was like locked in. He’s like, ‘I can’t go anywhere. I got to get a picture.’ So how long did you have to stick around? Because they were late, right? Lurch: I don’t know. Valdez, how long was I here? 11 o’clock? Valdez: Yeah, you were here around 11 o’clock. EB: You had to stay an hour? So, hold on. At 10 o’clock, he left [the studio]. When I told him that, I’ve never seen the guy get out of his seat quicker, because he knew his girls would be happy, I guess. Did you actually stand in that hallway for an hour, or did you come in and sit down and wait? Lurch: No, I sat out there for most of the hour, because a couple of the promotional people told me he was coming from Rockville from another station, and they kind of had an ETA on him, so I knew exactly — within a five-minute, 10-minute period — what time he was gonna be here. So, yeah, I was out there in that little interview room. Cakes: The funny part about it is, if Jason ever checked his work email, he would have known that Niall was gonna be here, but he never checks his work email. I don’t do it either, but I check it more often than he does. So everybody in the building knew that he was gonna be here today, but Jason somehow found out. Somebody’s like, “Some dude from One Direction is in the building.” And Jason’s like, “Wha-what!” Lurch: I actually kind of feel bad, because — and you’re right, I never check the work email — but if I had checked it, I definitely would have brought the girls down here, because that would have made their year. Lurch: Apparently their security told Tim Yorro, our promotional guy, that there was no selfies, there was no pictures, no social media, nothing. Just leave him alone. And I said ‘F that.’ You only live once, my kids are gonna love it, and I just bum-rushed him when he came back from the bathroom. …And my phone had died. My phone died. Shocker, because my phone always dies. And so, luckily, Awadd was there and Awadd had his phone, so he took the picture… But when I told my daughters, especially my oldest daughter, that he was here and then I sent the picture, this was her quote: “I literally hate my life.” She wanted to know what I said to him, what he was wearing, all that stuff. Drab: The girls on the loading dock that were here yesterday definitely got whored (clarification: they did not literally get ‘whored’). EB: Were there a bunch of girls outside? Drab: Most girls were trying to get into the performance studio to watch it live, but the really ambitious girls wanted to see him pull in and hopefully get an autograph, or a picture, or a wave or anything. Well, this big superstar comes in in two SUVs all blacked-out, can’t see inside. Zooms right past the girls, right into the garage. They shut the door. The never saw him, whored ’em and they were out there for an hour. In summation, Lurch is a good dad (and no teen girls were actually ‘whored’ at any point). Follow @ChrisLingebach and @1067TheFan on Twitter Lurch’s laughably bad gambling luck has filtered into his stock portfolio. On Tuesday, he revealed his investment into Intercept Pharmaceuticals — which he bought in at $100 — has taken a precipitous dive, all the way down to a $61.23 valuation. EB: [Listeners are] asking about your pharmaceutical company. Lurch: $61. Cakes: Blake Bortles Pharmaceuticals? EB: What was it at, at one point? Lurch: $118. EB: And you’re still in? Lurch: Well, what am I gonna do? EB: Well, you don’t have an out? You don’t have like a target out, like a low? Lurch: The target out is one dollar. EB: Oh, really? I’ve done that bit before. I’ve done the bit where you go down with the ship. So hold on, what did you buy it at? You bought it at $118? Lurch: No, no. I bought it at $100. It went up to $118. Remember, I was crowing every day? Cakes: Hey, you know what? Everybody has losers in their portfolio. They just do. Why the stock has plummeted is equally funny. Lurch: When you make drugs that like damage your liver, you’re probably going to take a hit on your stock price. JP: Why don’t you invest in what you know, like Tito’s? Lurch: No, because I guarantee, Tito’s, someone would die from drinking Tito’s. And I would be caught with 100 shares of Tito’s and I would get crushed. Lurch Papa, you’ll recall, made money in sports betting over the weekend fading himself. Related: ‘I want to WIN ON THE PODCAST!’ Lurch: I’ve lost half. I’m done. EB: So you’re just willing to lose it all? Lurch: There’s a chance it might go back up. If it goes back up 20 percent, maybe I sell then. I’ve got no… luck with it. Cakes: Your Andrew is terrible! Lurch: My Andrew is awful. EB: I would get out. Your Andrew is so bad. You’re the worst Andrew. Lurch: I’m so bad. Why can’t I just get hooked! I’ve theorized that, considering Lurch’s horrendous track record in sports gambling led to arguably his greatest blowup ever, he could be on track for another on-air meltdown with the right amount of continued bad luck. It wouldn’t be the worst idea for listeners to start pestering Lurch about his record… Lurch: So just to recap: Intercept Pharmaceuticals has dipped $57. Fifty-seven dollars in, essentially, a month. Bought it at $100. Went up to $118. Now it’s at $61.23. Because… a drug that they make, that is supposed to treat liver cancer, apparently hurts the liver. Lurch suggested that Cakes contacts his own financial broker for advice about whether to buy into Intercept at a bargain rate. “You know what? I’m having a face-to-face with him next week,” Cakes said. “I will ask him about Blake Bortles Pharmaceuticals during our lunch.” “And you’re calling it Blake Bortles because it’s Intercept,” Lurch said. “Yes,” Cakes confirmed with a laugh. “Deshaun Watson Pharmaceuticals,” Lurch said. Follow @ChrisLingebach and @1067TheFan on Twitter Lurch returned serve on Chad Dukes in their ongoing exchange of verbal jabs. Their dispute goes back years, dating back to the early days of 106.7 The Fan when Lurch, possibly drunk, called into Dukes’ show to share a piece of his mind, informing Dukes he didn’t think he was good on the radio. In the years since, their rivalry comes and goes, with stretches of peace speckled between blowups. At times, conciliatory gestures are made to effort toward a new detente, like this one, before one of them inevitably takes a swipe and it all goes to hell again. The audio above — from June 2017 — served as the most recent reset in their feud, triggered by Lurch telling Dukes he couldn’t use The Ball Cannon in their studio. “I’ll punch him in his face,” Lurch said at one point. “What is he saying?” Weeks ago, Dukes took an ever so subtle swipe on Twitter when Lurch was on vacation. Here were are. It’s December. Tiger Woods is back and merriment abounds. Actually, Dukes spent an entire segment Thursday naming things that are more interesting than Tiger Woods’ return to golf, a clear, sustained shot. “I’ll start with I find Chris Russell talking about seeing his kids and working too much more interesting than Tiger Woods’ return to golf,” Dukes said. “Look. I’m happy for Matt Valdez, and I’m happy for Eric Bickel, who somehow have turned this whole thing into, I don’t know, a biography about the two of them,” Dukes said. “But who gives a rat’s ass? You know what I find more interesting? That knot on the top of Blue Shorts’ head. Oh my God. That is so much more interesting.” On the surface, this appears to be more of a shot at EB and Valdez, and looks to have nothing to do with Lurch whatsoever. On the contrary. Mocking their love of golf and Tiger Woods is the same topic which launched that last salvo in June. Something’s brewing. Let’s check in with The Junkies the next morning. EB: We should touch on Tiger a little bit. Tiger was really impressive yesterday in a lot of ways. Lurch: Of course. We have to. Why are we not talking about Tiger? EB: Well, because the Redskins are a bigger story. But, what Tiger did nationally is big. JP: You would have been infuriated. We should actually… can you try and contact Chad Dukes? He did a whole bit of, he asked everybody on their show… Lurch: If they cared about Tiger? JP: What they cared about more than Tiger Woods. Lurch: Well, I mean, Dukes isn’t a golf fan. I don’t care about guns, either. And there it is. Get your popcorn. Maybe you should tune into Dukes today (2-6:30 p.m.). Follow @ChrisLingebach and @1067TheFan on Twitter Jason Bishop is no longer a part-time resident of Ocean City, Maryland. He’s only complained about the price of his condo for years, and the past few years, has stooped to soliciting listeners as tenants to offset the costs. Bish was forced to go public with the news Thursday, when a caller asked if he could rent the condo this summer. “I haven’t announced this. You guys already know the announcement,” Bish teased. “I’m going to announce this about the condo in Ocean City, on 92nd Street in Ocean City, Maryland.” EB: Which you’ve repeatedly tried to rent on the show. Bish: Right next to Bull on the Beach. Valdez: That’s such a silly spot, by the Century One. Bish: Right behind Layton’s Diner, a great diner down there, and right across the street from Liquid Assets, one of my favorite bars. Bish… no longer owns the condo in Ocean City. “You sold out and you made a tidy profit, right?” JP inquired. “Right,” Bish said, laughing under his breath. “I made a huge profit. Bish no longer owns the condo in Ocean City.” EB: You’re joaning over there. Bish: Well, you’ve been joaning for 10 years. I am out of the condo business. EB: Do you feel relieved? Bish: Yes, I do. It was a burden for a good — eh… — probably three to five years. EB: Maybe 10 years. Bish: Yeah, well, when the kids were younger, we enjoyed it a little bit more. Once they got into sports in high school, it was done. It’s a burden off my shoulders and I no longer own the condo with Thomas C. Mooney. EB intuitively inquired about whether — as a former owner — Bish will still be able to use the property for personal use. Bish: Uh, it’s a possibility. I don’t know. EB: That’s what you should have negotiated. You should have negotiated that you have the ability to stay there two or three times. You know what I mean? That’s what you should have done. Bish: The negotiation wasn’t great. EB: Did you get bent over a little bit? Bish: On paper, you probably wouldn’t like the negotiation. But I had to do it. This guy had to do it. Cakes: Sometimes you’ve got to cut your losses. Not even the power of The Junks could salvage another disastrous property investment for the papa. Follow @ChrisLingebach and @1067TheFan on Twitter
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Dataset Card for FactCheck

📝 Dataset Summary

FactCheck is an benchmark for evaluating LLMs on knowledge graph fact verification. It combines structured facts from YAGO, DBpedia, and FactBench with web-extracted evidence including questions, summaries, full text, and metadata. The dataset contains examples designed for sentence-level fact-checking and QA tasks.

📚 Supported Tasks

  • Question Answering: Answer fact-checking questions derived from KG triples.
  • Benchmarking LLMs

🗣 Languages

  • English (en)
  • Maybe the dataset contains Google Search Engine Results in other language too

🧱 Dataset Structure

Each example includes metadata fields, such as:

Field Type Description
identifier string Unique ID per example
dataset string Source KG: YAGO, DBpedia, or FactBench
question string Question derived from the fact
rank int Relevance rank of question/page
url, read_more_link string Web source links
title, summary, text string Extracted HTML content
images, movies [string] Media assets
keywords, meta_keywords, tags, authors, publish_date, meta_description, meta_site_name, top_image, meta_img, canonical_link string or [string] Additional metadata

🚦 Data Splits

Only a train split is available, aggregated across 13 source files.

🛠 Dataset Creation

Curation Rationale

Constructed to benchmark LLM performance on structured KG verification, with and without external evidence.

Source Data

  • FactBench: ~2,800 facts
  • YAGO: ~1,400 facts
  • DBpedia: ~9,300 facts
  • Web-scraped evidence using Google SERP for contextual support.

Processing Steps

  • Facts retrieved and paired with search queries.
  • Web pages were scraped, parsed, cleaned, and stored.
  • Metadata normalized across all sources.
  • Optional ranking and filtering applied to prioritize high-relevance evidence.

Provenance

Compiled by the FactCheck‑AI team, anchored in public sources (KGs + web content).

⚠️ Personal & Sensitive Information

The FactCheck dataset does not contain personal or private data. All information is sourced from publicly accessible knowledge graphs (YAGO, DBpedia, FactBench) and web-extracted evidence. However, if you identify any content that you believe may be in conflict with privacy standards or requires further review, please contact us. We are committed to addressing such concerns promptly and making necessary adjustments.

🧑‍💻 Dataset Curators

FactCheck‑AI Team:

✉️ Contact

For issues or questions, please raise a GitHub issue on this repo.


✅ SQL Queries for Interactive Analysis

Here are useful queries users can run in the Hugging Face SQL Console to analyze this dataset:

-- 1. Count of rows per source KG
SELECT dataset, COUNT(*) AS count
FROM train
GROUP BY dataset
ORDER BY count DESC;
-- 2. Daily entry counts based on publish_date
SELECT publish_date, COUNT(*) AS count
FROM train
GROUP BY publish_date
ORDER BY publish_date;
-- 3. Count of missing titles or summaries
SELECT
  SUM(CASE WHEN title IS NULL OR title = '' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS missing_title,
  SUM(CASE WHEN summary IS NULL OR summary = '' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS missing_summary
FROM train;
-- 4. Top 5 most frequent host domains
SELECT
  SUBSTR(url, INSTR(url, '://')+3, INSTR(SUBSTR(url, INSTR(url,'://')+3),'/')-1) AS domain,
  COUNT(*) AS count
FROM train
GROUP BY domain
ORDER BY count DESC
LIMIT 5;
-- 5. Average number of keywords per example
SELECT AVG(array_length(keywords, 1)) AS avg_keywords
FROM train;

These queries offer insights into data coverage, quality, and structure.

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