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• Roasted Carrot & Ginger Soup: A Hug in a Bowl

  The humble carrot goes into the oven looking perfectly ordinary and comes out sweet, caramelized, and smelling like you’ve suddenly become the sort of person who can casually whip up a five-star soup on a weeknight. My goal has always been to have at least three or four vegetarian meals each week. Unlike Ryan (the…

  Selena Robins

  March 3, 2026

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  carrot ginger, carrot soup, comfort food, recipe, vegetarian recipe, winter recipe, winter soup

• Get Ready to Crumble!

  What happens when a heroine from a fellow romance author’s story challenges your heroine to a cookie-baking showdown? You accept and let her know that your heroine is ready to crumble. Welcome to the first romance novel bake-off. We’re celebrating this bake-off with a reader giveaway. One commenter will win two ebooks—one from Selena Robins…

  Selena Robins

  January 14, 2026

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  alpha romance heros, authors who bake, Baking, biscotti recipe, bookish fun, character bake-off, chocolate chip cookies, cookie recipes, cookies, dessert, food and books, heroine rivalry, kitchen chaos, kitchen fun, literary fun, recipe, recipes, Romance novels, sassy romance heroines, strong female characters, sweet treats

• A Christmas Eve Fried Dough Tradition & FREE Short Story

  This time of year can bring back childhood memories for many people. For me, it’s my mom making cullurielli. Southern Italian sweet fried dough served on Christmas Eve. The kitchen would smell of warm, sweet fried donut-shaped pieces, sizzling in the pan. We couldn’t wait to dig right in. Cullerielli are crispy on the outside,…

  Selena Robins

  December 23, 2025

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• A Stiletto Moment That Sparked My Novel’s Title.

  People often ask how I choose titles for my novels. Sometimes they come straight from the story, as they did with What A Girl Wants and Once Upon A Kiss. Decoy in Stilettos took a different path. My heroine, Ryan, faces danger, villains, her mother, and a romantic complication in heels without wobbling or needing…

  Selena Robins

  December 14, 2025

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  Author life, behind the book, book lovers, Book Reviews, books, Fiction, Heels, Romance, romance author, Romance novel, stilettos, writing, writing community

• Increase your grilled cheese sandwich game.

  Apple, Cheddar & Brie Grilled Cheese: The “Criminal” Sandwich From Decoy in Stilettos. In my recent release, Decoy in Stilettos, there’s a scene where Ryan, (heroine), takes over Gabe’s, (hero) kitchen like she’s auditioning for a cooking show. She whips up a grilled cheese he insists is a crime against sandwiches, because, oh, the horror,…

  Selena Robins

  November 27, 2025

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  apple and cheese, arugula, Baking, Cooking, food, forced proximity, Griilled cheese, grilled cheese with a twist, honey, recipe, recipes, Romantic Suspense

• The Vegetarian Lasagna That Sparked a Flirt Fest

  Food brings people together, even when danger is closing in. In Decoy in Stilettos, Ryan O’Flannagan is forced into hiding with Gabriel Marchetti—the annoyingly attractive, maddeningly noble, and way too good at pushing her buttons frenemie. But nothing ignites sparks like sharing a bottle of wine and a dangerously good vegetarian lasagna. The dish that…

  Selena Robins

  November 3, 2025

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  Book Boyfriend, Book Excerpt, Book Teaser, Cooking with Love, Dinner and Danger, Enemies to lovers, flirty dinner scene with food in books, Food in Fiction, Italian Vegetable Lasagna, Lasagna Recipe, Romance Author Life, Romance Readers, Romantic Suspense, Vegetarian Lasagna, vegetarian lasagna recipe from book