Lately, I’ve been blogging about some of my favourite plotlines. Well, Robin Kaye’s BREAKFAST IN BED definitely falls in my top five. Actually, it combines two of my favourites; friends to lovers, and a heroine who has secretly always had a ‘thing‘ for the hero. Of course now I can’t read BREAKFAST IN BED until I read ROMEO, ROMEO, and TOO HOT TO HANDLE, as BREAKFAST IN BED is the third in Robin Kaye’s Domestic Gods series.
It’s the kind of book I’d like to share with the visitors of my Blog and that’s why Sourcebooks is giving away 10 (ten) copies of BREAKFAST IN BED. To enter to win, email your name and address to theseason@smittenbybooks.com or click the image below to go to the entry page on The Season website. Winners will be announced Friday, January 15th.
**Open to US residents
So tell me, do you like, want, or have a man who knows his way around the kitchen and does housework? If you comment AND enter to win BREAKFAST IN BED, you will also eligible to win 1 of 2 copies of my debut historical, SINFUL SURRENDER. 🙂
Hi Beverley! To answer the question, I grew up in what is probably your typical home where the men don’t really do any ‘housework.’ So yes, I’d like to have a man who knows his way around the kitchen and will do some housework. Can’t stand when a man won’t pickup after himself or put a dish in the dishwasher!
I would love to have a man who knows his way around a kitchen or Luke (from Gilmore Girls.)^^ That way i wouldn’t have to cook all of the time.
Ha, I have to laugh because my hubby has never been one to do much housework, But the last couple years he has taken up doing the dishes every morning. When he loads the dishwasher he sorts the silverware so each size goes into its own basket square….and now he expects me to do that too!!! He also does all of his own laundry and is a heck of a chef on the BBQ. That’s not much help….but I’ll keep him after 36 years.
After being married to a guy who thought he could cook and really couldn’t I would love a guy who knew his way around a kitchen.
As for housework, it should be shared. I want a partner, not someone to clean up after. LOL
My husband’s kitchen knowledge stops at preheating the oven and throwing a pizza in. Okay, so he’s learned to make himself cookies too, since I won’t make them anymore. It’s too tempting to eat the dough and I just simply can’t have that!
I would like to have the man which is able to move freely on the kitchen.
I would like to get back home after a hard day and to find a hot meal on the table.
The man in the kitchen is sexy.
Wow! that book looks great!
My husband actually cleans more than I do. But I’m the one who cooks.
Who doesn’t want man who knows his way around the kitchen and does housework?..LOL..My hubby is doesn’t want help at all around the Kitchen but he pretty good with housework so 1 out 2 iusn’t all that bad.
WOW! I’d love to have a man who helps around the house. Mine does the outside work. He’s “old school” women do the inside, but it works for us.LOL I would love to win this book, it looks great!
I have my copy of “Breakfast in Bed” and can’t wait to read it. I think it’s great if a man knows his way around the kitchen and it’s even better if he cleans up after himself and scrubs the bathroom.
Yes I do have a husband that knows his way in the kitchen. Some of the best night are when we are cooking together! They can be fun & off the cuff or they can become very ROMANTIC!
Yes my husband does know & help around the house too. It isn’t just his job or mine it’s ours & I think after 27 years it’s great!
Sounds like a great read!
My husband does 1/2 the housework and cooking. It’s wonderful!
My husband knows his way around the kitchen until it is time to clean up.
You mean there are men who do this voluntarily? Can we take these guys and lock them in a closet with the rest of the male population and hope some kind of osmosis reaction occurs? Mine will cook as long as cooking is defined as Bar-B-Q, but forget housework. I’m trying to teach my son that girls like the domestic type. So I have to say that I am a sucker for a guy whether fictional or not who can cook up a mean meal then clean the mess, and if he throws in a massage with (or even in) a hot bubble bath…..I am there!!!!
I love a man who cooks. I don’t care if he doesn’t clean, as long as he isn’t messy to begin with. But I don’t like to cook much, so a man who makes me good things to eat is fabulous. I don’t even mind cleaning the kitchen as long as he does the cooking.
I married my exhusband because along with his other talents, he came with a full knowledge of cooking and cleaning! Too bad I didn’t see the signs of alcohol abuse sooner.
I would love to have a man who knows how to cook!
My husband likes to cook and he does a great job of making meals. When he was home this fall, in-between jobs, he cooked every night. It was great coming home from work with a meal already in the oven. 🙂 He’ll help around the house if I ask, but I don’t mind since he helps out in the kitchen with meals and clean-up detail.
I have a wonderful husband who is about as domesticated as he can be- I am handicapped and he looks after the housework, including bringing me breakfast or whatever else I need, in bed, if I can’t get up…. I am TRULY blest!
Kimberly, I have to say I laughed out loud when I read yours. LOL.
Deanne, I shook my head when I read yours. I swear, some men should come with warning signs on them.
Jennifer, you are one lucky woman!!! Don’t let him go. 🙂
Wow Sue, 27 yrs with a man who knows the the term ‘sharing the work’. You’re another lucky one!
Jo Ann, the problem with that whole outside work thing is it’s not a daily grind. Cooking and cleaning the house IS. LOL
Renee, I take it he’s not making the cookies from scratch??
My husband’s idea of cooking is scramling eggs for dinner for my daughters when I am out of town. I would love it if would thin k of dinner without being prompted! He’s much better at chores, even though I always get stuck with the table that all junk and mail accumulates on!
LOL, Bev, how did you know? 😉
Robin writes a great book about “real” people. Friends who didn’t even look at romance before Romeo, Romeo are now chomping at the bit until Robin’s next book debuts. The gal is fun, witty, talented, and I’m proud to say, I knew her when so she already knows cleaning the john would be high on my DG wishlist. 😉
My husband can cook , particularly stir-frying and grilling. He vacuums, but boasts of never having washed a floor. Go figure. Jennifer’s husband sounds like my ideal – half of the cooking and cleaning.
Does he give massages? That would put him in the A+ category. 🙂
I guess a man doing things around the house is both positive and sexy. I find that when the opposite happens and I do everything, I’m very resentful and that’s not sexy at all!!!
If I cooook, my man does the dishes but that is about it. I would love a man who could but it is not to be
I have to admit my man helps out with the housework and we even cook together or take turns. I love it.
My husband does MOST of the cooking around the house and helps out with the cleaning.
All the men I have known do mostof the cooking and help with housework.
I am very lucky in this department!! My husband loves to cook and can clean a house better than most women and enjoys doing this. He retired the end of this past year, and I have been in heaven since.
Too bad the contest is only for US residents 🙁 I live in the Netherlands.
My husband does cook occasionally but in the summer he does a lot of grilling.
My husband is a better cook than I am. Much better. But he’s also the kind of cook who thinks the food will taste better the bigger the mess. lol. He definitely knows his way around the kitchen, but he cooks and I clean. As for other housework and the dh . . . not so much. 🙂
I have a man who /knows/ how to cook and basically clean lmao, however this does not always equal to him cooking and cleaning up *rolls eyes*
Heres hoping i win a book hehe
I would love to have a man who would cook. Mine knows how just won’t. Doesn’t help with much of anything around the house. I was determined that my boys would be a help and not a burden to their significant others or at least be able to take care of themselves. And I think that they all do a pretty good job. It sure makes a difference.
I would love to win a book especially Sinful Surrender. It is on my TBB list.
My husband is an amazing cook. He puts me to shame! But he does so enjoy it! He is really good about helping around the house, he told me once if he wanted a maid he would have hired one not married one! I love that line! He is my prince charming!
I would love to have a man who knows how to cook. I’m not a very good cook so it would be very helpful.
Ha, I don’t have a man currently…but gotta say, one who does a bit of cooking and cleaning would be a great thing to find. 🙂
Entered to win “Breakfast in Bed” and crossing my fingers!!
My hubby can do housework, he just usually doesn’t unless I ask. LOL Same goes for cooking.
I’m blessed with a hubby who also sees marriage as a partnership. He cooks and cleans and does outside chores as well, but I help out there too. When I come home and find that he has cleaned the bathroom w/o being asked, I tell him how sexy that is!
I am blessed with a husband that doesn’t mind cooking, cleaning, or doing laundry. He’s very special and we’ll have our 36th wedding anniversary in April.
Please enter me to win Breakfast in Bed and Sinful Surrender. Thanks!
I have entered to win “Breakfast in Bed”….My ex-husband was terrible with housework but it would be great to find one who would cook.
A man that cooks would be FANTASTIC! haha!
Wow, what a fabulous response! Thanks Bev for having me here. I’m sorry I wasn’t here earlier. I thought it was supposed to go up tomorrow. *hangs head in shame* I promise I’ll catch up, right after I put a blog up. Be back soon!
Hi Robin,
Thanks for dropping by. And you’re right, it is tomorrow, I just put the post up early 🙂 . I do that sometimes. hehehe
And this is only a portion of the readers looking to win your fabulous book. 70 have already emailed me their entries. 😉 Oh, and I have Too Hot to Handle, courtesy of RWA conf in DC that I just received in the mail this past week, and today I ordered Romeo, Romeo and Breakfast in Bed because I HAVE to read them in order.
Bev
I’m very fortunate to have a man who knows his way around a kitchen & also helps me with housework. I also entered to win “Breakfast In Bed”. Thanks!
i would love a man to clean
congrats on the book
Sapphire~Thanks for stopping by! I agree with you. When I began looking for a serious relationship, I wanted someone to who wouldn’t mind doing the cooking and cleaning. Personally, I don’t mind cooking just as long as my DH cleans up, but cleaning–I’m really allergic to it.
Melissa~Oh yeah, I totally agree with that. My DH can cook in a pinch, and no one has died from his food yet, but he’s no gourmet.
Mitzi~ LOL, I guess there are worse things. At least he’s doing dishes.
Thanks for both contests, Bev and Robin.
I am very lucky to be married to a man who shares the home management workload without complaint. He often will take it upon himself to vacuum, clean a bathroom or do some dishes. And I think that sets a great example for our two daughters. HOWEVER — experience has proven that he needs to let me do the washing/drying part of our laundry chores. So many shrunken clothes . . . .
My husband — he’s not afraid to take a cookbook and make something new! He also does windows and he helps around the house too!?!?!?.
No unfortunately I would love one! Even if all he know how to make is an omlette we can share ! A girl can dream though!
My husband does know his way around the kitchen. He makes a great breakfast. 🙂
I would love to have a man in my life who shared my interest in cooking, cookbooks, food, wine and being a fabulous foodie! To me, that’s all a part of enjoying life to the fullest and making a house a home.
I think it would be great to have a man who know’s his way around the kitchen! I like cooking, but it’s a lot of work to do it every night. It would be great to share the responsibility with someone!
I think that there is nothing sexier then a man who knows how to cook. and if he’ll clean up after himself even better. plus who doesnt want a guy around to help with the hard stuff like those pesky pickle jars that i can never open.
I love a man who knows his way around the kitchen, and I’m lucky enough to have one. In fact, he just fixed me breakfast this morning, although it wasn’t in bed…
I’d love to have a man who knows his way around the kitchen and does housework and who treats me like a goddess. Where is he?!!
LOL. Kit I just had to laugh. It reminded me of Charlotte in Sex and the City when she said, “I’ve been dating for over 15 years, WHERE IS HE?”
It would be nice to have a guy who would cook and clean and not think he’s doing you this huge favour when he does.
well, i think thats sound great idea. having a man who knows the way around the kitchen, so we cant spent more time together for little while cooking together, and clean up everything. its sounds romantic as long as we do it with love!
I have read the first 2 books in this series and I have Breakfast In Bed on the TBR pile and am very much looking forward to it. I love Robin’s books her heros are to die for and I love the way they are so neat and tidy.
Have Fun
Helen
Connie~ I’m so with you there. Even though I wasn’t shopping for a husband, when I went shopping for a long-term boyfriend, I wanted a man who could pull his own weight. When my DH and I were dating, he used to help me clean house on Saturdays. The day my mom and I walked into the living room and found him holding the huge couch up with one hand and vacuuming under it, my mother turned to me and said “Marry him.” So I did.
Renee~ Does he share the cookies? If so, I’d say he was a keeper! I do love cookies.
Gwynlyn~ Thanks so much for dropping by, Sweetie! Yes, you knew me when. Now you can tell everyone about us singing show tunes in Dallas, New Jersey, Washington… Thanks for the kind words. XOXO
Elaine~ Exactly! Women who have significant others who share the domestic chores have less stress and a better sex life. It’s a proven fact. When I tell my DH that, he goes and cleans the bathtub and fixes me a nice bubble bath. *grin* He’s a smart guy, my DH.
Debra~ Dishes are good, but remember, old dogs can learn new tricks if there’s incentive.
I’m so blessed to *have* one, and believe me, I’m thankful for him every day! In fact, I’m a little embarrassed that he seems to be better at all those domestic things than I am 😉
I love a man who knows his way around the kitchen in fact in our family the guys all are good cooks and great in the kitchen even the in-laws and ex’s … as for housework well if they do any that is a plus in their favor and if they do a lot even better. Love guys that know how to clean BUT DO NOT GO OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE on it. Thanks for the contest as well.
My husband does a lot of housework and all the cooking. He loves to be in the kitchen or at the grill. And I get to enjoy all the fruits of his labor. *g*.
I have health issues that keep me from kneeling or scrubbing, etc. He’s extremely compassionate and helpful. He’s definitely a keeper!
I have a husband who occassionally does housework but acts like he does it all! He’ll put laundry in the washer but doesn’t put it in the dryer, or put it in the dryer and leave it in there. He’ll put dishes in the dishwasher but not turn the dishwasher on. He’ll take clean dishes out the dishwasher but not the silverware (he has an aversion to silverware I think), which inevitably leads to clean and dirty dishes being mixed up in the dishwasher and having to be re-washed.
He does vaccuum, fold towels, mow the yard, and shovel the walk so I guess I’ll keep him. LOL.
Old dogs CAN learn new tricks! The thing is, they have to WANT to. My DH was very Undomesticated when we married. To him, housework and cooking were a woman’s job. But after he retired, he saw how hard I worked (weird schedules) and how much I had to keep up with at home. Plus we had several “conversations” about what made each of us happy. Now, I find him cooking or grilling dinner for the two of us, or sometimes dust-mopping the floors. I’m blown away every time he does that! Now, if only I can get him to cook breakfast for both of us and serve it in bed…
My husband is one of the best cooks around! When I invite anyone for dinner, I always am asked who is cooking! That should tell you something.lol He is also a whiz with housecleaning. He will do anything asked of him. We have been together for 30 years and he is only getting better not older!!!
My husband knows his way around the kitchen and is great at housework. We often work as a team to pull things together and it is so much fun to work along with him. We’ve been together for 27 wonderful years!!