The Novel:
The Sweetest Fix

The Author: 
Tessa Bailey 

The Noobie:
Ashley Greenwald
Food & Product Photographer, That's Ashley's Kitchen
IG: @thatsashleyskitchen
YouTube: That's Ashley's Kitchen

The Synopsis: 
Reese dreams of seeing her name in lights on Broadway, but so far she has only graced the used car parking lots of rural Wisconsin. With her window of opportunity shrinking fast, a miracle happens. She wins an audition with Bernard Bexley, Broadway’s most respected dance choreographer. When disaster strikes and Reese misses the audition, she has to find another way in front of Bernard, otherwise face the disappointment back home.

Following the sage advice of a Times Square Pikachu—Reese seeks out Bernard’s son, prepared to beg for his aid, never expecting mega sparks to fly between her and the gentle giant baker. With Reese’s heart now involved, she refuses to use Leo to her advantage and tries to walk away before her ulterior motives are exposed, but gravity continues to draw them back together…until it’s impossible to stay apart.

But Reese’s lie of omission can only stay buried for so long. When Leo finds out how their relationship started, will Reese keep her ultimate role as Leo’s leading lady? Or will the curtain fall on their real-life fairytale?

Show Notes:
- Introducing food and product photographer, Ashley
- The behind-the-scenes look at photographing food
- Our obsession with food... and toy food, in Ashley's case (00:09:34)
- More food-styling secrets 
- No shiny hamburgers?
- The difficulties of podcasting and TikTok-ing
- We're bringing "boobies" back
- The book selection process (00:21:01)
- Today's read: The Sweetest Fix (00:23:28)
- Ashley's romance reading journey
- Referencing the "raunch-com" - see our review of Rosie Danan's The Intimacy Experiment
- A brief synopsis for The Sweetest Fix (00:30:07)
- Overall impressions
- Why are we hiding behind the language when it comes to our plus-size hero? (00:35:10)
- Color conscious vs. color blind
- Stop white-washing romance (especially in NYC)
- Bring on the shower and nap dates
- Some steamy sexcerpts PLUS a few "sex notes" (00:48:02)
- The unglamorized version of sex (00:56:32)
- "You're my tight little fuck."
- The fear of failure  
- What's your "perfect bite"? (01:11:01)
- The woes of chocolate covered bacon
- Heart, Humor, & Heat Ratings (01:17:31)
- Wrap up with Ashley 

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