Books written by Karen Brooks

  • Consuming Innocence: Popular Culture and Our Children

    ... Sandi 258 Thomas , Susan Gregory 37 , 38 , 119 , 120 tiaras 239 Timberlake , Justin 174 Tolkein , JRR 195 too much positive reinforcement syndrome 235 ...

  • The Mighty Gastropolis: Portland: A Journey Through the Center of America's New Food Revolution

    GIBSON. EVOE. A perfectionist conquers the seasons with a grill pan and a make-do playbook. Imagine you've wandered into a cooking show, but the audience is just you. Standing in what looks like a dorm room decorated by Sur La Table, ...

  • The Lady Brewer of London: A Novel

    An unforgettable historical tale set in fifteenth-century England of a brilliant woman’s defiance, courage, and ingenuity—from the author of The Locksmith’s Daughter and The Chocolate Maker’s Wife. 1405: The daughter of a wealthy ...

  • Tallow

    Raised as a candlemaker's apprentice, orphan Tallow's talent at candlemaking reveals her unusual and powerful magical abilities--abilities that her many unseen enemies will do anything to control.

  • The Good Wife of Bath: A (Mostly) True Story

    This funny, picaresque, clever retelling of Chaucer's 'Wife of Bath' from The Canterbury Tales is a cutting assessment of what happens when male power is left to run unchecked, as well as a recasting of a literary classic that gives a ...

  • Atomic Cocktails: Mixed Drinks for Modern Times

    Offers tips and recipes for making all the classic cocktails, including martinis, manhattans, mint juleps, old-fashioneds, and a number of exotic cocktails

  • Highballs High Heels: A Girl's Guide to the Art of Cocktails

    Collects recipes for original and classic cocktails adding a female twist, including drink recipes for midori sours, strawberry-guavaritas, and XXpresso martinis, and offers tips on garnishes, equipment, and technique.

  • The Darkest Shore

    After all, this is a country where myth and legend are woven into the fabric of the everyday, a time when those who defy custom like Sorcha has are called to account.

  • The Chocolate Maker's Wife: A Novel

    Australian bestselling novelist Karen Brooks rewrites women back into history with this breathtaking novel set in 17th century London—a lush, fascinating story of the beautiful woman who is drawn into a world of riches, power, ...

  • Illumination

    Betrayed, manipulated and hunted, Tallow is a pawn in a deadly game. In order to win, she will have to sacrifice everything . . . including the man she loves. The Curse of the Bond Riders book 3

  • The Brewer's Tale

    It had been Mother's secret and mine, one passed down through the de Winter women for generations.

  • The Locksmith's Daughter: A Novel

    From acclaimed author Karen Brooks comes this intriguing novel rich in historical detail and drama as it tells the unforgettable story of Queen Elizabeth's daring, ruthless spymaster and his female protégée.

  • Votive

    One look will steal your heart, but her touch will take your soul , , , La Serenissima - a beautiful but deadly city where corrupt aristocrats rule and everything, including love, has a price.

  • Patio Daddy-O at the Grill: Great Food and Drink for Your Backyard Bash

    The book goes beyond the basics with creative recipes that combine global ingredients with down-home Americana to produce rubs and pastes, meat and seafood main courses, kebabs, side dishes, cocktails, and desserts.

  • Dressed to Grill: Savvy Recipes for Girls Who Play with Fire

    Offers recipes, menus, and tips for women who wish to grill, including a pork recipe titled chauvinist pig, a strawberry desert labeled babelicious berries, and a chicken dish with the name of firm thighs.

  • Dude Food: Recipes for the Modern Guy

    Menus suitable for intimate dinners, barbeques, and get-togethers include such recipes as atomic chicken, lusty lamb, and Texas smokehouse eggs, and provides preparation and cooking hints.

  • The Good Wife of Bath: A Novel

    A provocative, immersive medieval novel starring one of literature’s most unforgettable characters in her own words—Chaucer’s bold and libidinous Wife of Bath. “So damned readable and fun…This is the story of a woman fighting for ...

  • Spiritual Currency: Embark on a Journey Through Your Spirituality and Your Consciousness

    This is the book of Y.O.U. (Your Own Universe) which is designed to track and compound your life's capital.

  • Illumination: Curse of the Bond Riders 3

    Illumination: Curse of the Bond Riders 3

  • The Atomic Cocktail Party: The Essential Drinking Kit for Modern Times

    From a glittering Stardust Martini to a Cognac Zoom, Atomic Cocktails blasts into the ether with more than 50 Space Age cocktails, revealing the secrets that ardent swingers have spent years discovering, including the fundamentals of ...