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Triple Sec by TJ Alexander – Reviewed by a Duck and a Human
Triple Sec by TJ Alexander? I’ve got to tell you, Star, this queer, polyamorous romance novel, which we listened to as an audiobook, gave me flipper tingles. First, the premise: Bartender Mel has never had a relationship with a married person before, but duck it all because she’s so attracted to Bebe. The pair’s dates… Continue reading
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The Dancing Detective: A Deadly Tango (Hallmark) — A Review by a Duck and a Human
Duck: Folks, this silly romantic mystery really smoked my kipper! Here’s the premise of The Dancing Detective: A Deadly Tango: Detective Bailey (Lacey Chabert), who prefers to work alone, is sent undercover at a ballroom dancing contest to solve a murder. In order to dance convincingly, she must partner up with dancer “husband” Sebastian Moore Continue reading
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Música (Amazon Prime, 2024) Reviewed by Duck and Star
Duck: Friends, if you’re wondering whether to watch a duck of a great movie called Música, the answer’s “Duck, yes!” Star: In Música, which is set in Newark, New Jersey, Rudy Mancuso (played by himself) is a Brazilian student and puppeteer with synesthesia. For Rudy, this means a lot of the noises he hears become… Continue reading
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Perfect Harmony (Hallmark 2022) Reviewed by Duck and Star
Friends, we loved Perfect Harmony with such ducking gusto that we watched this Hallmark movie TWICE in a period of two weeks—which is unusual for us. The cast, theming, and screenplay were ducking excellent. Overall, this one was super-ducking awesome! Continue reading
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A Taste Of Love (Hallmark) Reviewed by Duck and Star
Friends, if I was presenting a cooking show that clashed with my integrity, having to smile harder on camera would give yours truly a pain in the beak. No wonder protagonist Taylor, the cooking show’s presenter, is unsure of whether to renew her contract. Ducking lost, off she goes to her hometown to visit her… Continue reading
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Always Amore (Hallmark) Reviewed by Duck T.
Friends, sometimes a duck like me gets his feathers in a pickle because a protagonist is just too ducking resistant to change. Oh, don’t get me quacking about Autumn Reeser’s character Elizabeth in Always Amore who will not allow her late husband’s sadly failing restaurant to undergo even the tiniest Continue reading
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Two Tickets to Paradise reviewed by Duck T.
Friends, flippers up for a movie where the characters actually sort things out! Is it just me, your goldfish-guzzling friend, who finds it irritating when things just “fall into place” between the romantic heroes without any quacking (or other communication) about everyone’s mistakes? Well, welcome to paradise because in Two Tickets to Paradise, the main… Continue reading
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Butlers In Love (Hallmark) Reviewed by Duck T.
Friends, the word “butling,” (the art of being a butler,) is brand new to my beak-holes, and I learned it from Butlers In Love starring Stacey Farber and Corey Cott. These actors did a flipper-tickling job of playing Emma and Henry, two students at a highly elite butler academy. Not only was there a duck… Continue reading
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A Gingerbread Romance (Hallmark) Reviewed by Duck T.
Friends, this duck’s flippers are raised in alarm and are also a wee bit sweaty. Why? Because I was ready to witness a tale of deep romance paired with the baking of a life-sized gingerbread house. Instead, I saw more wood than gingerbread—and not in a sexy way. As for the romance, it was stiffer… Continue reading
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My Christmas Guide (Hallmark) Reviewed by Duck T.
Friends, this duck is a big fan of movies with disabled characters, and by pairing a seeing-eye dog trainer with a blind college lecturer, Hallmark got me quacking with heart before I’d even begun this film. Starring Amber Marshall and Ben Mehl, there’s a lot of heart in this…. Continue reading
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About US
Welcome! I’m Star Tavares. I am queer and nonbinary, and I use they/them pronouns. My hubby Jake is LGBTQIA+ too. Our plush duck is called Duck and is super-ducking awesome. He likes to call himself an award-winning duck because we wrote a screenplay about him that won some awards, and who are we to argue?
The thing is, we used to publish in the romance genres, but after we came out, we thought romance didn’t want us anymore. But you know what, toots? We were wrong.
Now we’ve rebuilt our confidence and are back to living our Romancey Pants life, writing, reviewing romance movies, reading romance novels, and doing a whole lot of stretching. (Did I mention we’re getting older?)
Want to know more about Star’s writing credits? Under another name, Star has published romance stories, novels, and novellas with presses like Harper Collins and Cleis, and has won awards for their shorter works from the likes of Glimmer Train, Screencraft, and Narrative, where they also worked as an editor. More recently, Star’s nonfiction about gender identity has appeared in The New York Times and at Huffington Post Personal.
Since Jake, who is also a romance author, is starting to add more reviews here (along with Duck’s best frenemy Sir Mallard Jones) watch this space for more about him and his career.
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