Marie

@legallyhea

Always reading from the backlists [mostly romance/history/mystery]; Perpetually procrastinating & a bit scattered; Legal stuff in the not-free-time; Proud NE'er but I prefer the fake maple syrup; She/her

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Marie@legallyhea· 15d

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice In Chains. The hard part is narrowing it down

A picture of the album cover of Subliminal Plastic Motives by a musician called Self

Marie@legallyhea· 21d

Drove from New England to NC to read a book at the beach set in RI (technically 2 books set in New England because I’m also reading Black Bird Oracle [Ipswich Ma])

A hand holds up a paperback copy of These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean against the backdrop of sand and the oceans edge with cloudy skies above

A hand holds the paperback copy of a book with blue and yellow waves printed on the papers edge against the backdrop drop of sand and ocean waves

Marie@legallyhea· 22d

The timing of seeing your post and the one before it… perfect!

A screenshot of my Bluesky feed showing a post by trickster and demimondaine with their post about geospots mapping game and Jezebel posting about playing more map quizzes being a good thing

Marie@legallyhea· 23d

One of my favorite views - a book, a chair, and the ocean

A red and white beach towel on a beach chair on an empty stretch of tan sand beach with the ocean line further in front. Above are partly cloudy skies. Next to the chair is a green paddle board. On top of the chair is a paperback copy of the boyfriend project

Marie@legallyhea· Jul 11

Ok this RI cat rescue, Scruffy Paws Animal Rescue has me saying something I never thought I'd say "oh I'd love Bubonic Plague!"

A grid of 6 kittens with either a pink name or a blue name. From upper left - Tuberculosis, a tan tabby with pink name, Scurvy a semi fluffy orange haired with blue name, Rickets a tan tabby with a blue name, Typhoid a black an white with blue name, Small Pox a tan tabby with pink name, and last Bubonic Plague a black and white with blue name

FB post from Scruffy Paws Animal Rescue that says
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ALERT

After weeks of rumors, blurry background appearances in photos, and unauthorized sneak peeks from volunteers, we’re finally ready to introduce our newest outbreak...

Meet the Disease Litter:

Tuberculosis
Scurvy
Rickets
Typhoid
Small Pox
Bubonic Plague

Before anyone contacts the CDC, we can confirm that these highly contagious illnesses are only spreading one thing: cuteness.

Symptoms of exposure may include:
Sudden baby talk
Compulsive photo-taking

Emptying your bank account on cat toys
An irresistible urge to adopt “just one more kitten”
Finding yourself saying things like, “I think Tuberculosis really likes me.”

While their names may sound terrifying, these tiny pathogens are guilty only of crimes including:
Illegal toe beans
Excessive purring
Coordinated zoomie attacks
Stealing hearts without consent
Organized destruction of toy mice
Carrying out highly contagious acts of adorableness

The prognosis is poor for anyone who meets them in person. Recovery is considered unlikely.

The good news? This outbreak will soon be spreading into homes across Rhode Island.
Keep a close eye on our adoption page because these tiny diseases will be available before you know it, and we have a feeling they’ll be infecting families with love, laughter, and chaos in record time.

Marie@legallyhea· Jul 10

Fun fact - depending on the vacation, you too may end up in a dead zone and unable to get the GPS to work and have a random (Welsh) farmer suggest you side trip to their favorite local pub on your route. And somehow those scribbles on an envelope worked!

A picture from inside a car, of a person steering, with the wheel on the right side of the car. The driver is out of view. The passenger is holding up an envelope with a pencil sketched map in view of the driver. The passenger is also out of frame. Through the window are green hedgerows.

A zoomed in view of the pencil drawn map on the back of an envelope showing the way to the pub.

Marie@legallyhea· Jul 5

Did I just see that Jennifer Garner is reuniting with Timothy Olyphant as her love interest in that Elin Hilderbrand miniseries "Five Star Weekend"?? As a reminder of their chemistry in Catch and Release...

Screen still from the movie Catch and Release - the image is of Timothy Olyphant and Jennifer Garner with their faces very close before a kiss. She is touching his face.

Marie@legallyhea· Jul 2

A taco cake that has split down the middle and now looks like a circular gold mound of mush with weird black, green, and red spots

Marie@legallyhea· Jun 30

Huh. Interesting combo … #romancelandia

Screen shot of an IG post by the account magichourent that says “next from Magic Hour! The excitement we have for Love Theoretically is not at all theoretical. We’ve incredibly grateful to partner…Amazon. It’s a privilege and joy to continue to collab with Lauren Levine and Colleen Hoover at Heartbones. Most of all… [remainder cut off] the image is a Deadline article me that says Colleen Hoover Producing Ali Hazelwoods Bestseller Love Theoretically at Amazon MGM studios; Sofia Alvarez directing

Marie@legallyhea· Jun 29

I brought a fighting nun with me on my first solo trip as I didn't want to do a bunch of selfies. To your neck of the woods actually!

A fighting nun doll raises a fist in support? appreciation? in front of Philadelphia's Independence Hall.

Marie@legallyhea· Jun 28

My @romancingthevote.com donation is live (tho the auction does not start until 7/1): Fall in New England book bundle - it's got 7 books, some New England snacks, & a "Fallen Leaves" candle. But a quick note that "Perfectly Wicked" finally arrived in the mail & its set over the summer!! But it's

A picture of a stack of 6 books and pumpkin, maple, and apple snacks like apple & honey butter, maple cookies, pumpkin butter, cider mustard and a "Fallen Leaves" scented candle

A flat lay of the 6 books from the first picture which include If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia, Mr. Right Next Door by Naima Simone, In a Jam by Kate Canterbary, Awkward in October by Teresa Yea, Halloween Boo by Sarah Spade, and Pumpkin Spice & Poltergeist by Ali K. Mulford & Elle Morrison

The six previously mentioned books in a stack plus Perfectly Wicked by Lindsay Lovise

A single flat lay of Perfectly Wicked by Lindsay Lovise

Marie@legallyhea· Jun 15

Haven’t popped over to IG in a while and seems to be more book development in the works?? Lucy Score:

Screen shot of an IG post from Lucy Score that is a pilot episode script for Things We Never Got Over. The studio got cut off but from recollection it was Amazon

Marie@legallyhea· Jun 9

Ok #Romancelandia - for anyone who has read it: Is Sarina Bowen's "Bittersweet" set in the fall/autumn? I see from the preview it starts 5 weeks before apple picking season but that could be late summer. I want to make sure the a decent amount of plot happens in the fall. TIA!

Newest book cover of Bittersweet by Sarina Bowen. Illustrated cover of a scenic view overlooking the downslope of a hill at dusk. Trees are in silhouette. Mountains in the distance. The sky is shades of orange and pinks. Title in white.

The kindle cover of Bittersweet by Sarina Bowen. A man and woman embrace while the man holds up the woman. They are both light skinned with dark hair. The woman is facing the viewer, the man facing away. They are outdoors. Title in yellow.

Book cover of Bittersweet by Sarina Bowen. Most of the image is a real picture of a very well muscled man who has light skin tone and is shirtless. Mostly his back and arm is visible. He has dark facial hair and is facing away from the viewer. In the foreground are a line of pine trees. Title in yellow.

Marie@legallyhea· Jun 7

Shenanigans in #Romancelandia again - trademarking "Book Boyfriend" 🤦‍♀️ It feels like it could be "cockygate" all over again

Marie@legallyhea· Jun 4

That's great! The first time I rented a car in the UK I brought a pad of sticky notes so I could place reminders around the steering wheel dash to remind me

a black reflective dashboard in a car has two yellow sticky notes each with an arrow pointing to the left in front of the viewer

Marie@legallyhea· May 31

Rewatched The Presence of Love on Hallmark which the plot is set on the English coast ( maybe Cornwall?) in early spring, & I noticed a lot of coats so I started a 'coat watch' for a woman on a 1 week vacation w/a suitcase that looked like 26 in - 6 coats, 4 long, 2 short, 2 of which were rain

Movie cover of The Presence of Love - a woman with short blond hair sits on a stack of very large books while wearing brown ankle boots, cuffed jeans, and a brown herringbone coat. Behind her is a man wearing a plaid shirt, dark pants, and a brown coat with a scally cap. In the background are dark seacliffs under the sun.

Marie@legallyhea· May 30

4. Down the Shore by T. Torrest, set on the Jersey shore in 1995 I refuse to call this "historical" rockstar(ish? maybe just 'rocker') and a photographer lock eyes one summer night at his show and so begins a summer (or maybe longer?) romance

Book cover of Down the Shore by T. Torrest - realistic stock style image of a seashore - gentle tide reaching the edge of tan sand. A guitar is super imposed over the sand. In the upper right corner are real people, a couple that appear to be a man and woman, leaning into one another and holding hands. The man has white swim trunks to his knees, the woman is wearing a dark bikini. They both have medium light skin tone. Their heads are out of view. Title in dark green on the left. Author name in dark green across the bottom.

Marie@legallyhea· May 30

My Favorite Souvenir by Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland: contemporary vacation & road trip romance: when the MC's who are strangers to one another unexpectedly team up to pretend to be brother & sister to score a suite at a resort, romance and a road trip ensues

Book cover of My Favorite Souvenir by Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland. The image is a real photo featuring a man with medium skin tone wearing a white button up shirt that is unbuttoned to almost his belly button with brown tousled hair and dark facial scruff. He looks sweaty and is leaning against a bright pink wall in the sunshine. Title in teal across the lower center, author names in white across the bottom.

Marie@legallyhea· May 30

2. Stipped (Happy Endings #1) by Zoey Castille - this description is giving Magic Mike vibes - MMC (male revue dancer) and FMC (school teacher) accidentally get their dry cleaning swapped and FMC ends up with a star spangled thong that is NOT hers.

Book cover of Stripped by Zoey Castille, Real photo subject appears to be a man with medium skin tone with a wet white tshirt pulled up around his upper torso. The torso that is visible is very well muscled and well defined. The rest of him is out of view. The title is in orange down the left side. Author name in white in the upper right corner.

Marie@legallyhea· May 30

Books I (not so) recently added to my TBR: Hot Vibes - it's winter again in New England today so I'm scoping my TBR for things that are giving 🔥 vibes 1. Marked (Eternal Guardian #1) by Elizabeth Naughton - paranormal or urban fantasy? MMC is sent to kill FMC - a great start to any relationship!

Book cover of Marked by Elizabeth Naughton. Most of the image is a real photo subject that appears to be a man with a very well muscled and toned torso as they are shirtless. They have no visible body hair and a lightly tanned skin tone. The light makes it look like he is sweating slightly and the background has a reddish orange glow. They are wearing jeans with a dark belt. Their face is out of view. Author name in white across the top, title in white across the bottom.

Marie@legallyhea· May 25

Book review! Since the movie was recently released, it seemed like as good a time as any to finally post about Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover. (As an aside, I've not yet seen the movie). This was 4/5 ⭐ read for me. Contemporary fiction w/strong secondary romance. Sad AF - par for the CH course.

Book cover of Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover - teal background that looks like clouds. Title is most of the cover in shades of pink and purple like a dark sunset. Bird silhouettes across the page. author name on the bottom in the same colors.

Marie@legallyhea· May 24

After finally starting down the audiobook path last spring, I've hit my 1st DNF - but its not the story it's one of the narrators. Decided to put the kibosh on Ali Hazelwood's Not in Love audiobook. The male narrator's voice was so disconcerting compared to the character as written (& definitely

Audiobook cover of Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood. It's an illustrated cover with a pink background. In the center is a man and woman in an embrace. They are cartoon images but appear to have light skin tone. The man has reddish hair and is on the right an dis kissing the shoulder of a woman with long dark hair. They seem to be in a lab given that there are test tubes and some sort of pipping device. Title in white across the center.

Marie@legallyhea· May 22

Reading with my eyes is going real slow these days but here was another scene I thought was Levi having a particularly sweet internal dialogue. (From Georgie All Along if you missed the original post)

Screen shot of a clip scene from Georgie All Along, from the internal thoughts of the MMC/LI “I think again of what I said to her before we came out here. I want to do it because everyone else did. That’s how I feel when Georgie laughs: the purest sort of peer pressure”

Marie@legallyhea· May 22

It *might* finally be planting time here in central Mass? Fingers crossed the frost stays far enough north for the next week…

A row of tall vibrant pink roses in the foreground with other plants visible in the background

Marie@legallyhea· May 18

How to talk about AI at a college graduation & get claps instead of boos: will.i.am at WPI: "There's so many problems to solve. Pick a problem. Solve it. That solution is an industry. This is the time for imagination and AI isn't imagining. It's regurgitation of the human imagination. Turn it on"

Screen shot of video clip of will.i.am giving the commencement address at WPI. He is wearing a black graduation gown with white stoll draped around his neck and a black cap with gold tassle. He has black glasses on.

Marie@legallyhea· May 14

Apologies to my Philly fan mutuals, but I had a great time on the company dime, watching the Red Sox actually win last night.

A look down Landsdowne Street before a Red Sox game at Fenway Park which is to the right. A blue banner stretches across the road that says Welcome to Fenway Park. In the bottom foreground there are lots of people walking around including 4 cops in bright rain coats

The view of the field at Fenway Park as seen from behind third base. The Red Sox pitcher is in mid-throw

The view of the field and signage behind the outfield at Fenway Park. The electronic sign says RED SOX WIN

Marie@legallyhea· May 12

This book got me through a full evening of yard work which is high praise

A screen shot of the audio book of A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera on the Libby app

Marie@legallyhea· May 10

4. Star Dust by Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner: historical romance set in the 1960s "Space Race" (very sort of recently topical!) FMC is a single mom who is recently divorced after finding her husband cheating on her, MMC is her playboy astronaut neighbor

Book cover of Star Dust by Emma Barry & Genevieve Turner - an illustrated cover, green background, a black silhouette of a slender woman in a mid calf poofy skirt gown. it appears she may have long gloves on and kitten heels based on the texture and visuals. Title in white to the right of hte woman. AUthor names in white at the bottom of the page.

Marie@legallyhea· May 10

3. Spotless by Camilla Monk, contemporary romantic suspense featuring a "gentleman" professional killer and an IT engineer/romance novel reader - who find themselves in a sticky situation/international hunt when the killer MMC needs the diamond the FMC's mother stole for a criminal organization???

Book cover of Spotless, Spotless Series #1 by Camilla Monk - silhouettes of a tall person next to a smaller shorter person. The tall person appears to be a guy dressed in a dark suit with white shirt. Maybe short hair or hair tied back and out of view? The guy is holding a gun up in the air. The short person appears to be a woman with short shaggy hair. Unsure about what they are wearing - possibly skinny pants or tights with a dress with undetermined hem line. Behind them appears to be the Eiffel tower and a city sky line. The background is shades of pink and grey. Title in white, crooked, across the center, author name in white across the bottom.

Marie@legallyhea· May 10

2. Oops! by Alexandra Warren is a contemporary romance, featuring enemies to lovers? and a surprise pregnancy - she's serious and career minded, he's social media famous...