From the book
Western/Cowboy
Ranch Water
- 2 oz
- blanco tequila
- 1 oz
- lime juice
- top with mineral water (or club soda)
- ice
Build in glass with ice, stir gently
lime wedge
Bookish & Boozy
A cocktail companion
for romance readers
78 trope-themed drinks that bring your favorite stories to life, one sip at a time.
Every book gets a drink. Drink this book.
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78 trope-themed drinks for the romance reader who wants their favorite stories to follow them off the page.
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Every trope gets a drink
Recipes organized by the tropes you already love. Approachable ingredients, real drinks, real headnotes. No bartending degree required.
And a mocktail-friendly category, so every reader has a seat at the bar.
No, you don't need the fancy bottle. Yes, I'll still tell you which one I'd use, because I can't help myself.
- Western/CowboyCocktail
- Enemies to LoversCocktail
- Why Choose/Poly RomanceCocktail
- Grumpy X SunshineCocktail
- Fake DatingMocktail
- Mafia RomanceCocktail
A bartender with a book problem
I've tried on a lot of careers, but bartending is the one I always came back to. Books came back too. Taps & Tropes is what happened when I stopped keeping them apart.
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Pull up a stool. There's a seat here whatever you're drinking.