Gotta Love Those Foreign Covers!
It’s always a kick to discover a book, perhaps written several years ago, or maybe just last year, coming out in a foreign country. I’ve been blessed with having my books translated into eight or nine...
View ArticleSOUP’S ON!
Different kinds of soups – sprinach soup french onion cream-soup and carrot cream-soup on the table It seems a bit crazy with temperatures pushing into the high 80s in my neck of the woods to think...
View ArticleThe Final Installment
HOME IN HEARTLANDIA TRILOGY BOOK #3 FALLING FOR THE MOM-TO-BE will hit stores on May 17th, and I couldn’t be happier. It is the final installment in the series spotlighting the small Scandinavian town...
View ArticleGoodReads Reviews
Many authors have a love-hate relationship with GoodReads the website where readers keep track of the books they’ve read, rate them and sometimes write reviews. An author has to learn very quickly to...
View ArticleMy Favorite Pregnant Protagonist Movies
Being that my current book – Falling for the Mom-to-Be is a “pregnant heroine book” I thought it would be fun to talk about some of my favorite pregnant protagonist movies here at the blog. Though my...
View ArticleRomantic Comedy or a Millennial Male’s take on Romance?
Lately (for the last five years LOL) I’ve been on a rant about the necessity of making characters in books and movies likable first and flawed second. Apparently authors really love to write...
View ArticleWill Write to Travel
This fall I have bucket list travel plans. I’m going to Ireland complements of my little writing career, and I can’t wait! Note: I’m currently working on book #22 for Harlequin, but already have 25...
View ArticleBook Review: The Sweetheart Deal by Allison Morse
A DELIGHTFUL DEBUT Ms. Morse has written a book well suited for general fiction readers, but with the addition of a sweetheart romance at the core. John Adair is a proud man who was once unjustly...
View ArticleBook Review: Glimmer by Tricia Cerrone
Glimmer (The Black Swan Files: 001) by Tricia Cerrone If you’ve enjoyed YA dystopian books like Divergent, Hunger Games, and The Maze Runner, I highly recommend this book. Jocelyn/Sunny is a...
View ArticleCowboys, Doctors…Daddies!
Meet the Montgomery brothers—from bachelors to dads. Trevor and Cole Montgomery are the best-looking bachelors in Cattleman Bluff—not to mention the doctors everyone wants to see. (Cattleman Bluff was...
View ArticleGiveaway! plus: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to a Book Cover
I’ve kept this story to myself, except for sharing it with a few writer friends, then with my lovely bookworms (my read and review crew). Now I’ve decided to share it with my blog readers. It’s about...
View ArticleWINNERS!!
“Whenever Lynne Marshall writes a book, I know there will be lots of realistic feelings being portrayed by true-to-life characters. In her Cowboys, Doctors…Daddies miniseries, readers are doubly...
View ArticleTEA WITH FRIENDS
Last month I took a wonderful trip to England and Ireland, and while in England, I got to not only meet my wonderful and beautiful editor, Flo Nicoll, one day, but also have high tea with three lovely...
View ArticleTHE DAY I MISSED “THE CALL”! + Giveaway
Ten years ago, Friday November 4th, 2005, I came home from work to find a message on the answering machine from Kimberley Young at Harlequin Mills & Boon, UK. It was after six p.m. US Pacific...
View ArticleTHE TIME I STAYED IN A CASTLE
It seems to be every kid’s (okay, probably just little girls) dream to stay in a castle, and it took well over fifty years for me to realize that dream. On my recent trip around Ireland, one of the...
View ArticleC’est Manifique
One of the perks of writing for Harlequin out of the Mills & Boon office in London is getting a lot of books translated into different languages. France seems to love Medical Romance, so every book...
View ArticleThe Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
As the Holidays quickly approach, I’d like to take this time to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah 2015. It has been a great year for me with four books out, two of which earned 4.5...
View ArticleAre the Eyes Mirrors to the Soul?
If the Eyes are the mirror to the soul, than I guess the heroine of my current book is a soul starer. As an Ocularist her job is to meticulously re-create the iris for clients who’ve lost one eye....
View ArticleThe Story behind the (En-)Counter
Let me start by saying we interact with people each and every day, and sometimes we don’t like how the interaction goes. Having lived a long time, I have come to understand that the problem is we, none...
View ArticleRomance When You Need It – Thanks Harlequin
I’m sharing this fun video with everyone. Plus – Harlequin is giving Seventeen free books to those who might like to try a new line or who have never read one before. Check it out! Here’s the link...
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