Please welcome Laralyn Doran to the blog today. She’s here celebrating her new release, Boss Lady, by sharing her thoughts on the unconventional heroine. From the Author: The unconventional heroine in a M/F love story—that’s my jam. There is a wonderful surge of badass women and intriguing female characters being written in romance these days—billionaire […]
Hi Contemporary Romance friends! I’m M.C. Vaughan, and you know what I never get tired of in romance? The Look. That moment when one of the characters beams an adoring gaze—typically coupled with a dimpled smile—at the object of their affection. They aren’t a couple yet, and the giver of gaze has not yet declared […]
Hey all you romantic suspense readers out there! Julie Ann Walker here, celebrating the release of the fourth book in my bestselling Deep Six series, DEEPER THAN THE OCEAN, by sharing with you my three least favorite book villain archetypes. Because, let’s be honest, a good bad guy can make for a great book. But […]
Today we are celebrating the audiobook release of Wonderstruck, the third and final story in Allie Therin’s wonderful Magic In Manhattan series. Please welcome Allie to the blog… An Author’s Experience with Audio Editing In the spring of 2017, I was working late hours at a large law firm, parenting a four year-old, and writing […]
Paranormal Romance Books: Beauty Meets the Beast Paranormal romance is by far my favourite subgenre of romance. I love historical romance, I can enjoy a well written contemporary or urban fantasy romance novel, but what I love about paranormal stories is that they are diverse and, well, magical. If you consider yourself as new to […]
Today we welcome author Missy Jane to the blog. She’s here celebrating her upcoming title, Born of the Forbidden. Please welcome Missy Jane to That’s What I’m Talking About! Writing a Strong Heroine One of the things I love about my Gargoyle Masters series is that each book focuses on two couples. In books one […]
From Judi: WHAT A GUY WANTS is what a woman wants… That’s because the Manley Maids Cleaning Service’s slogan is: Manley Maids… Satisfaction Guaranteed! A few years ago, a neighbor of mine was mentioning that she’d hired a cleaning service and had been really surprised when a man had shown up to clean her house […]
Today author Stefanie Graham celebrates her newest release with a little Q and A… Q. Pistol Whipped, that’s an interesting title. How did you come up with it? A. My main character’s name is Kylie Derringer. The Derringer handgun was the smallest useable handgun of the nineteenth century which is what made it popular with […]
From the Author: I wanted to give a huge thank you to Jen for having me today, and I’m really excited to be here! I am a planner addict. I’m one of those people, yep. And as I was flipping through my writing bullet journal, I came across the page that said: Last Day of […]
Lockdown Love &… Swans? The world loves a good romance story and it seems that this is doubly so for a world in lockdown. Recently, I read a romance story about Mrs Newbie on the BBC’s news website – a romance story so lovely that it is guaranteed to melt even the chilliest January heart. […]
Today we are celebrating the recent release of Party Favors by Erin McLellan. The author is here today to discuss her favorite end-of-the-year romances. New Year’s Eve Romances to End Your Year A huge thanks to Jen Twimom for having me here today to chat about New Year’s Eve holiday romance and celebrate the […]
When Real Places Become Imaginary When you write a novel, you create a world where your story resides. Very often these places have their roots in real locations which are stretched, customized and painted to suit your story and characters. Destiny Falls, the place where my series takes place, has its roots in some […]
From the Author: We often get our first understanding of new technologies from science fiction. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no different, so let’s have a short tour of the AI’s of science fiction. Here are my top 5 AI’s from film, TV and Books. At number 1 is: HAL9000 from “2001: A Space Odyssey”. HAL […]
From the Author: Top 8 Underrated Qualities in Heroes He’s rich, ripped, knows how to fight, and has eyes of piercing gray. Sign us up, right? Well sure. But, as avid readers of the romance genre, we’ve seen these tropes oh…about a thousand times, right? Probably more. So let’s take a minute to appreciate some […]
From the Author: As a storyteller, the idea of reforming former villains from previous stories in a series really excites me. In fact, I’m downright obsessed with doing it. It all began with one book and it morphed into the basis for my entire author brand. The initial reason may surprise you. Reading books, watching […]