Lady of the Flames by Barbara Monajem
Magic is fraught with peril—but so is love. Lord Fenimore Trent’s uncanny affinity for knives and other sharp blades led to knife fights, duels, and murderous brawls. Five years ago, he faced a choice: marry Andromeda Gibbons, the woman Read More …
Genre Rules Ugh
Back in the olden days when we sat with our tribe around the campfire listening to the elders tell stories, no one, and I mean no one, interrupted the sage storytellers mid-sentence to say, “Stop, You’re not following the genre Read More …
My Vancouver Romantic Thriller finals in a Writing Contest
My latest manuscript, a romantic thriller set in Vancouver Canada, finalled in the Southern Heat Writing competition in the Romantic Suspense category. Kat Hall at Champagne Books and Patience Bloom at Harlequinn Romantic Suspense will be judging the next round Read More …
Talking Sex in Public
We met in the Starbucks area of the local Chapters bookstore and fell into a quiet conversation. As we are going to the RWA nationals in California next week we talked about everything from clothing and books to eating at Read More …
3 Reasons I like Series
I just finished reading B.J. Daniel’s Wrangled, her last book in the Chisholm Ranch series (Harlequin Intrigue). I thoroughly enjoyed it, and that got me to thinking about series. Why I like reading them and why I like writing them. Read More …
I finalled in the Daphne!
It was Saturday morning and I was writing in a local Starbucks. My cell phone made a noise. I looked down, a message from my husband. Yippee, maybe he’ll join me for coffee. I read the words as they scroll Read More …
Love Poetry from a Spy
Love poetry to start your weekend. May it be full of love:) The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (Christopher Marlowe, 1590s – read on YouTube clip below) Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the Read More …
Shakespeare to Start Your Saturday
Sonnet 18 – Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s day? Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate; Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all Read More …
Free Amazon Books / Lucky Days Free Par-Tay
That’s right free. Keep reading. My Cheeky Angel (1st book in the Angels with Attitudes series) Mimi Barbour Annie is naïve and love-starved, she’ll soon to be celebrating her big 3-0. Something needs to be done! Celi, her ‘down-to-earth’ Read More …
Delicious Romance by Pat Amsden
In Better than Chocolate Pat Amsden tells the tale of two independent people falling passionately in love. Set in Chemainus, a small picturesque seaside town on Vancouver Island, the reader is drawn into the charm and warmth of the community Read More …
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