Hiatus interruptus! I forgot to post my Best List. I’ve only got five this year, which causes me deep reading shame. I used to read a book a day. Since I started writing, that number has trickled down to one a week on average, or one a month when I’m super-busy (like now). Every year [...]

Happy release day to Joanna Chambers!! Her debut novel, The Lady’s Secret, is available now at Carina Press. *confetti* Former actress Georgiana Knight always believed she and her brother were illegitimate—until they learn their parents were married, making them heirs to a great estate. To prove their claim, Georgy needs to find evidence of their [...]

I used to read ebooks on my laptop. It wasn’t fun, especially for longer books, so I rarely bought digital and missed out on a lot of great authors. Now that I have a Kindle, a whole new world has opened up to me. There are free reads and cheap reads galore. In case you [...]

I’m working furiously toward my May 1st deadline, so I’ll be offline a lot until then, but I thought I’d drop in for a very quick update. Good news on the homefront: My daughter’s swing broke in the backyard and she might have sustained a mild concussion. But no blood, no knockout, and doc says [...]

On Monday I blogged about some of my inspirations for Stranded With Her Ex. The most direct influence is a nonfiction book by Susan Casey called The Devil’s Teeth. I was researching sharks and islands for an ill-fated plot twist in Crash Into Me when I came across this chilling true-life tale of a journalist [...]

You might not have guessed it from my last past, but one of my favorite character types is the restrained hero. Actually, the image of Spartacus chained down underneath his wife (a fever dream) might give you a hint. There’s nothing more delicious than a hero who must hold his desires in check. He’s dying [...]

Did I mention that I got a kindle for Christmas? I did! It’s a wifi-only kindle, and I don’t have wifi, but that’s not going to stop me. I’m looking to fill this baby up with downloads. Katiebabs sent out a call to action the other day for Anne Calhoun’s Liberating Lacey, a book that [...]

Oh blog friends! I’m all kinds of sick right now. The doctor says it’s acute bronchitis but I’m convinced it’s a medley of illnesses. Sinus pressure, headache, nausea, chest congestion, constant runny nose, ugh. I was so miserable that I got a shot in the backside on Monday. You know it’s serious when they give [...]

I think my first foray into BDSM was Eden Bradley’s The Art of Desire, a novella I’ve raved about here and there. Now that I’ve been reading erotic romance for a few years, I’m more comfortable with BDSM elements. I once wrote a post on MySpace about how disturbing the darker stories can be, but [...]

My reading break has been filled with AWESOME. I love it when good books fall into my greedy little hands. Sometimes I hit a slump or get the ennui or can’t concentrate because of deadline brain, but not this week. This week has been pure reading enjoyment. So refreshing. I ordered this anthology because I’d [...]