Look what I found in my mailbox! An early copy of Double Cross, second in the Disillusionists series by my bloggy galpal Carolyn Crane. I can’t wait to read it. I’m even quoted on the inside cover! YAY!! Jill: Hey, Justine. I, uh, like your dagger. Can we hang out? If you have other plans [...]

The weather in San Diego has been cool and cloudy. June Gloom crept into July. I was in my brother’s pool on Sunday (it’s heated) and it started pouring rain! Then the sun came out yesterday and it felt like the first real day of summer. Instead of reveling in the warm weather, I was [...]

I’ve always had reading highs and lows. While I attended college, most of my reading material was required, and sadly didn’t include romance novels. I’d read for pleasure during breaks. Some summers, I’d go through a hundred books. I have fond memories of hitting the used bookstore on the way to the beach. Oh, delightful [...]

My agent sent me a stack of books for Christmas (love that!), and the package included this 17th century historical/border romance by Mary Wine. I’d never heard of this author before, but the book looked hot and interesting. It was! The title and the blurb are deceptive, IMO. Here’s my brief description: The heroine, Anne, [...]

Janine of Dear Author brought Alison Richardson’s Countess Trilogy to my attention, and I’m so glad she did! I liked the first in this series, loved the second, and was indifferent towards the third. My main complaints were that the first had a slapstick sex scene (doesn’t that sound odd?–it was) and the third offered [...]

Now that I’ve finished the first draft of my manuscript (yay!!), I’m letting it rest for a few days so I can dive into the TBR stack. First up is Ava Gray (a.k.a. Ann Aguirre)’s Skin Game. I bought this one at the bookstore a few weeks ago, because I’m a big fan of Ann. [...]

So I saw this meme over at Alpha Heroes. I don’t ever get “tagged” for these things (not sure what that even means), but I think I can play along anyway. Can’t I? Here goes: 1. What author do you own the most books by? Sandra Brown 2. What book do you own the most [...]

I know I’m supposed to be on hiatus, but I can’t quit you cold turkey, internet. One…more….post…. I did a lot of reading in February, so I thought I’d share some of the good stuff. Best of the best: I love contemporaries (although I think a “Save the Romantic Suspense” campaign is in order!) and [...]