2 Pick Your Partners & Your Presents Carefully

By Jenna Sutton, author of Coming Apart at the Seams It’s that time of year again—time to start searching for the perfect gift for the most important people in your life. I believe in the adage “It’s the thought that counts,” but I also believe it’s important to give people gifts that are right for… Read More

December Brings Thrills, Chills . . . and Cowboys

Secrets between friends can be frothy and good fun or dark and deadly, and in her latest romantic suspense, Secret Sisters, New York Times Bestselling Author Jayne Ann Krentz delivers the latter. As children, Madeline and Daphne were as close as sisters, until a bad man and an unholy secret tore them apart. Now an… Read More

2015’s Nearly Over

by Linda O. Johnston Can you believe how fast this year has gone?  One more month and it will be 2016. This year has been a busy one for me.  I had three books published–or four, depending on how you look at it.  The first Barkery & Biscuits Mystery, BITE THE BISCUIT, came out in… Read More

23 What Are You Thankful for This Thanksgiving?

Thanksgiving has always been my father’s favorite holiday. A man not prone to over-hyped or commercialized holidays, he has always appreciated the one holiday of the year that simply asks for us to come together and give thanks. The fact that Thanksgiving comes with turkey and gravy—and a slice of pecan pie, well, Dad believed… Read More

I’m Only Sweet on the Outside.

I’m the romance author that strangers squint their eyes at and then say, ‘Wow, you don’t look like you’d write those stories.’ Check my website—it even happened on television. I guess it’s true that our lifestyle ends up being written on our faces. I’ve been with the same man for beaucoup years, I have 2.5… Read More

What Lies Behind What Lies Behind

by J.T. Ellison On July 24, 2013, I read a story about a young med school student named Paul DeWolf who’d been killed in his apartment. No motive, no witnesses, no suspects. By all accounts, DeWolf was an exceptional young man. He excelled in everything from school to his military training to sports and his… Read More

Working Dude Ranch, is it for you?

by Cathryn Fox I love to take vacations but I’m all about lying under a cabana on the beach, cold drink at my side and a good book in my hand. Relaxation all the way, baby. I always wondered why anyone would vacation at a Working Dude Ranch.  Working is actually in the title. Ugh,… Read More

26 Christmas in Vermont

Snow, snow, snow, snow…. If you’ve watched White Christmas with Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney, you’ll remember the song that starts that way. It’s an ode to snow, a fun and festive tune the characters sing as they take the train to Vermont for a frosty holiday. Except Vermont didn’t have snow that December, contributing… Read More

Getting To Happily Ever After

by Rebecca Brooks I love taking characters out of their elements and throwing them into unfamiliar situations. It gives them the chance to experience something new and discover aspects of themselves they never knew existed. But then I inevitably wind up with a problem. If the hero and heroine have stepped out of their lives… Read More

1 Stealing the Spotlight

by Jennifer Bonds As writers we create all kinds of characters. Some get the spotlight and others? Well, they don’t. Heck, sometimes they don’t even get a first name. In the movies we’d call them Extra #7 and Waitress #1. In the world of romance novels, there are no closing credits and these characters fade… Read More

New Audio, eBooks Just in Time for Long Holiday Drive

As you beginning packing for the long weekend that is Thanksgiving don’t forget to restock your eBooks—and maybe an audio book or two for the drive.  November counts a cornucopia of such new titles by authors ranging from Carly Phillips to Christina Dodd, Sarah Castille to Debra Clopton and Jennifer Probst. Rebecca Zanetti unveils two… Read More

5 A Second Chance at Romance

Celebrating the new release of Hidden Away with author Jennie Marts Everybody makes mistakes. We’ve all done it, and we’ve all had someone that made a mistake that may have hurt us. It’s what makes us human. That’s why I love second chance stories. Especially second chance romances. I love a good story where two… Read More