3 Smile Like a Princess!

Have you ever had to make it through a trying situation without showing your true feelings? Well, Jane Mercer has to do that all the time—especially throughout Princess Smile, the third book in my series, Truth, Lies, and Love in Advertising. Many have asked about the title. What does Princess Smile have to do with… Read More

6 Are you counting the days until October?

Three cheers for September, because now we’re that much closer to October, when cooler weather and autumn colors (hopefully) arrive. The start of “sweater weather” makes me so happy! How about you? Are you a summer beach or an autumn person? I won’t ask you about winter—here in the Upper Midwest, winters can be just… Read More

Falling In Love With Mafia Romance

On Jan 3, 2023, I read my first mafia romance and I was hooked! Since then I have read hundreds and have a whole list of autobuy authors. What about these books is so intriguing, I keep looking for more like the first ones I read? Jayne Ann Krentz asked that question during the Writerspace… Read More

4 Burning Justice:  Behind the Scenes of a K-9 Romantic Suspense

By Tee O’Fallon At this point in my writing career, I’ve got twelve books under my belt, nine of which are K-9 romantic suspense. Each presented me with new research challenges I never expected, especially the K-9 Special Ops series. Not having any medical training, Tough Justice, the first in this series, pushed me to… Read More

2 Not something I planned to do…ever… 

by Roxanne Rustand First of all, my newest release, DEADLY VENDETTA, is up for pre-order at a bargain price!  A quick blurb: DEA Agent Zach’s troubled sister disappeared years ago. Now she’s at his door, saying her little girl witnessed a murder, and says the killers are after them both. She begs him to keep… Read More

4 Writing Inspired by Readers & Travel

Although I spend time with my writing friends several times a week, I don’t talk about my books as I’m writing them. One exception to this is HER GREEK BILLIONAIRE. I chatted with readers a ton about it before and during the process of writing it. Lysander is a Greek tycoon because readers polled in… Read More

2 DNA Test? Have You Done One?

Have you ever taken a DNA test, searching for family? In my latest series, “The Preacher’s Daughters,” the thread that ties the four books together is the mother’s search for her birth family. At first, she resists it feeling that it is ungrateful toward her late adoptive parents who gave her a wonderful life. But… Read More

6 How much I love Rom-Coms!

Good morning and thank you so much for allowing me to hang with you for the day. I’m so excited about my latest release, No Cooldown For Love. It’s a romantic comedy. My name is Aliyah Burke and I am an author that pens across many genres. From historical to paranormal to contemporary and even… Read More

On Being Unique

My debut fantasy novel HEARTS FORGED IN DRAGON FIRE is set in a world where magic is an accepted fact of life, some family heirlooms come with an enchantment attached, and dragons lurk in all corners of the globe. Developing the world was one of my favorite parts of the writing process, but as I dove… Read More

Oh, my—I think I went too far again!

I fall victim to the “buffet syndrome” every spring.  Everything looks so beautiful and perfect at the garden center, so away I go—happily loading one cart—then two, with everything that catches my eye. Pretties! And then I get home and realize that I actually need to plant everything. With gnats buzzing in my ears and… Read More

2 Siblings? Alike or Not?

Do you have siblings? And are you similar in some ways or just very different? I could share about my own family since I had an older brother and a younger sister. However, I’m going to talk about the two kittens I adopted September 1, 2022. It has been an interesting time getting to see… Read More