The reach of diabetes continues to grow in this country, increasingly striking both young and old. But bestselling authors will deal it a sweet blow in May when their SWEET TALK Boxed Set of contemporary romances goes up for sale on Brenda Novak’s Online Auction for Diabetes Research. With a foreword by Robyn Carr, the special… Read More
By Diane Alberts Hello! I’m Diane Alberts, but you might also know me as Jen McLaughlin! As Diane, I write sexy contemporary romance for Entangled Publishing. My latest book, TAKING WHAT’S HIS, is the fourth book in the Shillings Agency series (all can be read as Standalones, though), and it centers around Holt Cunningham and… Read More
by Megan Erickson – So I draft every book differently. I wish I had a set system because I think it would make things easier on myself, but alas, that is not the case. With CHANGING HIS GAME, I wrote the first three chapters basically blind. As in, I had no idea how the story… Read More
Starting over is hard no matter when you do it. For me, I moved around a lot growing up, and I tended to reinvent myself at each new school that I went to. One high school I was a rocker girl, one high school I was a cowgirl, and one high school I was a… Read More
The world stopped Thursday night for some, when Grey’s Anatomy killed off Patrick Dempsey’s character Derek Shepherd, aka McDreamy. So far more than 67,000 people have signed the petition on change.org to bring Dr. Derek “McDreamy” Shepherd back to the show—something that would require a surgical feat of the highest order but also quite doable… Read More
by A. S. Fenichel – Good question. Here’s the thing, I love mythology. I love the Greek and Roman myths about gods and mortals. I love the way many of those myths have given us words and phrases we still use today: Achilles heel, Adonis, Caught between a rock and a hard place, The Midas… Read More
(On Writing NA When I’m Actually an A) by AJ Pine – We’ve all heard the sayings, “If I knew then what I know now…” or “Hindsight is 20/20…” or other variations of the idea that if we could just go back in time and have the wisdom of being a few years older, we… Read More
Wise women know that sometimes the best thing that can happen in life is to be a little unpopular as a young girl—if only because the teasing and ostracizing that often goes with that can also give you the time to develop a thick skin, other interests, and one of the most valuable skills on… Read More
by Victoria James Release date: 4/14/15 Rescued By the Rancher Starting over and starting a whole lotta trouble… Meredith Anderson left her difficult past behind to create a new life for herself in Tall Pines—where she can be the independent, confident woman she always dreamed of being. Now she’s a partner in her sister’s wedding planning… Read More
by Joanne Rock Everyone loves a bride. If you’ve been reading romance for any length of time, you know how much romance readers enjoy reading about a bride. There are brides on the covers of our books and brides in the title. The Cowboy’s Bride, the Millionaire’s Bride, the Sheriff’s Bride, Princess Bride, Cinderella Bride…. Read More
by Annie Seaton – From a very early age, I would pick up anything that had words on it and read. Whether it was the newspaper, a flyer, an advertisement, a billboard, a book or a magazine…I would read it. A thirst for knowledge, a desire to know what was happening in the world and… Read More
Have you ever been to a Renaissance Faire or a living history museum? I’ve been to both, and I find them fascinating. At the Renaissance Faire I attended with my family many years ago, my son was knighted Sir Scooby of Doo (because he was wearing a Scooby Doo shirt) by the queen. In lieu… Read More
On my recent trip to Rome to finish researching St. Cecilia’s life for my historical fiction novel, Virgin Martyr, I spent some time at the Temple of Vesta and the home of the ancient Roman Vestal Virgins. One of my purposes in writing this book was to investigate how attitudes about women’s sexuality and social… Read More
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