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One Sexy English Rose #MySexySaturday #MSS124

This week’s theme for My Sexy Saturday is One Sexy Girl. Today’s snippet is from my steamy Victorian romance, How To Woo… A Reluctant Bride. Blurb: A marriage of convience, nothing more…until darkly handsome Evan Channing and demure Lydia Blatchford … Continue reading

Welcome Beverley Bateman, Exquisite Christmas + Quick Bread #HolidayRecipe @kelownawriter

Please welcome Beverley Bateman, one of the 21 authors of the Exquisite Christmas anthology, who has a recipe for Christmas Quick Bread to share with us. It looks delicious. Exquisite Christmas: 21 Romance Authors Share Stories and Recipes I am … Continue reading

The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen #review

The Twelve Clues of Christmas: A Royal Spyness Mystery (The Royal Spyness Series Book 6) by Rhys Bowen I’ve reviewed books in this series before. In this outing, Lady Georgianna takes a position as a party planner at an English … Continue reading

Be Kind to Those Who Grieve at the Holidays

I shouldn’t need to say this, but be kind to those who Grieve during the holidays. A year ago, my husband was in the hospital after being diagnosed with late stage, metastatic bladder cancer. I’m not kidding when I say … Continue reading

Meet @KimKasch and The Viking Princess #PNRThursday

Today is the final Paranormal Thursday post, so please welcome Kimbra Kasch, author of The Viking Princess. This truly sounds like a unique and fascinating paranormal romance. Hi everyone! I’m a romance writer who grew up in a family with … Continue reading

Writing Realistic Romances for Young Adults and Beyond by Barb Caffrey

Barb Caffrey is here today to tell us about writing romances for young adults and beyond. Barb and I both have short stories in the new anthology, Exquisite Christmas. Writing Realistic Romances for Young Adults and Beyond By Barb Caffrey … Continue reading

Welcome Victoria Adams, Exquisite Christmas Author #EQuills

Please welcome my guest blogger, Victoria Adams, one of the authors in the Exquisite Christmas anthology who is sharing some creative gingerbread photos with us. Hi, I’m Victoria Adams and I’m so happy to be here today. I, along with … Continue reading

Love’s Intensity by @CassandraUlric1 #PNRThursday

Today’s #PNRThursday book is Love’s Intensity, young adult romance, by Cassandra Ulrich. Love’s Intensity Blurb: Brad loves fast horses, cars, and bikes. Life would be perfect if his stepmother could only mind her own business. Instead, his father hired a … Continue reading

Two Holiday Stories by Dee Ann Palmer from Exquisite Christmas #EQuills

Sixteen years ago, Dee Ann Palmer finished her first novel in a writers workshop in the mountains. Later, as a public health nurse visiting pregnant and parenting teens in those same mountains, she became aware of young men eagerly awaiting … Continue reading

Tina Gayle Shares a #HolidayRecipe and #99cent sale on Marketing Exec’s Widow

Today Tina Gayle shares a #HolidayRecipe and #99cent sale for her contemporary romance, Marketing Exec’s Widow. Welcome, Tina. I have a friend who wrote an awesome cookbook. I wanted to share one of her recipes and tell you a little … Continue reading