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Two Strangers Gain New Insights at Reader Weekend 2016

Irene Lansing and Kate Reynolds saw for themselves how taking a chance can help forge a lasting friendship. The pair met on the Reader Weekend 2016 Facebook group when Kate posted that she had a room with two queen-sized beds and was seeking a roommate. Both women feel they were lucky that Irene, from Massachusetts, […]

Another Great Reveal for Designing Women

During Reader Weekend 2015, readers were wowed with the unveiling of the cover of Love After Dark, featuring Marie’s friend Ashley Lopez and her husband, Bryan—as well as the chance to meet the cover models in person! The cover for book 13 of the Gansett Island series was designed by Ashley’s identical twin sister, Courtney […]

Best Time Ever to Check Out the Fatal Series!

Have you been putting off trying the Fatal Series because you think it might be scary or dark or not as much fun as Gansett Island? Well, you’ve been missing out on the epic romance that is Sam and Nick! There’s never been a better time to dive into the Fatal world than right now […]

Reader Weekend in RI Highlights—Perfect Weather and a Great Time Had by All!

The weather gods came through once again with a “perfect ten” for Marie’s Third Annual Reader Weekend in Rhode Island, where more than 240 people attended various weekend events, including the Tiki Bar reception and dinner Friday, the trip to Block Island Saturday and the book signing/Q&A Sunday. Twenty-nine states and three countries—the U.S., Australia […]

Marie Interviews the AMAZING Christina Lauren—and SQUEES with Fan Girl GLEE!

Lauren (left) and Christina (right) Today I’m THRILLED to welcome my favorite author(s), Christina Lauren, to the blog! Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, who co-write the Beautiful Bastard and Wild Things Series, have turned me into a shameless fan girl over their books. I LOVE THEM! I read them on day one, even when I’m […]

Marie Interviews Jack’s House Author J.T. Geissinger

I’m so happy to welcome ab-fab author J.T. Geissinger to the blog today. J.T. is one of our inaugural authors at Jack’s House Publishing, and we absolutely LOVE her two amazing books, Wicked Beautiful and Wicked Sexy. These books have all the things I love best in contemporary romance—strong, determined heroines, over-the-top sexy alpha heroes, […]

An Interview with Eliza Walker, Author of A Midsummer Night’s Fling

I’m thrilled to welcome author Eliza Walker today! She is our very first author at Jack’s House Publishing, and we will release her fantastic book, A Midsummer Night’s Fling, on June 20! I absolutely LOVED this book! It had all the elements I love in a romance—great characters, off-the-charts chemistry, awesome sexy times AND a […]

Can We Talk About Mac McCarthy?

I’ve never written more about any one character than I have about Mac McCarthy, and by extension, his wife Maddie. Mac and Maddie, the stars of Gansett Island Book 1, Maid for Love, appear in every book in the series with new story every time. We’ve seen them through their momentous meeting, to overcoming significant obstacles to be together, to their wedding, the birth of their daughter and many other highs and a few lows.

Of all the things I love about writing the Gansett Series, I love writing Mac and whatever he’s getting up to now the most. Whether it’s talking his sister into buying “extra large” condoms for him or thinking up ways to crash girls’ night out or, in Desire After Dark, plotting his revenge for the prank the ladies played on the guys in Love After Dark, writing Mac is always fun. I won’t ruin it for anyone who hasn’t read the books yet, but suffice to say the women got them GOOD, and now Mac’s out for vengeance.

Of course, Mac being Mac, the path to revenge doesn’t run smoothly, nor do his plans for romantic time alone with his wife during the holidays. You can plan everything except for sick kids, as Mac finds out.

Just when we think Mac is on the verge of becoming a total buffoon, he busts out the best speech ever at his parents’ anniversary party or he steps up for Kyle and Jackson Chandler after their mother dies. He’s everyone’s best friend, the best brother (most of the time) to his siblings and the first of the McCarthy siblings to forge a bond with Mallory, the half sister they didn’t know they had.

If you haven’t read Desire After Dark, suffice to say you’re in for a treat where Mac is concerned. Mac is on FIRE in this book, and he had me laughing HARD in more than one place as I wrote it. I love Mac, as if he’s a real, live person, and I know many of you do, too.

So let me ask you this, knowing what we know about Mac, is Maddie the luckiest girl on earth OR does she need to be sainted?

If you haven’t read the new book yet, skip the comments as they may contain spoilers.

On 50 Books and 50 Years: Things I Know for Sure

This week marks a major milestone in my publishing career. Desire After Dark is my 50th book, and it releases 17 days before my 50th birthday. To those who would ask, I didn’t plan that. Like many things in this life, it just sort of worked out that way. I wish I could say I’d […]

Ain’t She Sweet Out Now and Longing for Love on Sale

Ain’t She Sweet Out Now! Get Charley and Tyler’s story today and catch up with everyone in Butler, VT Charlotte “Charley” Abbott has gone out with every guy under thirty-five in Butler, Vermont—except for one. Tyler Westcott’s attempts to date her may be determined, and frequent, but Charley can’t stand how he acts like he …