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Seeing Stars – $0.99 sale on Kindle Books and Tips today

SEEING STARS (regularly $3.99) is featured today on Free Kindle Books and Tips for only  $0.99  - check out the posting and be sure to “Like” the page while you’re there. Arizona astronomer Claire Welland is anything but starry-eyed when it comes to romance. She knows her home on an isolated … Continue reading →

A Man for Grace – book review

A Man for Grace by E. C. Sheedy My rating: 5 of 5 stars E. C. Sheedy’s latest “Salt Spring Island Friends” book is a winner! Grace is a lovely heroine, an Island girl and a delicious mix of wholesome sexiness, humor, and straight-forward wisdom. EC Sheedy drops sexy Colin Ross on Grace’s … Continue reading →

Blazing Nights – book review

Blazing Nights by Linda Barlow My rating: 4 of 5 stars I liked this sexy romance and appreciated the author’s skillful handling of the paranormal elements. Hero and heroine each begin this story with personal challenges they must overcome to achieve a happy ending. Kate is an actress, and very … Continue reading →

Gabriola Island Lovers – 80% off with coupon for ePub version.

I’ve just released GABRIOLA ISLAND LOVERS, containing two linked romance novels: With Strings Attached and When Love Returns. I wrote With Strings Attached while living on Gabriola Island, one of the beautiful British Columbia Gulf Islands. Molly, the heroine, came to this picturesque island to rescue a cat – and … Continue reading →

My Deja Vu Lover – book review

My Deja Vu Lover by Phoebe Matthews My rating: 5 of 5 stars “The first time I saw the accident was on Tuesday afternoon.” So begins MY DEJA VU LOVER, a fascinating blend of paranormal, psychological suspense, and romance. This story drew me in slowly as hints of darkness provided … Continue reading →

The Disappeared – book review

The Disappeared by Kristine Kathryn Rusch My rating: 5 of 5 stars I loved this book. I thought I’d become jaded about reading Sci-Fi, but Kristine Kathryn Rusch changed my mind with The Disappeared, first in the Retrieval Artist series. When I spotted this book a few days ago on … Continue reading →

The Truth About Trish – free this weekend

My romance novel The Truth About Trish is enjoying a “free” promotion on Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords this weekend. It seems a suitable time for this particular title to be on free, as I’m giving a workshop today on character-driven plotting, and pacing to maintain tension – and this story … Continue reading →

Workshop: Character Driven Plotting, Pacing to Maintain Tension

This Saturday I’ll be giving a day-long workshop for the Romance Writers of America’s Vancouver Island Chapter. If you’re in the Nanaimo area, come along and join us in an exploration of character-driven plotting, and pacing your novel to maintain story tension. Workshop Details When: November 2, 2013, 9:00 to … Continue reading →

Lifelines: Kate’s Story – a new women’s fiction suspense novel from Vanessa Grant

Kate Taylor hasn’t had a good night’s sleep since her husband David died. It doesn’t help that David’s dog, Socrates, watches her constantly as if he expects her to bring his master back; that her personal life is a series of telephone conversations with her evasive adult daughter and her demanding mother; that working as [...]

Book Recommendation – Killing Bliss by EC Sheedy

Killing Bliss by EC Sheedy My rating: 5 of 5 stars I loved this book when I read the initial release in 2005, and I’m loving it all over again now reading the Kindle edition.  Wonderful story, great characters, and I can’t write a better blurb about it than the … Continue reading →