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July 20, 2024
Back list feature: Adventure and romance!
Hot reads for hot days Title: Falling, Freestyle Heroine: Dara – Best friends with two sexy men she wants but can’t chose between. Puts a plan in place to seduce them both. Heroes: Kane – The laid-back and easy-going friend who is ready to get Dara into his bed for more than just a fling. […]
June 7, 2024
Read the Takhini Shifters: interconnected standalone paranormal novellas!
This month we're talking about the Takhini Shifters, a part of the Northern Lights Shifters series. These paranormal stories are short, sexy, and so much fun to write. They're light-hearted getaways with humour, making them perfect for when you want to escape for a short while. They’re also not high on the GROWL AND […]
May 24, 2024
It’s time for me to answer your questions again!
Although I don't spend much time on social media, I LOVE interacting with my readers. Every now and then we post a “What's your question?”, and I try to keep everyone up to date on the answers. So here are a few that have come up more than once in the past while. Will […]
May 10, 2024
How the Stones of Heart Falls started…back to the beginning! 🤠
My inspiration for the Heart Falls world started with wanting to write more cowboys. And as I’ve written more, I’ve come to realize it’s easier to write in trilogies or quartets. As much as I love a dozen books in a series, there’s a part of the logistics of that you can imagine the tangle […]
April 21, 2024
Love a good Band of Brothers book? Check out these Vivian Arend recommendations!
Trope Recommendations – Band of Brothers It’s always fun to watch something you’ve always thought a lot about become a part of the collective mindset. I love reading certain types of stories and storylines, so much so that eight years ago I used to send out a regular newsletter feature called Viv’s Favourite Tropes, with […]
April 11, 2024
Turner Twins! The family of Maxs’
Turner Twins You know I love small town western romances. But did you know I also wrote a duo-logy of a regular contemporary romance set in a small town? No cowboys in sight! Do you enjoy small town contemporary romance? A little extra heat in your day? Time to pick up the Turner Twins […]
March 19, 2024
It’s My 15 Year Anniversary!
15th anniversary Fifteen years this month WOLF SIGNS hit the ebook shelves, and my world changed in a radical way. Time to reminisce! If you don’t know the story, I fell into writing accidentally. I had a friend who wanted to try NaNoWriMo*, and wanted emotional backup. “We’ll meet on Sundays after church at a […]
March 1, 2024
Three Red-Hot Former Military Heroes! 🔥Read the DreamMakers!
Every now and then we revisit and highlight some of my earlier books, and this month we're talking about the DreamMakers series. This series has a special place in my heart because I co-wrote it with Elle Kennedy who is a very good friend of mine. We had so much fun and learned a lot about […]
February 14, 2024
Keeping Books….or Not?
Nic and I were talking about this blog post, and what we’ve been reading. So I went to my ereader to look, and it suddenly hit me how much my reading habits have changed, but my library building hasn’t kept pace. Here’s what I mean. There was a time when I moved every three-four years. […]
February 1, 2024
Looking for a light paranormal read with 🐻❄️POLAR BEAR🐻❄️ shifters?? I have just what you need!
When I decided to write a new paranormal series a few years ago, part of what I wanted was a set beginning and end. Thus, the mating fever, a meddlesome grandfather, and the three brothers came about. James, Alex, and Cooper all face the same challenge—do not avoid your next mating fever. All […]
