Playing The Long Game

 “Romances don’t have sequels.” That was the rule. I was told this as a fledgling author editing my second book, Desolation Point, which was sort of a romance but also an action/adventure novel with a plotline and a central relationship that I wanted to further develop. Because I’ve never been a terribly well-behaved author, I’d gone ahead and written its sequel regardless, and Bold Strokes Books kicked my arse a bit but published it anyway. And I’m glad it played out like that, because Tumbledo...