B.J. Daniels

Fellow Harlequin Intrigue author B.J. Daniels is a USA Today bestseller. I read one of her Intrigues a few years ago after having not read Intrigue for awhile and fell in love with the line all over again. One day I told my agent how much I enjoyed the book and all the Intrigues I bought as a result of loving B.J.'s book, and my agent said: "Why aren't you trying to write one?" If you follow along here, you know what happened next. I sent a proposal and have since sold six Intrigues to my terrific editor, Denise Zaza.

I had a chance to meet B.J. in Orlando this year at a writing conference. It was one of those great moments because she is absolutely lovely in person. She was so warm and welcoming to this Intrgiue newbie. It's always nice to meet an author and find out they're as cool as you'd hoped they'd be. B.J. is that type of author. She is also an excellent writer. Her November release, HIGH-CALIBER CHRISTMAS, was given the RT Seal of Excellence for November 2010. That basically means the RT reviewers thought it was the best book of all the books reviewed in the November issue. Let me put it this way, B.J.'s book beat out the new Dennis Lehane book. That's pretty impressive.

If you haven't checked out an Intrigue in a few years – and if this is true, I will cry since I have two out – go buy B.J.'s book.