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Avery Flynn | You’ve Got to Coordinate – Shoes, Stalkers and Sylvie
Author Guest / February 17, 2014

How do you put fashion and murder together? Well, like all things fashion, it’s about the styling. 🙂 I have an addiction to fashion blogs. Tom and Lorenzo. Go Fug Yourself. Fashion Grail. Urban Darling. They’re perfect to go with the first cup of coffee that makes the world such a tolerable place. So when I was coming up with an idea for a new series, placing it in the fashion world of the fictional Harbor City seemed like the perfect fit. Overblown egos? Check. Dog-eat-dog ambition? Check. Back stabbing? Check. High stakes? Check. Fabulousness? Check. The fashion world really is tailor made for romantic suspense. (See what I did there? Tailor made. I crack myself up. Why aren’t you laughing? *slinks away*) I spent a lot of nights watching fashion documentaries. I highly recommend The September Issue, if you only watch one of the fashion-related documentaries on Netflix. Then there was the shopping. Oh, the horror. It was just awful. Spending all that time shopping high-end stores online, lusting after Victoria Beckham designs, strolling the displays at Jimmy Choo and Neiman Marcus. You just feel really bad for me, don’t you? See, I knew you were sweet people. 🙂…

Ann Lawrence | Spreading The Love ~ Comment to Win an ebook edition of one of my books
Author Guest / February 17, 2014

February is the month for lovers! It’s a great time to read a romance and wallow in the happily-ever-after plot line. I’m especially fond of this February as my son got married on February 8th! Here’s the happy couple (The surfer on the left is the Best Man!). They live in Hawaii but were married in Philadelphia. Crazy kids–leaving all that sun and heat for snow and cold! According to my calendar, it’s “National Wedding Month” and I’m sure lots of couples tied the knot this month along with my son and his lovely bride. My son and his new wife are a great pair, and I know they will be happy together! As a romance author, that’s one of the things I strive for in all my books . . . putting together the perfect couple. On the surface, it may look like the couple will NEVER get together, but underneath, they always share core values, and when they finally solve their problems, they deserve the happily-ever-after moments I plan for them. My latest historical romance, LORD OF SWORDS, is an example of a couple who seem as if they’ll never have a chance to be together. Lady Joia…