I have to admit I admire anyone who can blog on a weekly or monthly basis. I always struggle with a topic or what to say. With my book releasing on Memorial Day, I thought it fitting to talk about my military career and honor those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice. To begin, I joined the military right out of high school, serving both in the active duty Army and in the Army and Air National Guard. I was fortunate to have served with the most wonderful and selfless individuals. I learned about eternal friendships, unyielding strength and determination, and teamwork. I also learned about never giving up. My first example of this was about six weeks into Army Basic Training. It was around 9 p.m., raining and nearly forty degrees. You could see our breaths against the backdrop of the night sky. There were four platoons of around forty females: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, and Delta. Each one of us received three magazines and several ammo cases. Me, along with five other women, were tasked to load the M-16 magazines with live rounds for night qualification. I’m not sure if we were being punished for not having our boots…

  I once accidentally smuggled a weapon into a prison. It was a metal hair stick that might as well have been a shiv. I’m not sure that every single item’s barcode beeps at the supermarket self-serve before hitting the bag. Sometimes I fail to indicate when I change lanes. And in my day job I’m often called on to write persuasive copy. But I’m no con artist. So how did I come to write a Robin Hooding con artist family? I got frustrated with the state of the world and its politics and I wondered what it would take to redistribute a little wealth, spread the well-being, and save the planet. I’m no activist either, but as a romance author I wield a mean keyboard and that’s how the Confidence Game series got started. Anger meet keypad plus blank page equals One Night Wife. I imagined a generations old family who saw it as their duty to take money from rich people who didn’t deserve their luck or use their positions responsibility and give it to more deserving people and unpopular causes. Robin Hood without the tights or the flying arrows. It wasn’t hard to find examples of villains…

The alpha hero is a mainstay of romance, and whether he be a duke, a quarterback or a shapeshifter, we see the alpha as strong, aggressive and often arrogant in his manner and bearing. Honestly, who hasn’t had a serious crush on a big strong alpha at one time or another. In YOU SEND ME, the second book in my Compass Cove series, Nick Rinaldi is the ultimate good guy. Putting himself out to care for his sick neighbor, the former Navy doctor is, kind, helpful and strong willed. He’s an alpha with a heart of gold, and he’s in good company. I have a soft spot for nice guy heroes, and I’ve listed my top five in no particular order: Jack Sheridan: (VIRGIN RIVER by Robyn Carr) How do I love Jack Sheridan? Let me count the ways. A retired Marine, he moved to Virgin River for a quiet life. He settled into the town helping people as he could. Hunting and fishing as he pleases, Jack’s life is quiet and easy until the new nurse midwife comes to town and Melanie turns his world upside down. Jack can’t do enough for her and he’s so totally in love…

A warm, lazy summer’s day. The scent of jasmine tickles your nose. A glass of sweet tea or lemonade, a front porch swing, and a good book. It’s one of life’s moments, isn’t it? The question is this. Out of all the books on my shelf or in my e-reader, which should I read next? How do I choose just one? If you’re like me, you’ve got a to-be-read list longer than your arm. So, just between us, I thought I’d share with you my top three picks for this summer’s reading. Maybe, then, you can share with me what you’re reading—and I can add to that must-read list of mine. I love, love, love finding new authors, along with books by my favorites that I’ve somehow missed. At the top of my list is Nora Roberts’ new book, SHELTER IN PLACE. This is one of her romantic suspense stories and deals with the senseless violence that’s going on around us, so it won’t be a light read. She always delivers, though, and her characters and plot all but hold me hostage till that last page. I’ll admit right now that I’m a Nora fan-girl. I also love her JD…

Hello Wonderful Readers, If you are familiar with any of my books, you likely know me as an author of historical romance novels set in Regency England. I absolutely love the period for its upper-class decadence, the covert sensuality that runs beneath all the stiff and proper manners, and the gritty London Underworld which stands in striking opposition to the glittering ballrooms of high society. Although I fully intend to write more stories set in Regency England and perhaps other periods of British history as well, I decided to go in a different direction for a little while. In my next series publishing with Sourcebooks Casablanca, I am exploring a New World…the American Wild West! My Runaway Brides series follows three brides (go figure😊) who escape unwanted fates in an elite Boston society to find adventure, independence, and freedom in America’s wild western territories of the 1880s. I know, it’s quite a jump from Regency England, but I am so excited about these books! I’ve realized through writing my first two romance series that although each story is different and every character has their own unique backstory and an individual way of being in the world, I definitely have a…

Jeff Resnick has a knack for getting into trouble. And sometimes he isn’t the only one. And what is June without a wedding? As it happened, in DEAD IN RED, the second Jeff Resnick Mystery, Jeff’s older half-brother, Dr. Richard Alpert, was about to get married to his long-time significant other, Brenda Stanley. It was to be a small wedding. Just the bride and groom, Jeff as best man, and Brenda’s friend, Maggie Brennan, as bridesmaid. Then the four of them would go out to a nice lunch before the bride and groom left on their honeymoon to Paris. And yet even small weddings need certain items. Things like the wedding dress, the tuxes, flowers, and of course, the license. While all that took place, Jeff, a former insurance investigator was looking into the circumstances surrounding the death of a local bartender. That led him to the bar scene and drag shows. Richard sort of tagged along. (Yes, sort of!) And then there was a fight—perhaps a brawl would be a better term. Let’s just say the wedding pictures were to become a whole lot more interesting. And then things took an even more sinister turn. Will Brenda finally get…

Note from author: I’m so excited to bring you my new enemies-to-lovers, second-chance romance Then There Was You, the first book in my new Angel Falls series. I hope you enjoy Sara and Colton as much as I enjoyed writing them! –Miranda “Liasson (The Baby Project) ably tugs at the heartstrings with this poignant contemporary about a jilted doctor and the police chief who’d like to make it all better.”  –Publishers Weekly Short excerpt:   “I didn’t get you a pie. I made you a pie.”  Her eyes were dancing in the low light, and he could see the golden highlights in her hair. Forget the damn pie. He wanted to taste her. Whoa there, Colton. Friends, friends, friends, he repeated to himself. What had happened to all that animosity between them? The desire to tease her, to make her blush? To keep her at a distance, which was what all that bickering had done. Now he found he did want to make her blush. But for a completely different reason. “Did you celebrate today?” she asked. “Carmen made cupcakes. I’ll have dinner with Cookie and Hannah this weekend.” She patted the swing beside her and he took her up…

As we speed closer and closer to Boas & Tiaras (click here to buy your ticket) we decided to give you more insight into our attending authors. We’ll highlight one author in each newsletter with five quick questions.     Let’s see what Samantha Chase has to say! Pitch us your newest book in one sentence. Two years after one of the steamiest weekends of her life, Megan Montgomery is hoping for a second chance and a happily ever after. What book made you fall in love with the genre(s) you write? Sandra Brown’s 22 INDIGO PLACE. I could read that book over and over and over and to me it captures everything a contemporary romance should be. Tell us about your favorite character you’ve ever written. It’s like picking your favorite child and I always feel guilty when I do this!! But…ONE of my favorite characters is Dylan Anders from ONE MORE PROMISE. Everything about him just felt so incredibly real for me. I’ve been on the fringe of witnessing people dealing with addiction and I wanted Dylan to be real and not a watered down character dealing with the aftermath of it. I loved his vulnerability, his struggles, and…

As we speed closer and closer to Boas & Tiaras (click here to buy your ticket) we decided to give you more insight into our attending authors. We’ll highlight one author in each newsletter with five quick questions.   Sasha Summers, so relatable. Pitch us your newest book in one sentence. Felicity is still learning how to be a single-mom when tragedy makes her guardian of her ex-husband’s toddler, threatening her family’s stability and any hope of her finding her own happily-ever-after. What book made you fall in love with the genre(s) you write? I love happy endings – they make even the worst day feel better. Tell us about your favorite character you’ve ever written. Oh man, this is tough. I love Graham, the character I’m working on right now. He’s a ‘real man,’ struggling to do better–kind and thoughtful and caring. He’s super easy to fall in love with. What do you do to de-stress when you’re on a writing deadline? Watch Hallmark movies – the low-stress sweetness is soothing. 🙂 What’s one thing you want our Boas & Tiaras guests to know about you? I’m addicted to Emmy’s raspberry and vanilla been coconut cookies and all things Chris…

As we speed closer and closer to Boas & Tiaras (click here to buy your ticket) we decided to give you more insight into our attending authors. We’ll highlight one author in each newsletter with five quick questions.     Candace Havens has the floor. Pitch us your newest book in one sentence. I can’t do just one. There’s a new cozy mystery series, the second Hex book called ENCHANT, and a super sexy Marine book on the way. What book made you fall in love with the genre(s) you write? Jodi Thomas was a big influence when it comes to writing romance. Her historicals and contemporaries made me want to create worlds of my own. Tell us about your favorite character you’ve ever written. I always say, Bronwyn, from the Charmed & Dangerous series. I will always love her best. But, I just did a cozy, and the heroine, Ainsley McGregor, is giving Bronwyn a run for her money. What do you do to de-stress when you’re on a writing deadline? I don’t know what this means (smile). I don’t know if it’s de-stressing, but I bribe myself with television. Lately it’s been, write this many words you get to…