Are you ready to go EARL CRAZY? Welcome to the fourth book in the Games Earls Play series! I’m delighted to give you a sneak peek into Kit and Tilly’s story. Mathilda Templeton never meant to fall in love with an infamous rake. Her sister brought her to London for a season to find a dull, proper husband, but after a secret chance encounter with the wicked, scandalous Earl of Prestwick leads to a stolen kiss, Tilly fears no one but London’s most charming scoundrel will do for her. Christopher Egan doesn’t need any more trouble, least of all a midnight visit from a blue-eyed, blushing virgin with more courage than sense. But Tilly Templeton isn’t like any innocent maiden he’s ever encountered. She’s irrepressible, unpredictable, an unholy nuisance bent on bedeviling him. Why can’t she see that she’s too innocent, too naïve, too trusting for a jaded rake like him? If only she weren’t so tempting… E is for…what else? Earls! There are no shortage of earls in the Games Earls Play series, and Earl Crazy is no exception. A is for…Animals. One animal in particular, a naughty little Pomeranian named Lucien (or, as Tilly calls him, Lucifer). R…

1–What is the title of your latest release? FELL IN LOVE WITH AN EARL 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Grumpy, wounded earl meets fierce governess heroine, add kittens and mischievous twin boys, hijinks, and romance ensues! 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Well, this is the third book of the Games Earls Play series, and in the previous book I’d already settled Helena, the heroine in a small village near her sister’s country estate. For both books I wanted a country setting not too far from London, so I settled on Oxfordshire. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Absolutely! She’s incredibly kind but fierce, plus she loves cats! What’s not to like? 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Grumpy (at first), protective, loving. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? This book reminded me of something I learned long ago, but sometimes forget, and that’s to try not to make assumptions about people, because we never truly know what they might be going through. Adrian doesn’t appear to advantage at first, but it’s grief that makes him difficult, not arrogance. 7–Do you edit as…

All of his attention was once again absorbed by Juliet Templeton. The sketch she’d done of him… he wanted to see it. No. It was more than that, worse than that. He needed to see it. Burned to see it. Yet what good would come of it? He’d see her sketch, and then what? She’d demand to see his sketch of her, and it would only delay the inevitable end of this strange attraction between them. With every word they exchanged, every furtive glance between them, he slipped a little further under the surface. Soon enough, he’d be drowning in her again. But even as these dark thoughts wound through his head, he was winding his way across the drawing room, bypassing his other guests with hardly a glance, his gaze full of her. Always her. “Miss Templeton. May I have a word?” She gave him such a wary look he caught her wrist—again, because he couldn’t seem to stop touching her—to forestall a refusal, but before she could say a word, Lady Fosberry gave Juliet a tranquil smile and a little pat on the shoulder. “Go on, dearest. I fancy a rest before it’s time to dress for supper.”…

Anna Bradley debuted her new Sutherlands series with LADY ELEANOR’S SEVENTH SUITOR on September 5th. She stopped by Fresh Fiction to talk with Miranda Owen about the new book, starting a fresh series, and what to expect from her next. In LADY ELEANOR’S SEVENTH SUITOR, Lady Eleanor and Camden have a somewhat adversarial relationship for much of the story. Normally I prefer the hero and heroine to be on the same side, facing an outside threat. What makes this romance work for me, is that the reader is able to get inside their heads and see what they’re feeling and thinking. Which type of romance do you find easier or more enjoyable to write – one in which the hero and heroine start out with a prickly relationship, or one in which they like each other right away? I admit to being a big fan of the “enemies to lovers” trope, so when my stories open, the characters do tend to be at odds with each other. That’s not to say I don’t like a story where the hero and heroine are on the same page, but I’ve always been drawn (as a reader and a writer) to the kind…