Who is most likely to hit an attacker over the head with a library book? Annabeth Winfield (A ROGUE AT STONECLIFFE). An avid reader, she usually has a book at hand, and she’s never going down without a fight. You certainly don’t want to mess with her on the way to the library! Who is most likely to hide a good deed? Sloane Rutherford (A ROGUE AT STONECLIFFE) has a bad reputation and he likes it that way. It keeps the people he’d rather avoid at bay—and protects the ones he cares about. It’s not safe to get too close to Sloane. He’ll take the reason he gave up the woman he loved to the grave. Which might end up being sooner, rather than later.   Whose visit is most likely to send her relatives into panic? Lady Lockwood, the matriarch of the Lockwood family in the STONECLIFFE series, takes over any place she visits, knows everyone’s weak spots, and never hesitates to give orders (even when she contradicts herself). And don’t think she’s any more docile at home—she’s also quite capable of whacking an intruder with her cane and sending him fleeing from her house. (A ROGUE AT…

1–What is the title of your latest release? AN AFFAIR AT STONECLIFFE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? In AN AFFAIR AT STONECLIFFE, a fast-paced story of romance and intrigue, Noelle, a young widow, must turn to her greatest enemy for help. Carlisle Thorne can protect her from danger, but can she protect her heart from him? 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? All my Regencies are set in England. However, in this story, I added a bit of Paris and the Continent in the opening because her dead husband was an artist. In England, the gorgeous country estate where they spend much of their time is reasonably close to London so readers get to experience a little of the social whirl the city was for the ton. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Absolutely! She’s determined, brave, and loving—definitely the kind of person I’d want to have on my side. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Loyal, proud, strong 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I learned how very much British law ignored women’s rights at this time. I knew everything a woman…

(1) I enjoy following characters over time. I’ve always loved reading series and writing series because I get to see what happens to the people in the future. (Conversely, with HER SCANDALOUS PURSUIT, it was fun figuring out what happened in the past!) (2) I’m able to develop my characters in fuller detail. Over the course of writing a book, I come to understand my characters more. As I write dialogue and have them interact, I get a better ‘feel’ for what they would do or say. This process works even better when they appear in several books. With the twins’ stories, HIS SINFUL TOUCH and HIS WICKED CHARM, I saw them grow up throughout the four books, and they became the most ‘real’ and beloved characters to me. (3) I find other characters in the series that I want to write about. People pop up that I hadn’t planned on or a side character develops in a way that makes me really interested in him or her. I had intended the Mad Morelands series to be only the original four books. But I loved the twins so much (and fortunately, so did readers) that I had to write stories…

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