1–What is the title of your latest release?  How to Love Your Neighbor 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Noah Jansen and Grace Travis are next door neighbors. He wants to buy her house. She isn’t selling. In their efforts to convince each other, they accidentally fall and get heart makeovers neither of them were ready for. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Book one was set in California so it was easy. I love California and miss going there so it was a happy place to spend time, even if just in my mind. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Absolutely. She’s fun, sassy, and very creative. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Intelligent, Underestimated, Genuine 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? That I miss watching home reno shows. It’s been a while. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I tend to email myself what I wrote that day, read it on my phone, make a couple notes, then correct before writing new words. 8–What’s your favorite foodie indulgence? Well, I’m going to seem like quite…

FRESH FICTION AUTHOR-READER MATCH DETAILS   Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match” where we introduce you to authors you may fall in love with. It’s our great pleasure to present Sarah Robinson!  Writes: Sarah Robinson writes award-winning, bestselling contemporary romance and women’s fiction. Her recent novel, EVERY LAST DROP, was a finalist in the 2021 Vivian Awards and her next book, MALL YOU NEED IS LOVE, comes out on February 11, 2022. She writes stories that will make you laugh, swoon, and feel like you’re part of the hero and heroine’s emotional journey all the way until the HEA! About: Sarah Robinson loves stories that pack an emotional punch, and she believes in diversity and representation in all her work. Her characters all share her wit and sass, something that her readers look to her for every day in her Facebook group. As a full-time therapist during the day, she hears wild stories at work and then comes home to write even wilder stories at night. She is also a human mom, dog mom, and subpar wife to a gentle giant.   What I’m looking for in my ideal…

1–What’s the name of your latest release?  Protective Instinct – The Unlovabulls Series Book One 2–What is it about?  When Dallas football player, Brody, teams up with curvy dog trainer, Lily, to shut down the notorious puppy mill his rescue dog escaped from, chemistry ignites between them. But Brody needs to keep his hands off the trainer, or risk getting traded from his hometown team. And when Lily starts receiving threats to back off the mill search, she’ll have to decide––ruin the career of the star linebacker, or risk losing the dogs that need to be rescued. 3–What word best describes your heroine?  Overly-independent. Wait, is that cheating? 4–What makes your hero irresistible?  Brody is a big, tough guy on the football field, but he’s a total softy for his dog—and for Lily.  5–Who are the people your main characters turn to when they need help? Lily turns to the friends she’s developed in the dog sports community, a kind of cobbled together family for her she can count on. Brody’s teammate Hayes is the guy he can trust to always give it to him straight and support him through thick and thin. 6–What do you love about the setting…

by Fresh Fiction Senior Reviewer Miranda Owen  “I’ve never been the one. Not for anybody.” He closed the distance between them. “You’ll get used to it.” He tipped her face up to his, kissed her. “Why? Why am I the one?” “Because my life opened up, and it flooded with color when you walked back into it.” –Nora Roberts, VISION IN WHITE Weddings are a common occurrence in romance novels, whether they are contemporary, historical, or paranormal. More often than not, they happen near the end of a story as a happy conclusion. While I adore a happy ending just as much as any romance fan, I find stories more interesting when the wedding takes place near the opening of a story. I prefer to think of a wedding as a point in a discussion rather than the conclusion to an exercise. One of my favorite authors is Mary Balogh. In a Mary Balogh novel, there are joyous endings, but no “happily ever afters.” Happiness is something that is an ongoing process that evolves over time and is something that you must work at. In this article, I discuss weddings in some recent romance novels, along with some of my…

I had such a blast writing this book! I adore Mason and Tess and loved giving them amusing, settings, and witty banter, and writing scenes that were sexy and fun. There are so many great scenes in this book from the piggyback ride in the rain, to the serial-killer clown scare, to a sugar cube-encrusted kiss. It was hard to pick a favorite, but I really liked the scene with Mason taking another run at their first kiss. It shows them having fun together and you can see my klutzy, curvy heroine, Tess coming out of her shell a little and getting her flirt on. How many times have we wished we’d done something differently or that we could go back and get a do-over for an important moment? That’s the scene I gave these two as Mason tells Tess he wants another crack at their first kiss and it’s just adorable. Comin’ in hot… Mason James is the responsible brother, the one who stayed behind to run the ranch when his older brother left to play professional hockey. He’s always felt in his brother’s shadow and women have used him in the past to get to his famous brother….