1–What is the title of your latest release? TO SWOON AND TO SPAR – it’s the fourth book in my Regency Vows series. 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A woman saddled with an unwanted husband decides to stage an elaborate haunting at their country house in Cornwall, to scare him away to London so that she might enjoy some peace and quiet. Unsurprisingly, not all goes according to plan. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Cornwall has always been one of my favorite parts of the UK, and I’ve been wanting to write a book set there for a while; given the (allegedly) haunted house that plays such a key role in this book, I knew it was the perfect opportunity to make the setting a remote seaside cliff in Cornwall, to really make the vibes atmospheric. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? I’d love to hang out with my heroine, Jane, because she’s incredibly smart and determined, but she’s very shy, and her shyness comes off as grumpiness and standoffishness to newcomers, so I’d have to slowly wear her down and convince her to open up…

Today’s recipe is perfect for a date-night-in! While the characters in TO LOVE AND TO LOATHE by Martha Waters have known each other for years and spent most of that time arguing, they are about to spend a ton of time together at a country house party—the perfect place for shenanigans… Tomorrow is the last day of the Valentine’s Day Recipe Roundup! Come back for one more day of fun! Jeremy, the Marquess of Willingham, and Diana, Lady Templeton, have known each other for years, and have spent much of that time at each other’s throats. They are famed among their friends for their bickering, and no one is surprised when they agree to an impetuous bet: Jeremy will be married within the year, or Diana owes him one hundred pounds. What is a surprise is when Jeremy, after receiving some unflattering commentary on his bedroom skills, proposes a no-strings-attached affair with Diana for the duration of a country house party—both to get feedback on his performance, and to dispel the inconvenient attraction that has plagued them for years. This frenemies-with-benefits arrangement quickly becomes more complicated, and both Diana and Jeremy drink a good deal of wine over the course…

1–What’s the name of your latest release?  To Have and to Hoax. 2–What is it about? It’s a Regency rom-com about an estranged married couple who have barely spoken in years, who get immersed in a battle of wits & one-upsmanship as they attempt to get even (and, of course, fall back in love in the process). A fake case of consumption may or may not be involved. 3–What word best describes your heroine?  Stubborn. 4–What makes your hero irresistible?  He’s a really fundamentally good, considerate person who is so unable to trust that it damages his ability to have relationships with others – and watching my heroine slowly change this in him is, I think, pretty swoony. 5–Who are the people your main characters turn to when they need help?  They each have two best friends – Violet, my heroine, has Diana and Emily, and James, my hero, has Jeremy and Penvale. These friends are super meddling – and also really quick to call out Violet and James when they’re being ridiculous, which is key in any friendship. (Spoiler alert: they have to do a lot of calling out in To Have and to Hoax.) 6–What do you love…