So who said the following: "What will the neighbors think if you toss me out into the streets in the middle of the night?" She shook at his grasp. "I won't go quietly." Well, it had to be that illustrious con artist disguised as the baron's fictional wife, Emmaline...
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Who Said It?
Just to give #ThrowbackThursday a different twist, I thought I might play a game I'm calling "Who Said It?" Pulling a line or two out of one of my books, I'm going to see just how well you know my stories... So, Who Said It? "What will the neighbors think if you toss...
The “M” Word
One of the most overlooked parts in romance novels is the M word: Marriage. We write and write about the parts that lead up to that commitment, but how often do books look at what happens after the "I do" except in romances that are slated as "Marriages of...
Rhymes with Love: The Series
Counting Down to 20 So when I got to this point in my writing, I decided I wanted to write about a collection of spinsters from a small village who had no hope of ever getting married. They weren't great beauties, they weren't fabulously rich, or well-connected. Just...
The Standon Widows
Countdown to 20 Sometimes books just belong together, and these three, HOW I MET MY COUNTESS #13, MAD ABOUT THE DUKE #14, LORD LANGLEY IS BACK IN TOWN #15, isn't so much three separate stories but one large bit of inspiration, connected by a web of links to so many of...
Something About Emmaline
Countdown to 20 Where do I start with SOMETHING ABOUT EMMALINE, my sixth Avon Romance? One of my favorite of favorites—if authors are allowed such things. I absolutely ADORE this story. But as much as I fell in love with Alex and Emmaline, it is the inspiration that...