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# Elizabeth Boyle

New York Times bestselling author

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- [Blog](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/)
- [Goodreads Giveaway](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2025/09/06/goodreads-giveaway/) - It's that time of year again! My favorite--Fall and the Holidays!! To kick it off and celebrate, I'm giving away ten autographed print copies of O Little Town of Bethlehem over on Goodreads. Make sure to enter now. I've also got lots of fun things happening in the coming days--make sure to sign up for
- [Research for Fiction Writers](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2019/10/25/research/) - I recently gave workshops on Research for Writers, (at Women Writing the West and Surrey International Writers Conference) and rather than do printed handouts, I am posting all the information here so it is readily available and clickable. Library Love Librarians to follow on Twitter: @surlyspice, @superwendy Bowling Green State University Pop Culture Library @BGSU_PopCultLib
- [Christmas Craftalong Week 1: Cowls and Cookies](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2024/11/12/christmas-craftalong-week-1-cowls-and-cookies/) - Thank you for joining me in the 6 weeks of my Christmas Craftalong. If you love handmade gifts, giving home baked goodies or just love the season, join me until Christmas for ideas old and new to put together a unique and old fashioned Christmas season. If you don't want to miss a thing, sign
- [Goodreads Giveaway - Enter Today](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2024/09/10/goodreads-giveaway-enter-today/) - Enter to win one of ten print copies of O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM. Click below to enter. Goodreads Book Giveaway O Little Town of Bethlehem by Elizabeth Boyle Giveaway ends September 22, 2024. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway
- [Trains, Planes and Automobiles](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/03/24/trains-planes-and-automobiles/) - I've been so caught up in finishing a book, everything has sort of stacked up on the desk. I looked up the other day, blinked like a ground hog and realized I've got a bunch of events coming up soon and I didn't have any of the particulars nailed down. Like airline flights, hotels, rental
- [What to Pack](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/07/05/what-to-pack/) - I have a friend who when she goes away, has her suitcase packed a good two weeks ahead of time. That has always seemed a little too much fore-planning for me, but at the same time I admire her certainty. She knows exactly what she needs and what she is wearing and in it goes.
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2022/02/11/five-things-for-friday-47/) - So last Friday I snuck out and had knee surgery. I tore my meniscus last summer when we were remodeling the house. I've been limping along ever since and it has been painful. It turned out to be more complex than they thought, but it is all fixed and I am doing great. Looking forward
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2022/02/25/five-things-for-friday-48/) - Part of me wonders—do I post this sort of trivial list when the world is on the fire?—because I don't want anyone to think I am not scared spitless about the state of things right now. Especially since I've been reading a lot of WW1 history lately and the parallels are like blinking billboards with
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2022/02/04/five-things-for-friday-46/) - It's inevitable, but I am going to repeat myself. I've tried hard not to. I even maintain a list—but the list only works if you update it, which I did last week and discovered I have repeated myself. The Expanse! The Vanished Days! With over 220 Things and counting, it is going to happen. But
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2022/07/22/five-things-for-friday-51/) - It's been a busy month. I went to Chicago, helped my son move, did a bunch of book research at the Newberry Library and The Chicago History Museum. And then had the great joy of taking the train home. Chicago to Seattle on the Empire Builder. I loved every minute of the trip. More on
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2022/06/24/five-things-for-friday-50/) - Yes, I know it has been two months since I dropped by. I've been busy with getting the new book polished up for submission and then I caught Covid. Thankfully I am fully vaxxed and double boosted so it wasn't too bad, but it still knocked me back for two weeks with really staggering fatigue.
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2022/03/25/five-things-for-friday-49/) - Let’s talk. I keep getting anxious emails from all of you—am I writing, am I going to have a new book out soon, and why is this taking so long????? All good questions. I want to be honest with all of you because you are my readers, my dear friends, so here is how it
- [I Love My Readers Giveaway](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/04/01/i-love-my-readers-giveaway/) - I know that everyone has challenges right now, and when a friend asked me to send a card to her dad who had just gotten out the hospital (her dad LOVES getting mail) I wondered if anyone else would love a surprise in the mail. So I asked on Twitter and FB what you thought.
- [Friday Reads: Novels with Heart](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/03/02/friday-reads-novels-with-heart/) - I have not had much time to read lately. Well, that isn't entirely true. I've been reading, but its been piles and piles of research books. Like histories of Chinese laundries in the west. And histories about Wyoming. And women's history books. Immigrant diaries. But in between some heavy and fascinating research, I've been slipping
- [No Marriage of Convenience](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2016/01/07/no-marriage-of-convenience/) - Countdown to 20 I can't believe my 20th Avon Romance, THE KNAVE OF HEARTS, is about to arrive! To celebrate this amazing run, I thought it would be fun to countdown all 20 books, starting with my first Avon Romance, NO MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE. This book is unique in that it started out as an
- [One Night of Passion](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2016/01/09/one-night-of-passion/) - Countdown to 20 For my third Avon Romance in this countdown, I came up with Three Fun Facts You Might Not Know About ONE NIGHT OF PASSION. Fun Fact #1 ONE NIGHT OF PASSION is my outlandish Regency take on Cinderella, so when Avon asked me to come up with a tag line for the
- [5 Things with Heather McCollum](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/03/03/5-things-with-heather-mccollum/) - Today Heather McCollum, author of sweeping, magical Scottish historical romances, is visiting the blog. The answers to her "Five Questions" are fantastic! Welcome, Heather... Thank you so much for having me here today! What a fun way to learn about those of us behind the melt-your-heart pages of romance books. 1) Since romance authors always
- [This Rake of Mine](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2016/01/14/this-rake-of-mine/) - Countdown to 20 From the light hearted fare of SOMETHING ABOUT EMMALINE came my 7th Avon Romance, THIS RAKE OF MINE and my next hero, Mad Jack Tremont. (Yet another exit sign hero—read about that here) But Jack's story was no comedy and suddenly I found myself writing a very gothic adventure about the dark
- [It Takes a Hero](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2016/01/11/it-takes-a-hero/) - Countdown to 20 Inspiration comes from every facet of my life. The story behind IT TAKES A HERO (my 5th Avon Romance) came during a family dinner, while listening to my husband's siblings teasing his unmarried sister about their upcoming visit to Lisdoonvarna in Ireland—an infamous village known for matchmaking. Being a romance writer, what
- [Newsletter Winner!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2016/01/29/newsletter-winner-2/) - Thanks to everyone who entered The Knave of Hearts Newsletter contest, and I apologize to everyone who had problems with the email. Still not sure what went wrong, but to those of you who sent your entries onto me directly, I made sure they were added to the rest of them. And so, without further
- [Five Things & A Giveaway with Elizabeth Hoyt](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/10/14/five-things-a-giveaway-with-elizabeth-hoyt/) - I've known for Elizabeth Hoyt for some time — occasionally we get seated beside each other at signings. (When they do the authors by first names not last names). She is smart, funny and good company. And best of all, her books are to die for good. Am I right? Of course I am. When
- [Tuesday Lunch Break - Along Came a Duke](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2016/05/17/tuesday-lunch-break-along-came-a-duke/) - I have a confession to make: I am a lunch time reader. I think I like lunch more for the chance to read than the eating part. LOL! So for the next ten weeks, I'll be featuring an excerpt from one of my books—the perfect sort of lunch break sampling. And when you are done
- [Tuesday Lunch Break: Mad About the Major](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2016/05/31/tuesday-lunch-break-mad-about-the-major/) - This week, let's take a lunch break with Mad About the Major, my recent novella addition to the Bachelor Chronicles. A reader recently wrote a review and called it "Pure whimsy." Two words that made me smile. That was exactly what I was striving for—a fun fast read that was a sly wink at the
- [Tuesday Teaser: Knave of Hearts](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/02/21/tuesday-teaser-knave-of-hearts/) - Last week to get THE KNAVE OF HEARTS for .99 cents. Don't miss out! And if you have already read The Knave and loved him, why not send a .99 copy to a friend? Who doesn't love a surprise like that? Especially a knavish one. You can find the full excerpt here, and order links
- [TBT: Something About Emmaline](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/04/23/tbt-sae/) - With Mad About the Major only a few weeks away from arriving on an ereader near you, I thought I would look back at the Bachelor Chronicles—starting with the first book, Something About Emmaline. If you've never read this one, I have to say: what are you waiting for? Emmaline is one of my most
- [TBT: Throwdown Challenge Rake v. Love Letters](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/04/30/tbt-throwdown-challenge-rake-v-love-letters/) - Keeping up with my #TBT retrospective of The Bachelor Chronicles in preparation for the release of Mad About the Major, I've always found it interesting how divided readers can be about their deep and abiding affection for either This Rake of Mine or Love Letters from a Duke, the 2nd and 3rd installments in the
- [5 Things with Samantha Grace](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/01/13/5-things-with-samantha-grace/) - Today we have bestselling Regency romance author Samantha Grace visiting. Her newest novel, One Rogue Too Many, first in a new series, just came out on January 7th. Welcome to the blog, Samantha! 1) Since romance authors always write about falling in love, when and how did you discover you were in love? I knew
- [Five Things About Megan Mulry](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/12/05/five-things-about-megan-mulry/) - Today I welcome Megan Mulry to the blog! Megan is a USA Today bestselling author of both contemporary and historical romance, her newest book Roulette just out a few weeks ago. She's come to share with us five things you probably don't know about her... 1) What’s the most daring thing you’ve ever done? The
- [5 Things with Sabrina Jeffries](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/12/30/5-things-with-sabrina-jeffries/) - New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries is visiting today, to play our Five Questions game. Her reworked Deborah Martin novel Silver Deceptions hits stores today, and the cover is just gorgeous! Welcome to the blog, Sabrina... 1) Did you have a nickname growing up? Sadly, yes. My dad called me Debbity-Dog. Deputy Dog was
- [5 Things with Deb Marlowe](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/01/06/5-things-with-deb-marlowe/) - USA bestselling Regency Romance author Deb Marlowe is here today. Welcome to the blog, Deb, and thanks for answering these five questions... 1) Do you celebrate when you finish a book and what you do? I know this is going to sound weird, but the first thing I do when I finish a book .
- [Five Things with Shana Galen](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/01/20/five-things-with-shana-galen/) - Bestselling author Shana Galen is visiting the blog today. She writes fast-paced, adventurous Regency romances, the newest release being The Viscount of Vice. Welcome, Shana! 1) Did you have a nickname growing up? My real name is Shane, so my family often called me Shaney. In middle school, I wore pink all the time, and
- [5 Things with Leanne Shirtliffe](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/02/03/5-things-with-leanne-shirtliffe/) - Today we're welcoming my dear friend, and fabulous author, Leanne Shirtliffe to the blog! Her author bio tells you everything you need to know about her hilarious new book Mommyfesto. "Leanne is a humor writer whose motto is "If you can't laugh at yourself, laugh at your kids."" She's a blast, and I'm thrilled to
- [5 Things with Nicola Davidson](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/02/17/5-things-with-nicola-davidson/) - Today Nicola Davidson, author of both Regency and Tudor era romances, is visiting us all the way from New Zealand! Welcome to the blog, Nicola, and thanks for sharing some fun facts with us... 1) Did you have a nickname growing up? My father always called me Shorty, because I was a pip squeak growing
- [Have You Met: Avon Addict Veronica Arellano](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/11/21/have-you-met-avon-addict-veronica-arellano/) - Welcome, Avon Addict Veronica Arellano. If you don't know Veronica, the questions she answered below for us should get you started... 1) Where is the most beautiful/romantic place you’ve ever been? Hands-down: Buzios, Brazil. It's a tiny resort town made famous by Brigitte Bardot vacationing there in the 1960s. There's even a saucy statue of
- [Sneak Peek: The Viscount Who Lived Down the Lane](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/10/19/sneak-peek-the-viscount-who-lived-down-the-lane/) - Nearly here! Only another week until The Viscount Who Lived Down the Lane releases and so I thought I would tease, er, share with you a sneak peek inside. Damaged and broken he might appear, but Pierson was still a man. He pulled Louisa closer, hitching her up against him, so close, she teetered on
- [5 Things with Ellie McDonald](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/11/11/5-things-with-ellie-mcdonald/) - Welcome to the blog, Ellie Macdonald, author of The Governess Club series! Here are 5 things you probably didn't know about Ellie: 1) Did you have a nickname growing up? My family called me The Mad Hatter because of my quick temper as a child and it’s also a play on my real name. They
- [Have You Met: Avon Addict Merle](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/11/28/have-you-met-avon-addict-merle/) - Have you met Avon Addict Merle yet? She's come by today to share five things about herself that we probably don't know! Welcome, Merle... 1) What is the very first romance novel that you read? I'm actually relatively new to romance — I only started reading it a year ago! My very first romance was
- [TBT: His Mistress by Morning](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/11/06/tbt-his-mistress-by-morning/) - Since last week we looked at Tempted by the Night, it only seemed right to take a look back at the book that started that series, His Mistress by Morning. Every book has a different inspiration, that moment when the idea bursts to life in my imagination and I know it won't stop clamoring at
- [5 Things with Theresa Romain](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/12/12/5-things-with-theresa-romain/) - Historical romance author Theresa Romain has joined us today to answer five questions about herself, and her stories, that you probably don't know. Her newest novel, Secrets of a Scandalous Heiress, debuts on January 6th, and her holiday story, A Season for Desire, is out in stores now! 1) How do you pick the names
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/07/10/five-things-for-friday-8/) - Yikes! I absolutely forgot to send anything out last week. But in my defense, I had picked 50 lbs of strawberries and was, well, rather up to my ears in making jam. We now have all the jam. And strawberry preserves. Syrup. And sauce. LOL. So that leads to me the first thing on my
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/07/17/five-things-for-friday-9/) - Summer has finally arrived in Seattle. We never call it summer here until well after the 4th of July. But this week has been lovely and warm. And I keep hoping to catch sight of the Comet Neowise. I know, always with my to do list. Also, some of you emailed me about last week's
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/07/24/five-things-for-friday-10/) - It's Friday! Hurrah. We made it through another week. I hope your days have been bright and you have a weekend ahead full of things that make you smile. Here are five things that have me grinning. One Mark your calendars: The Australian Romance Readers are putting on a virtual reader's conference, A Romantic Rendezvous:
- [Friday Reads: Historical Mysteries](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/02/09/friday-reads-historical-mysteries/) - I love mysteries. But I am particular. Like most of what I like to read I want my mysteries historical. Like that surprises anyone. My favorite historical mystery authors include CJ Sansom, Laura Joh Rowland's Sano Ichiro series, and now . . . an entirely new crop of wonderful sleuths. The Lady Sherlock series Oh,
- [Summer Romance Bingo](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/07/06/summer-romance-bingo/) - I love the Ripped Bodice's annual Summer Romance Bingo! What a fun way to find new titles and authors and just, well, READ. But I also love adding to people's squares and TBRs, so might I suggest if you are looking for ways to fill the following squares, I've got you covered. And don't forget,
- [Recent Reads](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/03/21/recent-reads/) - I've been—for a bit—on a Fantasy reading binge. But oh, there are some great stories out there that I would be remiss in not sharing. They have everything we all love about romance, but also that wonderful reach into another world and acres of adventure. So I offer up these books as something to try
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/05/15/five-things-for-friday/) - 5 Things For Friday Hey there! With everything going on, I thought I would start blogging about the fun things I've found, read or watched over the week that I am busting to share with someone. Who doesn't want to find new reads or something to do other than watch their sourdough starter grow? Hahaha.
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/05/29/five-things-for-friday-3/) - Once again it is Friday—funny how that happens every week—and I am back with Five Things. Just five. Nothing unmanageable, and hopefully something that brightens your day, weekend, week. At least until next Friday. *snort* One Bloom. Let's just get straight to the thing I love most as May creeps along into June—my peonies start
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/06/12/five-things-for-friday-5/) - Friday came up too fast and I'm catching up this morning. But let's see what I've got: One Celebrations. Life continues. But in the middle of this pandemic, I saw a woman coming out of the grocery store with this HUGE bouquet of balloons for a sex reveal and at first, I had this momentary
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/06/19/five-things-for-friday-6/) - One My roses. First, there are the peonies, and then the roses. And the roses are glorious this year. I've been cutting them and giving them away and they just keep blooming. So remember—the more you give away, the more you bloom. Next up: the day lilies. I can't wait to see what they have
- [Friday Reads: Read and TBR](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/06/15/friday-reads-read-and-tbr/) - This week I finally got the time to sit down and read. My reading time is so precious, and I don't get enough of it. Sadly, I hear this lament from many writers. But no complaints this week, because I scored the perfect book. Bellewether Susanna Kearsley's new book, Bellewether, is all that and more.
- [Friday Reads—Getting Caught Up](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2019/04/05/friday-reads-getting-caught-up/) - I have been on a total fantasy reading kick. Maybe it's in anticipation of the return of Game of Thrones. But one thing is for sure: I read one and then I dive into a whole series. Come along with me... So when the Nebula Awards were announced a few weeks ago, I realized I'd
- [Workshop: The Character Arc](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2019/10/22/workshop-the-character-arc/) - In my recent workshop, The Character Arc, for Women Writing the West and the Surrey International Writer's Conference, I referenced several books and a blog post/video that I would encourage everyone to check out. Books: Build Better Characters by Eileen Cook Writing the Breakout Novel and The Emotional Craft of Fiction, both by Donald Maass
- [Friday Reads: Fantasy Finds](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/02/16/friday-reads-fantasy-finds/) - Like I said in other posts, I've gotten hooked on fantasy. Not surprising since I loved reading it as a kid and a young adult. Wrinkle in Time. The Hobbit. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Then along came Game of Thrones and I read all those and then discovered Emily Gee and her
- [Wyoming Wednesday: Charmed by a House](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/02/28/wyoming-wednesday-charmed-by-a-house/) - This house, the Parkison House, at the Grand Encampment Museum absolutely steals my heart. I am utterly in love with it and the way it invites me to come inside, teased its way into my heart and just begs me to tell my story here. Inside these walls. And in my own way, I am.
- [Friday Reads: YA Series](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/04/13/friday-reads-ya-series/) - This week I've been reading books from two different series. What is it about a good series that keeps you coming back for MORE? I think it is great characters (of course) and sometimes it's just the sheer joy of being in that story world again. And with some series, it is both. Then you
- [Friday Reads: Up and Away](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/03/09/friday-reads-up-and-away/) - When I travel (which I will be this coming week) I inevitably take three books with me. One for the outbound flight. One for the return flight. And a backup book in case Book A or Book B is, well, a dud. I think sometimes I spend more time picking my three books than I
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/07/31/five-things-for-friday-11/) - Hello my dear friends! This has been a hard week. In the ways that just shake you. More on that later. Instead, let's first share some things to make your weekend a little more special, adventurous and sweet. One What to read? Why not try an oldy but a goody. The Grand Sophy by Georgette
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/08/07/five-things-for-friday-12/) - Here we go again! Another week and another Friday. And I am in a whirlwind. I start off on a big adventure tomorrow—I'm helping my college son move back to Chicago. We will be driving from Seattle to Chicago, via Butte, Montana, Casper, Wyoming, and Lincoln, Nebraska, before we roll into Chicago. You can follow
- [Five Things For Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/08/14/five-things-for-friday-13/) - Well, this is an abbreviated list of sorts—part vacation slides, part yummy recipe, and finally, a good listen. First the roadtrip. My son and I drove 2329 miles in four days. Through Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois. Secondly, I learned what a Derecho is. Thankfully, not up close. It traveled a few
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/08/28/five-things-for-friday-15/) - Hello all my lovely friends! I hope your week has been full of good things and moments of joy. To everyone in the path of fires or hurricanes or storms or just struggles, I send you my best hopes for a brighter week ahead. Also, huge hugs to all of you who wrote me about
- [Five Things For Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/09/04/five-things-for-friday-16/) - “It’s never too late change old habits.” Florence Griffith Joyner And isn't September about change? I've always thought the new year should ring in September 1st. Kids go back to school, seasons change, life shifts. There is a sense of moving forward when September rolls around. So I offer the above quote as my Autumnal
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/09/11/five-things-for-friday-17/) - As I look out the window at nothing but smoke, my heart goes out to everyone affected by the wildfires on the West Coast. Prayers going out for rain and relief. That, and four day weeks throw me. What? It's Friday already? Hence, this is a little late this morning. So let's get going with
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/09/18/five-things-for-friday-18/) - I have started and restarted this week's edition three times. I just don't know where to start this week with so much wrong going on. So, let me just share what I have, and my hope is that one of these things will make you smile. One Have you seen the preview for Enola Holmes
- [Reading Roundup](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/10/06/reading-roundup/) - I've been reading like a starving woman lately. Just hungry for good stories. So I thought I would share with you some of the good ones I've stumbled across lately. Guilty Pleasure The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn The Jane Austen Project is, on the outside, a truly outrageous notion. Scientists from the
- [Five Things For Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2021/07/02/five-things-for-friday-40/) - So I should probably warn you, this week's list might break your TBR. There you are warned. On the good side there is no violence, bad language, or strobe lights in the paragraphs ahead. Just books, some ideas to make your life easier, an awesome salad and a GIVEAWAY. Have a great 4th of July
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/12/18/five-things-for-friday-29/) - A week to Christmas? Egads! I'd be really panicked if it was a usual year—big dinner to plan. Family arriving from around the country. And getting those last minute gifts done. But this year? Just trying to finish two knitting projects. That's it. We all have people we miss seeing, and at Christmastime, no less,
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2021/04/02/five-things-for-friday-32/) - Welcome to Friday, and Good Friday as well, if you celebrate Easter. Have a blessed weekend and may all your eggs be chocolate. In the meantime, here a Five Things to start off your weekend with a smile and a bit of joy. One Have you seen these Miniature Book Nooks? I had no idea
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2021/03/19/five-things-for-friday-30/) - One Do you like rooting for the little guy? Here is the video for you. In Penguin v. the Orcas, our hero is a plunky little penguin who finds itself being chased all over by a band of orcas, and finds a way to escape that is a delight. Enjoy. Two When new shows arrive,
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/09/25/five-things-for-friday-19/) - So not the best week, right? Loss seems to be the only word to describe it. My dear friend, Diane, who I had written about before, took a turn for the worse and passed quickly. The words my friends and I keep sharing —"We thought we had more time." — are all we seem to
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/10/09/five-things-for-friday-21/) - I am in a mad dash currently. I am speaking at two writers conferences in the next two weeks, so I am up to my neck in preparing workshops, figuring out how to present them online, and learning all the bells and whistles of Zoom. As. We. All. Are. So I shall just get the
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/11/06/five-things-for-friday-23/) - Don't we all need some wonderful things to curl into right now? Call it distractions, call it self-care, call it soothing, but I am all about finding the things that make me feel contentedly at home. Books, baking, and a few shows to binge while knitting. Join me where it's cozy. One Yes, I am
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/11/20/five-things-for-friday-25/) - So this week has been one of time to write. A bit of baking. And that quiet sense of waiting that happens just before the rush of the holidays begins next week. I like to dip my toe into the holidays before it turns into a rush and I have few things this week to
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/11/27/five-things-for-friday-26/) - Opening one eye after a day of baking, roasting, rolling, snapping, mashing and stirring to offer a better-late-than-never wish of a happy Friday wherever you are. Goodness, I love Thanksgiving. Even pared down pandemic Thanksgiving. Throw together a turkey sandwich and enjoy the following: One I love picking a word for a week or a
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/12/11/five-things-for-friday-28/) - It's Friday. No preamble. Let's just get one with it. One Are you writing along with me? As we move into Week 3 of journaling the Season, the word this week is Light. I think this is the word for the entire season. Nothing is more valuable right now than light. It brightens the darkness
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/06/26/five-things-for-friday-7/) - Happy Summer!! We might be at home, but I don't mind. I have my garden, my patio and a head full of stories. I'm just fine with that. Go for a walk. Take a deep breath. Love those around you. And . . . (One) Easy Kale Salad. This one is on replay every time
- [Mailbag Questions No. 1](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2019/04/18/mailbag-questions-no-1/) - I asked my Facebook page folks if they had any questions for me, and they came through with a bunch of them! So I thought I would answer them over here as well, since not everyone follows me everywhere. (But if you want to, please visit me on FB, Twitter, Instagram.... LOL) But anyway, the
- [Win An ARC!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/01/29/win-an-arc/) - My dear friend, Caroline Linden, emailed with great news—she had two extra Advanced Reading Copies (ARCs) for her upcoming book, My Once and Future Duke, which will be released by Avon Books on February 27th. Best of all? Caroline asked me to give them away to two of my readers. All you have to do
- [Fall Back in Time Giveaway](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/11/01/fall-back-in-time-giveaway/) - Have you heard about the #FallBackinTime Event that is happening NOW? To celebrate the clocks being turned back this weekend, historical romance authors and readers are sharing their love of "Falling Back in Time" with their favorite romance novels and showing their pride with selfies. You'll find them right now on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and
- [Audiobook Sale - Run away with a Rake for $3.99](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/01/30/audiobook-sale-run-away-with-a-rake-for-3-99/) - Wow! Only a few days left to get And The Miss Ran Away with the Rake on audiobook for $3.99. This deal is good through February 4th. Links below. Libro.FM Walmart Check your favorite audiobook retailer to see if they also have this deal. Or if you want to take a sneak peek inside, read
- [Winners!!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/04/10/winners-4/) - Wow!! Thanks to everyone who entered the Cover Flat contest. We got a lot of entries. A LOT. So I know all my coverflats are going to enthusiastic and good homes. LOL. The winning packets were mailed out this week, so watch your mailbox. And always, thank you for being part of my reading community.
- [RT Kindle Winner](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/05/18/rt-kindle-winner/) - If you were at RT and entered the Mad About the Major Selfie contest, there are two things you should know: 1) You all cracked me up! and 2) I couldn't pick just one winner. So here are the winners: ashleygrothwolfe on Instagram kimberlietx on Instagram Mary @hufflewhat on Twitter Ladies, you have 7 days
- [Who Said It Revealed](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/06/16/who-said-it-revealed/) - Did you guess that it was Lady Hermione Marlowe and her mother, Lady Walbrook, talking in this exchange? "…and now that he is inclined to marry—" "I don’t think the earl has any intention of—" "Of course he intends to marry. He made his bow at Almack’s." Which of course every matron in London knew
- [So Who Did Say It?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/05/26/so-who-did-say-it/) - So who said the following: "I disagree," she said, drawing shocked looks from nearly everyone at the table. "My father was afraid of the company one finds in those schools. It was his belief that the polish that you think so highly of, Miss Cottwell, gives a young lady a false sense of pride and
- [And the Answer Is . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/05/19/and-the-answer-is/) - 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 from Something About Emmaline. One of
- [Winner! #FallBackinTime](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/11/03/winner-fallbackintime/) - And the winner is: Diane Rains, who posted her #FallBackinTime entry on Facebook: Diane, please DM me on Facebook or use my Contact page to get a hold of me so I can mail your new iPad mini to you. Congratulations and thank you for entering. And thanks to everyone who posted their pics and
- [Romantic Times, Here I Come!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/05/11/romantic-times-here-i-come/) - I'm off to the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention this week, and I wanted to make sure anyone who is attending will be able to track me down. So here is my schedule: Thursday: 8:30-9:45 am A Military Tribute While this is a private event, it is actually open to anyone—especially those with ties to the
- [Blog Winners](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/05/25/blog-winners/) - I totally missed posting a winner last week for the Black Gown v. Red Dress post. I blame being on double-death deadline for letting this slip past me. My sincere apologies. But I am here to set this to rights. The winner for that week's post is: Stephanie M And for last week's #TBT post
- [Newsletter Contest Winner](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/11/10/newsletter-contest-winner/) - And the winner of my latest newsletter contest is: Heather H. of Kewadin, MI Congratulations to Heather, and thank you to everyone who entered. If you aren't subscribed, just enter your email into the box at the top right hand corner. Then you'll be in the know when I post excerpts, have exciting news, or
- [Release Day Read: The Huntress](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2019/02/26/release-day-read-the-huntress/) - I got the privilege of reading an advanced copy of Kate Quinn's exquisite new historical fiction, The Huntress. You might recall, I raved about her previous book, The Alice Network in a December post about incredible books to give as gifts. Now I get to rave about The Huntress. The story revolves around a pair
- [Have You Met: Avon Addict Amy Valentini](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/10/24/have-you-met-avon-addict-amy-valentini/) - This week I would like you to meet Avon Addict Alum, Amy Valentini, the woman behind the popular blog, Unwrapping Romance and the editorial service, Romancing Editorially. But most of all, she LOVES romance. So please welcome, Amy Valentini. 1) Do you immediately start another book once you finished one? Yes. I have a mountain
- [Fantasy Vacation](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2019/01/25/fantasy-vacation/) - I went on vacation recently and took this huge stack of books, thinking I was going to have a ton of time for reading. I always pack way more books than I can read—but you never know when you might need an emergency mystery, or A Duke in Shining Armor. It's been known to happen.
- [Friday Reads: Romance & An ARC Giveaway](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/02/02/friday-reads-romance-an-arc-giveaway/) - I was on vacation recently and took a stack of books with me. As one does. My husband always cringes and asks, "How much room do you need for the books?" My answer is always the same, "Enough for all of them." He's a patient man. First Things First Before we even got to the
- [Friday Reads: Fantasy](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/01/26/friday-reads-fantasy/) - I have this not so secret love affair with Fantasy novels. Of course this is no surprise if you know that the first book I ever set out to write was a medieval. I love a good quest. A battle for the soul of a land. Right and wrong. And so with the passing of
- [Romance Retellings](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/11/10/romance-retellings/) - The theme for the #Romancestagram hashtag over on Instagram this month is "Romance Retellings." I have to say, this is one of my favorite themes so far, both as a reader and a writer. Every month as the themes are announced, I scan to see if I have any books or favorite reads to share,
- [3 Books to Give This Christmas](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/12/12/3-books-to-give-this-christmas/) - Oh, good heavens, how do I pick?! Which three books, of all the books I've read this year, would I recommend you give (or get for yourself)? Well, after due consideration, I suggest: For the Romance Reader You just can't miss with Laura Lee Guhrke! Her Lady True Love series just keeps getting better and
- [Something About Emmaline](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2016/01/12/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 is wild. The spark for SOMETHING ABOUT
- [Confessions of a Little Black Gown & Memoirs of a Scandalous Red Dress](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2016/01/18/confessions-of-a-little-black-gown-memoirs-of-a-scandalous-red-dress/) - Countdown to 20 I cannot do my 11th Avon romance, Confessions of a Little Black Gown without pairing it with its back-to-back partner, my 12th Avon romance, Memoirs of a Scandalous Red Dress. I wrote these books in about nine months total without any interruption so they could be published back to back. It wasn’t
- [This Rake of Mine for $1.99](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2019/03/01/this-rake-of-mine-for-1-99/) - Sorry to say, but this promotion has ended. Make sure to sign up for my newsletter (top right hand corner of this page) or keep an eye on this blog for new sales. That's right! This Rake of Mine is on sale for a short time for $1.99. If you haven't read this reader favorite
- [Newsletter Winner!!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2019/02/25/newsletter-winner-4/) - Congratulations to Lauren G. of Baton Rogue—you are the winner of my February newsletter contest. Thank you to everyone who entered! And to those of you who aren't on my newsletter list—what are you waiting for?? Sign up at the top of any page on my website.
- [Confessions of A Little Sale](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2019/01/21/confessions-of-a-little-sale/) - Hey folks, just a quick note to let you know that the ebook of Confessions of a Little Black Gown is on sale right now for $1.99. Yes, you got that right, $1.99! Can I say that this cover still makes my heart beat faster. I just LOVE this cover. And the heroine, Thalia Langley?
- [Newsletter Winners!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/09/08/newsletter-winners-2/) - The winners from the July/August newsletters are: Susan Pertierra Carol Luciano Heather Brown Ladies, each of you have been sent a $25 gift card to Amazon. Enjoy! And thank you to everyone who entered.
- [April 1st](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2019/04/01/april-1st/) - I always smile when I see this date. You see, April 1st has a different meaning for me—not the day of pranks and foolery, but the day I began my publishing career. Not the day I sold, but the day I turned in the manuscript of Brazen Angel for the Dell Diamond Debut contest. To
- [His Mistress By Morning and Love Letters from a Duke](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2016/01/15/his-mistress-by-morning-and-love-letters-from-a-duke/) - Countdown to 20 I'm combining #8 (HIS MISTRESS BY MORNING) and #9 (LOVE LETTERS FROM A DUKE) into one post because they actually fit into a category that I like to call: Two Covers that Make Me Cringe. Sometimes the cover goddesses are overly generous (think The Knave of Hearts, Along Came a Duke, Memoirs
- [Who Said It?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/05/18/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 me out
- [So, Who Said It?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/05/25/so-who-said-it/) - Continuing my #ThrowbackThursday challenge, I've pulled another line or two out of one of my books, and now I'm asking you: Who Said It? "I disagree," she said, drawing shocked looks from nearly everyone at the table. "My father was afraid of the company one finds in those schools. It was his belief that the
- [Who Said It?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/06/01/who-said-it-2/) - I feel like this week I have to up my game, because you guys are rocking this #ThrowbackThursday challenge. I've dug deep this week and now it is up to you to figure out: Who Said It? "Have you any idea of the danger you could find here? Of the nature of men?” She plucked
- [Brazen Angel is Free](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/08/03/brazen-angel-is-free/) - As of this post, you will find the ebook of Brazen Angel free. Everywhere. Took some doing, but given that this is Brazen Angel's 20th anniversary, I thought it would be fun to give back some love. After all this book, and all of you, started all of this. The cool part of Brazen Angel
- [Did You Guess Who Said It?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/06/09/did-you-guess-who-said-it/) - So who said the following: “You lied,” she said, going toe-to-toe with the man before her. “You told me he still loved me, wanted me.” She glanced over her shoulder and shuddered at the sight of him. “What he wants is a good bath and his ration of rum tossed overboard.” This one, at least
- [Answer to Yesterday's "Who Said It?"](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/06/02/answer-to-yesterdays-who-said-it/) - So who said the following: “Have you any idea of the danger you could find here? Of the nature of men?” She plucked herself free. "I'm well aware of the nature of men. I wouldn't be here if I wasn't." As much as it sounds like Roselie Stratton from Six Impossible Things, and most definitely
- [TBT: One Night of Passion](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/10/16/tbt-onop/) - This week I decided to look at what is usually counted as the first book in the Danver's series. It is actually the second book I wrote, but chronologically it is the first in the timeline. But to understand the inspiration for One Night of Passion, you have to go back to that original Danvers
- [5 Things About Lizbeth Selvig](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/10/21/5-things-about-lizbeth-selvig/) - Okay, she had me at "Brit." As in the title of her new book, Beauty and the Brit. Look at that cover! What's not to love? Let me introduce you to one of my fellow Avon Authors, Lizbeth Selvig. 1) Did you have a nickname growing up? My family (started by a beloved auntie) called
- [Have You Met, Avon Addict Lisa Lin?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/10/31/have-you-met-avon-addict-lisa-lin/) - Lisa is everything an Avon Addict needs to be: crazy wild over romance. Plus, she's willing to get out there and really prove her love, as evidenced by her grand display at the 2013 RWA Literacy signing. She's a bundle of wonderful energy and one of my favorite people to run into because her smile
- [8 Ways to Maximize Your Writing Time](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/11/15/8-ways-to-maximize-your-writing-time/) - If you are like me, your writing time is both precious and never long enough. So here are some of my methods to make sure you are getting the most pages out of your limited time. 1) Stop reading email, Tweets, Facebook, Instagram, et al. Okay, maybe that's a little drastic, but how about printing
- [TBT: Confessions v. Memoirs](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/05/14/tbt-confessions-v-memoirs/) - In my continuing #TBT look at my Bachelor Chronicles series (in advance of the June 2nd publication of Mad About the Major), today's smack down is more of a cover standoff: Confessions of a Little Black Dress v. Memoirs of a Scandalous Red Dress. A little background might be in order—after writing Love Letters from
- [#TBT: Mad About the Duke](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/05/28/tbt-mad-about-the-duke/) - This book, Mad About the Duke, is the story inspired my upcoming Bachelor Chronicles spin-off, Mad about the Major. Here is where the Duke of Parkerton finally meets his match. But the wait for Parkerton's story took some time. He first appeared at the end of This Rake of Mine, chastising his younger brother, Mad
- [5 Things About Mia Marlowe](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/11/04/5-things-about-mia-marlowe/) - Let's give a big welcome to the lovely and talented, Mia Marlowe — who was willing to spill 5 Things your might not know about her. 1) Did you have a nickname growing up? When I was in middle school, my friends called me “Granny.” I hope it because of my glasses! But I think
- [Have You Met: Avon Addict Jody, aka Joder](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/11/07/have-you-met-avon-addict-jody-aka-joder/) - Jody hosts the popular blog, Words of Wisdom from The Scarf Princess where she shares her love of books, amongst other things (as well as keeping a great list of giveaways--so if you like contests...). But before you dash off to visit her blog, let me introduce, Joder: 1) Favorite name for a hero or
- [TBT: Love Letters from a Duke](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/12/04/tbt-love-letters-from-a-duke/) - People always say this is one of their favorites—with Felicity Langley being one of my most beloved heroines. Yet her story would not have been told without some help. So on this Throwback Thursday, let me introduce you to some of the books that helped me write Love Letters from a Duke: The London Encyclopedia,
- [#TBT: How I Met My Countess](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/05/21/tbt-how-i-met-my-countess/) - Moving along to the next installment of my #TBT look the Bachelor Chronicles series (in advance of the June 2nd release of Mad About the Major), this week we are going to look at How I Met My Countess. Opening up what I think of as the last third of the Bachelor Chronicles is a
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2021/04/16/five-things-for-friday-34/) - Okay, technically you are getting Seven Things for the price of Five. Which still means: Free. But consider this week a bargain. One This past week I devoured Code Name: Helene by Ariel Lawhon. Clearly I am on a huge WWII reading streak, but I just keep finding them and am loving them. This book
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2021/04/09/five-things-for-friday-33/) - Just in time for the weekend—Five Things. Enjoy! One First of all, thank you to each and every one of you who email me with your ideas and kind words—I so appreciate hearing from you. And last week, Robin B. emailed me about one of her favorite Etsy vendors, Mashalaurence. Thank you so much for
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2021/05/14/five-things-for-friday-36/) - One of the rituals of spring is the return of the house sparrows next door. These little winged cuties have found a particular spot in a crevice in the neighbor's roof and it's there they make their annual nest. The babies have hatched and this morning I watched Mama Sparrow shove them out of their
- [TBT: Brazen Angel](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/11/20/tbt-brazen-angel/) - I don't know how many people told me NOT to write Brazen Angel. An editor at a conference. More than one agent. Critic partners. Contest judges. Every single one of them said that any story set around the French Revolution wasn't romantic, would never sell. One of my critique partners joked that it was the
- [TBT: No Marriage of Convenience](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/11/13/tbt-no-marriage-of-convenience/) - This book, No Marriage of Convenience, was originally slated as the follow-up to Brazen Angel, and was to be the story of Emma’s illegitimate daughter, Riley. However, my Dell editor at the time passed on the idea and wanted me to write Brazen Heiress instead. When Avon asked me if I had anything I would
- [5 Things About Melissa McClone](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/10/28/5-things-about-melissa-mcclone/) - I am so thrilled to have my dear friend, Melissa McClone on the blog today. Melissa and I had our kids like one after another, have traded mom advice through it all, and relied on each other as sounding boards when things got (and still do get) crazy. We walk a very similar path and
- [And the Winners are:](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/10/18/and-the-winners-are-3/) - I've had two Contests running here recently and just pulled winners. For the Elizabeth Hoyt drawing, the winner is: Kimberly Woodall. For the New Website Drawing I held, the winner is: Jennifer F. of Columbus, OH! Both winners have been notified. Thanks to everyone who entered. And watch for a Caption contest on my Facebook
- [News: Elizabeth's Blog Tour](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/11/03/news-elizabeths-blog-tour/) - Hi everyone! This is Dana, Elizabeth's assistant. We have some great news! Elizabeth is going to do a comprehensive blog tour throughout the month of November, and there will be all sorts of contests, fun posts, and giveaways. So take a look below to find her tour schedule, and don't forget to drop by and
- [The Standon Widows](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2016/01/20/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 my other books that
- [Rhymes with Love: The Series](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2016/01/23/along-came-a-duke/) - 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 ordinary girls from a village. I could
- [Newsletter/Facebook Contest Winners](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2016/02/14/newsletterfacebook-contest-winners/) - My contest over on my Facebook page broke just about every record! I've never seen so many LIKES, COMMENTS, or SHARES. So thank you, one and all, who played along. And so, without further ado, the winners are: Facebook: Sara McLaughlin Marianna Buccafuri Clark Diane Lucy Bonus for Newsletter Readers: Christie (@sixfortheroad on Twitter) Linda
- [Tuesday Lunch Break - Stealing the Bride](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2016/05/24/tuesday-lunch-break-stealing-the-bride/) - It is Tuesday once again and time for a Lunch Break Read! This week, Stealing the Bride, is the featured Excerpt—which also happens to feature one of my most favorite heroes—Temple. He stole my heart the moment he stepped on the page in One Night of Passion, and he continued to pop into my books
- [A Knavish Sale for February](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/02/06/a-knavish-sale-for-february/) - What a perfect book to put on sale this month: The Knave of Hearts. Have you read it? If you haven't, the ebook is on sale for .99 cents (for US and Canada readers). The perfect price to get yourself a copy or send one to a friend. Tell them Tuck Rowland is a hero
- [A Knavish Newsletter Winner](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/03/06/a-knavish-newsletter-winner/) - Sorry for the delay in posting the newsletter contest winner of the Kindle fire. I had surgery last week and lots of things are slipping through the cracks right now, mostly anything I try to hold with my left hand—which is in a full cast. I had to use Dragon speak to draft to this
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2021/05/07/five-things-for-friday-35/) - Yikes! My weeks are getting away from me again. I am working really hard to finish my next book and the days are spinning past me. I look up and it's Saturday and I've forgotten everything else. But this week I made sure to get it into my schedule: Five Things. And here they are:
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2021/05/21/five-things-for-friday-37/) - Wow! Fridays come so fast. At least this week it did. What are you up to this weekend? Or better yet, what are you reading? More on that below in this week's Five Things: One Do you rewatch movies, like over and over? I found myself watching Captain Marvel again this week, and not long
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2021/06/18/five-things-for-friday-39/) - Anyone else seeing light at the end of the tunnel that has been the past year +? Yeah, me too. A huge shout out to everyone volunteering and who have dedicated their time and talents to getting shots in arms. Look out world, here I come! I know we all aren't there yet, so in
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2021/07/09/five-things-for-friday-41/) - I'm just going to get right to it. There's a lot of great things this week. One Oh. My. Goodness. I don’t know if you subscribe to A.Word.A.Day by Wordsmith.org but if you do, the usage citation was probably familiar… yes, that was Confessions of a Little Black Gown being used to represent the word,
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2021/10/01/five-things-for-friday-42/) - Yes, I am okay. To all of you who have sent me emails and DMs asking what's happened, where have I gone, well.... I'm great and I've been living in a tent. By choice. So . . . about mid-July we packed up about 75% of our house and put it into storage and started
- [Royal Wedding Hop!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/05/18/royal-wedding-hop/) - **This Contest Is Closed** Thanks for entering. Winner is posted on my FB page. As I promised my newsletter subscribers, I won't leave you out of this fun just because you don't do Facebook—go ahead and enter to win my contest by commenting below: Let me know who you would want to sit with at
- [Outlaws, Heroes, and Me](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/05/16/outlaws-heroes-and-me/) - Earlier this week, I was in Cimarron, New Mexico and spent some time at the St. James Hotel, walking in the footsteps of some of the West's most notable figures, including the Earp Brothers, Annie Oakley, Buffalo Bill Cody, Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, the artist Frederick Remington, and author Zane
- [Royal Wedding Facebook Hop](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/05/11/royal-wedding-facebook-hop/) - With Royal Wedding mania running mad, get in on the fun by joining a pack of Historical Romance authors gone wild in a fun-fill Royal Wedding Facebook Hop. Prizes, wedding chatter, and all things tea and scones can be yours. Besides all the fun pre-wedding chatter, come the wedding weekend (May 18-20) there will be
- [Sharing](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/03/30/sharing/) - In my family, we never arrive or leave each other's homes empty handed. If it isn't being used, or you can't use it up, you share it. Sharing is just part of being in my family. Books. Recipes. Food. Magazines. My grandmother was infamous for always having some bit of advice she'd "clipped out of
- [Why Wyoming?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/02/14/why-wyoming/) - Since I am getting this question a lot lately, I've decided to start talking about what I'm working on—since it is not a romance. Not per se. It is more of a historical fiction. And a quirky one at that. The story is set at the turn of the century (1907, thereabout) in a very
- [Summer Reading](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/06/08/summer-reading/) - There are all kinds of ways to find authors and books, but there are two new ones out there that have me filling up my TBR, and I thought I should share with you. Because, I'm nice that way. And I like enabling other people in their bookish habits. *Cue fiendish music......* #Romancestagram If you
- [July Reading Roundup](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/07/31/july-reading-roundup/) - I've been on a reading binge—anything and everything. As you've probably noticed, I don't read just one type of book, I read all over the place. I always have. And my July reads were no different as evidenced by these four very unique stories. Looking for something new? Have you read: Magic Bites by Ilona
- [Avon Holiday Ring: Auntie D's Totally Awesome Meatballs](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/11/30/avon-holiday-ring-meatballs/) - These are wonderful if you are going to/or having a party and need something that will feed a crowd. These are always what I get asked to bring: Meatballs: 1 pound of ground beef 2 T finely chopped onions 1/2 C fine bread crumbs 1 T parsley 1 t salt 1/8 t pepper 1/3 C
- [5 Things with Katharine Ashe](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/11/25/5-things-with-katharine-ashe/) - Katharine Ashe is the award winning author of adventurous, bestselling Regency romances from Avon! But her newest novella, in the anthology At the Billionaire's Wedding, is a romp in contemporary romance. Here, she shares with us five things you probably didn't know about her. 1) Did you have a nickname growing up? “Katie, Katie, the
- [Five Things with Olivia Kelly](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/02/10/five-things-with-olivia-kelly/) - Today bestselling Regency romance author Olivia Kelly has come to visit us, and let us in on five things we probably don't know about her. Welcome, Olivia! 1) What is the very first romance novel that you read? Nora Robert's Montana Sky. Well, that was the first "genre" romance I read. I'd read plenty of
- [Stealing the Bride](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2016/01/10/stealing-the-bride/) - Countdown to 20 I failed to mention in my last post, (about my 3rd Avon Romance, One Night of Passion) that one of my favorite heroes of all time came to life while writing Colin and Georgie's story. And if you've read these books you know I am talking about Temple. Or as he is
- [Once Tempted](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2016/01/08/once-tempted/) - Countdown to 20 I had no intention of sitting down to write a series when I started ONCE TEMPTED. Yet, as stories often do, the characters blossomed before me and it was the beginning of my love affair with the Danvers family that continues today. ONCE TEMPTED opens with the death of Orlando Danvers, the
- [Happy Holidays to My Newsletter Contest Winner . . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/12/13/happy-holidays-to-my-newsletter-contest-winner/) - And to all of you as well. The latest winner is: Julie G. of Alhambra, CA. Thank you to everyone who entered. Julie, your box is on its way. Just in case you missed the news, (and when I last checked) THE VISCOUNT WHO LIVED DOWN THE LANE is still .99! Order your copy quick
- [I Resolve to Write](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/01/10/i-resolve-to-write/) - Every New Year each of us makes resolutions about our writing. “I’ll write 5 pages every day.” “I’ll sell my first book.” “I’ll snag that great agent.” And while each of these is admirable and there is nothing wrong with them, I think they miss the point of what it takes to be a published
- [Newsletter Winner](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/04/14/newsletter-winner/) - Thank you to everyone who opened and read my newsletter and went that extra step and entered my contest. And the winner of the Kindle Fire is: Earlene G. of Leavenworth, KS. Congratulations and I hope you enjoy your new eReader. And thanks again to all my newsletter subscribers—loyal and dear fans all! If you
- [Newsletter Contest](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/07/27/newsletter-contest/) - Thanks to everyone who entered my most recent Newsletter contest. So let's get the suspense over. The winner of the box of goodies is: Jackie O. of Phoenix, AZ. Your prize box is on its way! I also wanted to say a huge Thank YOU! to all of you who wrote me so quickly and
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2021/06/04/five-things-for-friday-38/) - First off, I would like to say a huge Happy Birthday to my mother. She turns 85 today. And I love her fiercely. She is my rock, my champion, and my strength. I could go on and on about her, but I've got a great list today and we have a lot to cover. So...
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2022/01/21/five-things-for-friday-44/) - So to all of you who have checked in on me of late, Thank You! And hugs to Joan G. and Diane M. who wrote me in the last two weeks to nudge me into bringing the Five Things newsletter back to life. So cheers to the pair of them! What have I been up
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2022/01/28/five-things-for-friday-45/) - Tomorrow (Saturday, Jan 29th) I will be taking over on Instagram for Romanced By the Book. Megan and Marielle are a dynamic duo of romance loving readers who post about books and authors and sponsor read alongs—most recently diving deep into And the Miss Ran Away with the Rake. Drop by and leave a comment,
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/10/30/five-things-for-friday-22/) - Yikes! I've been "gone" for the last two weeks "at" conferences. All at home and on Zoom, as one does these days, but that doesn't mean I had a minute to spare. Because, as every woman juggling home, family and life right now knows, being home just complicates it all. Sigh. But my conference season
- [Skiing Into History](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/02/21/skiing-into-history/) - You can never presume that you know how things were done in the past. Never. Take something ordinary like skiing. You've been watching the Olympics, or perhaps you actually ski. I used to. So I know how to do it. And most likely how it was done 120 years ago. I mean, it's skiing. Or
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/10/02/five-things-for-friday-20/) - Yikes! I usually draft this up Thursday afternoon and have it all ready to go bright and early Friday morning. But yesterday afternoon was so beautiful, I ended up enjoying a sunny afternoon instead. So you are getting the late version. ;) One I can't believe the fifth book in Sherry Thomas's wonderful Lady Sherlock
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/08/21/five-things-for-friday-14/) - This week just flew by. I completely lost track of the days and now, here it is Friday. And since I am neck deep in canning peaches and pickles, (not in the same jar, I promise!) let's get straight to it: One My husband and I finished the Second Season of The Umbrella Academy on
- [5 Things with Cristi Caldwell](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/12/09/5-things-with-cristi-caldwell/) - USA Today bestselling author Christi Caldwell is here today to tell us five things about herself we probably don't know. Christi published her first Regency romance just a few years ago, and they have quickly gained in popularity. Her most recent release is For Love of the Duke, and just look at this cover! 1)
- [5 Things with Erica Monroe](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/12/23/5-things-with-erica-monroe/) - USA Today bestselling historical romance author Erica Monroe is here on the blog today! She writes dark, action-packed romances that take readers to the back alleys and dark street corners of Regency England. She's here to share with us five things we probably don't know about her... 1) Since romance authors always write about falling
- [Something About Emmaline Winner](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/04/27/something-about-emmaline-winner/) - Thanks to everyone who posted last week in my Throwback Thursday look at the first book in the Bachelor Chronicles, Something About Emmaline. The winner is: Congratulations to Bonnie Rose! And watch for this Thursday's Throwback and giveaway when This Rake of Mine goes head to head with Love Letters from a Duke.
- [Rake v. Duke Winner](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/05/04/rake-v-duke-winner/) - Thanks to everyone who posted last week in my Throwback Thursday Bachelor Chronicles smackdown, This Rake of Mine v. Love Letters from a Duke. The winner is: Congratulations to Annette Naish! And watch for this Thursday's Throwback and giveaway when we do another Bachelor Chronicles challenge: Confessions of a Little Black Gown v. Memoirs of
- [12 Places to Find Great Book Deals](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/08/29/12-places-to-find-great-book-deals/) - Who doesn't like finding new authors and great books? Here's a list of places I like to find great deals on books. Bookbub the be-all-and-end-all of book deal sites. Besides their daily newlsetter, you can also sign up to follow your favorite authors so that when they have a new release or a book deal,
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/05/22/five-things-for-friday-2/) - Thank you for all your notes, suggestions and glad tidings. I'm glad my suggestions from last week helped out or led you to something new. So here we go again, Five Things for Friday that you might enjoy, binge or share. Because who doesn't love something shiny and new to brighten their day? And if
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/06/05/five-things-for-friday-4/) - Thank you to all of you have written to me, sharing your books, recipes, ideas and what you've tried and liked here. Your notes and encouragement and friendly 'howdies' make my Fridays bright. And this week, wow! Couldn't we all use just a little bit of bright and hope for the future?! I know we
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/12/04/five-things-for-friday-27/) - Into December we joyfully proceed. Yes, I am still on last week's Joy celebration. That doesn't mean I don't have a new word for all of us to celebrate. First off, thank you to so many of you who wrote to me to share your lists of Joy. They brought tears to my eyes and
- [Five Things For Friday + A Live Event Today](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2021/03/12/five-things-for-friday-a-live-event-today/) - So, I've been absent for a bit. From my heart, I've missed all of you. First it was the holidays, and then it was January. And then I had foot surgery. And now, I am finally walking again — hurrah!! — and ready to get back to sending out newsletters once more. And thank you
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2021/03/26/five-things-for-friday-31/) - I've notified the winners of last week's drawing for an audiobook. Thank you to everyone who entered. And now onto this week's list. One My mom belongs to the Quilter's Anonymous quilt group here in Seattle and every year they have a very lovely quilt show. One year my mother was the featured artist! Like
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2021/10/08/five-things-for-friday-43/) - Well, clearly you all missed me and I was warmed and awestruck at all the nice emails I got about my return. So I certainly couldn't miss this week. Especially not with this list on hand. So here are this week's Five Things: One When you are reading a great Regency, have you ever wanted
- [Another Round of Who Said It?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/06/08/another-round-of-who-said-it/) - This one is probably pretty easy for you diehard fans, but I just love these lines. So, Who Said It? “You lied,” she said, going toe-to-toe with the man before her. “You told me he still loved me, wanted me.” She glanced over her shoulder and shuddered at the sight of him. “What he wants
- [Who Said It Answered](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/06/23/who-said-it-answered/) - So who said the following? “A few minutes ago you couldn’t wait to leave and now you want to stay?” “That was before I killed a man,” she offered, coming up with the only excuse she could other than the truth. “You didn’t kill anyone. You only winged him.” “Are you sure?” “Yes.” She glanced
- [Five Things for Friday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/11/13/five-things-for-friday-24/) - Welcome to Friday. Hope your week has been a calm spot in all the currents of our world. My mother is in lockdown at her assisted living (again) and Thanksgiving is off the table. Well, it will be on the table, just not the table with all the leaves and the card tables tucked around
- [Looking for a lovely read?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2020/02/05/looking-for-a-lovely-read/) - Oh, who doesn't? Sometimes you want a wonderful book that let's you escape, have all the feels, and just leaves you ever so hopeful. Then I recommend you give Dear Mrs. Bird by AJ Pearce a try. Hope is what this book is all about. This debut novel is a delightful story of WWII and
- [Tempted by the Night](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2016/01/16/tempted-by-the-night/) - Countdown to 20 So after dishing yesterday about the covers I, u-hum, don't like, I get to rave and rave about this one. I nearly swooned when I saw the artwork for TEMPTED BY THE NIGHT. In fact, the next thing I did was contact the artist, Jon Paul, and beg him to let me
- [Mad About The Major Newsletter Winners](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/06/11/mad-about-the-major-newsletter-winners/) - Good reason to subscribe to my newsletter: these awesome people get access to exclusive contests for just being, well, awesome. And the winners to my latest newsletter contest are: Mary C. of Seattle, WA Molly L. of Rogersville, MO Heather H. of Myrtle Beach, SC Each of them will receive of box stuffed with books
- [5 Things with Erin Knightley](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/12/02/5-things-with-erin-knightley/) - USA Today bestselling author of smart, sassy Regency romances, Erin Knightley, is joining us on the blog today. She's here to reveal five things we probably don't know about her... 1) Did you have a nickname growing up? Believe it or not, my brother used to always call me Bushy-haired Cavewoman. Charming, no? LOL –
- [Have You Met: Avon Addict Heather Cover?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/10/10/hym-avon-addict-heather-cover/) - You all are going to know immediately why I want you to meet Heather, from Fun-Size Reads. She's a "librarian, a blogger, a knitter, a total geek and an unabashed romance reader." Her words. But each one of them near and dear to my heart. We are probably sisters separated at birth. After 18+ years
- [Organization Before Writing Pays Big Dividends](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/01/03/organization-before-writing-pays-big-dividends/) - Time spent organizing a project before you sit down to write is always time well spent. Here are some ideas to incorporate into your writing routine: 1) Organize the chapters of your novel into individual sections in a notebook and keep it on your desktop, so it is always within easy reach. Add chapter relevant
- [Your Best Writer's Conference](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/10/12/conference-because/) - Why are you going to a conference? If the first thought that pops into your head is "to sell my book" then you are going for the wrong reason. At least IMHO. I think I'm the only person I know who has ever sold a book at conference. Oh, and Gerri Russell with the American
- [One Step, One Page](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/01/16/one-step-one-page/) - When I use the app MapMyWalk for my daily walk, I love it because it says I climbed stairs rather than walked my 2 miles. The reason being I live in a very steep neighborhood. And my daily haul is nearly all uphill. So, stair climbing it is. And I realized as I was huffing
- [5 Things with Rose Lerner](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/01/27/5-things-with-rose-learner/) - Today Rose Lerner has dropped by to share some interesting tidbits about herself with us. Rose is the author of several Regency romances. Her latest is True Pretenses, just out on the 13th, in which a philanthropist heiress agrees to marry a Jewish con artist to get her hands on her dowry. Fantastic! 1) Where
- [Five Things with Julie Johnstone](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2015/02/24/five-things-with-julie-johnstone/) - USA Today Bestselling Regency Romance author Julie Johnstone is here today, with a "Five Questions" post! Her next book, My Seductive Innocent, goes on pre-order this Thursday. Welcome to the blog, Julie... 1) Did you have a nickname growing up? Gosh yes! They called me string bean, and I hated it! I was 5’9” by
- [Is it finally August 28th?  About darn time!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/08/28/is-it-finally-august-28th-about-darn-time/) - Yes, Love Letters from a Duke arrives today in stores. Yes, today. So a huge welcome to my newest book, and an even bigger welcome to everyone dropping by to check up on it, read the excerpt, or just curious about the new site. If you have the time, check out my expanded Bookshelf, the
- [Who Said It? Ups the Game](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/06/15/who-said-it-ups-the-game/) - You all have had it way too easy. Time to up the Who Said It? game. “…and now that he is inclined to marry—“ “I don’t think the earl has any intention of—" “Of course he intends to marry. He made his bow at Almack’s.” Which of course every matron in London knew was code
- [Who Said It: Challenge Accepted](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/06/22/who-said-it-challenge-accepted/) - You all know my books too well, so I'm digging in and hoping this one is a stumper. So Who Said It? “A few minutes ago you couldn’t wait to leave and now you want to stay?” “That was before I killed a man,” she offered, coming up with the only excuse she could other
- [The Tale of 3 Covers](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/04/25/the-tale-of-3-covers/) - Or maybe I should make that "Two Wrongs Make a Third Cover." Or "What happens when you write the stories of identical twins and the trials of making sure both covers have the same model." Or rather, "How SIX IMPOSSIBLE THINGS got its cover because a certain someone (not pointing fingers here) decided she no
- [The "M" Word](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/05/08/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 Convenience." I never set out to
- [Tuesday Teaser: The Knave of Hearts](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/02/28/tuesday-teaser-the-knave-of-hearts/) - Continuing with my Knavish theme this month, and since THE KNAVE OF HEARTS will only be on sale for a very short time longer, I thought I would give another look inside at the very beginning of Tuck and Lavinia's romance. Poor Lavinia! The thing about a knave is that he never has your best
- [TBT Ruins](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/01/26/tbt-ruins/) - In Something Borrowed, my novella in the anthology, FOUR WEDDINGS AND A SIXPENCE, Cordelia sketches at a local ruin. I must confess something: I LOVE ruins. The first time I went to England and Scotland in 1990, I was obsessed with finding ruins. In England, finding ruins is like looking for antelope in Wyoming, or
- [Intentional Writing](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/01/06/intentional-writing/) - I'm struck by this word of late: Intentional. The definition is quite clear: done on purpose. So I find myself asking this question over and over. What is my intention here? What is my purpose? Will my actions at this moment lead me closer to my intentions? I suppose as a writer, I've done this
- [Keeping Up, Finding New Books](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/01/23/keeping-up-finding-new-books/) - I have a terrible time keeping up with my favorite authors. I read all over the board, romance (of course!), historical mysteries, Game of Thrones-esque fantasy (Have I told you about the series by Anthony Ryan, BTW? Start with Blood Song! So good!), also paranormal . . . You get the point. Of course you
- [Tuesday Teaser: Four Weddings and A Sixpence](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/01/03/tuesday-teaser-four-weddings-and-a-sixpence/) - When the four of us, Julia Quinn, Laura Lee Guhrke, Stefanie Sloane, and I came up with the idea for writing Four Weddings and a Sixpence, based on the old wedding rhyme (I know, me and my rhymes!) I had to have "Something Borrowed." I mean as soon as we started talking about it, I
- [Congratulations!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/01/10/congratulations/) - Thank you to everyone who opened my recent newsletter — that gave you an automatic entry into my Newsletter Contest. And the winner is . . . Laverne Backhaus. Laverne received a $25.00 gift card to Amazon.com. And don't forget — when you see my newsletter in your Inbox, OPEN it!
- [Newsletter Winner](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2016/12/31/newsletter-winner-3/) - Congratulations to Tamara B! She won the $50 gift card to Amazon. And my thanks to everyone who took the time to enter. I hope you've had a chance to read FOUR WEDDINGS AND A SIXPENCE! If not, take a sneak peek here. And of course, my best wishes to you in 2017. May the
- [Newsletter Winners](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/05/09/newsletter-winners/) - And the contest winners from my April 25th newsletter are: Grand Prize Kindle Fire: psmhopkins@ 1st Runner Up $25 Amazon gift card: fictionalgypsy@ 2nd Runner Up $25 Amazon gift card: sheryll1974@ 3rd Runner Up $25 Amazon gift card: moon_princess@ Thank you, one and all, for helping spread the word about the release of Six Impossible
- [Advance Copies Winners](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2017/04/12/advance-copies-winners/) - Best part of being one of my a newsletter subscribers? You get a first shot at advance copies and other great giveaways, news, and first looks. So to that end, the winners of the 3 advance copies of Six Impossible Things are: Lauren Russell Lisa Story Karen Mikusak Ladies, your copies are going in the
- [Sneak Peek: Meet Hannibal](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/10/27/sneak-peek-meet-hannibal/) - One of my favorite parts of The Viscount Who Lived Down the Lane is Hannibal, Louisa Tempest's miscreant cat. A beast of a feline who is known far and wide for his bad manners, Louisa is always, well, you'll see: “I do believe I can remedy this,” Louisa told the viscount, catching up the pot
- [TBT: Stealing the Bride](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/10/23/tbt-stealing-the-bride/) - Continuing my look back at the Danvers series, I cannot help but pause, make that linger over one of my all-time-favorite heroes, Temple. I can't even tell you how much I have crushed on this man. My one and only Book Boyfriend. And here is how Temple came to life: Sometimes when you are writing
- [TBT: Tempted by the Night](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/10/30/tbt-tempted-by-the-night/) - Thought I'd go with my paranormal, haunted, ghoulish, monster/Jane Austen story, Tempted by the Night, for Halloween Eve. So many people have asked why I decided to write historicals with paranormal elements, and I have to admit that I never set out deliberately to do it, rather the story/series idea would not go away and
- [5 Things About Cynthia Sax](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/11/18/5-things-about-cynthia-sax/) - Cynthia Sax writes contemporary erotic romance for Avon Impulse, and came to the blog to share a few things about herself and her writing. Here are 5 things you might not know about Cynthia... 1) Where is the most beautiful/romantic place you’ve ever been? My favorite tropical paradise is Bali (the combination of beaches, art
- [Have You Met: Avon Addict: Aemelia M](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/11/14/have-you-met-avon-addict-aemelia-m/) - Welcome, Avon Addict Aemelia. If you don't know Aemelia, here are some things to get you started... 1) What is the very first romance novel that you read? It was TAME THE RISING TIDE by Virginia Morgan, I found it on the bookshelf of my best friend's mom one morning after I spent the night
- [Rock Your Pitch](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/09/27/have-you-packed-your-pitch/) - When going to a writers conference, you need to pack more than comfortable shoes. You need to pack your best pitch. Because when you get that face to face with an editor, you want to rock your pitch. Here's how to put your pitch together with all the right elements, and get it polished and
- [Have You Met: Avon Addict Kim in Baltimore](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/10/17/have-you-met-avon-addict-kim-in-baltimore/) - Meet Kim, who runs the blog, SOS ALOHA Book Blog. I've known Kim for years — when she was actually fortunate enough to live in Hawaii. Kim describes herself as a "romance reader and a community volunteer." Make that a one woman steamroller when it comes to getting things done, whether it is gathering books
- [Planning a Writer's Retreat](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2019/04/08/planning-a-writers-retreat/) - A few years ago, I wrote this post and was looking it over recently as I found myself searching for a spot in my busy life to GET AWAY and just WRITE. The advice here is still relevant and if you can find a way to take time with friends and spend a weekend writing,
- [3 Writing Tips to Crush NaNoWriMo](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/10/26/3-tips-nanowrimo/) - Are you ready to be off and writing? NaNoWriMo — National Novel Writing Month — which challenges a writer to draft a book in a month — begins next week and so before you begin furiously writing your story, I have three tips to ensure your story keeps moving forward for NaNoWriMo success. 1. Before
- [Are You Over Halfway? Or ...50 yard and 3rd Down](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2018/11/16/are-you-over-halfway-or-50-yards-2nd-down/) - If not, no worries. Believe me, the second half of a book is always quicker to write, especially with that shining light of "The End" glowing ever closer. And if you have absolutely no clue what I am talking about then you aren't neck deep in NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. I've been dabbling
- [You might have noticed . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/08/08/you-might-have-noticed/) - things have changed around here. Welcome to my new website! However since this is sort of the testing period for the site—the powers-that-be, aka the webmistress who rules—has asked that I keep these new digs secret! Well, as much as you can keep a secret on the Internet. Believe me, I'm having a hard time
- [NY, NY.  And NJ, NJ.](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/10/05/ny-ny-and-nj-nj/) - By the time this posts, I'll be in NYC and then off to the New Jersey Romance Writers, Put Your Heart in a Book Conference. I'm speaking Saturday afternoon on How to Write a Synopsis. I'll warn anyone who is thinking of coming to my workshop, I intend to put new emphasis on the word
- [Events, Past and Future](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/01/26/events-past-and-future/) - Last week I spoke on a panel at a meeting of the Pacific Northwest Writer's Association, and was astounded at the number of people who showed up. Lots of folks interested in being writers and looking for those tips and hints that pushed each of us toward publication. Of course, I forgot my camera, so
- [Packing Up, Moving Out](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/04/03/packing-up-moving-out/) - The closer a book comes to being released, the more I feel my life speeding up. I start writing faster, I panic faster, I get out of the house more. Which is probably a good thing—because then I can get a chance to see all of you. And in that, let's get outta here vein,
- [The Ultimate Librarians Share All](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/08/13/the-ultimate-librarians-share-all/) - You asked for it, so I convinced The Ultimate Reading List authors/librarians extraordinaire to drop by and indulge our collective curiosity as to how they came up with their picks. So without further ado, let me introduce you to Joanne Hamilton-Selway and John Charles, who BTW have both held the title of RWA Librarian of
- [What time is it?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/08/27/what-time-is-it/) - For those of you answering that it is time for Love Letters from a Duke to be released, you are wrong. That happens tomorrow. No, it was time for me to get an alarm clock. Mine had an unfortunate accident early in the summer. For those of you who thought it might have lost its
- [Thank you, Debbie Macomber!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/09/17/thank-you-debbie-macomber/) - Or maybe the title of this blog should be: The power of index cards. Or "hey, it works." A couple of years ago, Debbie Macomber spoke at the RWA Conference in Reno. She was inspiring (as always) and she challenged every one in the room to "dream big," as she likes to say. She wanted
- [Another New Site](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/09/26/another-new-site/) - So if you are reading this from the new HarperCollins microsites, then you are a complete hipster and don't need me to tell you what's cool and hot. But if you found this the usual way, through my blog, then you've got to hop over and take a look at the Elizabeth Boyle microsite. Cool
- [Where's the lid?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/10/17/wheres-the-lid/) - When I blogged about the Dedication in Love Letters from a Duke, I ended up meeting Joey, who also has a son with autism. We've exchanged emails and some of you even pitched in and helped Joey with her Autism Walk fund drive. Joey recently emailed me and asked for some way to say thanks
- [The Cat is Out of the Bag](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/05/15/the-cat-is-out-of-the-bag/) - So I really did let it slip in my Monday blog (down below) what it is I am writing. Yes, it is true, I am writing Pippin and Dash's book. If you can't recall who Pippin and Dash are, then you haven't read This Rake of Mine or Love Letters from a Duke. I'm not
- [All About Jane](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/10/01/all-about-jane/) - A lot of writers have some very personal and some splashy and some just private ways of celebrating when a new book gets released. When Love Letters from a Duke hit the NY Times extended list, I celebrated by buying the espresso machine I'd been dying to own—a De Longhi Magnifica. I have to say
- [Two weeks???](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/06/29/two-weeks/) - I'm off to conference in less than two weeks and I'm completely unprepared. I haven't done any of the essentials (that is if you believe all the conference chatter going around) that go into conference preparation: primarily shopping for an entire new wardrobe. You might understand my supposed panic if you could see my "business
- [Come on, let's all get happy!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/06/18/come-on-lets-all-get-happy/) - My friend Christina had this tag on her blog for a song that always makes us happy whenever we hear it. And because happiness should always be shared, I tag anyone else who wants to play! These are the rules: 1. Post about the one song that makes your heart sing, and uplifts your spirit
- [Well, I "Heart" You 2](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/11/10/well-i-heart-you-2/) - Last week, Sarita Leone of From the Heart blog surprised me by giving me (well, my blog that is) an award. It's nice to know that not only does someone read my blog, but likes it enough to make such a nice offer of recognition. I am honored and just plain thrilled. Oh, let's cut
- [Beginnings . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/06/04/beginnings/) - When I sat down to write this first post for my new blog, I realized beginning a blog is much like beginning a book. You sort of sit there and try to think of something brilliant to open with, something to dazzle the reader, then you realize that probably won't happen right out of the chute. So
- [The Questions Behind 5 Things](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/09/12/the-questions-behind-5-things/) - For the past four months, I've been devoting my Thursday blogs to asking some of my favorite authors and good friends to give up five things about themselves that you might not know. I thought it would be a fun and unique way to introduce new authors to all of you. This is how it
- [The 21 Best Books on Writing](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/01/10/feeding-the-muse/) - If you are like me, you are always seeking out the books and teachers who inspire and motivate writers and non-writers alike. To that end, I polled a bunch of friends, tweeps, and writers from all over and asked them: What writing books do you love? What has done the most for your creativity and
- [Looking Back: Something About Emmaline](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/07/16/looking-back-something-about-emmaline/) - Since Avon Books has my electronic backlist on sale right now, I thought it would be fun to look back at the titles that are being offered for $4.99. Over the next 6-8 weeks, I am going to pick a book and look at the inspiration behind it, the characters and perhaps some of the
- [TBT: It Takes a Hero](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/10/09/tbt-it-takes-a-hero/) - Continuing my look back at my earlier books, this week I pulled from the shelf, It Takes a Hero, the 4th book in the Danvers series, which featured Raphael Danvers, the half English, half Spanish, prickly and temperamental twin of Orlando Danvers. Rafe had neither a title or wealth, but came with a quick mind
- [5 Things About: Lorraine Heath](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/10/07/5-things-about-lorraine-heath/) - Let me say first, I ADORE Lorraine Heath. I've known Lorraine for years and years--and she always makes me laugh. I've been on endless buses with her, traveled on book tours with her and laughed more than is probably healthy around her--mostly about Cathy Maxwell and her macaroons. But that is a story for another
- [Have You Met: Felicia the Geeky Blogger](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/10/03/hym-geeky-blogger/) - 'Cause I just love meeting people online and then sharing their fun with the world, I thought wouldn't it be a kick to feature bloggers, readers and romance addicts every Friday, so everyone can find MORE places to share their love of books. Felicia of The Geeky Blogger's Book Blog kindly and nicely agreed to
- [5 Things About: Elizabeth Boyle](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/09/30/5-things-eb/) - I used to do these Tuesday 5 Things interviews all the time, but got out of practice. My bad! But because so many of you have asked me to continue doing them, I'm gathering them in as I write this. In the past we found out 5 Things about some of my favorite friends and
- [TBT: ONCE TEMPTED](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/10/02/tt-ot/) - Have you ever wondered what goes on to inspire a story or what goes into writing a book? Well, watch my blog in the coming months for my THROWBACK THURSDAY series of stories about how my books came to life. I'm beginning with the first book I wrote in the Danvers series: Once Tempted. While
- [A New Look AND A Contest!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/09/25/new-look/) - Welcome to the redesign of my website! Isn't it lovely? I love all the elegant touches and fun things CrocoDesigns has added and tucked in around the pages. Make sure to take time to look around and follow the links--you'll never know what you will find! Definitely don't miss the newly posted excerpt from THE
- [A Week of Giveaways!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2014/07/08/giveaways/) - While I will be posting winners over on my Facebook page, I thought I would have an easy spot for people to check and see if they won right here. Winners: Monday Facebook Drawing: Winner: Rita Gerstheimer Prize: Print copies of my Brazen books, Brazen Angel, Brazen Heiress, Brazen Temptress. Tuesday Facebook Drawing: Winner: Prize:
- [The 12 Days of Wishes](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2013/12/23/12wishes/) - So here it begins--The 12 Days of Wishes giveaways in celebration of my new Rhymes with Love book, If Wishes Were Earls. No matter if you are on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, prefer to read blogs, or just want to enter directly, everyone will have a chance to enter something between now and January 4, 2014.
- [12 Days of Wishes Grand Sweepstakes](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2013/12/23/12-days-of-wishes-grand-sweepstakes/) - Welcome to my 12 Days of Wishes Grand Sweepstakes! First I'd like to thank some of my wonderful author friends who have contributed to the Grand Prize box including Grace Burrowes (the iPad!), Jane Porter (the wonderful set of Montana Born books and goodies), Jessie at Avon Romance (books galore!), and then I am going
- [A Free Stocking Stuffer](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2013/12/10/a-free-stocking-stuffer/) - Just in time for the holiday and to celebrate the upcoming release of my new Rhymes with Love book, If Wishes Were Earls, I am making my short e-story, Cynders & Ashe FREE! This is my thank you to all of you who have supported me over the years, the dear readers who write such
- [Save the Date: December 31st](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2013/12/07/save-the-date-december-31st/) - Here is the Save the Date card that tells the story of Harriet and Roxley's wild romance: Feel free to lift them and Pin them or Share them on Facebook or Twitter! Spread the news!
- [5 Things About Elizabeth](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2013/11/08/5-things-about-elizabeth/) - Avon Author Kay Thomas pinned me down and asked me to answer a few questions about writing for her. I, in turn, am forcing her to do the same. Here are my answers, and hers will run on Monday. KT: What’s the one thing you wish you had known before you started writing? EB: To
- [5 Things About Kay Thomas (+3 More!)](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2013/11/11/5-things-about-kay-thomas-3-more/) - When Kay Thomas and I discovered we had the same release dates coming up for our new stories (hers: Hard Target, mine: Have You Any Rogues) we sat down and interviewed each other and shared our thoughts about writing and life. Ok, Kay came up with all the questions, but I did all the hard
- [NaNoWriMo Prep: Digging Deep into Your Characters](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2013/10/14/nanowrimo-prep-digging-deep-into-your-characters/) - Let’s get to work on what I love most: creating characters. I love my characters. I love spending time with them, mulling over the problems facing them, how they are going to respond, but most importantly, how are they going to respond and why do they respond that way. So as you start to plan
- [Buns & Roses Recap](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2013/10/08/buns-roses-recap/) - Had such a blast at the Buns & Roses Tea this past weekend in Dallas! Of course any weekend that involves Cathy Maxwell, Lorraine Heath, Candis Terry, Sophie Jordan, and Kerrilyn Sparks is going to be a hoot. Here are just so fun pics from the day, so enjoy!
- [Take a Sneak Peak inside a Rogue](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2013/09/30/take-a-sneak-peak-inside-a-rogue/) - Let's just get to the good stuff, shall we? I've posted the excerpt for Have You Any Rogues?! And apparently I do, Yes, Sir, Yes, Sir, Three Rogues will do. Tee Hee. As a little backstory, I got the idea for Have You Any Rogues? while I was writing And The Miss Ran Away with
- [Quick Tips for Creating a Brazen Heroine](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2013/10/11/quick-tips-for-creating-a-brazen-heroine/) - As you are working towards getting your story idea fleshed out, you will want to get your heroine ready for some Brazen action. Here is a quick checklist for creating the Brazen heroine. Sit down with a notebook or your character sheet and consider the following: 1) Write down your definition of Brazen 2) Look
- [Eight Ways to Maximize Your Writing Time](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2013/10/29/eight-ways-to-maximize-your-writing-time/) - If you are like me, your writing time is both precious and never long enough. So here are some of my methods to make sure you are getting the most pages out of your limited time. 1) Stop reading email, posting on Twitter and checking your Facebook account. Okay, maybe that's a little drastic, but
- [Rake in the Summer Savings](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2013/07/08/rake-in-the-summer-savings/) - Avon is having a fun summer promo this year: Escape with a Rake! And no, they don't want you to wander off with wayward garden implements, but with some of hottest, wickedest, devilish rakes out there--and for only $1.99! Here's your summer raking, er, reading list: by Elizabeth Boyle And the Miss Ran Away with
- [21 Essential Books on Writing ](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2013/05/19/21-essential-books-on-writing/) - No need to hide the fact, I love writing. And I love learning about my craft--so when I asked a number of my friends, who have between them like a gazillion books in print, their all-time favorite books on writing, I discovered some new faves and of course the ones I consider some of the
- [Winners!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2013/03/30/winners-3/) - Here is the list list of winners from my 20th Book Giveaway Contest. Winning entries came from my Newsletter subscribers, my Facebook fans and my Twitter peeps. I want to thank everyone for taking the time to enter and for your enthusiasm over my 20th book, AND THE MISS RAN AWAY WITH THE RAKE. Facebook/Twitter
- [Contest Coming! Sign up Now!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2013/03/24/contest-coming-sign-up-now/) - To celebrate this week's release of my 20th book, And the Miss Ran Away with the Rake, I'm throwing a cyber-party with tons of prizes--20 boxes filled to the brim with books and goodies, and author swag. I've been shaking down all my author friends and cleaning out the contest closet to make sure these
- [Winners!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2013/01/20/winners-2/) - Thanks for entering my Downton signing blog drawing. Wow, is that a mouthful--but it was also a prize box full of fun, courtsey of my fellow signees at Powell's in Beaverton. Hope to see many of you at my upcoming signings, and I promise for you who are far afield, that I will continue to
- [Downton Contest!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2013/01/12/downton-contest/) - I came back from Powells in Portand with two shopping bags of books and goodies to give away to all of you. All in all, I'll be giving away four boxes of treasures, which will include autographed books from the signing, a Powells mug, a Downton t-shirt and bookmarks and such so you can have
- [Honors and Awards](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/12/06/honors-and-awards/) - The end of the year can bring all kind of lists and awards and honors and this year is no exception. Along Came A Duke has been nominated by Romantic Times for Best Love Laughter Historical of 2012. I am thrilled that Preston and Tabby's story was nominated as I personally found it great fun
- [Readers n Ritas! Look out Dallas!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/10/25/readers-n-ritas-look-out-dallas/) - If you are in the Dallas area, or feeling adventurous, there is still time to sign up for the Fabulous Readers & Ritas weekend, November 9th-11th, 2012, sponsored by Fresh Fiction. I'll be there--ready to meet all of you, taking part in the panels and generally hanging out and having fun. There will raffle baskets,
- [The Queens of Romance Tea](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/09/14/the-queens-of-romance-tea/) - Coming Sunday, September 23rd, join Elizabeth, Susan Wiggs, Yasmine Galenorn and Teresa Meyers for a delightful afternoon chat about Regency Romance, Urban Fantasy, Contemporary Romance and Steampunk, (with a touch of romance). The event, part of Northwest Bookfest, is free, but reservations are required. Gather up a posse of friends, grab your questions and come
- [A Scandalous Price](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/08/21/a-scandalous-price/) - Avon loves to pick out a few ebooks each month and offer them at the crazy, ridiculous price of $1.99. So this month you can get one of my favorites, Memoirs of a Scandalous Red Dress for just $1.99. This was the book everyone wanted me to write--Pippin and Dash's book. Their first meeting in
- [Along Comes 19](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/05/29/19/) - Nineteen seems to be the number of the day. My 19th book, Along Came a Duke, comes out. It is also my 19th wedding anniversary. How's that for chance? I think of all that has passed in the last 19 years and it feels like such a long time. Getting married. Buying a house. The
- [Tried and True Conference Advice](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/06/20/conference-advice/) - Over the years I've gone to a number of RWA conferences. I've pitched. I've gone to workshops. I've sat in my room and wondered what I was doing there. I've signed books. I've collected books. I've met agents, editors, publicists, professionals that I now call friends. I love conference. I loathe conference. All for the
- [In the Throes](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/06/25/in-the-throes/) - I am in the throes of finishing my book, so I haven't been blogging as much as I like. I've got a great list of blogs I plan on doing this summer--behind the scenes looks at my previous books, spilling hints about upcoming projects, but right now, I have only one thing to do: Finish
- [Along Came An Audio Book](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/06/16/audio-book/) - Over the years, people have asked and asked for audio versions of my books. And I have had to answer with a sigh of longing and say, "Sorry, they haven't done audio versions yet." No more. Finally, I have an audio book! Along Came a Duke, the audio version, is now available for download. I
- [Weaving Series](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/06/11/weaving-series/) - Someone in Dallas this weekend asked me if when I started a new series, such as Rhymes with Love, am I tempted to bring in old characters from my other series. The answer: Boy, am I ever! Old, familiar characters are what makes writing a series fun. Anyone who has read my Danvers series will
- [Along Came a Bestseller](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/06/07/along-came-a-bestseller/) - First and foremost, I would not be able to celebrate this moment without all of you who went out and grabbed a copy of Along Came a Duke--you are why it is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller this week. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! What has been so much fun is
- [$4.99 Digital Sale!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/05/06/digital-sale/) - Have you heard? Thirteen of my digital backlist romance novels are on sale for $4.99! This gives you a chance to pick up an old favorite or fill in a series that you haven't finished yet. Hurry and download yours soon in your favorite format: One Night of Passion Stealing the Bride Once Tempted It
- [Five Things About Pamela Palmer](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/05/16/pamela-palmer/) - I recently met Pamela Palmer in person at the Washington Romance Writers Conference--she had emailed me a few weeks before the conference as a welcome to WRW and offered her help navigating a new conference--I was so touched by how nice she was to offer, and soon discovered that she is also extremely nice in
- [Winners](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/05/14/winners/) - What a jam-packed busy weekend. Hope you had a lovely weekend and a Happy Mother's Day. I finally had time to pull winners of the Along Came a Duke arcs, as well as autographed Julia Quinn novels, this morning and now I am going to post their names: Barb Ritchie, Jenn H, Linda Mc, and
- [Focus, Focus, Focus](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/05/12/focus-focus-focus/) - When it comes to writing, it takes a lot of focus. There is no way around it. The writers who write book after book after book have some the most enviable focus I have ever seen. And at times I need to renew my own focus and determination to not let the distractions in this
- [Five Things about Grace Burrowes](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/05/10/five-things-about-grace-burrowes/) - Grace Burrowes is one of the lovely members of the Washington Romance Writers who I had the pleasure to meet at their retreat the first weekend of this month. I knew immediately that I needed to introduce her to all of you! Without further ado, here are Five Things about Grace Burrowes: 1. Where is
- [Rhymes with Love ~ A New Series](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/05/07/rhymes-with-love/) - Maybe you've heard, but my new book, Along Came a Duke, is part of new series, Rhymes with Love. I thought I'd share with you a bit of insider info and get you ready to jump into the world of Kempton, England. I started this new series for a variety of reasons—I had felt that
- [Inspiration: Picturing Your Story](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/05/05/inspiration-picturing-your-story/) - I am in love with Pinterest. Yeah, I know. So is everyone else. But if you are like me, and have always loved collages, and images and pictures to inspire you for whatever it is that you love to create—whether it is decorating, crafting, cooking, and yes, writing, Pinterest is so perfect for collecting the
- [Five Things about Lena Diaz](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/05/03/five-things-about/) - Lena Diaz is a fellow Avon author and the wonderful part of being published at Avon is that the books are so diverse. I love my historicals, but occassionally a little suspense is good for the soul. So therefore, let me introduce, Lena Diaz: 1. Did you have a nickname growing up? Lele, pronounced ‘Lee
- [Five More Things About Stefanie Sloane](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/04/26/stefanie-sloane/) - So yes, Stephanie has dropped by here before, but some people bear repeating. 'Sides, she's awful nice. Plus, her 2011 book, Devil in Disguise has garnered a double nominations in the RWA RITA awards for Best First Book and Best Regency Historical Romance. I have to smile at this, because I got that double nod
- [Autographed Books](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/04/24/autographed-books/) - Just a quick note to let those of you who live in far flung (and probably some not-so-far-flung) that I never seem to visit, the bookstore, Turn the Page, where I will be signing this Friday is also having a virtual signing—which means, if you order one of my books from them, I'll sign it
- [Five Things About Mary Jo Putney](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/04/19/five-things-about-mary-jo-putney/) - I read Mary Jo Putney long before I met her. I had one of those fan-girl moments when I finally did get to meet her. After all, here was the author of The Rake! And it was with great joy that I discovered that besides being a fabulous writer, she was also a gracious and
- [Friends](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/04/17/friends/) - As you know, I like to add my friends to the blog whenever possible. Because, well, quite frankly, I adore the friends I have, even the ones who are long distance acquaintances that I barely know. I meet so many people from far flung corners, but some people you meet and you just know they
- [Spring Break Madness](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/04/09/spring-break-madness/) - With it being Spring Break in lots of places—and in the coming weeks, I decided a little Spring Madness was in order. So Brazen Angel is now up on Nook and Kindle for the incredible price of .99! Now this isn't going to last forever. Probably until I come to my senses, so if you've
- [Five Things about Miranda Neville](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/04/05/five-things-about-miranda-neville-2/) - I envy Miranda Neville. She grew up in England and lives in Vermont. I always think of both places as deeply romantic and very cool to be from. And it turns out, she's a nice person as well and great writer. May I introduce you to, Miranda Neville: 1. Did you have a nickname growing
- [A Short Story about A Short Story](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/04/02/a-short-story-about-a-short-story/) - Several years ago I was asked to be part of a Regency anthology — could I write a story that was under 10,000 words? Sure, I said, without thinking much about it. 10,000 words, eh? That would be simple. Thus said the woman who always writes long. Writing a full love story, in 10,000 words
- [Five Things about Kate Noble](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/03/29/five-things-about-kate-noble/) - I have met Kate—like most of my writing friends—online. Via blogs and Twitter and Facebook, but the real test of an author is how you like their stories. Hers are great. So if you haven't met her before, here are Five Things About Kate Noble. 1. Did you have a nickname growing up? I had
- [Redefining a Classic](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/03/26/redefining-a-classic/) - "It's a Brazen cover." You don't know how many times in my career I have heard another writer describe their cover, or someone else's as "a Brazen cover." The look is now iconic, but in 1996, the cover for Brazen Angel was a brand new take on covers—the tousled sheets, the tangled couple, the sexy
- [Five Things About Sophia Nash](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/03/22/five-things-about-sophia-nash/) - I want to be Sophia Nash when I grow up. Lovely, elegant and gracious. I try, but she seems to do these things effortlessly. So please welcome my friend, Sophia Nash. 1. Did you have a nickname growing up? Only later in life... First, "Fear" from colleagues at WTVJ, not because I exhibited it or
- [Philly Love](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/03/19/philly-love/) - I have found a new favorite city. Philadelphia. For this self-confessed history geek, what is there not to love about a city that not only embraces its historical roots and significance but shows it off at every corner? Love, love, love, Philadelphia! I was there for the Public Library Association meeting (Check out the tweets
- [Five Things About Lorraine Heath](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/03/15/five-things-about-lorraine-heath/) - Lorraine Heath is one of those authors who's books you curl up and devour, and adore. In real life, Lorraine is one of those gracious, treasured people that you want to have coffee with and just chat. She's kind and lovely and generous. And therefore, she needs to be included in the gallery of authors
- [I Don't Make This Up](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/03/12/i-dont-make-this-up/) - Some one asked me how I pick the winners for my blog contest and actually, I don't. I use Random.org to pick the winner—that is, after I add up the number of blog comments and tweets. Then the Random Number Generator does the honors, and a number pops up. Then, voila, we have a winner.
- [Five Things about Sarah MacLean](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/03/08/five-things-about-sarah-maclean/) - Hello and welcome to Sarah MacLean! She's one of these funny, bright, outrageous women that I love to meet and had to share with all of you. I think you will agree! So here are Five Things about Sarah MacLean: 1. Where is the most beautiful/romantic place you’ve ever been? There’s an island off the
- [Hero Worthy](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/03/05/hero-worthy/) - My husband asked me last week what I liked best about having my Brazen books back out. And the answer was immediate and easy: Because it gives me the chance to tell the story how my first book came to be published. It actually gives me a chance to tell the world what a thoughtful,
- [Five Things About Katharine Ashe](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/03/01/five-things-about-katharine-ashe/) - I personally find Katharine Ashe a kick to hang out with. She's funny, wicked and smart, as well as an unapologetic lover of the genre. Those all count highly in my book. So I would like you to take a moment and enjoy the wit of Katharine Ashe, or as we now call her around
- [The Inside Joke](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/02/27/the-inside-joke/) - I have a confession to make. I put inside jokes in all my books. I can't help myself. They amuse me. I am writing along and I put them in and then I spend a few minutes doing the "Do I? or Don't I?" back and forth. And they usually always end up in the
- [Five Things About Maya Rodale](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/02/23/five-things-about-maya-rodale/) - I've known Maya for many years—have loved her books since her first one—and finally got a chance to meet her in person last summer. It was, no surprise, a delight. And now I want to share her with you and make sure you are reading her books. So with no further fanfare ('cause she needs
- [Whirlwind Trip](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/02/20/whirlwind-trip/) - Whipped down to Los Angeles last week for a whirlwind Reader's Tea at the Huntington Beach Library. No one ever has to prod me very hard to fly down to Southern California—I really love it down there. Blue skies, palm trees, blue skies. Mostly the sunshine makes me smile—as it has been in short supply
- [No Two Authors](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/01/30/no-two-authors/) - As it turns out, just as no two authors write the same books, nor do any of us work the same. Put four authors in a condo for a weekend and you will observe four very different methods of composing a novel. Let's take a look. There are generally two kinds of writers: Plotter and
- [Five Things about Carla Swafford](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/01/26/five-things-about-carla-swafford/) - Always fun to meet new authors, especially brand new authors. And Carla Swafford comes to publishing via the Avon Impulse line, which is a digital imprint that was launched last year. So I thought it would be fun to invite Carla over and let her meet all of you. 1. Did you have a nickname
- [I Blame the Snow Day](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/01/16/i-blame-the-snow-day/) - So nothing got done around here. Because it snowed. Truly, life comes to a grinding halt in Seattle when it snows. And that is my excuse and I am sticking to it. I did though get a bunch of stuff done over the weekend, including cleaning out my office closet, wherein for a while it
- [Five Things about Cecilia Grant](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/01/05/five-things-about-cecilia-grant/) - I always love meeting debut authors. They have that starry-eyed glow about them. And of course, it gives us all a chance to discover a new favorite author. So let's start the New Year off right with debut author, Cecilia Grant and Five Things: 1. Where is the most beautiful/romantic place you’ve ever been? I
- [Bring it on 2012](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2012/01/02/bring-it-on-2012/) - I was really glad to kick the dust off of 2011 and celebrate the New Year. I don't know about you, but 2011 was difficult. I don't think I need to cry on your shoulder about my problems, because I know I am not alone and you all have yours as well. And maybe some
- [Five Things about Laura Lee Guhrke](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/12/29/five-things-about-laura-lee-guhrke/) - Why is it that lately I can't get any of my friends to stick to Five Things. It's called "Five Things" for a reason. But much to my chagrin, they all are a bunch of overachievers—sending in 6, 9, or even 11 things. And considering I only send them 10 questions to answer, it gets
- [Five Things about Lecia Cornwall](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/12/22/five-things-about-lecia-cornwall/) - Here she is, the indomitable and always interesting, Lecia Cornwall: 1. Where is the most beautiful/romantic place you’ve ever been? The most beautiful, romantic place I've ever been: Malmaison, Empress Josephine's home outside Paris. There were no tourists the day we were there, just us, walking through her empty rooms, standing in the bedroom where
- [Five Things about Debra Mullins](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/12/15/five-things-about-debra-mullins-2/) - Debra Mullins is another of my Avon Author sisters. Someone I have known for as long as I've been writing at Avon. Let's not count the years . . . really, let's not. LOL. But I always love the chance to see Debra and find out what she's been up to. What I truly envy
- [Getting Festive](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/12/12/getting-festive/) - First things first. Winners. We've got two this week. I love sending these out but at the holidays it is just sort of special. So claim them early so if you have a moment to spare, you'll have a brand new pile of books to pick from! The first winner is blog post #21, Betty
- [Quick & Easy Holiday Gifts](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/12/10/quick-easy-holiday-gifts/) - I love crafting or making holiday gifts—especially all those small gifts you have to take to parties or because all of a sudden you remember you forgot a gift for someone. I think something you have made or put together yourself just means a little more than a bottle of wine you snagged on the
- [Five Things about Candis Terry](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/12/08/five-things-about-candis-terry/) - I met Candis Terry years ago in rather an odd fashion—I was leaving a conference and she and some other friends of mine were on their way to the airport. Since I live near the airport, I offered them all a ride to save the taxi fees. Filled my minivan with old friends and new
- [Winner. . . New giveaway](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/12/05/winner-new-giveaway/) - Got a whole bunch of work to do this week—so I am going to make this quick and get right to business. I have a winner from last week and two boxes to giveaway this week. So check and see if you won and make sure to comment and enter below for a chance to
- [Five Things about Margo Maguire](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/12/01/five-things-about-margo-maguire/) - Margo and I have been Avon Authors together for ages! It's sort of a sisterhood of friends and chatty buddies and it affords one the chance to meet some great authors and call them friends. Margo is dropping by Five Things this week because that's what the Avon ladies do for each other—show up, pitch
- [The Holiday Rush is ON](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/11/28/the-holiday-rush-is-on/) - Did you survive Thanksgiving? And if you don't celebrate Thanksgiving, are you looking forward to the next few weeks of Christmas music, shopping, gatherings and good cheer? I am. This is, without a doubt, my favorite time of the year. So let's start off the Season with a giveaway: This week's drawing (in honor of
- [Five Things about Sabrina Jeffries](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/11/23/five-things-about-sabrina-jeffries/) - I always love running into Sabrina Jeffries at conferences—we swap stories of our kids—but our stories have a very unique twist—we both have sons with autism. Sabrina has given me great advice over the years—her son is much older and she's got this great, "been there, done that" attitude that really helps me meet the
- [Recipes for the Holidays](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/11/21/recipes-for-the-holidays/) - My family is full of cooks. We all love to bake and cook and try new recipes, get together and share our discoveries. On the holidays though, we trot out the family recipes. The ones that have been passed down for generations. No one would think—horrors upon horrors—of doing anything but the recipes we all
- [T-Day and Counting](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/11/19/t-day-and-counting/) - I posted something over on Twitter earlier this week about Thanksgiving coming and got a panicked reply back from Christina Dodd. "Not next week!" she hollered through the Twittersphere. Yes, people. It's nearly here. I've blogged about my Thanksgiving trials and tribulations over the years. Take Thanksgiving 2008, when my husband declared he was going
- [Five Things about Niki Burnham](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/11/17/five-things-about-niki-burnham/) - I've known Niki Burnham for a long time. I'm not going to say how long—but its been long enough that I can call her one of my dearest friends and best writing buddies. We've spoken on panels, collaborated on goals, traveled abroad together, and she's one of my fav friends to hit a baseball game
- [Starting off Right](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/11/14/starting-off-right/) - I have nothing pithy to say this morning. I spent all weekend buried in revisions for Along Came a Duke. (Before you ask, it is coming out the end of May.) I will say the changes my wonderful editor asked for were rather minimal, but you still have to go through a story with a
- [Five Things about Eileen Dreyer](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/11/10/five-things-about-eileen-dreyer/) - Eileen Dreyer, who has also written as Kathleen Korbel, and I have bumped into each other for years. At teas and conferences and always take the chance to catch up on our shared love of travel, Ireland and Broadways shows. So I knew if you didn't know Eileen yet, you needed to meet her. She's
- [How Would You Answer This?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/11/07/how-would-you-answer-this/) - So I've got a brand new round of Five Things in motion—lots of new authors dropping by on Thursdays to spill five things you might not know about them. I came up with the questions after I polled you all a while back and asked you: what questions would you ask future authors. You can
- [Five Things about Lauren Willig](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/11/03/five-things-about-lauren-willig/) - I've enjoyed Lauren Willig's Pink Carnation series for years, so I was a little starstruck to meet her this summer in New York and all-too-thrilled that she wanted to be a part of Five Things. So without further ado, Five Things About Lauren Willig: 1. Did you have a nickname growing up? In college, one
- [Blog Monday Drawings are Back!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/10/31/blog-monday-drawings-are-back/) - While at the Emerald City Writer's Conference Booksigning (Good heavens! Is that a mouthful or what?) I conned my friend Shannon McKelden into going around for me and buying books. I was trapped signing but she wasn't signing this year, so I gave her my parameters: books my blog readers would love, and sent her
- [Five Things about Elizabeth Hoyt](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/10/27/five-things-about-elizabeth-hoyt/) - Last April at RT, I finally truly met Elizabeth Hoyt. She will tease me about this, but I know we had met before, but I had an actual chance to get to know her—mostly because I was pea-green with envy over the wonderful promo pieces she had done for her wonderful Maiden Lane series. (Which
- [Best Conference Evah!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/10/25/best-conference-evah/) - When you go to a conference, in my case, The Surrey International Writers' Conference, you never expect to arrive and have to undergo four security checks by RCMP just to get into the hotel, dodge past a couple hundred protesters, as well as having been pre-screened by the Secret Service. Nothing like a friendly, "Welcome
- [Too Much!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/10/19/too-much/) - I cannot believe how swamped I am. I finished my book, for goodness sakes, I should have a life. But ever since I hit the send button I have been in frantic catch up mode. 'Cept with this blog. And since I am off to the Surrey International Writer's conference in Surrey, BC (I think
- [We Interrupt This Blog](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/10/06/we-interrupt-this-blog/) - Yes, yes, I've been a wee bit slow in posting. Only because I am trying to get my book done and it is consuming all my time. All My Time. But I had a quick few minutes between shuffling kids to school, so I thought I would remind folks that I have several Events coming
- [Five Things about Gayle Callen](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/09/29/five-things-about-gayle-callen/) - If I were to describe my friend Gayle, I would say "she's good people." The sort of person you would never vote off the island. Funny, smart and down to earth, she's someone that the more I get to know her, the more I discover we have in common! I hope you find some commonalities
- [What's an Author to do . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/09/26/whats-an-author-to-do/) - Well, get her book done. Right now I am in the home stretch of finishing a book and there is chorus going round the house right now is "When my book is done—". I don't think I can compose the strident tone or the aggravated, please don't bother me AGAIN notes that come with along
- [Five Things About Blythe Gifford](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/09/22/five-things-about-blythe-gifford/) - I met Blythe a little over a year ago at the RomCon conference and found her a delightful authorly companion to share a table with. And then I read her book and loved it, so it was only natural that I would want to share that table with all of you and let you get
- [Shout Out](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/09/19/shout-out/) - I am going to make this announcement short and sweet, because I am in the home stretch of finishing up Along Came a Duke and don't want to dally around the issue. So here it is: Last week's blog winner is: PhyllisC, commenter #29, who also tweeted as MamaCrab01. (NOTE: There seems to be some
- [Five Things about Liza Palmer](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/09/15/five-things-about-liza-palmer/) - Cool and hip are the best ways to describe Liza Palmer. And funny. Good gracious, this woman is funny. Depends sort of funny. But most of all, I just love her honesty. It is such a breath of fresh air. Minus the blue cheese. Without further ado, my friend, Liza Palmer: 1) Most played song
- [Five Things about Elisabeth Naughton](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/09/08/five-things-about-elisabeth-naughton/) - I met Elisabeth Naughton a few years ago at an author dinner that was great fun. She made a comment about someone's age being "really old." It happened to be how old I was at the time—much to her embarrassment. I have teased her mercilessly since and in the interest of putting that slight behind
- [New Contest](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/09/05/new-contest/) - This is a quick, Happy Labor Day, hope you are enjoying a wonderful weekend of fabulous weather post. But if you are inside—what?—and on your computer (get yourself outside, summer isn't going to be around much longer) but before you go do as I bid (right now I feel so powerful), why not hang around
- [Five Things About Caroline Linden](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/09/01/five-things-about-caroline-linden/) - I think Caroline Linden should change her name to "Caroline Linden—the romance author you should be reading." Because, quite frankly, you should be reading her. Her books are wonderful and delightful and hard to put down. I had the privilege of reading One Night in London last spring, and have been so bummed ever since
- [Kiss & Teal](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/08/30/kiss-teal/) - Say the words "ovarian cancer" to a group of women and they will fall silent—for good reason. Most of them probably know someone—a dear friend, their own mother, a neighbor—who was lost to this "Silent Killer." Silence is what kills us, and it is about time we upped the chatter. My publisher, Avon Books has
- [Five Things About Katharine Ashe](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/08/25/5things-katharineashe/) - I adore Katharine Ashe because she's the sort of hip, cool chick who writes her own rules. And she is as much a smart aleck as I am—maybe more so. Love that in a person. Hope you get to like her as well! Here are Five Things about Katharine Ashe: 1) Favorite indulgence: Champagne. Admittedly,
- [Alaska Vistas](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/08/22/alaska-vistas/) - Of course you don't go to Alaska just for the brothel tour, you actually go for the vistas and wildlife. And being a big state they have tons—though the only thing I saw of wildlife was a moose's behind—and then it was from the train. But here is a better shot from the train: And
- [Five Things about Delilah Marvelle](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/08/18/five-things-about-delilah-marvelle/) - It seems truly appropriate that my Brothel blog is followed by Delilah Marvelle. She loves writing about sex and madames and the madcap adventures of Regency rakes. Much more romantic than my Skagway adventures, and great reading to boot. Delilah is a funny, earnest, wonderful person who loves writing—truly loves telling stories and that is
- [Buffets . . . Buses . . . . and a Brothel . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/08/15/buffets-buses-and-a-brothel/) - Yes, I was on vacation. I spent 10 days in Alaska, seeing the sights, cruising, traveling via: plane, bus, train, ship, bus, helicopter, bus, zipline, and bus. One would expect me to go on and on about the mountains and vistas and the fab buffet on the ship and all the sights. No, I want
- [Five Things About Candice Hern](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/08/11/five-things-about-candice-hern/) - If you haven't read a Regency romance by the skilled and talented Candice Hern, you are missing out. Not only is Candice a great writer, but her knowledge of the period is exceptional. Once you get done meeting Candice, make sure you wander over to her website and view her collections—Regency prints, fans, and alike
- [More Answers from "You Asked"](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/08/08/you-asked-3/) - So to keep up with your questions, (which I should tell you, there were 6 pages worth!!!) today I am going to answer the ones posited by Ebony Morton. I thought they were particularly perfect for right now as I struggle through finishing a book and wonder what the heck I am doing. My husband
- [Five Things About Marcella Burnard](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/08/04/five-things-marcella-bruard/) - I have known Marcella Burnard for eons. We met when we both worked for a large software company and discovered we both were aspiring writers. We'd get together at lunch and talk writing and dream about the days when we could chuck corporate life and write full time. So fast forward to now and we
- [Inspiration, Favorites, Critics and What's Next](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/08/01/inspiration-favorites-critics-and-whats-next/) - Today's Facebook questions come from Adelaide Hsu, who asked the following: What inspires you? Everything and anything. I am constantly amazed at what offers inspiration. The street names on a freeway sign. A particular reading at mass. A photo in a magazine. An overheard conversation in Starbucks. The characters themselves. I've always been the sort
- [Five Things about Miranda Neville](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/07/28/five-things-about-miranda-neville/) - This week I would like to introduce you to Miranda Neville, a wonderful historical romance writer and one of the six fabulous authors who have pooled their collective knowledge and talents over at the brand new site The Ballroom Blog. She's stopped by here at my humble blog to offer her Five Things and show
- [Q & A](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/07/25/q-a/) - As I wrote last Saturday, I made a plea to my fans over on Facebook that the well had gone dry on what to talk about over here on my blog, and they in turn offered up a bucket load of questions. Here is what I have plucked out today from this treasure quest of
- [You Asked 'Em](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/07/23/you-asked/) - ...And I am going to answer them. You may, or may not know, but I asked my wonderful and enthusiastic Facebook friends if they had a question or questions for me, what would they be? Bless their hearts, they flooded me with a tide of questions for me to answer on my blog. Quite frankly,
- [Five Things about Megan Crane~Caitlin Crews](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/07/21/5things-megan-crane/) - This Thursday brings us the two-fer special via women's fiction author, Megan Crane, who, when she whips off her trade book exterior, transforms into the wonderful and sexy, Harlequin Presents author, Caitlin Crews. I so want a secret identity. Will work on that while you get to learn Five Things about Megan Crane/Caitlin Crews: 1)
- [Fav Summer Things](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/07/18/fav-summer-things/) - I had planned this blog to have a bunch of pictures of all my favorite things: the flowers in my yard, a big bowl of Rainier cherries, the beach near my house—all the stuff that makes summer so much fun. Excerpt there is one problem this year. Summer has yet to arrive in Seattle. Here
- [Five Things about Robyn DeHart](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/07/14/5things-robyn-dehart/) - I was struck with a huge case of cover envy the other day when I saw Robyn DeHart's e-novella release, Her Gentleman Thief. It is just stunning and sexy and all about the romance, which I adore in a cover. So I asked Robyn, who I met several years ago, to drop by because: a)
- [Summer Book List](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/07/11/summer-book-list/) - I may lose my knitting mojo during the summer, but for some reason, I crank through the reading pile. Coincidence? I think not. But this summer I've got a dilemma. I am in the process of finishing up a book which means . . . I tend to avoid reading historical romances for a bit.
- [Desperately Seeking My Mojo, Sort Of](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/07/09/seeking-my-mojo/) - Somewhere in the last few weeks, I've lost my knitting mojo. This has not happened to me in years. Like probably lots of years. But I haven't picked up my needles for a week and I can't seem to find the mojo to get motivated to finish the projects I have patiently waiting for me.
- [Five Things About Lavinia Kent](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/07/07/5things-laviniakent/) - I am fascinated by all the authors who are writing e-reads, like Lavinia Kent, who is releasing The Real Duchesses of London novellas, so I asked her to drop by and share five things about herself you and I might not know. That and I liked her book trailer. So without further ado, Five Things
- [RWA/NYC: Sights](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/07/04/rwanyc-sights/) - I will be entirely honest: I tend to choose my RWA conference attendance by virtue of where the conference is taking place. San Francisco? Oh, yeah. Orlando? Not so much. No offense to Orlando, but here is the real deciding factor: what is there to see and do in the host city that is just
- [Five Things about Lorraine Heath](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/06/30/lorraine-heath/) - I met Lorraine Heath years ago in Denver on a bus trip to a booksigning. I found her to be one of the nicest people I had ever met. She is also one of the smartest and savviest writers I've ever met as well. While shy and reserved in person, once you get to know
- [Out of the Office](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/06/27/out-of-the-office/) - When I worked in an office in the real world, we had OOF. The Out Of Office Notice. So this week I am officially OOF—off to the Romance Writer's of America National Conference. Publisher's meetings, agent lunch, all kinds of adventures, laughs and hijinks. Just what you would expect when you put 2000 romance writers
- [Five Things About Toni Blake](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/06/23/toni-blake/) - This week's Five Things features Toni Blake, who has written all sorts of wonderful contemporary stories, is always a hoot to hang out with and was willing to subject herself to the ruthless screening process that makes up the Five Things review. So without further ado, Five Things About Toni Blake. Favorite indulgence: TV, plain
- [Lord Andrew](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/06/19/lord-andrew/) - Every once in a while, I come to a place in a book where I need an unexpected character. Someone I wasn't planning on. Usually I have all my characters mapped into the outline, names picked and they wait in the wings until their curtain comes up. Then a story will take a little bit
- [Five Things About Jenny Brown](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/06/16/five-things-about-jenny-brown/) - As is with my Thursdays, I've dug up Five Things about fellow Avon Author, Jenny Brown. Here they are: 1. The last book you read: Gold Diggers: Striking It Rich in the Klondike by Charlotte Gray. 2. Favorite place to shop online: The Book Depository.com. Free shipping on English books not for sale in the
- [Shout Out Monday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/06/13/shout-outs/) - Recently, a clerk in the store was truly helpful and just wonderfully nice—this doesn't always happen when you shop and have a child with autism, so I made a point of finding the manager and telling them what a fine job the clerk had done. To which the manager said: Really? I never hear anything
- [Five Things about Debra Mullins](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/06/09/five-things-about-debra-mullins/) - Want to know a little more about one of my fellow Avon authors? Here are five things you might not know about Debra Mullins: 1) First memory: Putting salt in the sugar bowl. I was about two or three, and my dad took his tea with a LOT of sugar... You can guess the rest.
- [Found!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/06/08/found/) - For all of you who were worried about the quality of my house elves, worry no more. The little imps produced my lost shoe! I was about to order another pair from Zappos when the missing foot dropped. So to say. Hurrah! Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.
- [A Full Weekend](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/06/06/winner-newcontest/) - This weekend was such a whirl. Trip to Portland, a booksigning, come home and then over Puget Sound to Silverdale for the last signing. I can't believe how fast the time went. But I thought you might like to see some pictures from all these adventures. Powells Julia Quinn and I were there for a
- [House Elves, Good & Evil](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/06/04/house-elves-good-evil/) - I've been thinking a lot about house elves of late. Mostly because my new shoes, the ones that were so much trouble to find and order and that I love so much keep disappearing. I can find one shoe, but not the other. And then the next day, the other one magically appears so I
- [Third Place Books Signing](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/06/02/third-place-books-signing/) - First of all, huge props go to Stefanie Sloane who organized this wonderful event. As Julia Quinn and I joked, nothing would have happened—not the food, the flowers, getting the word out—if Stefanie wasn't the world's most organized writer. I will only take credit for picking up the incredible and beautiful cakes from Bakery Nouveau,
- [One Busy Week](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/05/31/one-busy-week/) - Bracing myself for the week ahead. Three events, four if you count that this morning, Lord Langley goes on sale! Huzzah! Hurray! Yee-hah! I think that covers it. Since I am usually a stay at home mom who has been known to drive through carpool pick up wearing her slippers, being trussed up, er, dressed
- [Book Spooting](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/05/28/book-spooting/) - A long time ago, a typo in a group post amongst the Avon Authors became the butt of some good-natured ribbing. I don't even remember who it was, but someone had gone to their local store to see if they could "spoot" the new books that were supposed to be out that day. Book spooting!
- [Five Things about Stefanie Sloane](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/05/26/five-things-about-stefanie-sloane/) - Meet debut author, Stefanie Sloane, who won't be a debut author for very long since she has three books coming out in the next three months. Yes, you heard me correctly three wonderful Regency historical romances, one after another. And you get to meet her first! (BTW, the first one, The Devil in Disguise is
- [Lord Langley Winner](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/05/25/lord-langley-winner/) - We have a winner for the early finished copy of Lord Langley is Back in Town. And without too much further ado, (But I do love a good ado when it drags out the suspense that much more) the winner is: ChrisS, whose comment on May 23 at 11:22am started as follows: I definitley prefer
- [In Defense of Felicity](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/05/23/felicity/) - As the early reviews began to come in for Lord Langley is Back in Town, I was quite pleased to find that all of them were very favorable. I wanted the story to be funny, but I also wanted the story to have an emotional depth, since it is a story of coming home and
- [Lord Langley ~ Regency SEAL?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/05/21/langley-regency-seal-2/) - Last weekend, the Seattle Times ran a front page article about Navy SEALS and how they make great romance novel heroes. On the front page of the paper. If you didn't get to read the article, here it is in its original form via the Washington Post. Of course all my husband sees as he
- [Five Things About: Laura Lee Guhrke](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/05/19/five-things-laura-lee-guhrke/) - The cool part about being an author is that you get to meet lots of other authors. So I thought I would share the fun with all of you and asked a bunch of my author buddies to share something about themselves that you might not know. Here is the first in a series of
- [Twinkle, Twinkle, I'm on Twitter](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/05/16/twinkle-twinkle-im-on-twitter/) - I've been twittered. Or at least I've dipped my toe in and have given it a try. I feel so . . . connected and a little baffled and a lot overwhelmed by the feeds. Who to follow? What are the rules? What are the social niceties that one must follow so that one does
- [Making Progress](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/05/14/making-progress/) - Here I told you all that I would get another blog written last week and here it is Friday of this week. Sheesh. Um. Wow. I've been writing? Does that work? I actually have been writing. Head down, working on the next book. And I've come to the realization that getting a book done is
- [Momentum](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/05/02/momentum/) - Sometimes writing can be described with one word: momentum. The process of continuously moving forward. What I've come to realize the most about momentum and writing is that it isn't just one big push at the beginning or one big leap at the end that gets a book done—it is the daily solid push forward,
- [Letting Go](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/04/25/letting-go/) - I recently picked up an issue of Oprah's magazine. One of the recent ones on clutter and organizing. Sadly, this is always topical in my house. We've been doing a lot of that lately—cleaning out closets, whole rooms and my husband has been on a rampage to Get Rid of the Junk. It isn't like
- [Woe Am I: It's Chapter 7](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/04/21/woe-am-i-its-chapter-7/) - I really, truly hate Chapter 7. In any book. Now don't all run out and check Chapter 7 in my books, because whatever finally made it into that section of the final version was definitely not what was bedeviling me while I was writing. Let me explain. Every time I head toward Chapter 7, I
- [Interview Alert](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/04/18/interview-alert/) - Since I didn't get a chance to schedule the link up on my Events page (the interview was supposed to go up in June), I thought I would share with you an interview I did with Sally Watts of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library system. She was so kind to ask me to participate in their
- [By the Way...](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/04/16/by-the-way/) - While at RT, I picked up a lovely award for Mad About the Duke. The 2010 Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Love & Laughter Historical. I tried to tell a joke as I accepted the award but it sort of fell flat. Way to go for the funny writer. Let me tell you, humor is
- [LA-LA-LA](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/04/12/la-la-la/) - Back from LA and RT and all those other two initial acronyms that elude me right at the moment. Had this sort of glorious time doing nothing. Well, I wasn't exactly doing nothing—my schedule was packed—but I had that sense of flitting from one thing to another and not really having to work all that
- [Contest Winners](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/04/01/contest-winners/) - A real quick update for everyone: here are the names of the winners from my last contest—each of whom will/or already has received a gift certificate from the online bookseller of their choice: Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, or Borders. With the appropriate drumroll and fanfare, the winners are: Christina S of Tonasket, WA Margaret R.
- [I Hate Excerpts](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/03/30/i-hate-excerpts/) - Okay, I make no bones about this. I hate excerpts, sneak peeks, previews, look aheads, whatever you want to call them. I don't like them. I want to be surprised, amused, delighted as I turn the page of a book, watch a movie, check in on All My Children or lately, One Life to Live.
- [Getting the Ball Rolling](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/03/04/getting-the-ball-rolling/) - Sometimes getting a book started is easy. Other times it takes a lot of what would appear to most people as a lot of screwing around. But sometimes that screwing around is just what is needed to get the story all shaken out before you really jump into the writing. But don't expect your husband
- [Changes](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/02/24/changes/) - They are a coming. In the next few months my website will be getting some upgrades and new features. Not giving away anything just yet, but just wanted to make sure you had a bit of a heads up. It's been sort of exciting to go through my current site and look at it from
- [Since It's Valentine's Day. . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/02/14/since-its-valentines-day/) - Might as well trot out the romance writers. Every year it is the same thing, suddenly the media finds us interesting, they want our thoughts, our opinions on love, romance and of course, the big V-Day. Well I say, Ba-humbug! Okay, so I am a little cynical about this holiday that has been foisted off
- [Catching Up](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2011/02/08/catching-up/) - Dear heavens, where did January go? I hope the rest of the year doesn't disappear like that. I've got a lot to do. And I am sure you do as well. Let's get down to business right away. Contest winners. There will eight lucky winners in the next eight weeks, so make sure you have
- [And a Happy New Year!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/12/29/and-a-happy-new-year/) - My friend Jenifer posted something on my Facebook Fan page the other day that really got me thinking—I mean really thinking and mulling and plotting and planning. She said: ...I make sure I knit a lot on New Years day because "they say" that whatever you do on NYDay you will be doing all year.
- [Merry Christmas!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/12/22/merry-christmas-2/) - Thank you one and all for the wonderful year you have shared with me. From your posts here on this blog, to your friendship on Facebook, to your kind emails that arrive in my inbox like little presents, I find daily reminders about why I love being an author—the readers who share my joy in
- [Hey, Jason](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/12/06/hey-jason/) - One of the occupational hazards of being a romance author is email from men you don't know. And not the usual strangers pushing prescription drugs and things to make my root grow like wood, but men who want to send you pictures of themselves, specifically male models. Yes, there it is, one of the perks
- [London Shops](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/11/11/london-shops/) - London has always been a destination for shoppers and some of those shops have been around for decades, some even centuries. And the best part of it? Window shopping is free. If you are going to indulge in some really high end window shopping, then start on Jermyn Street, where the wealthy have shopped for
- [First Things First](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/11/09/first-things-first/) - Usually when I get to London, I end up starting off in Trafalgar Square. I don't know what the lure is, but I always seem to start out coming out of the Charing Cross Tube Station—which is my favorite because outside stands the last of Edward I's "Eleanor Crosses" which marked her funeral route. I
- [London Calling](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/10/26/london_calling/) - Every five years or so, I pack my bags and toddle over the North Pole and drop in on London. And this being one of those years, I am about to leave again. I didn't think I was going to go this year—the difficulties of finding a time to leave the family, the expense, was
- [Fall Housekeeping](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/10/17/fall-housekeeping/) - My computer met with an unfortunate accident and after two weeks of trying to bring it back to life, it was declared dead and I had to replace it. Fortunately, I was able to save everything. A good reminder to BACK UP everything. Anyhoo, I sort of fell behind on a lot of other things
- [Book, Book Trailer, Booked Out](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/09/27/book-book-trailer-booked-out/) - You could call this week "Booked Up." It's always like that around here the week a book officially drops, or at least most authors like to think of it as a special week, worthy of celebration and events. Or some of us just hide and avoid the computer so we don't know how it is
- [What Does 4500 Miles in a Car Look Like?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/08/25/what-does-4500-miles-in-a-car-look-like/) - Like the car has never been detailed. Enough bug carnage on the front bumper to make an entomologist jealous. And by the exhausted smiles on the faces of four happy Boyles, like they'd just had the trip of their lives. For three weeks, we camped, hiked, swam and explored our way across seven states. Just
- [On a little vacation](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/08/13/on-a-little-vacation/) - Turned in my book two weeks ago and promised the family some summer Fun away from work. So I might seem a little absent, but I will be back very soon with lot's to share very soon. Hope you are all enjoying a little summer fun.
- [Manga Me](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/07/26/manga-me/) - Yes, the Japanese manga versions of This Rake of Mine and Something About Emmaline have started to arrive, starting with the two volume set of Emmaline. I have to admit that of all the things that have happened in my career, this really tickles me. I don't know why, but it just does. Perhaps it
- [My GLEE inspired RWA Conference Tips](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/07/21/rwa-glee/) - Hey, I'm not going to Orlando for the Romance Writers of America conference next week. I hadn't planned on going when it was in Nashville, and as I told my editor, I had no desire trade a swamped hotel in Nashville for a hotel in a swamp. But then again, after nearly twenty years of
- [And then the Unpacking](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/07/14/and-then-the-unpacking/) - Okay, I am not all that fond of the unpacking either. My husband is a restless sort who cannot rest when we come home until he is completely and utterly unpacked. Everything has to be sorted out and put back in place. I don't know how we ended up married sometimes, because I linger over
- [Three Reasons to Love Portland](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/06/30/love-portland/) - After a week in Portland and my second visit down there this year, can I just say, I love Portland? I've gone back and forth for years on my own, for booksignings, PLA, reader's conferences and the wonderful luncheon the Rose City Romance chapter puts on each spring. This time I took the family. And
- [Taken Unawares](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/06/28/taken-unawares/) - Every week I take my son Matthew to speech therapy and when we come home we drive through this neighborhood that runs alongside the freeway and take this little off-ramp out of nowhere up onto I-5. All spring, as I've driven up this ramp, I've watched a plant growing atop one of the pylons that
- [Maya Rodale Drops By](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/06/22/maya-rodale-drops-by/) - My friend, Maya Rodale, drops by to talk about: Life in London There’s nothing like living in a place to really know it intimately, and thus to write about it authentically. Since actually visiting Regency London is out of the question, the next best thing is living in London. I was lucky to get to
- [This Manga Rake of Mine](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/06/16/manga-rake/) - If you had told me, all those years ago when I started writing, that one day a book of mine would be redone as a comic book in Japan, I would have probably thought you were off your rocker. I kinda thought my agent was off a bit when she sent me the news. A
- [What to Read](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/06/07/what-to-read/) - I have been absent, and my apologies. I am deep into writing right now and settling down to write more just isn't on the agenda right now. But I took the weekend off to go to my aunt's memorial service in Idaho, so I feel ready to type again and thought I would put something,
- [Spring Reading](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/05/20/spring-reading/) - Ever since I went to the PLA (Public Library Association) conference in Portland, I've been back to my old habit of reading like a madwoman. It isn't that I wasn't reading before I went, but after several days spent talking books with librarians—and believe me, there is no one who loves books more passionately than
- [A Fabio-lus Romance Extravaganza](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/05/03/a-fabio-lus-romance-extravaganza/) - What a fun day! The wonderful folks at the King County Library system have this annual event and it is so much fun—readers from all over and always some fun surprises. This year was no exception. They had us in the main foyer of the Covington Library which is right next to the children's section
- [A Bit Absent](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/04/13/a-bit-absent/) - I know I've been a bit absent lately, and for that I apologize. Usually it is because I have a book due and I am overrun with a deadline. But this time it was family—my dear and beloved Aunt Susie passed away very suddenly. This picture was taken last summer when all of us got
- [Number One London](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/03/24/number-one-london/) - I recently found an invitation in my inbox to come visit a new blog written by Kristine Hughes and Victoria Hinshaw, two of my favorite Regency and Victorian enthusiasts and researchers. Of course I dropped by immediately and found a delightful treasure trove of information. My next thought was to make sure all of you
- [Libraries, Tell Me So I Can Tell Them](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/03/17/libraries/) - I'm off to PLA next week—The Public Library Association if you don't like acronyms)—and since I will have the ear of a room full of librarians, what would you like me to tell them about why, or even why not, you use your local public library? Time to sound off and I'll compile your thoughts
- [Books, Far and Wide](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/02/26/books-far-and-wide/) - Periodically I get these non-descript packages from my editor and I always know what they are: Foreign Language editions. Oh, goody! What language is this going to be in and what will they do to the cover? I find the covers almost as interesting as the title translations. Look at these wonderful renditions of This
- [Three Popular Questions](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/02/16/three-popular-questions/) - I think all writers have their own same three questions that come in daily. And I thought I would save everyone a lot of trouble and just answer them today in the blog. So in no particular order, here are the three questions that I get asked frequently: Question No. 1: Will you write John,
- [Creative Promiscuity](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/02/04/creative-promiscuity/) - Yes, when I heard that phrase last night on NPR, I grinned. I was listening to an interview with Colin Firth on Fresh Air, and he is so wonderfully intriguing. So when he described what he loves about acting, that it is a form of creative promiscuity, I knew exactly what he meant. What Colin
- [I Shall Not Steal](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/01/26/i-shall-not-steal/) - This is a resolution I wish many readers would take in 2010. Let me explain why. It was with some excitement that on December 29th I saw my book go on sale, but not a few hours after its official release, I got this from Google Alerts: Astatalk - How I Met My Countess —
- [Never Eat Sugar Cookies While Writing](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/01/11/sugar-cookie-writing/) - So I've been writing away on the next book trying to get it finished, and working like crazy over the holidays. And unfortunately eating right along with the pages. As a result my book seems to have grown rather, ahem, fat on that diet. Apparently a steady influx of fudge, cookies and candy canes has
- [Meet Emma Wildes](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/01/07/meet-emma-wildes/) - EB: Emma, I was thrilled to get to read Lessons from a Scarlet Lady early, so please tell everyone about the book so I can gush some more: EW: Well, first of all...the main characters are married. I know, I know, usually the romance comes first with the wedding as the end result, but Colton
- [Blogging Around](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2010/01/04/blogging-around/) - I've been a bit sparse here of late because I've been swamped with the holidays and trying to finish the next book, Mad About the Duke. But with the new book on the shelves—yes, how could you have missed the new book???—How I Met My Countess, I've made a few trips outside my usual soapbox
- [Almost there](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/12/28/almost-there/) - I feel like I am hovering between so many things right now. The decade is nearly over. I've almost finished Mad About the Duke. And of course, How I Met My Countess arrives in stores tomorrow. I have to admit a certain excitement for all three things. First of all, I have to say that
- [And the winner is . . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/12/15/and-the-winner-is-2/) - Confessions of a Little Black Gown. Yes, you heard me correctly! Confessions of a Little Black Gown has been named Best Historical Romance Cover for 2009 by the Season and their readers. I couldn't be more thrilled because I think it is the most outstanding cover I've ever seen. The funny part of the story
- [The Rush is On](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/12/09/the-rush-is-on/) - Or, perhaps I should have named this post, What Was I Thinking? In the next few weeks I need to get all the Christmas shopping done. Cook Christmas dinner. Get all the stuff that has to be done for the arrival of How I Met My Countess on December 29th wrapped up and out the
- [Leftovers](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/11/30/leftovers/) - I read in an advice column recently a letter from a woman who had hosted Thanksgiving last year and the next morning, one of the guests called her and berated her for not giving out the leftovers. The writer couldn't fathom why she was supposed to give away her leftovers, while the guest couldn't fathom
- [Countdown to T-Day](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/11/17/countdown-to-t-day/) - If you've read my blog for any length of time, you might be aware that I adore Thanksgiving. Any holiday dedicated to a week's worth of cooking that is devoured in about 20 minutes makes my heart go pitter-pat with delight. I mean, come on, I have an entire Category on this blog dedicated to
- [Last Month's Contest Winners](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/11/12/last-months-contest-winners/) - Yes, here they are! Last month's contest winners. They answered the question, "When does my next book, How I Met My Countess, come out?" correctly with December 29, 2009. It being a holiday yesterday, I made cajouled the older little hero into sorting bookmarks and goodies into 10 envelopes and they will go to the
- [Tagged: Honest Scrap](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/11/09/tagged-honest-scrap/) - My good friend, Melissa McClone, asked me if I minded if she could tag me. She's one of my long distant friends that I never see enough of, but when we do get to see each other, I find that it doesn't matter how much time has passed, we are already caught up. Does that
- [The Excerpt is Up](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/11/03/romance-excerpt/) - Yes, that's right. The excerpt for How I Met My Countess is up, which also means it won't be that much longer before the book is hitting the shelves. If you read it and love it, will you do me a favor? Hit one of the social networking buttons at the bottom and share it
- [An Open Letter to the Writers of All My Children](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/10/19/writers-all-my-children/) - This post should be subtitled, "It's the romance, stupid!". But that probably wouldn't be polite. Apt, but impolite. Now I've watched All My Children (AMC for us junkies) for 30 years now. Basically since the last time I had pneumonia. I started watching when Erica had her disco. A disco, for goodness sakes. But this
- [An Open Letter to An Anonymous Cat](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/10/12/anonymous-cat/) - Since I know there are very few cats who read blogs (most have far better things to do, like ignore you or sleep or weave through your legs when you are bringing in the groceries), it is my hope that all you cat owners will read this short note to your cats, and being the
- [Refreshing the Well](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/10/05/refreshing-the-well/) - Needless to say, this hasn't been the easiest year for me, but I finally feel like I've found my feet again. (I am so Irish, that as I wrote that, I thought to myself, "oh, you've gone and cursed yourself now.") Curses aside, I ended up having to cancel a lot of things, including speaking
- [Fall?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/09/22/fall/) - I really don't need the calendar to tell me it is Fall. All I have to do is look around. Some of the trees in my neighborhood have already started to turn colors, despite our lingering and lovely summer weather here in Seattle. If you ever decide to visit the Emerald City, consider doing it
- [Happily Ever After](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/09/16/happily-ever-after/) - In the world of writing romance, those words are our stock in trade. Happily Ever After. This weekend, I got to see it in real life. The DH and I ditched the kids with Jessica, and flew over to Walla Walla, Washington to go to a wedding. I haven't been to a wedding in ages.
- [Just Saying . . . ](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/09/10/just-saying/) - With the waning days of summer, be warned that you might get caught up in the last of the sunny days, and you might be driving down the street and see, perhaps, a really hot and handsome guy working on some landscaping or perhaps at a construction site. And in that halcyon daze of sunshine,
- [Favorite Books - Your Choice](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/09/03/favorite-books-your-choice/) - I got an email this morning from a friend that I was up on the AAR Blog about their recent reader poll and that I HAD TO GO LOOK. She knows me too well, I don't visit review sites, so the caps were her way of saying, "Get your butt over there and look." Yes,
- [The Most Wonderful Time of the Year](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/08/31/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year/) - Have you seen this Staples commercial? I've been humming this tune for the last week or so. You see, when the little darlings go back to school, then I get to work. Lately, I've taken to hovering around my office, tapping my foot and anxious to get back at it. But for now, I'll have
- [Around the World](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/08/24/around-the-world/) - I've been spotted again. First I was in Italy with Julia Quinn. (And my heartfelt thanks to Julia for finding me over there. But next time, Julia, how about bringing me along? I'm just saying . . . ) And now it appears I am on the road again. And not with Julia, who I
- [Sunshine and Whales, Oh My!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/08/17/sunshine-and-whales-oh-my/) - Last week we slipped down to Seaside, Or for a little summer vacation. No great trips this summer (not that we take those usually, but one can dream!) but for me going down to Seaside is heaven. I really love the place. We stay at Gearhart which is a couple miles north of Seaside and
- [Ruminations](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/08/13/ruminations/) - I read an email from a life coach recently where he was discussing how we as human beings spend too much time ruminating about our past and not moving on. He urged those of us who read his advice to move out of the world of "should'a, could'a, would'as" and move forward. He compared the
- [Wherever you go, there I am](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/08/10/wherever-you-go-there-i-am/) - I got a picture from Julia Quinn recently. She'd been in Italy last summer and while standing at a corner newstand in Rome spotted one of my books. She took this picture for me to show me where I was. Now I know this could be anyone's arm in any city, but believe me, this
- [July Contest Winner](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/08/05/july-contest-winner/) - A quick update—the winner of my July contest is Patricia B. of Jonesborough, TN. She'll be receiving a $25 gift card to Barnes & Noble. If you aren't Patricia, don't despair, there is a new Contest posted and open for entries. Get yours in today and you might find your name listed her next month.
- [Oh, the Power . . . ](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/08/03/oh-the-power/) - Imagine me rolling my hands together, my eyes glazed over with a madness over my own inflated worth . . . or just see me laughing that I actually had more say in something than I ever thought possible. You see as an author, you build a career slowly. And from the very beginning, you
- [Being Female Viagra](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/07/30/being-female-viagra/) - Oh, that title ought to drive Google crazy. But there it is. I had to just get it right out there in the open and share, because my book, His Mistress by Morning, was recently featured in an article, Why Foreplay for Women is a Novel Concept, in the Irish Independent newspaper. I think the
- [No One Tells You These Things](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/07/27/no-one-tells-you-these-things/) - I had one of those Mom moments today that no one ever tells you about. What it is like to put a kid on a bus and send them off to camp. For a week. Egads, I thought my heart was being ripped from my chest as I watched that big bus roll away from
- [My RWA National Conference](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/07/20/my-rwa-national-conference/) - Was spent at home. Sorry to dupe you, but when I got pneumonia I had to cancel all my travel plans. So this past week and weekend I would have been in Washington DC. Considering how much I was looking forward to conference in DC, I was surprised that after I canceled everything, I wasn't
- [Reading Labels](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/07/14/reading-labels/) - The other day I picked up a pack of taco seasoning in the grocery store and made the mistake of reading the label. If you love your taco seasoning, don't do this, because it is a shock to discover what is inside it. Be prepared to get a degree in "what-the-hell-is that-doing-in-my-taco?" At least that
- [June Contest Winners](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/07/10/june-contest-winners/) - As I said the other day, I am catching up. And apparently I am catching up to the idea of blogging twice a week as well. I was off with the the kids running errands yesterday (nothing like being ten minutes out from the orthodontist and hearing, "Oh, no! I forgot my retainer" which was
- [The New Series](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/07/06/the-new-series/) - Here is the problem: I come up with an idea for a new series, propose it, Avon loves it, and I start writing. Of course, the last book in the previous series is well into production, somewhere off doing what books do once they leave the safety of the author's nest. And then it comes
- [The Backlog](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/07/02/the-backlog/) - If you have emailed me in the last, say, three months, you know that I am a little behind on the answering part. My email usually gets busy when a book comes out, but this year, with the two, the response was overwhelming and then, of course, I got sick, so nothing got answered, so
- [My Two Favorite Words](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/06/25/my-two-favorite-words/) - The. End. Typed in that exact order at the bottom of a manuscript.
- [Haven't Any Words to Spare](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/06/18/havent-any-words-to-spare/) - Down to the wire putting the finishing touches on a book, but I knew that a number of you (and thank you for your emails) were worried that I'd dropped out of sight again. So no worries, I am good. The fatigue is getting less and less, and I am working every hour I can
- [Signed Books in Florida](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/06/11/signed-books-in-florida/) - Boy, I am behind. I've had this info sitting here for weeks, and finally got it typed into my Alphasmart. Here are the stores where, like the Easter Bunny, I popped in and signed books while I was in Florida. If you are headed to Orlando, consider this a good list of bookstores in the
- [Diversions](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/06/08/diversions/) - Keeping me from doing too much is sort of a full-time occupation it turns out. Thank goodness for the online reservations at the library, Ravelry, online bookstores, and Netflix. Between the four, I am finding enough diversions to entice me to put my feet up and take a break. I've been able to read the
- [May Winners, June Contest Up](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/06/03/may-winners-june-contest-up/) - I can't believe it is June already! Thank goodness the ever efficient Claire over at Wax sent me a note to let me know my June contest was posted or I would have thought it was still May. Whew! So in the spirit of June, it is time to announce winners. The May winners of
- [Digging Out](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/06/01/digging-out/) - Everyone has been so kind, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I am slowly, ever-so-slowly, making a return to the land of the living, and let me tell you, it is good to be up and moving again. You know you are sick when you don't feel like reading or knitting
- [P-Nome-E-Ah](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/05/22/p-nome-e-ah/) - Or as the rest of the world says, pneumonia. But for now, P-nome-e-ah is how it is pronounced in our house. Because that is the way one of the kids pronounces it and because it has caused pandemonium in our lives. Yes, after another bout of sickness, my third in three weeks, the doctor did
- [On The Radio...Drop by and Listen](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/05/13/on-the-radiodrop-by-and-listen/) - I've had to cancel and reschedule so many things of late and one of them was the radio interview on Romance Radio with Avon. But I am happy to say that is has been rescheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, May 14 at 2:00 pm eastern. I'll be chatting about Confessions and Memoirs, as well as talking
- [Mercury in Retrograde](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/05/11/mercury-in-retrograde/) - Right after I left on my trip my last Wednesday an email arrived in my inbox from an astrology list I belong to that read: "This is a good time to be especially clear in your communications, agreements and travel plans. Mercury is Retrograde from May 7th through May 31st and little mishaps can happen."
- [The Slow Return](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/05/04/the-slow-return/) - Wow! One, I can't believe all the nice things you've all said, your kind thoughts, the prayers, because I've felt the love, most certainly. Nice to know there are so many people out there who care, especially for someone you've never met. So thank you. I wish I could say I am popping back up
- [Autographed book, anyone?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/04/27/autographed-book-anyone/) - To celebrate the release of Memoirs of a Scandalous Red Dress, I've got a huge stack of autographed bookplates to send your way (as if my wrist wasn't sore enough) but I wanted to make sure as many of you got at least a bookplate, if you can't get your hands on a signed book.
- [Oh, Rupert! Et tu?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/04/23/oh-rupert-et-tu/) - In the category of crimes against men, I present the case of Rupert Evertt. I have always thought he was handsome, and as he aged, well, it was like fine wine. Then I saw the picture from Star recently and it stopped me in my tracks. Have you seen this? OMG! Can you believe that
- [Round 2: Events v. Deadline](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/04/20/round-2-events-v-deadline/) - I've got way too much going on right now. A deadline in two weeks. Memoirs of a Scandalous Red Dress coming out next week. Everyone still excited and writing about Confessions of a Little Black Gown. And, if all that isn't enough, another round of events. Just call me the girl who can't say no.
- [A Light Goes Dim](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/04/16/a-light-goes-dim/) - A few weeks ago CBS announced that it would be canceling Guiding Light in September. I've been reading all about its demise and pondering what it means to all of us who love soaps. I have to confess I've never watched GL, being an All My Children chick myself, but the loss of this venerable
- [Thank You! And I Held Hands With Dash](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/04/13/thank-you-and-i-held-hands-with-dash/) - Thank you, thank you, thank you! All of you who went rushing out and bought your books and put Confessions of a Little Black Gown on the New York Times bestseller list and on USA Today's list as well. It was amazing to get back from being out of town and finding those messages on
- [Why Are Autographed Books Like Easter Eggs?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/04/09/why-are-autographed-books-like-easter-eggs/) - 'Cause you never know where you will find them! And considering all the books I've signed recently, I sort of feel like an Easter bunny—hopping across the country and signing books wherever I go. And if you live in Wichita, you may find some of those signed books I left behind. And even if you
- [Kansas is Kool](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/04/06/kansas-is-kool/) - I have to say the number one thing that struck me about Wichita. The people are really, really nice. I mean, really nice. Polite, helpful, friendly, always ready to help and pitch in. Traveling with Niki Burnham, who hails from the Boston part of the country, and me coming from the West Coast, we met
- [Dedication](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/04/02/dedication-2/) - Sometimes I know a book is going to be dedicated to a certain person before I sit down and write it. Other times, I come to that realization while I am writing the book. I know as I crafted the pages of Confessions of a Little Black Gown, that Tally's book belonged to Jessica Burtt.
- [The Ultimate Romance Reader’s Must Read Author List](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/03/30/the-ultimate-romance-readers-must-read-author-list/) - So here it is, the list of your favorite romance authors. You brought me the names and said you loved these authors. So here is the list for all to see. And if you find a whole bunch of new favorite reads, that' s the best news of the day. Historical Authors Let's say you
- [OMG! You Guys are Great!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/03/26/omg-you-guys-are-great/) - And this time I mean that. No really. When I asked for everyone to post a list of books, I thought I'd get a decent list, but you all came through and gave me a fantastic list to pass along to a whole bunch of librarians. If you haven't posted your favorites yet, I'm still
- [The Final Tally and A New Survey](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/03/23/the-final-tally-and-a-new-survey/) - Thank you so much for all your well wishes (my hand sends extra thanks you, and my shoulder as well) and your great guesses. BTW, my hand is nearly back to 100%, but I've had to lay off the knitting and gardening all week. But necessary when you realize the final tally was 130 boxes
- [One At A Time](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/03/19/one-at-a-time/) - Ever wondered when you find an autographed book in the grocery store or the Target how it got there? Did the author do—as it is known in the business—a drive-by? Or did they, as I just did this week, find themselves in a warehouse surrounded by pallets of books (yes, I said pallets, not boxes)
- [Spring Is Coming, I Know It Is](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/03/16/spring-is-coming-i-know-it-is/) - And not because the weatherman keeps reminding us each night how many days left until it is officially spring. And yes, it would be hard to tell that spring is near considering that as I write this, it has snowed all morning (bringing Seattle up to its 7th (and maybe 6th) worst winter since they
- [The Care and Feeding of a RITA](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/03/12/the-care-and-feeding-of-a-rita/) - So you all just cracked me up this week. Here I thought I'd posted a good blog on "what makes a great romance," and then the discussion turns to focus on my poor decrepit RITA. So I feel I should offer both a defense and some thoughts for anyone who might gain one in the
- [What Makes a Great Romance Novel?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/03/09/what-makes-a-great-romance-novel/) - This is probably a question that is both difficult to answer and the most completely subjective one that will ever cross your path. Because a book I consider a great read and an awesome romance novel, my best friend might yawn and say "ho-hum." That makes this time of year, when romance writers all over
- [The March of March](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/03/05/the-march-of-march/) - It seems to me that March always comes in like a lion, and then like a lion, chews on me for 30 some days, then leaves me in some forgotten part of the pride land, dazed and bleeding. Can you tell we've been watching The Lion King around our house? But carnivorous animals aside and
- [Celebrate Readers](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/03/02/celebrate-readers/) - That is really what the Celebrate Romance conference should be called, because Wow! what a great group of readers. This was my first CR, (and please, don't let it be the last!!) and I had so much fun. I knew the trip was going to be great when on the train going down to Portland,
- [44 Days to Deadline](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/02/26/44-days-to-deadline/) - And every single one counts. So I didn't need to wake up to the phone tree ringing at 6 am, and the notice that school is two hours late. Late?! Huh? How come?! Then I looked outside. I sort of sympathize with my poor, wee little primrose. I know exactly how it feels.
- [4 Days](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/02/23/4-days/) - I've got four days before I leave for Celebrate Romance and there is only one thing I need to get done. A whole lot of writing. For the last two weeks I've been tied down with Mom duties, a conference, and something the school district dubbed "Mid-Winter Break." I am still trying to determine who
- [Posting All Winners . . . And a New Contest](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/02/19/posting-all-winners-and-a-new-contest/) - I would just like to thank everyone who entered my last contest and congratulate the last two winners: Jackie W. of LaMesa, California Heather R. of Knoxville, Tennessee Each of you will be receiving in the mail very shortly an autographed hardcopy of Love Letters from a Duke. Congratulations!! If you are saying to yourself,
- [Did I Forget to Mention . . . The Excerpt is Up!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/02/16/did-i-forget-to-mention-the-excerpt-is-up/) - I meant to let you know before I went away for the weekend. But what a weekend it was. It had nothing to do with writing or romance. I'll bet you can guess what I was up to, especially if you read my blog often. Yes, I spent the weekend knitting at the Madrona Fiber
- [Sneak Peek: Memoirs of a Scandalous Red Dress](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/02/12/sneak-peek-memoirs-of-a-scandalous-red-dress/) - One of the most common questions I got asked after Love Letters from a Duke came out was "How did Pippin and Dash end up together?" Everyone wanted to see the affair that was being conducted behind the scenes while Felicity was chasing after her duke. So when I sat down to write their story,
- [Going to the Dogs](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/02/09/going-to-the-dogs/) - It's. That. Time. Again. Excuse my enthusiasm, but it is time for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Forget all the other dog shows that populate the television, this is the Academy Awards for Dogs. This is the big show. I get all excited and sit glued to the tv for hours watching the best
- [Samantha James's List of Favorite Romantic Movies](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/02/05/samantha-jamess-list-of-favorite-romantic-movies/) - Samantha James is back today to talk about her all time favorite romantic movies. Pop some corn, settle in and let the debate begin, because here is Samantha's list: Elizabeth tells me a lot of her readers here are movie buffs. Well, I am, too. Good movies are like good books; you come back to
- [Meet My Friend . . . Samantha James](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/02/02/meet-my-friend-samantha-james/) - As promised, I would like to introduce you to my friend, Samantha James. She was kind enough to let me bug her with questions about her writing and her new book, Bride of a Wicked Scotsman, and then I even roped her into blogging on Thursday as well. That's what kind of friend she is!
- [Read Carefully](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/01/29/read-carefully/) - . . . Because I would not want you to miss a single one of the announcements I'm going to make. I'm getting so excited for Confessions of a Little Black Gown and Memoirs of a Scandalous Red Dress to come out, that I just have to tell you all the news about the upcoming
- [Be the Pebble](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/01/22/be-the-pebble/) - Going along with all my goal talk and organizing speeches, you are probably starting to wonder if I've been snatched by aliens and replaced by a goal striving, neaten up freak. Believe me, I'll be better by February. But in the meantime, and since I have to speak tonight, I wanted to share something I
- [So Sorry](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/01/19/so-sorry/) - But my usual Monday morning ramblings, (I prefer witticisms and thoughtful reflections) are preempted. I was going to write a blog last night so it would post bright and early this foggy, lovely morning. But last night I made the mistake and walked through Borders. And there in the romance section was Lara Adrian's new
- [It's That Time of Year Again](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/01/15/its-that-time-of-year-again/) - So I suppose we have to talk about them. Yes, them. Goals. Everyone gets all goal-this and goal-that the first few weeks of January, sort of like a mini-flu season where you get in this fevered rush for improvement. Of course, being humans we all dive in with this big resolve and enormous vigor, and
- [Getting Back to Work](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/01/12/getting-back-to-work/) - If you are my editor or husband, do us all a favor and skip ahead. The next paragraph probably isn't meant to be read by you. After lolly-gagging around a good part of December, (I told you you'd want skip ahead) I had to get back to work last week and dive back into my
- [Celebrate Romance 2009 - Resolve to Go!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/01/08/celebrate-romance-2009-resolve-to-go/) - First off, thank you everyone who has posted a comment, emailed me privately, or spread the word about the sneak peek inside Confessions of a Little Black Gown via the links in the comment section that will take you to Facebook, MySpace or your favorite social site, because your excitement is my excitement. And yes,
- [Sneak Peek: Confessions of a Little Black Gown](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/01/05/sneak-peek-confessions-of-a-little-black-gown/) - Here it is, the first peek inside Confessions of a Little Black Gown. I thought with the holidays being over and all of us having to get back to work, I'd extend the season just one more day and give everyone a little treat. Hope you enjoy it! I'll set the stage by saying this
- [Two Winners. Is it You?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2009/01/01/two-winners-is-it-you/) - I'm announcing the first of my five winners in my current contest. And the winners are: Betsy B. of Taylorsville, NC Kari C. of Northfield, MN Congratulations! And watch for your autographed hardback edition of Love Letters from a Duke in your mailbox. Make sure you read all the details and then enter, because there
- [Frosty Melted](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/12/29/frosty-melted/) - Finally the snow has melted away (at least in my part of town) and I think my friend Kelli Estes is probably still digging out. Her part of the area (and my mom's as well) got hammered with more snow on Christmas to the point where many people lost their power and are still stranded
- [A Quickie](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/12/22/a-quickie/) - Oh, get your mind out of the snowbank. Not that kind of quickie. A quickie gift. Perfect for a stocking stuffer, something to give to your book group, local bookseller who finds you great titles, friend at work who passes along gently used books. I did these up this morning after watching my husband drive
- [Excuses . . . Good and Bad](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/12/15/excuses-good-and-bad/) - If you haven't noticed, I took last week off. Not intentionally, and with no good reason, other than I kept intending to get to the computer and blog, but life and the holidays kept luring me away. I don't know about you, but I am so easily distracted this time of year. Write? Are you
- ['Tis the Season . . . For Tomatoes?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/12/04/tis-the-season-for-tomatoes/) - I opened the mailbox yesterday and the poor thing groaned, what with being stuffed with holiday catalogs. Apparently the deforestation that went into November's assembly line arrival of enticements wasn't enough, and now I am getting the "there's still time to order" versions. Next week it will be "Have it by the 24th" versions and
- [My Current Contest](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/12/01/my-current-contest/) - Every two weeks between December 1st and February 14th, I'll be drawing a winner—that's five winners in all—so there are lots of chances to win. And how do you win? Just answer this easy question: What day does Confessions of a Little Black Gown go on sale? If you haven't a clue, try this hint,
- [November Contest Winners](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/12/01/november-contest-winners/) - Here they are—the Twelve Days of Christmas winners! Susan E. of Monterey, CA Amy K. of Milwaukee, WI Ellie K. of Nashville, TN Lara B. of Keller, TX Theresa K. of Toledo, OH S. S. of E Meredith, NY Susan P. of Pembroke Pines, FL Jane S. of Wasola, MO Eva M. of Richmond, VA
- [So . . . How'd it Go?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/12/01/so-howd-it-go/) - Just a quick post to let you know that everyone here survived the holiday weekend—I've got to finish page proofs today—so this is a quickie blog. Pics and more to follow. We were down in Seaside again, like we did last year, and yes, DH cooked. He cooked off and on all day and after
- [Giving Thanks](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/11/27/giving-thanks/) - A thank you to all of you who support my work, write me, read this blog, comment, read and don't comment. I hope today is blessed, full of love, and an extra slice of pie.
- [Speaking of Deadlines](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/11/24/speaking-of-deadlines/) - The big one is coming. Yes, that one. Getting Thanksgiving dinner on the table by Thursday. Before midnight, hopefully. I say this because the DH has decided he will cook Thanksgiving. It all began when I started talking about all the work that goes into cooking Thanksgiving, and he scoffed saying how easy a turkey
- [Book Review: Silent in the Grave](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/11/20/book-review-silent-in-the-grave/) - If you are traveling in the next week or so for the holidays, I would love to recommend a great book: Silent In The Grave by Deanna Raybourn. This isn't so much a romance as it is a historical mystery, but most of the time, at least for me, when someone says "historical mystery" they
- [Prepare for Christmas Now, Enter My Contest](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/11/13/prepare-for-christmas-now-enter-my-contest/) - Hey all, just in case the holidays can't come any soon enough for you, you should drop by my Contest this month and enter to win one of twelve "Days of Christmas" packages I'll be sending out next month, which will include yummy, nummy homemade Christmas treats, autographed books to keep, and autographed books to
- [Reforming Rakes, Redeeming Rogues](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/11/06/reforming-rakes-redeeming-rogues/) - In the last year I've had the privilege to meet Maya Rodale. Though we've only met online, she strikes me as a kindred spirit, and I happened to love her first book, The Heir And The Spare. Like anyone else who read this engaging story, I've been eagerly awaiting her follow-up. But rather than have
- [And the Winners Are . . . ](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/11/05/and-the-winners-are-2/) - Since this morning is the one where we wake up and find out who won, I thought I would also announce the winners of my October contest: Annette P. of Ludlow MA Leslie D. of Elk Grove Village IL Lori M. of Fort Campbell KY Jason N. of Elko MN Lisa M. of Bel Air
- [Take My Inspiration, Please](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/11/03/take-my-inspiration-please/) - The second question people always ask you after you tell them you are an author (the first being: do you have any books that you've sold) is always: where do you get your ideas. Most of the time, I haven't the vaguest clue where the ideas come from, they sort of sneak up on me.
- [Full-Sized Halloween Insurance](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/10/30/full-sized-halloween-insurance/) - When we moved into our house 14 years ago, the neighbor came over just before Halloween and broke it to us gently that most likely our house would be covered in TP during the night. The neighborhood kids liked to "welcome" the newcomers with a little extra Halloween decorating. I told her not to worry
- [Ah, Regal, AMC, and all you other big cinemas, I loved you well . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/10/27/ah-regal-amc-and-all-you-other-big-cinemas-i-loved-you-well/) - . . . until you turned to highway robbery. Now let me say flat out, I have always loved going to the movies. To me it is the biggest treat to watch a film on a huge screen, with a big bag of popcorn to munch on, and a soda. But I have to say
- [Bringing Home the Elephant](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/10/23/bringing-home-the-elephant/) - I have for years loved entering contests. And mostly because I tend to get lucky. Oh, I don't win everything I enter, but I think I have a pretty good rate at scoring some great prizes. My best friend Kit will not enter a contest with me because she says that guarantees I'll win. Okay,
- [Oh, Naughty Me](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/10/20/oh-naughty-me/) - I recently got a copy of Naughty Paris, A Lady's Guide to the Sexy City by Heather Stimmler-Hall, and had a great time, if only from the comfort of my couch, designing the perfect naughty visit to Paris. Now this is not Rick Steves travel, or the kind of trip you'd book with your mother
- [All Around the Web](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/10/16/all-around-the-web/) - Thanks to the internet, I've discovered that I get around. Well, not me exactly, which would be sort of fun for a 40-something stay-at-home mom with the social life of an earthworm in the Mojave, but my virtual me. That Elizabeth Boyle entity, who in the last month or so was popping up all over
- [Speed Dating, Scotsmen, Let's Talk Live](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/10/13/speed-dating-scotsmen-lets-talk-live/) - So I had an interesting evening the other night. I went to the third annual (at least I think this is the third year) of the Librarian Meet & Greet which is in conjunction with the Emerald City Writer's Conference. Don't ask me how the conference was, as I didn't go this year. But I
- [Take a Peek](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/10/09/take-a-peek/) - I've been sitting on these covers for a few weeks, dying to show them off. I got the cover of Confessions of a Little Black Gown first (Tally's story - March 31st) and couldn't believe how gorgeous it turned out: When I asked them for this title (yes, this is my title) there was concern
- [Meet Laura Lee Guhrke](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/10/06/meet-laura-lee-guhrke/) - So Laura (or LLG as she is to be known) is up to her eyeballs in a deadline, but I wanted to do an interview with her since she has a great new book out, Secret Desires of a Gentleman. So instead of bugging her and risking a scud attack from Boise, I decided to
- [And the winners are . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/10/01/and-the-winners-are/) - from my September contest: Dalene P. of Bremerton, Washington Cindy M. of Harleysville, Pennsylvania Vicki K. of Thorndale, TX Wendy B. of Easley, SC Holly of Lake Cormorant, MS Congratulations on winning autographed copies of Julia Quinn's The Lost Duke of Wyndham and Laura Lee Guhrke's And Then He Kissed Her. Copies will be in
- [If you had the choice . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/09/29/if-you-had-the-choice/) - between a Chrysler Sebrise and Ford Mustang at the rental counter (for the same price, mind you) which would you choose? Yeah, I thought so. Man, did this ride rock. Realize, I spend most of my days behind the wheel of a minivan, with one kid with a penchant for car sickness. I don't care
- [Is it Tuesday, Already?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/09/23/is-it-tuesday-already/) - Okay, I'm a little out of it. The quick trip to Portland, combined with coming down with a fierce head cold Friday night after the signing and not sleeping at all (is there anything worse than having a great hotel room and not being able to enjoy a peaceful night's sleep because your head feels
- [Meet Michael Spradlin, YA Wonder](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/09/18/meet-michael-spradlin-ya-wonder/) - As a mom of boys, I deplore the lack of good fiction written for boys. My son loves to read, but the bulk of fiction out there is aimed square at girls and like most boys he has his own ideas about what makes a good book. So when I found out my good friend,
- [An Awarding Week](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/09/15/an-awarding-week/) - Last week was sort of a surprise. I received two awards in one week. It's not every week that you snag even a single award, but two in one week? Well, that is cause to celebrate. We went out to Canlis and had a wonderful meal on Friday night. Well, the Canlis thing was for
- [Want an Autographed Copy? Order From Powells Today!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/09/11/want-an-autographed-copy-order-from-powells-today/) - Powell's Books in Beaverton is having their second Rose City Romance event next Friday, September 19th and I am thrilled to get to go join the crowd! If you live in the greater Portland area, please drop by, ask questions, take pictures, and get autographs . . . . oh yes, there will be lots
- [Psst . . . Pass it along . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/09/08/psst-pass-it-along/) - I think books were meant to be shared. At least that was what I learned growing up as I watched all the adults in the family pass along good reads. And if a book was particularly good or popular, then there was the bartering that went into who got it next. My husband and I
- [Meet Delilah Marvelle - The New "Mistress of Pleasure"](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/09/04/meet-delilah-marvelle-the-new-mistress-of-pleasure/) - So this week brings the arrival of a debut author, Delilah Marvelle and her wonderful new book, Mistress of Pleasure. I asked Delilah to drop by and meet all of you, so without any further ado: 1) Delilah, how exciting to see your first book Mistress of Pleasure coming out! Congratulations! What was the spark
- [Six Questions](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/08/27/six-questions/) - Maya Rodale asked me her infamous "Six Questions I Always Ask." See how I fared on her blog. BTW, what would be your six questions?
- [Dedication](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/08/26/dedication/) - Here it is. August 26th. The day this book comes out. Of all the books I've written, this one feels like it has taken ages to reach this point. I wrote it nearly two years ago, just after His Mistress by Morning came out. So to me, the process has been a whole lot of
- [And the winner is . . . ](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/08/25/and-the-winner-is/) - Crystal A, who posted a comment on August 11th. And thank you very much to the 172 of you who posted comments and kept my blog hopping for the past month. I've enjoyed all the chatter, kind remarks and made some great new friends. Thanks to one and all. Elizabeth
- [Chatty Lizzie](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/08/24/chatty-lizzie/) - I'm blogging all over these next few days. I suppose I'm the girl who can't say no when someone asks me to blog. So stop by: Tote Bags 'n' Blogs for my take on When a Cover Works Romantic Inks for the next three days blogging on Writing Contests (Today), Developing Characters (Monday), and a
- [Spoilers and their Spoilage](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/08/21/spoilers-and-their-spoilage/) - I am no fan of spoilers. If I am looking forward to something (a book, a TV show, a movie) I make it a studious practice of avoiding anything that might hint at the plot, the twists or even if there is a surprise. I'll read a review for about two lines to get the
- [What Authors Shouldn't Do . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/08/18/what-authors-shouldnt-do/) - So last week I talked about how great you all are, and this week I'll share what authors are usually up to before a book comes out. Really, if you think we are all successful, well-adjusted and basically lofty individuals and you want to hold onto that delusion, please read no further. It only gets
- [What Readers Do . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/08/14/what-readers-do/) - Is come out of the woodwork and comment like crazy. Wow! Was I overwhelmed at how many of you took the time to enter my contest. Keep those comments coming because they all count. What also overwhelmed me was that so many of you have said that you can't wait for Tempted by the Night
- [My Conference Excess is Your Gain](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/08/11/my-conference-excess-is-your-gain/) - (Please note that this contest ended on August 25th. But please visit my contest page to win other fun prizes!) When you go to the RWA conference there is a ton of free stuff to pick up. Everywhere. Books, bookmarks, pens, pencils, publisher's tchotchkes, and more books. This year I exercised due restraint, mostly because
- [I Wasn't the Only One](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/08/07/i-wasnt-the-only-one/) - I've found myself having a hard time coming down from the conference this week. I just didn't want the fun and energy to stop. To prolong the love, I've been reading everyone else's posts about the SF RWA conference and thought I'd share them, along with extending my own posts about the conference: My First
- [I left my heart in San Francisco, but I did bring my husband home](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/08/05/i-left-my-heart-in-san-francisco-but-i-did-bring-my-husband-home/) - It is so hard to come back from conference and distill it down into one blog. Okay, sort of impossible. Because I have to admit, I've never had so much fun at conference as I did this past week. (Well, with the possible exception of the first NYC conference—remember Diane?) From the Yarn Crawl with
- [Flicks for Chicks](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/07/31/flicks-for-chicks/) - Cub Scout Camping weekend is met with great joy around our house. The boys go camping and get very dirty, and very wet river rafting and come home sunburned and covered in band aids. But the greatest joy is when they back out the driveway and leave me to watch whatever I want. Now I
- [Linkage, Reminders and a Contest](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/07/28/linkage-reminders-and-a-contest/) - I'm a little rushed this week as I get ready to go to the Romance Writers of America conference in San Francisco, so here are some quick links for all of you that I thought I would share. If you are going to the conference, then check out these: 1) Map of the area. Niki
- [Whew!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/07/22/whew/) - Okay, another book is done. Pippin and Dash have their story. And I am no longer chained to my office and computer. I've spent the last few days blinking owlishly at the world and of course, shopping for RWA's national conference in San Francisco next week. Shoes, a couple of new dresses, makeup, the usual
- [Why I Love My Library](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/07/14/why-i-love-my-library/) - I'm trying to finish a book right now (in the final week stretch) and while I am editing the draft I run into words I've shoved into the story that are either: a) creatively spelled or b) I'm not positive they mean what I think they mean. Or it's old slang that I've used to
- [Isn't She Sweet?!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/07/10/isnt-she-sweet/) - I've been hankering to get a dog for months now. I had a dear kitty for seventeen years, and she passed away about two years ago. Last winter I started getting the pet bug again, but I ran into two obstacles. The husband and my youngest. The husband objects because he didn't grow up with
- [Since the Excerpt for Tempted by the Night is Up](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/07/07/since-the-excerpt-for-tempted-by-the-night-is-up/) - I thought I'd tease you further with an edited letter from Valarie, a reviewer who was lucky enough to get to read an early edition of the book. Her email is edited because she shares a HUGE spoiler in it and I know that none of you would want to have the book spoiled by
- [Psst.  The Excerpt is Up.  Tell Everyone.](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/07/03/psst-the-excerpt-is-up-tell-everyone/) - Go ahead. You don't have to read anything more today. Just the excerpt from Tempted by the Night. 'Nuff said.
- [An Unlikely Romance:  My Favorite Kind](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/06/30/an-unlikely-romance-my-favorite-kind/) - Had a babysitter for last night and we had planned on taking a long bike ride, that is until the mercury crept up to nearly 90 degrees. At that point, seven plus miles of pedaling lost its appeal. So we went and saw Wall-E instead. While we missed last summer's Ratatouille (which by the way,
- [A little bit of everything](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/06/26/a-little-bit-of-everything/) - So this week has been filled with, like the title says, a little bit of everything. I usually am not huge on tooting my own horn, but I've gotten sent this from a bunch of people, so I thought I'd share, 'cause I'm sort of proud of it. This came through in the Romantic Times
- [Take The Girls Out For a Little Adventure](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/06/23/take-the-girls-out-for-a-little-adventure/) - Now I know you think I am going to share some wild and crazy thing I did last week, and you would be right. I am going to share. You see I did something many women don't do and should do every year, which is see to their physical well-being. We make sure the kids
- [RITA Fun](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/06/19/rita-fun/) - Not that I would ever, ahem, talk trash about Rita Finalists, I am not above sharing some: [coolplayer width="480" height="380" autoplay="0" loop="0" charset="utf-8" download="1" mediatype=""] Rita Finalists [/coolplayer] Hilarious, eh?
- [Travel the World with Diane](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/06/16/travel-the-world-with-diane/) - This week I've asked my dear friend, Diane O'Neal to blog about her life and experiences. She's a regular reader here and posts quite often, so you might "know" her, but since she lives, what I humbly think of, a most extraordinary life, I wanted all of you to get to know her a little
- [Gas Pump Buddies](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/06/12/gas-pump-buddies/) - If there has to be a plus to the high price of gas these days, I think I've discovered it. Have you noticed how much friendlier folks are at the gas pump these days? Not the poor clerk behind the counter who is taking abuse over prices he has no control over, but your fellow
- [Italy Anyone?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/06/09/italy-anyone/) - My books often get published in other languages, and I have to admit that I love it when my books get published in Italian. The covers are fun, the readers from Italy have to be some of the nicest folks and if they write me in Italian, I actually have neighbors from Italy who are
- [To Book Expo and Back](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/06/05/to-book-expo-and-back/) - I went down to Book Expo last week. Actually, I went to Disneyland with the kids and the DH and snuck out Sunday morning to do Book Expo. Book Expo is the publishing trade show where publishers, book folks, booksellers, librarians and all sorts of book related industries come together to sell, showcase and buy
- [Seeing Pirates](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/05/29/seeing-pirates/) - When I came home the other day and told my husband I'd seen a pirate ship parked alongside the road, he suggested that perhaps I was enjoying writing Dash's story a little too much. You know, spending all day writing about a pirate, then seeing them everywhere. He also said something about being in need
- [A 3 Day Weekend](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/05/27/a-3-day-weekend/) - The weatherman made a huge mistake and we had a beautiful weekend here in Seattle—despite his dire predictions of rain and cold. So between writing 15 pages (which is what The Plan had me writing over the weekend) I also replanted my deck pots with new annuals, planted a new rock garden in the front
- [Innovating in Other Ways](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/05/22/innovating-in-other-ways/) - I will modestly tell you that I recently won a Career Achievement Award for Innovative Historical Romance from Romantic Times last month. It was one of those really surprising moments—the sort of "I won? No way!" stunning shock, and the next moment where you either a) feel you must be really old to have a
- [Totally Fun for Monday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/05/19/totally-fun-for-monday/) - Part of this business of writing is promotion. Finding the right promo piece that will be different and yet far reaching. Something that isn't going to take a pipeline of oil to finance, and in the bargain, will be easy to share with as many people as possible. Just call me brilliant because I think
- [The Notebook](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/05/12/the-notebook/) - I was asked recently how I start writing a book. Well, I'll let you in on a super secret: it all starts with the right notebook. Really. And it can't be just any notebook. I like colored ones. I have two that I work between—one that is sort of lime green and the other is
- [Weekend Advice](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/05/08/weekend-advice/) - Okay, the weekend is nearly here and I know some of you are probably making plans. Good idea. And even if you haven't, I have already done your weekend entertainment itinerary. I know, I know, how kind of me. You'll thank me even more once you've gone and seen: Ironman. Believe you me, if I
- [My Favorite Event](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/05/05/my-favorite-event/) - I know, an author shouldn't have favorites, but I really, really, love going to the Rose City Chapter's Reader's Luncheon for Literacy. Ah, let me count the reasons" 1) I go down in the most civilized form of travel available. The train. And when you take the train from Seattle to Portland, you have views
- [You'll never believe what I found](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/04/28/youll-never-believe-what-i-found/) - sitting in the front row of my Jane Austen talk last week. In fact, the entire night was sort of a series of unexpected moments. But before I give the real shock away, let me tell you, I am so relieved those chats are over. While I'm usually pretty confident I know more about the
- [Patience](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/04/21/patience/) - This is probably not a word that most people would use when describing me. I am not the most patient person. I want things to happen. Now. Not months from now, not years from now. But now. Today. Immediately. And so I became a writer. I can just see career counselors and life coaches all
- [Let Them Eat Cake . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/04/14/let-them-eat-cake/) - I have to admit it. I suck at decorating cakes. I mean, I really stink at it. And don't suggest a cake decorating class. I flunked. Twice. It is humbling to have the cake decorating teacher suggest, ever-so-politely, that while my desire to learn how to make cakes special for my children's birthdays was admirable,
- [When Friends Rock](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/04/07/when-friends-rock/) - I think one of the most amazing parts of being in this business is the sheer number of people you get to meet, either in person or online. The good friends you gather along the way who come into your life by chance and then seem to have been a part of your life forever.
- [April Fool's in July](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/04/01/april-fools-in-july/) - Oh, come on. Did you really think I was going to give away the spoiler? Sorry, but you'll have to wait until August 26th to find out what made Val cry. Please, go back and finish reading today's blog and have a great day. Oh, and make a big deal about this in the comments
- [Don’t Let the Librarians Fool You](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/04/01/dont-let-the-librarians-fool-you/) - Beneath their mild-mannered, Dewey loving exteriors, beats some very passionate hearts. I discovered that last week when I made my first trip to the PLA Conference in Minneapolis. (Just in case you aren't a librarian, the PLA is the Public Library Association). Librarian and romance superhero, John Charles, invited me to open up the PreConference
- [I got nothing . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/03/31/i-got-nothing/) - At least not this morning. Really slammed to get the book done and in overnight by today. So check back tomorrow and hopefully I'll have some spare words left.
- [Psst . . . Do you like to win things?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/03/25/psst-do-you-like-to-win-things/) - Hey all, just to let you know, Samantha James is having a big, I mean, huge contest extravaganza to celebrate the release of her new book, The Seduction of an Unknown Lady. Get thyself over there and enter. She's giving away tons of books, coverflats and some really cool grand prizes nearly every day. Just
- [Getting My Irish On](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/03/17/getting-my-irish-on/) - Now that used to mean getting myself down to the nearest pub and . . . well, singing a lot of Irish songs into the night. And perhaps imbibing in a pint or two. (Kit, this is the point where you don't snort your coffee all over your keyboard, nor do you comment.) But life
- [The Countdown Begins](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/03/10/the-countdown-begins/)
- [In honor of Jane Austen . . . ](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/03/03/in-honor-of-jane-austen/) - I'm brushing up on my Jane Austen because I am speaking on her in April at my local libraries (in conjunction with the PBS Masterpiece airings of all the movies) and I ran across this. I found it rather vexing that anyone would find it intolerable to watch all six hours of P&P. Really, why
- [I am such a bad hostess!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/02/27/i-am-such-a-bad-hostess/) - I totally forgot to post a cover of Sophia Nash's book, The Kiss, for everyone to see. And it is such a great cover, I can't believe I forgot to share. Mea Culpa and my apologies! And if you click on it, you can go right to Sophia's page and read an excerpt! And if
- [Welcome Sophia Nash](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/02/25/welcome-sophia-nash/) - This week I am turning over the Monday morning duties to my good friend, Sophia Nash. Sophia has graciously offered to helm the blog today and tell you all about her new book, The Kiss, which hits the shelves tomorrow. I love Sophia's books, which are lush, wonderful stories, and I like Sophia because she
- [Presidential Madness](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/02/18/presidential-madness/) - And no, I am not talking about the election. And not even the fact that it is President's Day. I'm talking about the Presidential Madness that has enveloped my nine year old son. He lives and breathes presidents like most boys do baseball players, hockey stars or soccer icons. It was a horrible shock when
- [Again, Gotta Share . . . ](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/02/13/again-gotta-share/) - English Invasion. Read all about it. And this time there will be no dumping the stuff in the harbor, not at this price. But make sure you scroll through the comments to see what SFC of Manchester had to say about our generally barbarous treatment of tea. I had to laugh. Hope you do too!
- [It's that week . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/02/11/its-that-week/) - I know, I'm supposed to wax poetic about this week because I am a romance writer. It is rather like carrying the standard in this business. Oh, it's Valentine's Day, let's trot the local romance writers out of their caves, dress them in red and have them go on and on about the power of
- [Gotta Share](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/02/07/gotta-share/) - Read Christina Arbini's blog yesterday and spent a good thirty minutes afterward laughing my ashes off. Go check it out.
- [Is that a . . . ?!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/02/04/is-that-a/) - During the holidays I received a card from a friend. For some reason, the card hung around my desk and I couldn't bring myself to toss it. For some reason I kept thinking about her and finally, faced with cleaning the desk (which meant tossing the card) and doing something else (like clean my desk),
- [Monday Meanderings](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/01/28/monday-meanderings/) - I wish I could be inspired this morning and give you something to ponder over the next seven days, but I've had the flu for a week and running my push one button have a latte coffee machine is taxing my bandwidth right now. So I thought I would share something I found amusing. My
- [London Calling . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/01/21/london-calling/) - So last week on my knitting blog, Knit the Stash, I filled out a questionnaire for a knitting swap, Beat the Winter Doldrums. Knitters do cool things like this. Get together, make small projects for each other, add in a pile of goodies and send said box of goodies along to a new friend. The
- [A Requiem for a Mouse](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/01/14/a-requiem-for-a-mouse/) - A moment of silence please for a brave and hardy (and I do mean HARDY) little Logitech mouse, who withstood hours of LineRider drawing, endless clicks on Buzz Lightyear uTube videos, and at times, we are sad to admit, ruthless banging when a page refused to load. This mouse, who spent his life in the
- [Meet My Friend . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/01/07/meet-my-friend/) - Debut author, Jamie Leigh Hansen. Her book, Betrayed, just hit the shelves, and I wanted to let all of you get to know her. I met Jamie years ago and was struck even then by her determination and her bright smile. A few months ago, during a Google search, I ran across her first book,
- [So I lied.](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/01/06/so-i-lied/) - Yes, I have an extra blog this week, but not here. Over at Purple Hearts. Drop by, but be advised: I am handing out non-nonsense, non-fuzzy advice about writing. You know me, all warm and full of sugar now that I am about to embark on my New Year's Resolutions. Small children with candy be
- [Happy New Year!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2008/01/01/happy-new-year/) - How exciting! It is 2008! I can't believe the last year passed so quickly, but that just seems to be the way of getting older and more settled with your life—time seems to speed up—just when I could really use a few extra hours in the day. Speaking of getting older, the other day my
- [Merry Christmas](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/12/23/merry-christmas/) - I just wanted to take a quick moment and wish all of you a very merry Christmas. Everyone here, both the folks who post often (Haven, Keira, you delightful wits!) and all of you who lurk and read—yes, I know about all of you, I do see the stats. Speaking of stats, did you realize
- [Christmas Meme](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/12/17/christmas-meme/) - Here is a fun one that Christina over at The (Mis)Adventures of a Single City Chick tagged me with. Being a hit or miss sort of person when it comes to memes (believe me, I love them, I just don't always get them) here is a meme I am happily to play along with. Instructions:
- [I'm on Romance Novel TV!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/12/14/im-on-romance-novel-tv/) - When I was at the New Jersey conference in October, I was invited to sit down with Sophia Nash and be interviewed for Romance Novel TV. How fun is that! I'd been dying to do one of those interviews, but after they asked me and I enthusiastically said yes, then came the email that said
- [A Goddess by any other name . . . ](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/12/12/a-goddess-by-any-other-name/) - Yes, I am blogging over at the Goddess Blogs today. So drop on by and check it out. And leave a comment or two . . . apparently goddesses really like comments.
- [A Creature of Habits](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/12/10/a-creature-of-habits/) - I really am a creature of habits and rituals. Take my morning writing routine. I wouldn't even think of sitting down without my double shot latte, nonfat milk and two teaspoons of raw sugar. Not only a routine sort of person, but a high maintenance one at that. No other time in the year do
- [Seattle 0, Mother Nature 2](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/12/07/seattle-0-mother-nature-2/) - So for the second December in a row, Seattle got slammed with a storm that reminded all of us out here that while we might not get snow, or tornadoes, or hurricanes, Mother Nature doesn't leave us out. Here are some photos from my poor neighborhood, which is slide prone to begin with—heck, we just
- [I do too have a life . . . ](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/12/05/i-do-too-have-a-life/) - Continuing my cinema themed posts this week, I saw this on a Myspace bulletin and thought it was interesting. Supposedly if you've seen over 85 movies, you have no life. I beg to differ because I love movies and think they add to life in ways books can't sometimes. Still, I decided to take the
- [It's December so I should be shopping, right?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/12/03/its-december-so-i-should-be-shopping-right/) - Wrong. To me, December means head to the nearest multiplex because all the good movies are coming out. May/June/July and December are the best months for movie goers, so I always start scanning the holiday movie releases early to see what looks great. A few years back, the DH and I spent the week after
- [Feed the World, One Word at a Time](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/11/28/feed-the-world-one-word-at-a-time/) - On the news Sunday night was a clip about all the Thanksgiving shopping, and they were say that while the Friday after Thanksgiving is "Black Friday, " the following Monday, this past Monday, is known as "Online Monday," one of the biggest online shopping days of the year. They went on to explain that while
- [Anarchy Thanksgiving](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/11/26/anarchy-thanksgiving/) - Okay, I lied. I wasn't planning a traditional, family laden Thanksgiving. All the while I was feeding you all recipes and encouraging a Martha Stewart marathon, I was packing my bags and cookware and getting the heck out of Dodge. And quite frankly, I don't feel guilty. Not in the least. Because the four of
- [Three Things I Am Thankful For](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/11/20/three-things-i-am-thankful-for/) - This week always makes me ask myself what am I thankful for—which is probably something we should all be doing every day, but this is the week for blessings and here are mine: 1) My family. All of them. My husband and kids. My mom and dad. My brother and his family. My husband's family—he's
- [Two Sides to Make Ahead](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/11/18/two-sides-to-make-ahead/) - So the real countdown happens now as I start making the dishes for Thanksgiving ahead of time. It really helps to get as many things "fixed" before hand so that the BIG day is relatively pain free. Here are two dishes I always make ahead of time, usually on Tuesday: Fresh Cranberry Relish 2 bags
- [Only How Many More Days?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/11/14/only-how-many-more-days/) - Yes, the countdown to Thanksgiving has begun. If you read The Goddess Blogs, you might have seen my comments about disastrous Thanksgivings which the ever wonderful Kathryn Caskie wrote about, but usually around here, Thanksgiving in like my own personal Super Bowl. Tons of planning, working out hauling groceries into the house, and of course
- [I Finally Did It . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/11/12/i-finally-did-it/) - And I have Niki Burnham to thank for my newest time sink. Yes, I got tempted by an all-knowing, utterly hip YA author to make a go of MySpace and now I am addicted. It's like going back to school all over again, but in a healthy way, at least so I hope. I sit
- [Note to self:  Don't kill anyone off while they are standing in Parliment](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/11/08/note-to-self-dont-kill-anyone-off-while-they-are-standing-in-parliment/) - Recently, there was a poll in England for the most ridiculous British laws still on the books. As a writer of British set fiction, I try very hard to adhere to what is lawful and historically accurate. So I've made a note of what not to do in my books, as being both ridiculous and
- [Chat with Me  — Tuesday Nite](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/11/05/chat-with-me-tuesday-nite/) - I'll be filling my chair here, and settling in this Tuesday night (11/6) at 9 pm Eastern time to chat live with anyone who wants to drop by Coffee Time Romance with questions, comments, or if you just want to eavesdrop, that's allowed as well. I'll be joined by my fellow Avon author, and recent
- [Getting Going With A Little Help From My Friends](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/11/01/getting-going-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/) - Gads. I've been terrible about getting something together about the weekend—perhaps its because I'm still trying to get caught up after a whirlwind month of social engagements. My husband was a tad grumpy the other day and I asked him what had his boxers in a knot (okay, perhaps that wasn't the most gracious way
- [Finding the Mojo](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/10/24/finding-the-mojo/) - I recently went and heard Donald Maass talk about putting the fire into your fiction—which coincidently will be the name of his next writing book. Years ago, I attended one of his all day workshops and was completely taken aback at his theories and insights on writing. He really fired me back up then and
- [My Monday Night MUST](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/10/22/my-monday-night-must/) - is The Big Bang Theory on CBS. If you haven't seen this new show yet, please sit down, give it 30 minutes and discover how funny a sitcom can be. This show is hilarious. The story of two highly intelligent geeks who get a new neighbor in the form of a pretty but not overly
- [Twenty Questions](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/10/12/twenty-questions/) - As I was coming out of Central Park last Sunday I walked past someone famous and did a double-take. As did my sister-in-law, Cathy. And we both said at once, "Was that_________?" Of course, Nick had no clue who it was—being only 8. And it turns out it was who we thought it was. So
- [Wow—NJ!  I'm impressed](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/10/10/wow-nj-im-impressed/) - I've been to quite a few conferences in my time and this past weekend at the NJ Romance Writers Put Your Heart in a Book conference, I was really, really impressed. This is a great conference. And I don't say that lightly. This is a great conference. It would be worth skipping National to attend,
- [I love NYC](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/10/08/i-love-nyc/) - Let me just get that up front and center. I LOVE NYC. I always have. I find it enormously fascinating, always interesting, and surprising on every corner. So when I got the chance to speak at the New Jersey Romance Writers Put Your Heart in a Book Conference, I was thrilled—because I knew it meant
- [Wag More, Bark Less](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/10/03/wag-more-bark-less/) - I love bumper stickers. I'd probably have my car covered with them if it weren't for my husband who finds them abhorrent. So I enjoy bumper wisdom wherever I find it and occasional I see a bumper sticker that just resonates. This was one of them: Wag More, Bark Less. It was just a little
- [Girls' Night Out](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/09/24/girls-night-out/) - Whenever anyone invites me over across the Sound for a Peninsula RWA Chapter function, if I can make it work to go, I go. Because the first thing I have to do is take a ferry ride. I love ferry boats—always have. There is just something so magical about driving onto a boat and sailing
- [Two more reasons to love Debbie . . . Okay, three . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/09/21/two-more-reasons-to-love-debbie-okay-three/) - I went to the PO yesterday and found this waiting for me. A wonderful little congratulations package from my favorite mentor and author, Debbie Macomber. Believe me, finding chocolate beside your VISA bill really takes the edge off of "OMG, did I really spend that much?!" But this is just Debbie in a nutshell—or rather
- [Readers are the best people](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/09/19/readers-are-the-best-people/) - . . . bar none! And this readers' group, from the Borders in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho are no exception! I just love these ladies—they've been kind and generous since my first book, and any chance I get, I go over to visit them. This was my third trip! We all went out to dinner and
- [R.E.S.P.E.C.T.](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/09/14/respect/) - As a romance author you learn quickly that you won't always get the respect of the mainstream media, of all readers and booksellers and librarians. But the least you can expect is to have the respect of your family. And at the very least, the respect of your husband. So the other day I was
- [There's a world of romance out there . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/09/12/theres-a-world-of-romance-out-there/) - And I always find it so thrilling when one of my books get translated into another language. I've had books translated into Russian, German, French, Italian, Romanian, Norwegian, and several others and some have had very pretty covers—like this one, and others that were . . . well, bright and colorful, were the nicest things
- [How to lose 105 pounds in just 2 days](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/09/07/how-to-lose-105-pounds-in-just-2-days/) - Yes, you read that correctly and no, it isn't spam. It's the truth. I lost 105 pounds this week and let me tell you my weight loss secret: Ship those kids back to school. Now it took me two days because they go to 2 different schools, in two different systems. So Tuesday morning, in
- [Thank You!](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/09/05/thank-you/) - All your kind comments and heartfelt stories about how autism (as well as other problems) have touched your lives, has left me speechless and feeling so blessed to be part of this community. I was just going to leave a long comment, but thought it was better to write another blog. I have this speech
- [Behind the Dedication](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/08/30/behind-the-dedication/) - The one from Love Letters of a Duke is completely and utterly from my heart. And my daily life. Let me share it with you if you don't have a copy handy (which, hint, hint, you should!): To the families who live with autism. May your day be blessed with the kindness of strangers, the
- [What do you serve with salmon?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/08/24/what-do-you-serve-with-salmon/) - This is a typical question we lifelong Seattleites get. That, and how do you cook salmon? We'll cook a salmon some other day. But my favorite quick side dish to serve with salmon (or any fish for that matter) is Lemon Rice. And here is how I make it. If you have a rice cooker,
- [Writing Wednesday](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/08/22/writing-wednesday/) - I keep hoping to find my rhythm in blogging. Sort of Mystery Mondays, as in you'll never guess what I've come up with, Writing Wednesdays, with my thoughts and musings on writing and the writer's life, and leave Fridays for Fun. I mean, you gotta have fun on a Friday, don't ya? But my plans
- [Need a little help . . . Will write for an English Tudor . . . God Bless](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/08/17/56/) - Yes, that was me at the end of your local expressway off ramp this morning with the above hand lettered sign. Gathering spare change for the house of my dreams. Because one of my most favorite houses in Detroit is for sale. Here is what the real estate listing says: The Oscar Webber Mansion. (Really,
- [Haven is one good guesser  . . . ](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/08/16/haven-is-one-good-guesser/) - Because she answered precisely "What did I sit next to on the plane?" I sat next to, not one, but two sweet little birds, and they sang all the way from Detroit to Seattle. Talk about your coach class migration. It was so funny because people, including one of the flight attendants, would walk by
- [Have you ever flown with a . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/08/15/have-you-ever-flown-with-a/) - Okay, just back from vacation and thanks for all the great comments during my internet-deprived trip. We were visiting the MIL and she hasn’t got internet. Well, she does have internet. Dial up. I know. Why didn’t we just go camping? I'm such a DSL snob. I freely and openly admit this. I also light
- [The Boyle Ultimatum](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/08/10/the-boyle-ultimatum/) - Okay, I freely admit that I love action films. Die Hard. The Terminator. Bond anything. Indiana Jones. And the Bourne flicks. Give me a good action film, and I'm right there, popcorn mixed with Raisinets in hand, happy as a clam as I clutch at my husband when I get scared and peer through my
- [Blog Interrupted . . . ](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/08/07/blog-interrupted/) - Just to warn you . . . the blog may be down intermittently today. The site is going up this week and the blog is the last part of the puzzle. Stay tuned . . . the blog will be back and the new site is almost here.
- [Lady be Bad:  Interview with Candice Hern](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/08/06/lady-be-bad-interview-with-candice-hern/) - Sometimes I think the coolest part of being an author is getting to meet so many other authors—and one of my favorite writers around is Candice Hern. I simply adore her books and the best part is, she's a very smart lady, with a love of history that I admire, and best of all, she's
- [Prophetic Titles](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/08/02/prophetic-titles/) - I suppose my promise the other day to blog yesterday about being an idiot came true, since I totally spaced blogging yesterday. But what I really wanted to talk about was that I am in The Complete Idiot's Guide to The Ultimate Reader List. Have you seen this book yet? It is totally cool and
- [Whose story are you going to write next . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/07/30/whose-story-are-you-going-to-write-next/) - When you write a series, or in my case have two ongoing series, this is the email that arrives in your inbox just about daily. Questions about characters you never expected would incite readers—take poor dead Orlando Danvers from Once Tempted or Kit from One Night of Passion for example. Then there are the characters
- [Summer nights were meant for . . . ](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/07/27/summer-nights-were-meant-for/) - And you thought I was going to say love. Heck no! Summer evenings are for finding quick fix dinners so you can get out and enjoy yourself. And when the kitchen and house are hot, the last thing you want to do is turn on the oven and rev up the stove. Well this is
- [Dog Days](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/07/25/dog-days/) - What is wrong with this picture? Why does this dog look so sad? So alert? So ready to spring into action on a warm summer day? Because he hasn't received his copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows yet. I'd venture to guess this is what the 2 million Amazon customers looked like on
- [Chasing Rainbows](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/07/23/chasing-rainbows/) - Last post conference post I'll make. Promise. But here is something to consider. After conference and you've got that request to see a partial or a full, do yourself a favor—go through those pages with a fine tooth comb before you send them in. I know how exciting it is to get requests and you
- [Oh, yeah!  The Writing . . .](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/07/20/oh-yeah-the-writing/) - In all the hoopla and post picture posting frenzy of conference writing seems to get shoved to one side. That's my biggest problem with conference—it can be a total time-suck on the writing. And it is all about the writing after all (though all the party pictures and booksigning snaps beg to differ). It took
- [My Favorite Pic From the Conference](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/07/18/my-favorite-pic-from-the-conference/) - I always come back with conference with my mind filled with wonderful vignettes of memories. Because to me conference is always so fragmented—you run into old friends here and there, unexpected meetings, new friends, off to a workshop, dinner, lunch, last minute changes, bad shoes. And this year was no different. Some of my highlights
- [I Was Wrong](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/07/16/i-was-wrong/) - This business is not about the writing. It's all about the shoes:
- [Georgette](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/07/10/georgette/) - As I was packing to go to the beach—you know getting the important stuff in order—what books to read, what knitting project to take along—when I remembered that I'd unearthed an old copy of Arabella by Georgette Heyer while I was moving my office. I probably snagged it off eBay and had tucked it away
- [A Little Side Trip](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/07/09/a-little-side-trip/) - Thanks for all the comments while I was gone... Yes, I snuck off for a few days at the beach. Where it was supposed to be warm and sunny, but in typical Oregon Coast fashion was gray and windy. But that only left me with more time to read and knit, so I was perfectly
- [The Sure Thing, Conference Tip #87](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/07/05/the-sure-thing-conference-tip-87/) - If you go to conference and pitch to an agent or editor, by all accounts you are a Sure Thing. Even if you go into your meeting, stutter uncontrollably, toss your cookies all over the table and you discover later you have a big blotch of lunch on the front of your blouse. You could
- [Conference Tip # 373](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/07/03/conference-tip-373/) - Pack light. Why, you ask? Free books. Tons of free books. And goodies. And other tokens. Make sure you have either a large tote bag you can fold flat and tuck in your suitcase, or do my trick: the suitcase inside the suitcase. Yes, you see that correctly. I pack the smaller suitcase with my
- [My weekend with Henry the VIIIth](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/06/27/my-weekend-with-henry-the-viiith/) - Here is the great thing about a healthy TBR. When you need a book, there is always one nearby. I finally got a chance to settle in and read this over the weekend. I've had it for ages and glanced at it often, not having the time to commit because it is so long. But
- [History Tidbits . . . Captain Slash](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/06/26/history-tidbits-captain-slash/) - Captain Slash, the infamous highwayman of Northampton, died this day in 1826. He'd been terrorizing vendors at a horse fair in Boughton when he was apprehended and subsequently hung. To get the better of his mother, who had predicted "he would die with his boots on", he kicked them off just before he was hanged.
- [Next Question:  How Are You Going to Change Them?](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/06/25/next-question-how-are-you-going-to-change-them/) - When you start a book there are two things that are going to happen. You have a story to tell and two people to live with for the next 6-9 months. Two people that you have to like, then you have to turn their lives upside down, torture them a bit and then finally give
- [Levenger, thy name is Temptress](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/06/21/levenger-thy-name-is-temptress/) - Oh, yeah. Be warned, ye who is tempted by stationery stores, fancy pens and other writing doodads. This is writer crack. Worse than Godiva. When this comes out of the mailbox, my Visa groans. And why wouldn't it when it holds little wonders like this: And who wouldn't be enticed by a leather box. But
- [Let's Get This Party Started](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/06/20/lets-get-this-party-started/) - Yesterday I started the new book. Of course I made my latte first. Two shots of espresso and steamed nonfat milk go a long way toward getting the muse rolling. Then I grabbed the composition book I've been jotting notes in for months, my favorite pencil and a red pen, and got to work. For
- [Oh, What Was I Thinking??](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/06/15/oh-what-was-i-thinking/) - So between books, I had this very good plan. Clean out my office—I mean clean it—files, books, old papers, old manuscripts, notes, office supplies—well you get the point. And then once I had streamlined the operation, I would move the kids out of their small bedroom into the larger room that was my office. They'd
- [The Plan](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/06/11/the-plan/) - Ah yes, the infamous Plan. Be prepared to be dazzled, awed, shake with fear in your creative boots. I know I did when I committed to doing this. And now it is your turn. I suppose you might like some background on "The Plan." Well, I'd write my books and my husband would ask, "When
- [Other Beginnings . . . Say, Like a Book](https://elizabethboyle.com/blog/2007/06/06/other-beginnings-say-like-a-book/) - Right now I am starting a new book. I have the go ahead from the Powers in New York, and I'm itching to start writing again. I haven't written a word since the first part of April when I turned my last book in—well other than the proposal for the next one and the blog

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- [No Marriage of Convenience](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/no-marriage-of-convenience/) - A scandalous woman of uncommon beauty and grace, three girls in need of transformation, and one guardian in need of help. What could go wrong? Mason St. Clair, the new Earl of Ashlin, has inherited his brother’s title for which there is no fortune. Steeped in debt, with three ungainly nieces to marry off, Mason
- [O Little Town of Bethlehem](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/o-little-town-of-bethlehem/) - A heartwarming, magical story of a woman lost in time, who must assist two others in untangling the lies surrounding their lives if she wants to return to her own. One wish could change everything. At least it did for Madeline Drake. When a snowy accident topples her through a slip in time, she wakes
- [Brazen Series Trilogy](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/brazen-series-trilogy/) - A bargain-priced boxed re-release of Elizabeth Boyle's wildly popular, Brazen series: BRAZEN ANGEL, BRAZEN HEIRESS, and BRAZEN TEMPTRESS. BRAZEN ANGEL: Lady Sophia D’Artiers plays a dangerous game of deception that pits her against the most unlikely of adversaries, her betrothed, Giles Corliss. Winner of the prestigious RWA RITA Award for Best First Book. BRAZEN HEIRESS:
- [Brazen Temptress](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/brazen-temptress/) - She came to betray him… No one could have known the truth: that the beauty who swept into the elegant ballroom was a pirate queen with a treacherous plan. To save herself from execution, she must identify an infamous privateer attending the ball in disguise. Only Maureen Hawthorne can expose the double life and lies
- [Brazen Heiress](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/brazen-heiress/) - A Femme Fatale… Adelaide de Chevenoy, claimant to an old fortune, captivates the jaded French society with her fresh beauty and mysterious past. Napoleon lusts for her money while Paris swoons at her feet. No one suspects that the once-lost heiress is really Lily D’Artiers Copeland, Adelaide’s dazzling double, sent by the British government to
- [Brazen Angel](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/brazen-angel/) - A Double Life… She was every man’s fantasy–and most dangerous desire. One bewitching look, the whispered promise of unspeakable ecstasy, and London’s richest and most notorious rakes followed the Brazen Angel like sheep–ready to be fleeced. She waltzes from masquerade to masquerade, seducing and stealing with impunity–until she meets her match in a dark and
- [This Rake of Mine](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/this-rake-of-mine/) - Scandal, outrage, ruin, rapture ... Who knows where one kiss can lead? When the rakehell Lord Jack Tremont kissed Miranda Mabberly, mistaking her for his mistress, neither realized his reckless act would cost Miranda her reputation, her fiancé, and her future. But for Jack, it was a kiss that would leave a haunting memory of
- [Cynders & Ashe](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/cynders-ashe/) - Ella will risk everything—once again—to find her way into this exclusive ball and back into the arms of the man she cannot forget? Lord Ashe has one last night to find his perfect bride, but his search is hampered by his memories of an enticingly mysterious woman who stole his heart five years earlier. But
- [Chessy's Wedding](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/chessys-wedding/) - My dear readers, this short story is my love note to all of you who are so patiently waiting for my next book. As I’ve been researching and spending time in Wyoming, Laramie has become a second home—and the old buildings and history have woven their way into my imagination. This short story was my
- [Six Impossible Things](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/six-impossible-things/) - A single, impossible kiss lands Miss Roselie at the altar with her childhood friend, Lord Rimswell. But this marriage of convenience isn’t about to stop her dangerous and reckless work for the Home Office. Or will it, when danger imperils them both? Lord Rimswell is a man of honor and absolutes. If he says something
- [The Knave of Hearts](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/the-knave-of-hearts/) - Lavinia's hopes of a splendid match encounter a wickedly handsome complication when she is ruined on her first outing. But imagine her surprise when the very same rogue offers to transform her into the most desirable woman in London. Lavinia Tempest has been eagerly anticipating a spectacular season. But one disastrous pile-up on the Almack's
- [The Viscount Who Lived Down the Lane](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/the-viscount-who-lived-down-the-lane/) - A wounded war hero has no desire for society or love until a meddling miss and her incorrigible cat move in across the lane and decide to reorganize his shattered life. Arriving in Mayfair, Louisa Tempest is frightened when her incorrigible cat bolts from the carriage and dashes into a neighbor's house, until she comes
- [If Wishes Were Earls](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/if-wishes-were-earls/) - A hopeless romantic, Harriet is convinced that the Earl of Roxley will propose after they share a passional interlude at a ball. But her childhood crush has secrets of his own and must do his best to ignore Harriet if only to keep her safe from the danger surrounding him. Harriet Hathaway has only ever
- [Have You Any Rogues?](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/have-you-any-rogues/) - The Seldons and the Dales have been neighbors and enemies for centuries, but can one night locked in a wine cellar be enough to unlock the simmering passions Crispin Dale and Henrietta Seldon have been denying for years? As their families stubbornly cling to a centuries old feud, the roguish Crispin, Viscount Dale, and the
- [And the Miss Ran Away with the Rake](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/and-the-miss-ran-away-with-the-rake/) - Daphne Dale finds the perfect suitor when she answers an ad in the paper, never realizing she’s corresponding with her worst enemy, Henry Seldon, that is until they are thrown together at a house party and discover they share more than a passion for letters. “Sensible gentleman of means seeks a sensible lady of good
- [Along Came a Duke](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/along-came-a-duke/) - A wallflower spinster is willing to make a dull marriage of convenience if only to inherit a fortune until along comes the Duke of Preston who makes it his mission to see her wed for love, never realizing he might make the perfect groom. As a penniless spinster, Tabitha Timmons has never worried much about
- [Four Weddings and a Sixpence](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/four-weddings-and-a-sixpence/) - Four beloved authors present an anthology about four friends from Mrs. Rochambeaux’s Gentle School for Girls who find an old sixpence in their bedchamber and decide that it will be the lucky coin for each of their weddings... Something Borrowed by Elizabeth Boyle Cordelia Padley needs a betrothed to keep her family from pestering her
- [Hero, Come Back](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/hero-come-back/) - A miss with little time left to live and a war-scarred hero who wants nothing to do with life. When Miss Amanda Preston takes refuge in a rundown cottage one stormy night, she never intended to make a bargain with a matchmaker. But imagine her surprise when she wakes up and discovers none other than
- [It Takes a Hero](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/it-takes-a-hero/) - Will a rogue’s determined pursuit of an infamous authoress lead to a happy ending or land them both into a dangerous intrigue? Rebecca Tate never intended to cause a revolution with her notoriously popular Miss Darby novels, merely to earn enough to support herself and her ailing uncle. But now it seems every eligible debutante
- [Once Tempted](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/once-tempted/) - Major Robert Danver’s loyalty to his mission tells him that surrender to Olivia Sutton would be the worst sort of betrayal—but once tempted, how can a man resist, when his heart tells him here is his one true love? A notorious rake, the Marquis of Bradstone stole young Olivia Sutton’s heart…and then ruined her life.
- [Stealing the Bride](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/stealing-the-bride/) - Tempestuous and passionate, headstrong and opinionated, Lady Diana Fordham is everything a man should avoid ... The Marquis of Templeton has faced every sort of danger in his work for the King, but chasing after a wayward spinster who’s had the effrontery to run off with the wrong man hardly seems worthy of his considerable
- [One Night of Passion](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/one-night-of-passion/) - Mistrust makes them adversaries in a perilous game—but how can he dismiss his obsession with her when one night of passion entwined their lives forever? Georgianna Escott has one night to find the perfect man to ruin her and leave her with a tattered reputation so she can escape an arranged marriage to an aging,
- [Lord Langley is Back in Town](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/lord-langley-is-back-in-town/) - Minerva Sterling swore she’d never marry again. So why is she suddenly engaged to the most notorious rake in London? A diplomat and a spy, the dashing Lord Langley is happy to be home after years spent abroad, though less so to discover the ladies he so callously loved and left across the Continent are
- [Mad About the Duke](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/mad-about-the-duke/) - Never judge a duke by his cover... Level-headed Lady Elinor Standon will not allow her greedy stepfather to marry off her younger sister to the highest bidder. But the only way for Elinor to gain control of her sister’s guardianship is to get married. Convinced that nothing less than a duke will do, she hires
- [How I Met My Countess](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/how-i-met-my-countess/) - The Earl of Clifton always intended to one day find his perfect countess, until he met Lucy Ellyson, the spymaster’s impetuous and very improper daughter. Lucy is about to teach him everything he needs to know to be spy and he’ll teach her to fall in love. But Lucy’s father told her that the Earl
- [Memoirs of a Scandalous Red Dress](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/memoirs-of-a-scandalous-red-dress/) - Lady Philippa Knolles has loved Captain Thomas "Dash" Dashwell since he first stole a kiss from her on a smuggler's beach near Hastings. Time and time again, they’ve stolen precious hours together until one fateful night when Pippin has to make a most desperate choice to save Dash from the hangman’s noose. Now after what
- [Confessions of a Little Black Gown](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/confessions-of-a-little-black-gown/) - Thalia Langley spied him in the shadows and in an instant, knew the man before her was no pious saint. He might claim to be a vicar, but no man that handsome, so arresting could be anything but… well, he simply must be an unrepentant rogue. Tally is determined to uncover exactly what this man
- [Love Letters from a Duke](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/love-letters-from-a-duke/) - Felicity Langley has every expectation of marrying a duke—one she’s had since her very first curtsy. After all, she’s been all but promised to the very proper and very lofty Duke of Hollindrake for the last four years. Now all she has to do is meet him. But what Felicity doesn’t realize is that she
- [Tempted by the Night](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/tempted-by-the-night/) - The ton has said for years that Lord Rockhurst is a shameless rake who cares for nothing but pleasure, a rogue who carouses every night until dawn. But Lady Hermione Marlowe refuses to believe that the handsome gentleman she’s loved from afar could be so wicked. If only she had a way to prove to
- [His Mistress by Morning](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/his-mistress-by-morning/) - When a promised inheritance turns out to be a fraud, shy spinster Charlotte Wilmont makes an impetuous wish that despite her lack of charm and fortune, she could capture the heart of the one man whom she’s forever adored — Sebastian, Viscount Trent. With that utterance, Charlotte awakens shocked to find herself entwined with her
- [Mad About the Major](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/mad-about-the-major/) - The pampered daughter of a duke takes a London holiday with the most unsuitable of chaperones… Lady Arabella Tremont has spent her entire life overprotected and sheltered by her restrictive father. But she is a Tremont, after all, and the morning after she is nearly ruined at a ball by a handsome stranger, Arabella’s father
- [Something About Emmaline](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/something-about-emmaline/) - Inventing a wife was the perfect solution to avoiding marriage, until a tempting lady turns his life upside down… Or so it seemed to Alexander Denford, Baron Sedgwick, when he made up Emmaline for the sole purpose of deterring the ton’s marriage-minded ladies and their infernal matchmaking mothers—thereby enabling him to enjoy his carefully planned
- [Rhymes with Love Collection](https://elizabethboyle.com/books/rhymes-with-love-collection-1/) - A clever, witty series about the young ladies from the town of Kempton who may never marry—unless they want to bring down the Curse of Kempton on their poor unsuspecting husbands. New York Times bestselling RITA® Award winner Elizabeth Boyle is a wonder, and with Along Came a Duke—the first book in her delectable Rhymes

## Book Excerpts

- [Brazen Series Trilogy](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/brazen-series-trilogy/) - Brazen Angel Excerpt » Brazen Heiress Excerpt » Brazen Temptress Excerpt »
- [Brazen Heiress](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/brazen-heiress/) - Byrnewood Manor, England November, 1800 "Whatever reason you had to tear me away from London, it had better be important, sir," Webb Dryden said to his father, seated at the imposing desk of his long-time friend, Giles Corliss, the Marquess of Trahern. Byrnewood Manor, Giles' ancestral home was situated a few miles outside of Bath,
- [Brazen Angel](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/brazen-angel/) - London, 1793 "Oh, bother, Giles. Look who's arrived," Montgomery, the Duke of Stanton, hissed loudly. As Giles Corliss, the Marquess of Trahern tipped up his confounded black mask, he glanced first over at his friend, only to find the Duke scrunching his short body behind a white marble statue in a vain attempt to go
- [Brazen Temptress](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/brazen-temptress/) - London, 1813 "These acts of predation must cease!" The judge's voice boomed to all four corners of the oak paneled courtroom. The black robed magistrate of the Admiralty court continued his high-pitched rail at a ragtag group of prisoners standing before him. The tattered lot shuffled their feet, the chains binding them together rattling as
- [Chessy's Wedding](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/chessys-wedding/) - “Should I tell the musicians to start playing, Chessy?” “Uncle George, don’t call me that. No one calls me that anymore.” Margaret gave his arm a squeeze and glanced around the foyer of the church to see if anyone had heard him. Thankfully they were all alone, the last of the guests having been shown
- [Six Impossible Things](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/six-impossible-things/) - "A lady agent? How utterly ridiculous. A woman could never do what we do." Lord Howers London, 1811 "Smile, my dear Miss Stratton," Lady Essex Marshom advised. And not for the first time. So Roselie did her best to smile. It was a Herculean effort, to say the least. She glanced around the crowded room
- [Four Weddings and a Sixpence](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/four-weddings-and-a-sixpence/) - Dear Cordelia, Here is the sixpence we found all those years ago. I am passing it along to you as promised. There can be no doubts that your faith in its powers was well-placed as it has worked for me, and now, dear friend, it is your turn, even if it is, as your aunt
- [Mad About the Major](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/mad-about-the-major/) - “Egads! Kingsley! Is that you?” Major Kingsley looked up from where he’d been standing, or rather hiding, on the fringes of the ballroom. All around him, the Duke and Duchess of Setchfield’s annual masquerade was in full force. Considering how scandal ridden the ball always seemed to be year after year, Kingsley had come specifically
- [Stealing the Bride](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/stealing-the-bride/) - London, 1799 The Fates have a funny way of changing one's life in the blink of an eye, or in the case of Lady Diana Fordham, a moment spent pondering a bright blue bonnet in the window of Madame Renard's millinery shop. In truth, she'd only paused before the confection of lace and feathers, ducking
- [Along Came a Duke](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/along-came-a-duke/) - Chapter 1 Kempton, Sussex 1810 The day dawned like it always did in May in the village of Kempton, with a bright sprinkle of sunshine, a hint of dew on the grass and the birds singing happy choruses in the garden. There was no indication whatsoever that on this day, Miss Tabitha Timmons would not
- [One Night of Passion](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/one-night-of-passion/) - London, 1799 "Given the evidence and the documentation offered to this court, I have no other choice, Captain Danvers, than to see you relieved of all duties and obligations in His Majesty's Navy." With those words said, the Lord High Admiral brought his gavel down on the court bar. The responding thump, like the last
- [The Knave of Hearts](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/the-knave-of-hearts/) - Lord Charleton’s butler, Brobson, barely admitted Tuck to the house. Even then, only to the foyer. “Your uncle will see you momentarily.” Then the fellow strode off as if he had just admitted a plague victim into the household. Yes, indeed. It was as bad as all that. As he stood there, shuffling about a
- [If Wishes Were Earls](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/if-wishes-were-earls/) - It is but one night, my truest, my dearest, Miss Darby, but it is all I need to carry you into the starry heavens of pleasure. I promise you this, come with me and from this evening forth you shall reign forever as the Queen of my Heart. —Prince Sanjit to Miss Darby from MISS
- [Have You Any Rogues?](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/have-you-any-rogues/) - Here is an excerpt from HAVE YOU ANY ROGUES?. To set the scene, Lady Henrietta Seldon and her father, the Duke of Preston are visiting one of her father's estates, Owle Park, before they return to London for Henrietta's first Season. Remembering a treehouse that is in the woods not far from the house, Lady
- [And the Miss Ran Away with the Rake](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/and-the-miss-ran-away-with-the-rake/) - Miss Spooner, I will be frank. Your reply to the advertisement in the paper displayed exactly how little you know of men. No wonder you are yet unmarried. Either you are a frightful scold or the most diverting minx who ever lived. I suppose only time and correspondence will abate my curiosity. —A letter from
- [Lord Langley is Back in Town](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/lord-langley-is-back-in-town/) - "Really, Minerva, we need to work on your diplomacy." Langley spared a glance at Lady Chudley and shook his head. To his delight, the old girl nodded in agreement. "She's always been overly blunt," Lady Chudley confided. He grinned back. "Fortunately, I find that one of her more endearing characteristics." "You're the first," Aunt Bedelia
- [Mad About the Duke](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/mad-about-the-duke/) - At the Duke of Setchfield's annual masquerade ball, Elinor Sterling has a memorable encounter with her solicitor, James St. Maur. "Madame, I come bearing a message for you," intoned a deep voice behind her. Elinor sighed wearily. Not another would-be suitor seeking her favor. Since Longford had danced with her—twice—it seemed every man in the
- [How I Met My Countess](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/how-i-met-my-countess/) - George Ellyson turned to his guests and glanced at them, blinking owlishly through his spectacles. Then, as if finally taking note of them, he did his best to sound congenial. "Going to Portugal, are you?" "Yes, sir," Justin Grey, the Earl of Clifton replied. Not to sea as most of the Greys had done before
- [Memoirs of a Scandalous Red Dress](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/memoirs-of-a-scandalous-red-dress/) - From Chapter 7 To catch you up: Pippin has been sneaking Dash into the house she shares with her cousins in London, but their time together is putting them both in danger. This night becomes a portent of the events to come, events that will change their lives forever. Dash sat peering into the basket
- [Confessions of a Little Black Gown](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/confessions-of-a-little-black-gown/) - "Oh, Thatcher, there you are," Tally said, coming to a stop in the middle of her brother-in-law's study, having not even bothered to knock. She supposed if he were any other duke, not the man who'd once been their footman, she'd have to view him as the toplofty and unapproachable Duke of Hollindrake as everyone
- [Tempted by the Night](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/tempted-by-the-night/) - Chapter 2 "Jiminy! What am I to do now?" Hermione muttered as she glanced down at her sleeve. Though she could see the capucine silk, she knew from the mirror in the retiring room it was exactly as she wished, exactly as that foolish French novel had described the perpetually cursed Zoe. To everyone around
- [Love Letters from a Duke](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/love-letters-from-a-duke/) - Mayfair, London January, 1814 "Oh, heavens, Tally, this is terrible news," Miss Felicity Langley announced to her sister Thalia who was seated across the sitting room. "What is it?" her twin replied, looking up from her sketchpad. Felicity set down the copy of the Times she'd been reading and sighed. "Lord Garner died." "No!" Tally
- [His Mistress by Morning](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/his-mistress-by-morning/) - London May 9, 1810 An Ordinary Wednesday, or at Least One Presumes So If one were going to define what gave a family that air of prestige amongst their peers, set them apart in the bustling ton, first and foremost you would list those admirable qualities of respectability, social standing, and, most importantly, wealth. Of
- [This Rake of Mine](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/this-rake-of-mine/) - Prologue London, England 1801 "Well," Lady Oxley huffed, "I suppose there are worse things than having some cit's daughter marry into your family, but for the life of me, I can't think of it. Our bloodlines will be tainted by this forever." The Duchess of Cheverton, seated next to Lady Oxley, couldn't agree more. "I
- [Hero, Come Back](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/hero-come-back/) - Prologue England, 1818 Leaning across the table, Esme Maguire squinted at her guest. Her eyesight wasn't what it used to be, but her instincts were rarely wrong. And right now they were telling her that the gel who'd stumbled up to her cottage during this wretched storm wasn't telling the entire truth. "Lost, you say?"
- [Something About Emmaline](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/something-about-emmaline/) - Prologue England, 1801 "My last meal," Lord John Tremont bemoaned as he tucked his knife and fork into the thick cut of beef before him. "But at least it is a fine one." "I suppose it helps that I am paying for all that, eh, Jack?" his best friend, Alexander Denford, Baron Sedgwick, commented dryly.
- [It Takes a Hero](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/it-takes-a-hero/) - She held me spellbound from the first moment I spied her. For it was like a spark fell from heaven and lit my heart afire. I fear I will never be whole again without her in my life. —Lt. Throckmorten to his batman, Thomas Rivers in MISS DARBY'S DARING DILEMMA London The Season of 1817
- [Once Tempted](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/once-tempted/) - London, 1805 The sharp pain and darkness that had carried Orlando into a unconsciousness began to lift. He fought the urge to moan, to groan, to rub his throbbing skull. Instead, he did as he'd been taught and remained as still as a corpse. After all, that was what the Marquis of Bradstone, the man
- [No Marriage of Convenience](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/no-marriage-of-convenience/) - London, 1798 "Cousin Felicity, my brother had the business sense of a pelican," Mason St. Clair, the new Earl of Ashlin said, waving his hand over his littered desk. "Look at these. Bills for carriages. Bills for horses. I've looked in our stables. We have no horses. And we have no carriages. From what I
- [Bachelor Chronicles 1](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/bachelor-chronicles-1/) - From SOMETHING ABOUT EMMALINE Prologue England, 1801 "My last meal," Lord John Tremont bemoaned as he tucked his knife and fork into the thick cut of beef before him. "But at least it is a fine one." "I suppose it helps that I am paying for all that, eh, Jack?" his best friend, Alexander Denford,
- [Rhymes with Love Collection 1](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/rhymes-with-love-collection-1/) - From ALONG CAME A DUKE Chapter 1 Kempton, Sussex 1810 The day dawned like it always did in May in the village of Kempton, with a bright sprinkle of sunshine, a hint of dew on the grass and the birds singing happy choruses in the garden. There was no indication whatsoever that on this day,
- [The Viscount Who Lived Down the Lane](https://elizabethboyle.com/book-excerpts/the-viscount-who-lived-down-the-lane/) - Areowwwwww! The unholy complaint filled the carriage. “You should have left that foul creature back in Kempton, Miss Tempest,” Mrs. Bagley-Butterton complained for about the hundredth time. Which equaled the number of times Hannibal had let out that ear-piercing yowl from the basket in which he was trapped. “He doesn’t like being penned up so,”

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