LOVE’S DESTINY will Melt Your Heart

Today is the DAY! Love’s Destiny is now available on Kindle. The paperback edition will follow in March. I enjoyed revisiting Jonathon and Emily’s love story. I’ve revised it substantially from the first edition, and the cover, created by Best Page Forward, is stunning! Read it now She’s loyal to the crown. He sides with the colonies. With a new world beckoning, will they find common ground to merge their hearts? As she descended the curving staircase, a man studied the portrait of her mother. Even from here, she could see he was much younger than her father. The man’s Read More

These Christmas Romances Will Warm Your Heart

Who doesn’t love a romantic Christmas story? Today my friend, author Patricia Kiyono shares her writing process and how The Partridge Christmas Collection came to be. Welcome, Patricia! Talk about the book(s) you’ve written. What was the first seed of an idea you had for your book? How did it develop? The Partridge Christmas Collection is a five-book series (with a sixth non-holiday story thrown in for good measure) that came about quite by accident. After I wrote The Partridge and the Peartree in response to a multi-author regency romance series called “The Twelve Dukes of Christmas” I was astonished Read More

Check Out My Cover Reveal

Congratulations to Deb H,, winner of one of my Kindle books. Thanks for leaving a comment on my Halloween blog, Deb. Thank you!! Thanksgiving is just around the corner (can you believe it?) When I think of all that I am thankful for, I will certainly be thinking of you, my readers, and my supporters. Thanks to all of you for sharing my writing journey. Cover Reveal Some of you have joined me recently, and some have been with me from the beginning when my first novel was published. I have been working on revising my first book, and I’m Read More

Passionate Patriots: Valentine’s Day in Colonial America

This is a post I wrote in 2016, but these valentines speak to an era we seldom think of as romantic. They deserve another look, don’t you think? Passion conjures up images of Valentine’s Day more than it does the Fourth of July. The Founding Fathers were serious men about the serious business of changing the world through revolution and a brilliantly written document. But these men were passionate about their women, too. Just look at the love letters between John and Abigail Adams, for example. Addressing her as “Miss Adorable,” Adams wrote: “By the same Token that the Bearer Read More

A Sale, a Giveaway and Angelique’s Surname

The Sale: If you loved The Cavanaugh House but haven’t read book 2 in the series, now is your chance! Buried Secrets is on sale for only 99 cents through Nov. 23 at midnight. You’ll love the twists and turns! Get your copy now on Amazon. Thank you for voting for Angelique’s surname. Something really cool happened last week. The day after you voted, Rich got a new Ancestry “hint” about his 9th great-grandmother. This document was a listing of his 9th great-grandmother’s family members, and guess what? She had a sister named…drum roll, please…Angelique!! Wow! Is that synchronicity or Read More