BURIED SECRETS Sneak Peek: Chapter One, scene two

Buried Secrets, the sequel to The Cavanaugh House, will be published on Oct. 3, 2016, but you can pre-order your print or Kindle copy today at Amazon. I’m celebrating a little early with a sneak peek at Chapter One. Read the opening scene in last week’s blog, “Buried Secrets is Finally Unearthed.”  Today you can read scene two. Buried Secrets blurb When Jesse Graham almost runs over a “body” in the road one night, she is plunged into a labyrinth of secrets, lies and murder. All Jesse wants is a simple life teaching at St. Bart’s… and a chance at Read More

One Way to Grow a Series of Novels

Writing a series can be challenging because of pesky issues like enough—but not too much—backstory, keeping characters’ names, physical attributes and personalities consistent, and keeping the stories fresh. Today Alice Orr talks about how she planted this garden and keeps it thriving in her Riverton Road series. Her latest in the series is A Villain for Vanessa. Welcome, Alice! A fiction series is a living thing. To keep it alive the author must keep it growing. She must never allow it to stagnate. An important component of a growing series is its location. In my Riverton Road Romantic Suspense series, Read More