There are indisputably two things women hate the world over to do.
Try on swimsuits and try on jeans.
Today I’m talking about jeans because they’re on my mind. Pants and I don’t get along in the first place, but in the last few years, I’ve started to fight back. When I was a teenager (God, that [...]

Several years ago, after A WOMAN’S HEART , which would turn out to be the first book in my Irish trilogy, came out, my son called me from a hotel in Florida. He’d just finished it, and having spent some time traveling around Ireland on his way to and from college at Oxford, [...]

His name is Kevin Jackson and as usual he has a number of women crazy about him. For those of you who don’t know, I’m referring to a character from my Henson trilogy. He wasn’t supposed to have his own book, but the number of readers asking about him made me curious (one has to [...]

Easter baskets were a big deal when my kids were young — not just getting the right sized baskets or deciding what to put in them (chocolate eggs and bunnies, books, stuffed rabbits), but where to hide them. I couldn’t choose a spot that was too easy or it wouldn’t challenge the boys enough. [...]

Outside, the sky is a lowering grey– grey with an “e” is always witchier than gray with an “a”–while inside the lamplight throws queer shadows across the walls. Any moment now, the storm might break. Rain will spatter against the windows; tree branches will sway and moan; and somewhere a heroine will topple [...]

I’ve just had the best couple of weeks, and I’ve also had the worst couple of weeks.
Best because the first book in my new series, SHADOW FORCE is on the shelves and selling well! Best because the second book in the series (out in May), SHADOW WATCH, has been getting rave reviews too! [...]

’strange happenings in my study…’