When a secondary character walks onto the stage I usually pair them off or kill them…and have been doing so since my first book, HeartMate. If you know an author, and they write series, you can usually pick out whose story might be coming next.
In my latest published book, Heart Quest, I introduced the hero [...]

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Yeah! This is my first post here at the Access Romance blog. I’m very excited to be part of this very cool community. It’s like getting to [...]

With apologies to the wonders of modern transportation, I can’t help but think there is no faster way to take a long journey than four simple words—once upon a time.
There is magic in those words. If you don’t believe it, try watching the opening to Disney’s Beauty and the Beast sometime, where a wonderful [...]

Or WHAT A WIMP!
Insects have invaded our house. I first noticed them a few weeks ago, a few here and there, some sort of weird brown beetle clinging to our window screens, the occasional one buzzing around the kitchen light. They floated around the periphery of my consciousness, enough for me to notice, [...]

It’s happened again. Romance novelists are once again taking a hit, not that this is anything new, but this time we’re being dragged into the political arena. Did y’all know we’re apparently nothing but a bunch of pornographers?
Hold on a sec while I add that to my resume.
If you don’t know what the latest [...]

I have a new book releasing tomorrow. An ebook with Ellora’s Cave. I’m very excited, because I haven’t released an ebook in several months as I’ve been busy writing other contracted print books.
But that’s not what this blog is about. Well, actually, it sort of is, because it’s about letting go of the familiar [...]

Ecstasy
As an author, I sometimes think of the way I use words and why certain usages of words fascinate me. This morning, while thinking of those peak experiences I’ve had in my life that have helped mold me into the woman I am, I thought of the word ecstasy.
How many people have never experienced [...]