by Karen Kendall
TAKE ME IF YOU CAN is the first book in a series about an agency that recovers stolen art—and other valuable items. ARTemis, Inc. is a Miami-based firm that my heroine, Avy Hunt, co-founded . . . with Kelso, a man whom nobody’s ever met.

It all started with […]

I had a French teacher who used to like to proclaim that all teachers are really frustrated actors. Sometimes, I wonder if all romance novelists are really frustrated matchmakers. There’s a reason one of my college friends nicknamed me “Emma”. In real life, one’s set-ups have an irritating habit of fizzling, due […]

I’ll admit it. This week I had an A-number one case of blogging block. That insane illness that attacks an author when they realize that they don’t have an idea for their blog due this week. Then I thought…why not blog about blogging? Heck, that can’t be a novel idea, right?
How many blogs […]

That’s right. As you read this, I’ll be on my way to the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention in Pittsburgh (not Kansas, but Pensylvania). Woohooo!!! I haven’t been to an RT convention since it was in St. Louis. Can’t wait! All the writers, hunky men, readers, hunky men, industry professionals, hunky men and did I mention…hunky […]

Ever have those days where it feels like the combined strength of your best java, Extra Strength Tylenol and hours of intensive therapy couldn’t possibly get you through your waking hours? Those head-exploder days where all your worries have bubbled into a seething mass of unmistakable stress?
We’ve all been there. Whether it’s a […]

Vampires…Cowboys…Vampires…
Oops! It’s April—must be cowboys, again!
I started writing before I knew a thing about “author branding” or I might have settled on one subgenre of erotic romance to write. If I had known, I probably still would have been all over the place. I’m easily bored and ready to jump to the next “sparkly” […]

Right now, I’m deadlined out. In the past few weeks I’ve delivered a manuscript, wrestled with revisions…and right now I’m completing art fact sheets. But after deadlines I always get an urge to read…it’s like a craving for chocolate.
I love continuities! As a reader I’ve always been addicted to these series where you get […]