I’m a huge romance reader, and I read across subgenres. No surprise there, huh?
I love discovering new authors, and it has recently and belatedly occurred to me that there are many, MANY big-name authors out there whose books I haven’t read.
For instance, Suzanne Brockmann.
Suz Brockmann, I heard. Suz Brockmann, Suz Brockmann. Who […]

It’s wrong to have favorites sometimes, isn’t it?
Favorite strappy sandals, fine.
Favorite child, not so good.
For an author to choose a favorite book of her own is a little like choosing favorite children. You love them all, more or less equally. But I’d be lying if I said my upcoming romance, Sweeter Than Revenge, didn’t have […]

Thank God it’s Monday.
Weekends are killing me.
This is how weekends went when I was a kid:
· Sleep late;
· Watch cartoons (Land of the Lost, anyone?);
· Help clean the house;
· […]

Actually … I’m not talking waistbands today. We can discuss middle-age spread another day.
No, I’m talking sagging book middles or, rather, my sagging attention span.
Here’s what happens:
I start reading a new romance, and am filled with joy and rapture. I can hardly stand the thrill of discovery, of learning about this new couple, […]

Meet Sadie, the 3 year-old green-eyed cat we rescued from the shelter earlier this year.
She’s a real character.
She’s extremely vocal and enjoys hiding inside grocery bags. Also lap sitting, desk sitting, and keyboard sitting.
Her all-time favorite activity is rubber band chasing. I don’t need to explain how this works, I’m sure, but I […]

The lazy days of summer are here, and I don’t feel like doing much of anything because it’s just too hot. Here’s a list of things I didn’t do yesterday:

vacuum (what’s the point when you have young children and pets? I mean, REALLY);
dust […]

If I were doing my job properly, I’d be sitting here writing a blog post of such perfect wit and brilliance that you’d drop everything and run right out to buy six or eight copies of my books, Trouble, Risk, and Just About Sex.
Unfortunately, it’s summer and my brain, which is a little dicey on […]