Star Dust, the 1960s Space Race romance Emma Barry and I wrote together, is releasing in one week! To celebrate the spirit of the Sixties, Emma is preparing classic Sixties dishes over at her blog. I am much lazier than she is (and my kids hardly touch what I cook now) so I decided I’d … Read more
Only a few days until the release of High Country Spring! If you haven’t yet, you can still preorder it at these links: Amazon | iBooks | Nook | Kobo | Google Play | Scribd But before it releases, I’ve got a little sneak peek here: The kitchen was the prison she spent most of her afternoons in. Hot with the oven firing, no window … Read more
I’ve got another excerpt today—and this might be my favorite scene in the entire book. They’re finally beginning to come to an understanding of each other and the bit about “precise handling”… well, you’ll see when you read the excerpt. (Available at Amazon | iBooks | Nook | Kobo | Google Play | Scribd) He was strangling her again. Only this time he wasn’t … Read more
I’ve got an excerpt of Autumn Sage today—Isabel and Sebastian have already met for the first time (you can read that scene here) and are encountering each other for the second time at supper. * * * He was talking only to her. Oh, he was looking at her sister, with that practiced smile pasted on … Read more
Autumn Sage is here! And by here, I mean: Amazon | iBooks | Nook | Kobo | Google Play | Scribd (Yep, it’s on Scribd, as is Summer Chaparral. If you’d like to try my books risk free, Scribd is a great way to do it.) If you’ve read Summer Chaparral, you’re already familiar with Isabel, the heroine of this book. But you haven’t really met … Read more
A recent conversation on Twitter about what readers like and don’t like about romance covers inspired me to put down the thought process behind my own covers. I should point out here that the way I design my covers has nothing to do with how I feel about bodies, both male and female, and their attractiveness. The … Read more
I’ve been thinking a lot about Emma’s comment on DA about what makes a classic–is it the emotional response it engenders in readers, especially those books that pull readers into a genre, ones that get stuck in their memories? Or is it something more formal–a recognition of the skill in the writing, the way the … Read more
I’ve begun work on my next historical scientific romance, with another neuroscientist hero but starring a physicist heroine this time. It’s a reunited lovers story, complete with flashbacks–a first for me. So, I’ve been reading a lot about physics and neuroscience research from 1906. And since my heroine is a physicist, I’ve been reading about … Read more
When we first entered into coupledom, my husband and I had to make some changes. Before we met, one of his most favorite meals (besides his mother’s cooking, of course) was chicken simmered in Trader Joe’s Curry Simmer Sauce. He’d rhapsodize about it every time we passed that sauce in Trader Joe’s, no doubt feeling … Read more
Why do I set all my stories in turn of the century California? Well, the California part is easy–I love this place. It’s been home to my family for a very long time and I can’t imagine living anywhere else. It also has a pretty unique and rich history, which The Great Exception does a … Read more