Here's my review of Hot of the Press by Meline Nadeau This is an interesting twist on the "reacquainted with past love" type of story. Leigh inherits the small town newspaper that her father loved and is thrown into a working relationship with David, the man that worked for her father since his teenage [...]
Here's the review I posted on Infamous by Irene Preston: The book throws you into the glitzy world of a famous author who is tied into the glamorous scene of the rich and famous. The beginning is pretty intense and I love the way it pans out. I would ruin it if I told too [...]
I attended the National RWA (Romance Writer's of America) Convention in Anaheim, California last week. I was a "first timer" and had this wonderful little banner on my name tag that announced my newbie status for the world to see. I was told it would make everyone be nice to me but I didn't really [...]
My review of One Hit Wonder by Denyse Cohen is short and sweet - but the book is much more...a fun read: A cute read about a shy musician that falls in love with a woman that begins to pursue a career as a photographer. The trials they endure as he rockets to stardom after [...]
I made it back from Anaheim and the RWA National Convention yesterday. What a great trip! I highly recommend everyone attend a convention of this type. It's a great place to rub elbows with established and new authors. You'll walk away very inspired. It also put me in touch with several other authors in my [...]
I'm afraid I was a bit late getting this blog going and therefore didn't post my earlier book reviews. Going forward I'll post them here as well as on the major review sites. To get back on track, I intend to spend this week publishing my backlog of reviews in order to help the authors [...]
Okay, I bet everyone agrees that writing gives us a chance to write a character that has all our most attractive traits and none of our, ahem, less attractive ones. Right? So, pretend for a minute you're exactly the really awesome person that you think would make the best heroine ever. What traits would that [...]
Recently my husband and I decided to rent a lake house for the summer. It was a stretch for us because our schedules don’t make it easy to commit to something long term when it comes to our weekends and vacations. And yes, there was an expense involved. However, this time, with our youngest child [...]
Kyle McKinney was her own woman and she'd given up a lot to make sure of it. She'd left behind a huge trust fund, an ivy league education, and a willing but boring fiancee' to have the opportunity to claim her own life. The life she'd chosen as a flight attendant.Mac, also named Kyle McKinney, [...]
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