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Have you guys had a chance to check out our sweepstakes to celebrate the publication of The Marriage Ring by Cathy Maxwell? With help from our dear fri [...]

"A Madcap Erika-type Adventure"

That’s what Carrie Feron said to me as she left the office on Thursday…she was taking Friday off for “a madcap Erika-type adventure.”  I can’t wait to find out what that was. I have a reputation here at the office, you see.  I once gathered some friends and drove to Niagara Falls just because I wanted to put some mileage on my new car.  We stopped in Buffalo in search of buffalo wing [...]

2010 RITA Award Finalists

Congratulations to all of our finalists for the 2010 RITA awards! The winners will be announced on July 31st, 2010, at RWA's 30th Annual National Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. You can see the complete list here. What books do you want to see win? Contemporary Single Title Romance Finalist [...]

A BRIDE FOR HIS CONVENIENCE by Edith Layton

A Chat with Kathryn Johnson

What does the end of summer mean to you? Returning to a school-year routine? Shutting off the AC and turning on the heat? Putting away shorts and halter tops, and breaking out the sweaters? For me and my husband, September is a reminder that we’re nearing the end of the sailing season. It’s truly romantic skimming across the Chesapeake Bay in our vintage sailboat Purr during the late [...]

A DEVIL IN WINTER by Lisa Kleypas

A Highland Duchess, Brigadoon, and Books

Yesterday, UPS delivered a few packages to me. Remember, I’m an online gal from way back. Of the three boxes, the one that delighted me the most was the one containing the books I’d ordered. When I get a book I anticipate reading, it’s like Christmas. You know the feeling: your heart pounds, your eyes light up, your breath comes quickly. Wait a minute. Why does the song: “Almost Like Be [...]

A Love Story?

With so many harsh realities in the news today, why is my primary concern the impending divorce of Al and Tipper Gore.  I am going to miss them as a couple – they seemed very genuine.   Think of all the years of Halloween Costumes.  Believe me, it’s going to be hard for Tipper to find someone who will dress like Underdog to her Polly Purebred, or the Beast to her Beauty. [...]

A Report from BEA

“Wear sensible shoes.” That was the advice my good friend, bookseller Kelly Justice of the Fountain Bookstore gave me when I asked about Book Expo America. Or BEA as those in “the know” refer to it. This is my first BEA. I followed Kelly’s shoe instructions and I’m glad I have. The gathering of booksellers, publishers, vendors, and writers is like a fifty ring circus on steroids. [...]

A ROSE IN WINTER by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

A Royal Wedding!

I am just a little too young to have been around for Princess Diana and the Royal Wedding of the Century but, if all goes according to plan, I may just be in luck for witnessing this century's giant royal wedding! Yes, that's right, I am one of those girls waiting with bated breath for the handsome and charming Prince William to propose to his glamorous and beautiful girlfriend, Kate Mid [...]

A SCOTSMAN IN LOVE by Karen Ranney

A Sweeping Historical Love Story

I knew at once that Catherine de Valois would make a fascinating heroine for my novel, The Queen’s Lover. It wasn’t just because she married England’s greatest king, Henry V, as he conquered her country, (though it’s what made Shakespeare write about her, with [...]

A Wedding of Her Own...

Just once month until the wedding… I mean it this time. My wedding. Coming right up. Gah. Previously, I had only to worry about a certain fictional wedding in my latest, A GROOM OF ONE’S OWN. There was plenty to worry about there: Two weeks before [...]

An Interview with Jeaniene Frost

Welcome to today’s interview with my special guest, the lovely and oh-so-talented Jeaniene Frost, the wri [...]