On First Sight Saturday, I welcome guest authors to share a first meeting scene. Today Christina Tetreault visits with her just-released contemporary romance, Hometown Love. Her interesting fact is that she is mother to a set of identical twins. More power to you, girl. I have two children separated by 2.5 years and I cannot imagine… Continue Reading
This Saturday is my twenty-third wedding anniversary. The great thing about real life happily-ever-afters is they last longer than the fictional ones that wrap up in a chapter or two. One thing I really love about reading a series is the view we sometimes get of characters we saw fall in love, years later—how their… Continue Reading
I know bad boys are popular right now, but part of the appeal of Boone Ramer is he’s a good guy who’s just so darned sexy. (Violet and her roommate nicknamed him Hotness.) As my Yellowblown™ series progresses, we’re going to learn he’s not quite as straight-laced as even he thinks he is. This dialogue… Continue Reading
It might seem odd to include anything about National Parks in a blog hop for short book excerpts, but I always like to have a topic to tie in, and Yellowstone’s birthday was on March 1, and my Yellowblown™ series is based around the eruption of the Yellowstone super caldera, so this week’s hook is from… Continue Reading
Yellowstone National Park was established by the U.S. Congress on March 1, 1872. It was not only the first national park in the United States, but the first one in the world! Native Americans were active in what we call Yellowstone for thousands of years before scientific exploration and mapping of the area began in 1869. For… Continue Reading
Today I welcome fellow Love Historicals author Anna Markland with her first meeting excerpt, and this isn’t one that would normally set up the expectation of love. Something people may not be aware of about Anna is that since the summer of 2011, she has written and published 21 books. Astonishing! The Rover Betrayed is… Continue Reading
Every week, Book Boyfriends Cafe suggests a topic for a blog hop, and this week it is Hot Kisses. Not all kisses are hot. A kiss can be gentle, soothing, unwelcome, or even gross. This one is the first scorcher for Boone and Violet, main characters in my New Adult contemporary romance, Eruption: Yellowblown™ Book One. They’re getting… Continue Reading
Monday was my dad’s birthday. I’ve been blessed with wonderful parents and a supportive family, but while those kinds of relationships make real life worth living, they get kind of boring in books or movies. Tension and conflict are the fuels that drive good stories, after all, and who knows how to push buttons better… Continue Reading
The beginnings of books are hard. Modern writers can’t often get away with pages of description, of guiding us into the setting and mood of the character. This is the favorite of my beginnings, featuring the hero of Redeemed, book two in my Evolution Series, who was the villain in book one and not a likable… Continue Reading
Thanks for visiting my stop on the Love Historical’s Valentine’s blog hop. Read my short excerpt to find the name of my hero in this scene where the heroine is fervently apologizing for a series of wrongs. It isn’t romantic in the sense of candles and flowers, but I chose this scene because it is… Continue Reading
