On this frosty November day it’s lovely to welcome my guest, author Rhoda Baxter. It’s bonfire night (Guy Fawkes night) in the UK tonight, so I’ve got in some parkin* and, since it’s so cold (well – let’s be honest – since there’s actually any type of weather!), there’s also a great big steaming pot…… Continue reading Good to meet you…author Rhoda Baxter
I have exciting news to share today. On December 11th my latest novel, A Way from Heart to Heart, will be released by Accent Press. This novel is a new venture for me. Although a romance lies at the heart of the story, it’s a much wider-ranging novel than my previous two. There is a…… Continue reading An uplifting Afghan proverb and some exciting news
I’m delighted to welcome author Heather Ashby today. Heather is a US Navy veteran who taught school and raised a family while accompanying her Navy husband around the United States, Japan, and the Middle East. In gratitude for her Army son’s safe return from Afghanistan and Iraq, she now writes military romance novels, donating half…… Continue reading Good to meet you…author Heather Ashby
Today’s been another lovely summer’s day. We’ve had brilliant weather all July, and the roses in my garden have great, heady blooms. Their scent is gorgeous, too, and it’s the perfect place to sit with my guest and have a chat. Welcome to Yorkshire, Renee Charles. Lovely to meet you! Where do you live, Renee?…… Continue reading Good to meet you…author Renee Charles
At the Romantic Novelists’ Association Conference last week I attended a seminar entitled Universal Elements of Romance Fiction, hosted by Catherine LaRoche. Catherine LaRoche is a professor of gender and cultural studies at a college in the US, and has just finished a year at Leeds University in the UK. (My old uni, and home…… Continue reading A man’s world? The lot of the heroine in contemporary romance
My guest today has come all the way from Down Under. Normally when my Australian friends and family visit me in northern England they often mention the cold, but luckily today has been one of the hottest days of the year so far, and I think even a resident of Oz won’t need to put…… Continue reading Good to meet you…author Beverley Eikli
Last week I was at the UK’s Romantic Novelists’ Association conference, and there was plenty going on – old friends to meet up with, cyber friends to get to know in the real world, and new friendships to make. I had a brilliant time, but a lot of it was intense. Usually I spend…… Continue reading Addiction to romance novels is a thing – and science proves it!
What a beautiful day to day! Me and my guest are sitting outside admiring my roses, which have finally come into bloom after a cold and rainy spring. They’re looking gorgeous, and their scent is so heady in the sun. A lovely setting to welcome romance author Kristen Ethridge! Where do you live, Kristen? I…… Continue reading Good to meet you…author Kristen Ethridge
It’s the day after what we call a Bank Holiday weekend here in England (Monday was a national holiday). Yesterday I spent the extra day tidying up the garden. My husband did a sterling job replacing our old rusting gate with a bright shiny new one. He wants me to point it out to all…… Continue reading Good to meet you…author Melissa Keir
My visitor today comes from Down Under – my first author visit from Australia, and I’m very excited! I’ve made us the usual brew and would have loved to get Jennie Jones some Tim Tams (a delicious Australian biscuit which some friends once brought me back from Brisbane) but sadly they’re not available in the…… Continue reading Good to meet you…author Jennie Jones
Helena Fairfax 