There's a sentence I can't stop thinking about lately. It's only six words long, and it's one of those things that just makes you stop and say, Ohhh.Β Yes. That.Β I was at Hank Phillippi Ryanβs book launch recently, a lovely evening full of people celebrating a writer who...
What is the title of your latest release? MOTHSBLOODWhatβs the βelevator pitchβ for your new book? An ambitious alchemist attending a secret university in Paris must confront her shadowed past after the impossible murder of her immortal professor.How did you decide where...
Book Title: BLACKOUT β A JAKE BENDEL THRILLERCharacter Name: Kristi KonnorsHow would you describe your family or your childhood?Β Overall, pretty good, two loving parents, no siblings to get in my way. Often called a Tom-boy. Enjoyed riding BMX bikes with my fellow...
Welcome back to Jenβs Jewels, your go-to destination for discovering your next great read. This week, Iβm shining a spotlight on POSTMARKED DECEMBER by USA Today bestselling author Jenny Hale. Itβs officially the season for Christmas romance, and few authors capture the magic of the holidays quite like Jenny. So grab a...
As part of my story development process, I create a playlist of songs that mean something to the main characters or that capture a certain theme or emotion of the story. Music enlivens my imagination, allowing me to experience the charactersβ fictional world in a real, sense-based way. These songs were among these most heavily rotated as...
ENGINEERING A LOVE STORYWhatβs the βelevator pitchβ for your new book? ENGINEERING A LOVE STORY is an upmarket romance about a divorcing software developer in the year 2000 whose hopes for a bigger life are tested by a workplace affair that threatens her career, her newfound independence, and her...
Excerpt from RED SEAL by Rosa Kwon Easton:KO-CHANPyongyangApril 1943The loud squeal of the trainβs brakes woke Ko-chan up from a deep sleep. He patted his jacket and felt the gold metal buttons on...
Excerpt from THE TOWER OF BEGGARSby Torsten Weitze:Silence had fallen on the neatly cobbled street as Niri continued to push her coal cart towards her destination, the stately house looming ahead of her in the distance.The sun had already disappeared behind the horizon, with only the echo of...
Dragons sit in a strange place in fantasy romance. They are monsters, gods, weapons, hoards, guardians, tyrants, and sometimes the most emotionally inconvenient person in the room. They carry all the grandeur of old myth, but they also make excellent romantic pressure: what happens when desire has claws, when trust requires standing close to something that could burn the...