There’s something irresistible about a second chance at love. Maybe it’s because most of us have a “what if” tucked away somewhere, whether it was the guy who got away or a relationship that ended for the wrong reasons. In romance novels, the reunited lovers trope takes those regrets and gives the lovers...

Music plays a large part in SUCH SHELTERED LIVES—music the characters make, hear, and overhear; songs they love and hate. So it was inevitable that some of my favorite music and musicians would be a major piece of inspiration for the story.

I rarely listen to music while I write—the musicians’ voices...

What is the title of your latest release?

CROSS YOUR HEART AND HOPE HE DIES

What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?

Fierce marketing manager Juliette Winters is trying to save her publisher from ruin by making the book deal of the century &ndash...

I always imagined myself as Anne Shirley. Partly because of my name. I’m Anne (with an E) Gallagher. And my hair is red, thanks to a box of Red Hot hair color I found under the bathroom sink. Plus, I grew up on an island—Mackinac Island, Michigan, which has its own tiny school and horse...