Enemies to Love stories are some of my favorites. I love reading as characters walk that long between two equally strong emotions: love and hate. As I’ve been writing an enemies to love story (Dancing with Dandelion, the final book in the Bloom Sisters Series), I’ve discovered this particular storyline comes with its own set […]
Welcoming Change by Melanie D. Snitker + Freebie
Change is such a double-edged sword. On one hand, it can be a wonderful thing and lead to new adventures or new experiences. On the other, good changes can be difficult to adjust to. Even small ones: I’ve always read digital books using the Kindle application on my cell phone. My husband has had an […]
Sunday Edition
Our second stop in Iowa was the Iowa Quilt Museum. My sister is a quilter, so I happened to see their brown “point of interest” on the highway as we approached the exit and I said, “Hey, there’s an Iowa quilt museum.” And she said, “We should stop.” “Really?” says I. “No…yes. Let’s go.” So […]
International Travel Romance (and #Giveaway)
Do you smile when you look through old photographs of places you have been on your vacations and remember the sights and sounds? It seems that our world is now divided into before versus during the pandemic. We are not out of the woods yet, and many people are not traveling outside their own comfort […]
Series Recommendation – Restoring Heritage by Tari Faris
I loved reading Tari Faris’ Restoring Heritage contemporary Christian romance series set in a small town in Michigan. The series includes three trade length novels and two novellas with eight romantic pairings in the series. The full length novels each include a romantic subplot. Let’s take a closer look at the romances that span the series. […]
Public Display of Humiliation: Reader Edition PLUS Giveaway
They made me do it. They were just so fantastic I had no choice but to obsess over them. With their compelling storylines, witty dialogue, and heart-achingly perfect heroes, I was doomed from the start. I’m talking about the books that lead to PDH: Public Displays of Humiliation. After sixteen years on social media, I’ve […]
Besties in Fiction and Real Life (and a giveaway)
The summer I turned six years old, our family moved from Ohio to Illinois. On move-in day, I stood in the front yard, watching in a bit of a daze while the movers carried piece after piece of furniture off a huge truck and in through the front door of our new house. My older […]
What Inspires You?
Inspiration is one of those often elusive things that I search and search for. Then, one day, out of nowhere, it strikes! Over time, I’ve found a dozen things that always inspire me in some way. Oceans inspire me to see the vastness of the world. My kids inspire me to keep going when I […]
Cover Reveal and Coming Soon!
So, this isn’t the first time I’ve talked about covers here on the Inspy blog. A few years ago (which feels like forever) I talked about The Cowboy’s Twins and how they had to mirror image the hero Jax so his scar wasn’t showing, which in turn made the babies he was holding look odd […]
Sunday Edition
I mentioned last week that Iowa was the state that got our two detours. First up was about 20 minutes out of the way from our dash across on I-80 and it took us to Riverside, Iowa, future birthplace of James. T. Kirk. There was NO WAY I was going to get close enough to […]