Writing inspirational love stories means walking a tightrope. It’s important to portray the hero and heroine being drawn to each other, admiring each other, and coming to love each other. And, yes, being attracted to each other. But that’s where issues can arise. While Christian romance readers want to believe that these two people are […]
More Time to Read!
Day job. Kids and grandkids. Yardwork. Housework. Facebook. Netflix. In your busy, distraction-filled life, how do you make time to read? I am genuinely seeking suggestions. I’m an author and English teacher, so it’s professionally necessary that I read. But I also love to escape into a good book. I just don’t make the time to […]
Fun Quiz and Giveaway
Hello, InspyRomance Readers! How about taking a fun quiz? There are eight one-line descriptions below. For each one, guess whether it takes place in the Arcadia Valley Romance series or the Rescue River series. Yes, you have an advantage if you’ve read both series… that’s on purpose! We want you to read our books. But if […]
Three Authors Walk Into a Bookstore…
Last month, three authors from the Arcadia Valley Romance project got to meet… in person! This is a big deal because: Although we know a lot about each other, and share hopes and dreams and prayers and problems, most of that interaction is online. Lots of authors are introverts, more comfortable with words on a […]
Can I Be In Your Book? Well, Kinda….
“Am I going to be in your book?” an online date asks. “Well… it’s complicated,” I reply, dashing his hopes of discovering himself to be a romantic hero. Actually, people and situations in my life do appear in my books, so much so that any of my friends or acquaintances, or that young woman […]
Story Help and a Giveaway!
Looking for story ideas! I am coming to the end of my Rescue River series for Harlequin, and getting ready to propose a new series. I need help! If you’ll comment about which of the series ideas listed below appeals to you the most—and why—I’ll put you in a drawing for my first three Rescue […]
Contrasts, Opposites, and a Wee Giveaway
Fresh-food enthusiast vs. vegetable-hater. Insecure, ordinary, too-curvy heroine vs. wealthy, handsome, famous hero. Hot Mexican food inside. Cold, blustery snow outside. Are you getting the picture? Opposites and contrasts make the world go round in romance. The more contrasts I dream up for my books, the more fun they are to write… and ideally, to […]
Nannies of Romance
No, I don’t have an obsession with nannies… but from my last two Love Inspired novels, you might think that I did. My current novel, The Nanny’s Texas Christmas, is part of the Lone Star Cowboy League series about a ranch for troubled boys. Flint Rawlings, the ranch foreman, is having trouble keeping a babysitter for […]
Name a Book Pet!
Edit: Thank you so much for all the awesome names! I finally decided to go with Jessica B’s suggestion: Barrington, with a nickname of Bear. It fits the book’s plot beautifully! And the book will be out with a collection of novellas in January, so stay tuned… you all can meet Bear! Lots of novels […]
Three Weddings, a Proposal… and a Giveaway!
Always a bridesmaid. That’s café owner Kaylee Kinney’s problem. But she’s a businesslike go-getter, so she makes a vow to marry within a year… and buckles down to achieve her goal. Enter U.S. Army Ranger Phelan O’Donnell. Sure, he broke her heart once, but she’s much tougher now. She’ll practice her relationship skills with Phelan […]
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