It’s finally time to go back to Peacock Hill! A Heart Rearranged, the 5th book in my Peacock Hill Romance series has been sitting rather impatiently on my hard drive for several months while I waited (rather impatiently, yet again) for my cover designer to have room in her busy schedule to get to me. […]
Shades of Grace
When I was a child growing up in a staunch Mennonite home, life was quite clear. There were wrongs — we called them ‘sins’ — and there were rights. The goal was to avoid the sins and do the right thing. Black versus white. I attended a Christian high school (boarding school) with very conservative […]
Favorite Type of Romance and Until We Meet Again
What’s your favorite type of romance? One of my favorite romances is second chances. Don’t you wish we all had the opportunity for do-overs in real life? I find myself writing second chance romances more and more often, and my new release, Hold Me, is no exception. If you already read books in the Chapel […]
Nothing Like a Challenge
by: Staci Stallings Okay, so you might not know this as a reader. It’s one of those first obstacles most writers have. It goes something like this: “There’s this song I want to use in my book. It’s a really popular song, and it will fit really well with this story. So, what do I […]
Hello, My Name Is… by Deb Kastner
Today I’m so excited to introduce you to Rebecca Foster Hamilton, the heroine of my most recent Harlequin Love Inspired romance out on August 20th, Her Forgotten Cowboy. Rebecca was a real challenge for me to write because I’d chosen to tackle a popular trope but one in which I’d not done before— Amnesia. When I […]
Romancing New York + Giveaway
Hola, Jolene Navarro here. Usually I’m checking in from the Texas Hill Country but today I’m going to share New York with you. Recently I saw a report in Healthy Woman about the benefits of trips with your girlfriends. I totally believe this to be true. Last week I had a wonderful week in New […]
Chapel Cove is growing (#giveaway)
There’s a new doctor in town, and Chapel Cove is growing. So is Choose Me, book 4 in the Chapel Cove romances. When I first started writing this story way too many weeks ago for my liking, I wondered if I’d manage to get a 35K novella out of my ideas. Well, my characters had […]
Loving Outside the Book
I’ve had the most fun writing and researching for My Wayfaring Billionaire. I learned about people who dress up as mermaids to entertain and educate others about ocean life and the dangers it’s in. I found the most beautiful little islands that are up for sale and thinking I need to sell a WHOLE […]
Interview with Lee Tobin McClain – Writing An Autistic Character
Those of you who follow me on my personal blog or social media know that I have a son with autism (in fact, today is his 13th birthday!). I am his voice in the world and speaking out about autism spectrum disorder has become part of who I am in the public world. But it […]
Try the Chocolate!
In my latest inspy romance, Seized, (released July 9, 2019) I’ve paired up kind and faithful Gloria Lockwood with Alejandro Rojas, a rugged loner who has never put a high priority on his own love life. Gloria is sort of an angel on earth. When her older sister and brother-in-law died tragically in a house […]