What are you thankful for? With Thanksgiving Day tomorrow, it felt right to ask this question. And it feels right to answer it myself first. What am I thankful for? First and foremost, it’s God’s love and grace. What better gift can we hope for? God loves us even when we make mistakes and don’t […]
What’s in the Box Plus Giveaway
I love books and I admit, I love bargains, so I’m grateful for the existence of box sets. I believe the first box set I bought was Splash! where I discovered several new to me authors (also a plus about multi-author sets). Later, I found it was fun to work with other writers while publishing […]
Second Chance for Secondary Characters Plus Giveaway
When you spend a lot of time with someone, you get attached to that person, don’t you? Well, as an author, I spend a lot of time with my characters. I get to know them, I sympathize with their hurts and rejoice when they find their happily-ever-after. Even after I type “The End,” it’s difficult […]
What’s Your Favorite Christian Romance Trope? Plus Giveaway
Once upon a time, I didn’t know what romance tropes meant. I just knew themes I loved writing about: friends to true love, woman in jeopardy, second chances, opposites attract. Then I heard about popular romance tropes and realized about my ignorance. In time, I added more tropes to my list, and some of them […]
Do You Judge a Book by Its Cover? Plus #Giveaway!
There’s that well-known saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” But I often hear that cover is the first thing readers see and if it’s a new to them author, there are only several seconds to capture their attention before they might move on to the next, more attractive cover and the book behind […]
A Tuscan Legacy in Rios Azules, Texas, plus Excerpt and #Giveaway
We’ve traveled to Tuscany a lot at Inspy Romance lately with A Tuscan Legacy series, but why break tradition of giveaways and excerpts? Besides, I’m thrilled to share my contribution to the series with readers. As I feel at home at Inspy, I’d love for you to help me celebrate my new release, Rapsodia. Rapsodia […]
Don’t Buy My New Book
Please don’t buy my new book! That is, if you subscribe or intend to subscribe to my newsletter. As a token of my appreciation, I offer my brand-new release, Season of Mercy, to my subscribers free. Of course, if you’d like to buy it here, who am to question such a kind gesture? I didn’t […]
What’s Your Favorite Vacation?
Do you like to travel? I used to be able to go on a trip at the drop of a hat. I loved going sightseeing, learning about the history of the place, tasting local food, taking pictures, talking to people, and overall exploring other cultures. In my younger years, I traveled to Lithuania, Germany, Poland, […]
Gor’ko!
Do you like weddings? Even though I know that a wedding is only the beginning (of a family life), I enjoy when a romance book ends with a wedding. There is something about the overflowing joy of the couple, the commitment, the first moment of life together, the promise to honor each other, the happiness […]
A Fire Extinguisher, Dangerous Waters, and a Snake Bite
This post started as writing about research for my books, and “dangerous waters” in the title meant the scene in Season of Joy, when the hero’s son falls overboard. Now the consequences of the Hurricane Harvey is the main thing on our minds here, and I learned once again how beautiful waves of the ocean […]