In novels, curve balls are those delightful tools we use to make our characters suffer. Adding onto the conflict until they don’t see a way out. Putting on the pressure. And that’s great—for a romance novel. Because even though the hero and heroine delve into dark moments where nothing appears to work out, we readers […]
The Cowboy’s Twins and a giveaway
Photo of Sun Shaman courtesy of Happy Haven Farm & Sanctuary In my last post I wrote a little about the plight of wild mustangs. My heroine in The Cowboy’s Twins, Faith Duggan, has a mustang sanctuary, and my hero Jax McKenna is a horse whisperer, though he would be appalled if anyone used that […]
Anatomy of a Cover plus a Giveaway
I’m sure you’ve heard the old adage, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” but let’s face it–to some extent, we all do. People, colors, fonts can all catch a reader’s interest, or cause them to pass right on by. I envy self-published authors, who have the opportunity to create a cover that represents precisely […]
The Plight of Wild Mustangs
Deb Kastner here, talking about my May release from Harlequin Love Inspired, The Cowboy’s Twins. In it, the heroine, Faith Duggan, follows her dream of opening a mustang sanctuary. Luckily for her, hero Jax McKenna knows all about horses. I was blessed in my research of the plight of wild mustangs because my sister Amy […]