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Superheroines and the Girls Who Love Them (+ Giveaway)
I never read comic books, but I grew up on superheroes. Spiderman and His Amazing Friends was my favorite cartoon when I was seven years old. I particularly loved Firestar. She could create heat and...
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Dedications. Who the heck reads them anyway? (+ giveaway)
Before becoming a writer, I never really took any notice of dedications. I mean, it was just another page to scan past to get to the good stuff, you know? If I did see one, I might glance at it, but...
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The Undercover Professor Checklist
I’m so excited to be here on Carina’s blog! My debut release, The Undercover Professor, is the fourth book I wrote, and my first to be published. Isn’t that a pretty cover? I’m thrilled to share...
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War Stories from My Family
Wesley “Hauk” Haukon, the hero from How Beauty Saved the Beast, is a war veteran from Afghanistan who came home a burn survivor with an amputated limb and burn scars covering most of his skin. Though...
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The Most Fun Research Ever
When my editor, the fabulous and insightful Deb Nemeth, emailed to tell me the good news that Carina was excited to be publishing Platinum, she also mentioned a few “little fixes.” Most were very...
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Defining Sexy
If someone did a study of the heroes of romances, the physical characteristics that make the hero sexy are somewhat standard. How many can you name? Strong jaw. Piercing eyes. Defined abs. That...
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The Worst Bad Dates
At what point would you give up on finding love? Or at least take a break from it? A handful of bad dates? Six months’ worth? A year? And how horrific would they have to be for you to finally throw in...
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Love Letters Volume 2 Inspiration
We asked the ladies of the Love Letters anthologies to share their inspirations for Love Letters Volume 2: Duty to Please, and this is where the magic began: E Is for Entice by Emily Cale My husband...
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Culture Clash
When I got a draft version of the cover for Die On Your Feet, I naturally showed it to my husband first, my children second—and then my writing group third. One of my friends in the group, fellow...
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Quick! Say Something Sexy
Love Letters Volume 3: Wicked Whispers is now available, and that means the Love Letters ladies are talking dirty. Well, not really. You see, Love Letters Volume 1: Obeying Desire marked a first for...
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How Much Do You Hate Your Job?
Okay – just admit it. We’ve all experienced one of THOSE days. You know what I’m talking about. They usually occur on a Monday, when you walk into the office and realize that the nice, neat,...
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Heroine of HomeEc?
My mother was a good cook, a sublime baker, and a gifted seamstress whose quilts and smocked baby dresses especially were true works of art. And when I was a kid, I wanted nothing to do with any of...
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Delivering two babies in one year
A year ago this week, I sat in a fertility doctor’s office and wept. My husband and I had been trying to get pregnant for two-and-a-half years or, as I’d begun to think of it, 30 months of crushing...
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Tempted to Travel?
It’s vacation time! In keeping with the release of Love Letters Volume 4: Travel to Temptation, we asked the Love Letters ladies about their real-life travel adventures: Maggie Wells – I married a...
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Inking his own path
The Adorned started off in November 2008…and yes, for those of you whose ears prick up like a bloodhound’s at the mention of ‘November’, its initial (and terrible!) first draft was written in the...
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Standing at the Crossroads
Our lives take strange turns. Who knew I’d be juggling a home life far busier than the corporate one I left behind? Or that I’d be worried about book research and review blogs instead of balance...
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Word Counts and Wedding Bells
London was an amazing place to be in the summer of 2012. Andy Murray reached the Wimbledon final, Bradley Wiggins won the Tour de France, and Olympic fever transformed the city into a weeks-long...
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Exposed!
Oops! Sorry, didn’t know you were there…Okay, maybe we did. The Love Letters ladies have been at it again. Want to get a peek at their thoughts on being exposed? Read on! Be sure to stick around to...
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Who loves a mystery? Me!
The sixth book in my Dylan Scott mystery series, Deadly Shadows, has hit the virtual shelves and I can’t tell you how excited and proud I am to be published by Carina Press and see my books alongside...
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Yeehaw! Cowboys!
Cowboys. Need we say more? Okay, we know we don’t have to, but we will. You see, there are few heroes as enduring as the cowboys of the American west. Strong, resilient, upright men of honor, a cowboy...
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