As ROSEMARY OPENS HER HEART goes on sale this week, I’m going to reveal a sneaky way I love to manipulate readers. I’ve used it in several books before, but the appeal is universal: no matter what sort of story you’re telling, cute little kids hook readers’ hearts. And when you add in valiant dogs [...]

Back in the early 90’s when I was first publishing racy Western romances I was totally into writing heroines who let nothing stand in their way, who insisted on living life to the fullest, and who, truth be told, didn’t really need a man. We called them spitfires, referred to them as feisty and unconventional, [...]

I just wrote my hottest Amish scene ever! And as I write this, I’m chuckling. Not so long ago, under a different name, I was routinely writing hard-core erotica for the Black Lace and Aphrodisia lines, so the thought that this scene between two Amish teenagers, fully clothed, is HOT tickles my funny bone. At [...]

And I want YOU to ride along with me, later in this post! There might be a book in it for you. You might be sweltering in the early summer heat, wondering what sort of meds I’m on if I’m rhapsodizing about a one-horse open sleigh. But the news here is good! My Kensington editor [...]