• Author Spotlight: Patricia Fischer Talks Medical Romance

    Patricia W. Fischer is an award-winning writer, and former percussionist, actress, singer, waitress, bartender, pre-cook, and finally a trauma nurse before she realized she needed to get her butt to a journalism class. After earning her journalism degree from Washington University, Patricia written for numerous publications about women’s health, foster/adoption advocacy, ovarian cancer education, and entertainment features. These days she spends her days with her family, two dogs, and a few fish while she creates a good story with a touch of reality, a dash of laughter, and a whole lot of love. Website| Instagram | Threads |  Facebook | TikTok ~*~*~*~ Finishing that Last Book of the Series By…

  • Author Spotlight: Welcome Back, Leigh Ann Edwards!

    Latesha B, you are Leigh Ann’s giveaway winner! Congratulations! Leigh Ann will be in touch! Thanks to everyone who stopped by! I always love having Leigh Ann Edwards on the blog–she writes such amazing paranormal stories, she has converted me to a romantasy reader–at least to her books, which keep you glued to the page. Leigh Ann Edwards writes smoking hot romantic fantasy adventures with badass heroines, alpha heroes, history, castles, and magic A grandmother of four, Leigh Ann wields her keyboard in Alberta, Canada with her husband and a few furry muses by her side. Her heroines don’t need to be rescued but will gladly work with a competent…

  • Author Spotlight: Liz Flaherty Has a New Release!

    Darlene DeLuca, you are Liz’s giveaway winner! Y’all know how much I love to share favorite authors and books with you. Today is particularly special because not only is Liz Flaherty one of my very favorite writers, she’s also one of my very best friends. She’s here this week with her newest release, Patches of Red, book 2 in Colors, the Harper Loch Trilogy. Retired from the post office, Liz Flaherty spends non-writing time sewing, quilting, and doing whatever else she wants to. She and Duane live in the old farmhouse in North Central Indiana they moved to in 1977. They’ve talked about moving, but really…40-some years’ worth of stuff?…

  • Author Spotlight: Romance Author Jana Richards Is Here!

    I’m so happy to welcome my fellow Word Wrangler, Jana Richards to the Spotlight today! When Jana Richards read her first romance novel, she immediately knew two things: she had to commit the stories running through her head to paper, and they had to end with a happily-ever-after. She also knew she’d found what she was meant to do. Since then she’s never met a romance genre she didn’t like. She writes contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and historical romance set in World War Two, in lengths ranging from short story to full length novel. Just for fun, she throws in generous helpings of humor, and the occasional dash of the…

  • Author Spotlight: Welcome Romance Author Anna Grace

    We have a winner! Cherie J–you are Anna’s giveaway recipient. Anna will be touch! Thanks to everyone who stopped by!  I recently joined the Southern Oregon Central Oregon Chapter of the Romance Writers of America–another wonderful opportunity to meet more fabulous authors and sisters in romance writing. Anna Grace is one of my new SOCO author pals and I’m so very glad to welcome her to the Spotlight today. Award-winning author Anna Grace writes fun, heartfelt romance novels that have been described as “having the feel good vibes of a Hallmark film, with the emotional complexity of book club fiction.” Anna’s Oregon roots, love of family and community shine through…

  • Author Spotlight: Welcome, Shanna Hatfield!

    I’m always delighted to share new discoveries with you, and Shanna Hatfield and her books are a fab find for me! We met when I joined the Petticoats & Pistols blog and I’ve enjoyed getting to know her and the other “fillies” who are on the blog. It’s a joy to have her with me today. USA Today bestselling author Shanna Hatfield grew up on a farm where hay fever and life lessons were always in season. Today, she blends her rural roots with a love for storytelling, crafting sweet, wholesome romances filled with hope, humor, quirky characters, and realistic heroes paired with strong, inspiring heroines. When she’s not writing or baking new…

  • Author Spotlight: Bestie Liz Flaherty Joins Me Today–Always a Pleasure!

    I’m so glad to welcome my writing bestie, author Liz Flaherty to the Spotlight today. I stole her bio right off her website because it charms the socks off me. She wanted to shake the dust of central Indiana farm country and move to the city, get rich, wear designer clothes, and write books. Well, she writes books.​ Liz Flaherty lives five miles from where she grew up, only now she relishes the sights and sounds and scents of the fields around her, doesn’t care much about clothes, and thinks being rich would probably have been overrated anyway.  She’s spent the past several years enjoying not working a day job,…

  • Author Spotlight: Sinclair Jayne Brings a Touch of Autumn Magic

    We have a winner! Germaine Brown-Corbitt, you are Sinclair’s giveaway winner. Sinclair will be in touch with you. Thanks to everyone who stopped by!  I love it when my dear editor and fellow Tule author comes to visit. Sinclair Jayne is such a remarkable storyteller that any new book from her goes immediately onto my TBR. The Southern Love Spells series has kept me intrigued and delighted. I can’t wait to read A Kiss of Southern Magic, which releases today from Tule Publishing. Sinclair Jayne has loved reading romance novels since she discovered Barbara Cartland historical romances when she was in sixth grade. By seventh grade, she was haunting the library…

  • Authors on The Road Day 2

    Day 2 from beautiful Galena, Illinois. Liz here… We slept pretty well last night, considering we weren’t in our own beds. We do have those fireplaces in our rooms, which have a lovely mesmerizing affect. At least until the timer goes off and the fire goes out. We were up pretty early this morning, ramping up our word counts and talking about what we would do this afternoon and what we needed to do with our works-in-progress. Oh, and we ate some stuff. And drank some stuff. And talked some more. This is the exciting, dramatic stuff writing retreats are made of. We had a good late lunch at Durty…

  • Authors On the Road Day 1

    We arrived! We drove…and drove…and drove, but we got here safely and are loving our place! I knew that sister PJ vacationed with aplomb, but who knew Lizzie and I would enjoy such luxury? First though, the trip. I asked Gigi (my GPS) to avoid toll roads and interstates, and boy, did she! Part of our trip was on long country roads, past cornfields and farms and pastures with cows and horses. Delightful scenery! Interestingly, the route she took us on had so few towns, large or small, that we were starting to wonder whether Illinois actually had any small towns. We finally found a place for food and enjoyed…