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The obvious answer is of course, yes. Men have different triggers that spark their interest. So I thought it would be fun to hand EVERLASTING ENCHANTMENT over to a young man and have him choose random sentences from each chapter that sparked his interest. These are definitely not sentences I would have chosen, so I found them fascinating...and am sharing them with you here today: Quotes from EVERLASTING ENCHANTMENT Ch. 1 Page 13: Surely her companion knew that baronets had the strength to rip ...

There are many elements that go into the making of any work of fiction. Generally, a combination of personal experience, imagination, and research. Each author has their own unique well of experiences to draw on, and their own perspective on how they viewed their experiences, which is why regardless of the idea, each writer can bring a unique perspective to any novel. Today I’d like to share with you some of the elements that went into the creation of the RELICS OF MERLIN series, which includes: ENCHANTING THE LADY, DOUBLE ENCHANTMENT, ENCHANTING THE BEAST and the upcoming brand new story (December 2013), EVERLASTING ENCHANTMENT. When I’m crafting a novel, sometimes the world comes first, sometimes the characters, sometimes the plot: In the RELICS OF MERLIN, the world came first. Although the books are stand-alones, they are all connected by Merlin’s thirteen relics—jewels that the sorcerer Merlin crafted, each holding a different spell of power. In my alternate Victorian ...

Next month Sourcebooks will be re-releasing the second book in the Relics of Merlin series, Double Enchantment. It will be thrilling to see the new, gorgeous cover on the bookshelves! For a bit of fun, I’ve compiled a list of reasons you might want to read this historical fantasy romance story. Top Ten Reasons to Read DOUBLE ENCHANTMENT  Reason Number 10: You enjoy historical romances sent in the Victorian era, and are looking for a bit of a magical twist on Merry Old England. Reason Number 9: You enjoyed fairy tales as a child. Now it’s time to enjoy one written especially for grown-ups. Reason Number 8: You’ve always longed to let the bad girl inside of you loose! And if not, you can at least enjoy the antics of the bad girl in my heroine. Reason Number 7: You’ve always wondered what it would be like to live with a gnome. No? Well, now that I mention it, you just might be curious… ...

I don't often have whole scenes deleted from a book, and this was so long ago I'm not even sure why this scene never made it into the book. But it still captures a bit of a sense of wonder for me, and with the re-release of the Relics of Merlins series, I thought readers of Enchanting the Lady would enjoy it as an addition to Terence and Felicity's love story, so I'm sharing it here with you today:    Felicity turned her head back around.   Terence strode to the end of the balcony and stopped.   Felicity opened her mouth, for surely what sat in the garden had to be an illusion.   But she knew down to her toes that her husband had brought her a real dragon.   Somehow, he’d managed to provide a steed beyond her wildest dreams.    While Terence walked down the stairs and onto a graveled path, she stared at the dragon, trying to memorize every glowing scale, every line of sleek muscle.   The dragon dwarfed the sculptured trees around i...

I have to admit, Halloween is my least favorite holiday, and I never really looked forward to it. And then I started watching Ghosthunters on the SyFy channel. Two plumbers rambling around reputedly haunted houses and old castles saying “Ghosts, are you here?” I absolutely fell in love with the characters, and I’m always cheering them on to find evidence of paranormal activity (although they have yet to find indisputable proof, darn it). I especially enjoy the history of the old houses and locations they visit. They do a live show on Halloween and I always look forward to watching it. I adore how they try to be all scientific with their equipment (EVP, means Electronic Voice Phenomena, which is background noise too quiet for the human ear to catch, but can be caught on a tape recorder.) I love how one of the plumbers uses formal language, like ‘upon’, and how the other one is just cute enough to squeeze. The show has popularized phrases like, ‘debunking’, ‘residual haunt’, ‘intell...