Sourcebooks Casablanca Romance Authors

Hello Everyone! I’m new here. So I’m going to use this post to introduce myself. I’m Abbie Roads. <waving> By day… I’m a mental health therapist, known for my blunt, honest style of therapy and my shoes—I love a great pair of heels. I've been seeing clients for sixteen years now and have read so many books—in the name of knowing which ones to recommend to each client—that I can spout off inspirational phrases from them on command.  I do love a good inspirational quote. I often make my clients pick a few of these phrases to serve as temporary life mottos to keep them on the right track.  But at night… I write dark dark dark romantic suspense. My debut novel RACE THE DARKNESS is available for pre-order now. How does an inspirational-quote-loving therapist end up writing dark romantic suspense? Well… In a way it makes perfect sense. I meet people at the worst moments of their lives. Think of a human tragedy. Go on… Yes. I’ve had cli...

It seemed to take forever to make it to NY, but I did it, and will be forever grateful that my query found its way to my agent Bob Mecoy's email and that he pitched my military/paranormal/romantic-suspense X-OPS SERIES to my editor Cat Clyne!  Since then, I signed with Sourcebooks for a second paranormal/romantic-suspense Series called S.W.A.T. (aka Special Wolf Alpha Team). I'm so excited to be part of the Sourcebooks family! Still Snoopy Dancing! If you're not familiar with me, I’m a USA Today Bestselling Author of sexy, romantic fiction. I've written over fifty books in practically every genre of romance, but my favorite is definitely the paranormal/romantic-suspense combo. My very own military hero (also known as my hubby) and I live on the beautiful Florida coast with our adorable fur baby (also known as our dog). I actually graduated with a degree in education and was well on my way to being a middle school teacher, but ultimately I couldn't resist follo...

Hello, everyone! Greetings from one of the new kids on the block. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting some of you last summer at the RWA Conference in Anaheim, and I hope to meet the rest of you too, once I settle in. Beth suggested I write a “Five Things You Don’t Know About Me” blog, which seems as good a way as any to start things off, so here goes: 1.   You might guess this one from my photo: I am a third-generation Chinese-American. My father grew up in a traditional Chinese family, my mother in a non-Chinese family with traditions of its own. They relocated to Southern California from New York before I was born, so I consider myself a native Californian and thoroughly assimilated, though I value my Asian heritage. 2. I have a retentive but strangely selective memory. Seriously. I remember snatches of poems I learned as a child, lyrics to obscure or novelty songs, equally obscure trivia or historical facts, and the times tables--but I tend to forget things like ...