Sourcebooks Casablanca Romance Authors

Deb couldn't blog with us today, but I have a re-post of a great blog from 2013. Enjoy!   by Deb Werksman Editorial Manager Sourcebooks Casablanca I've been doing a lot of exploring in my personal life about men and women, masculinity and femininity. A great topic for a romance editor, don't you think? I've been reading books and listening to tapes by Allison Armstrong in addition to applying all the transformation I get from the courses I take at Landmark Education. As you may already know, one of my editorial criteria for the romances on my list is, "a heroine the reader can relate to." So I got to thinking about the balance between feistiness in a heroine and her femininity and to what degree a heroine needs to be independent in thought and action and to what degree her femininity (what Allison calls "a strong woman voluntarily vulnerable") empowers the hero to be the man he needs to be to fulfill one of my other crit...

Title: Private Affair Author: Rebecca York Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca Genre: Romantic Suspense Model Olivia Winters comes home to escape her job in New York City, and finds herself compelled to investigate the suspicious suicide of a former high school classmate. She enlists the help of private investigator Max Lyon, an ex-detective from a troubled family. Posing as husband and wife, the pair uncovers a grisly trail of murder, and the danger propels them into each other's arms. With a murderer on the loose, Max and Olivia realize they're in too deep, too late. They're getting close to the truth—and to each other's secrets. An Excerpt  Without glancing back, Olivia walked to the living room area and closed the door behind her. After crossing the room, she pulled the curtains aside and stood looking down into the building’s courtyard. She wondered if Max would come after her. When he didn’t, she sat down on the couch and pulled ...

In my newest romantic suspense novel Betrayed , my heroine Elena comes from a conservative, Latin American family where the women are supposed to obey the men. Yet once she got to the U.S., she knew she wanted a different life from the dominated and repressed women like her mother. Most women in her culture are dependent on their fathers and husbands. Instead she vowed to get an education and get a satisfying job, which she’s done. Still Elena’s light years behind her American sisters in her social development. Everything changes when she meets Shane. Her life speeds up, and it’s as if she’s packing months and years of living into days. She finds herself experiencing several ‘firsts’ with this hot Alpha male. Here is a list: #1 – First gun battle #2 – First time sharing her innermost thoughts #3 – First time staying the night in a hotel with a man #4 – First time risking her life to save the guy she loves #5 – First taste of real passion Here's ...