Sourcebooks Casablanca Romance Authors

I'm working from Dallas this week, and I have limited time so I thought I'd share a short excerpt from Beautiful Crazy (out November 1), the first book in the debut series, Rock ’n’ Ink! Also, if you follow me on Twitter , Facebook , or sign up for my newsletter on my website , I'll be giving away an ARC at the end of the month. Enjoy! She's a rocker with attitude and ink... He's a sexy suit who gets what he wants. Kevan Landry is trying to keep her life on track and her brother in rehab. If her fledgling marketing firm can sign the hot new band, Manix Curse, it will make a world of difference. Mason Dillon heads the most successful music PR firm in Portland. He's desperate to breathe new life into the company by signing Manix Curse. The last thing either one needs is a one-night stand with a smoldering stranger... The stakes are high when a battle for the band-in the bedroom and the boardroom-becomes a battle of the heart. But if these two can set...

Music has always played an important role in my life as it has for many people. If books are my refuge then music is my foundation. So when I sat down to write my first novel I was told over and over to use what I knew and since I know marketing and music I chose to write about marketing set against a backdrop of heavy metal and rockabilly. My taste in music is fairly eclectic…I like a little of everything (except country, the only country I like is Sam Hunt and the Mavericks, but that’s another story). For me, music is a family affair. In my teens and early 20s, I spent a lot of time seeing bands: punk, rockabilly, ska, rock, metal, you name it. Before kids, my husband and I spent a lot of time in blues clubs and going to festivals. Once our children started developing their own interest in music we expanded our musical road trips to include Taylor Swift, EDM, death metal (I still shudder a little when someone mentions the Black Dahlia Murder), Imelda May, George Ezra, Purity Ring. ...

This December, debut author Susanne Lord releases the first in her London Explorers series, In Search of Scandal ! To celebrate, Susanne is here to share one of the facts (and an excerpt!) she uncovered while researching for this adventurous new series: Fast Fact: Dr. Nathanial Wallich, a Danish botanist and plant hunter connected to the Calcutta botanic gardens, was very successful in keeping plant materials alive in their journey from India to England in the age before Wardian cases.   He innovated many methods of transport, including packing seeds in brown sugar to keep them viable during their journey. An Excerpt: Charlotte caught her breath and unclenched the grip she had taken upon his hand. “You cannot pretend to like me, Mr. Repton. I just wonder—I have always wondered what I have done to offend you.” His arm tightened and his lips were right back to hovering over her ear. “Wait…” More silence. Honestly! She would not stand here and let him trampl...

A little over a year and a half ago, I was writing for fun, looking for work, and wondering how to break into the writing world. It was November, 2012, the middle of NaNoWriMo, and I was determined to be a winner. And then I got the most wonderful, unexpected Tweet ever. Sourcebooks wanted to me to turn one of my stories into a novel. Fast-forward through the most wonderful twenty months of my life. I got to watch my story grow up into The Longest Night — a book I’m proud to share, with cover I’d love to frame and hang on the wall. Even better, I finished my second book, The Deepest Night , set in the same world as the first, with equally awesome cover art. Want to know the funny thing? I’m actually not a big romance reader. I love sci-fi, fantasy, and Cold War and espionage thrillers. I enjoy paranormal romance for the paranormal, rather than the romance. So maybe that’s what makes The Longest Night different. It’s not love or even lust at first sight. Instead, it’s the...