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On Tuesday The Rogue You Know was released. I want to share some of my favorite quotes from the book. Comment on your favorites from chapters 6-10 to enter to win a $10 gift card to Amazon. Chapter Six “Stay here,” he told her. “I’ll be back in a quarter of an hour.” “You’re leaving me?” She sounded almost panicked. “Can’t bear to be without me, can you?” “I’d be happy never to see you again!” she spat. He was glad to hear the warmth in her voice. She had fight left in her. “But you will. I’m for the gin shop. We need supplies.”   Chapter Seven She looked to the side, where his hand pinned hers to the wall. “You’re so warm.” “And you’re so incredibly soft.” He freed one finger and stroked it along the inside flesh of her corresponding finger. She shivered. The heat bubbling in her chest dropped to her belly. How could he do that to her with just a touch of one finger on hers? Chapter Eight ...

Summer is over in the Galen household. In your part of the world, you might be stretching the season to Labor Day, but we have gone back to school. My daughter began Kindergarten this year. She loves it, and I love it too. We can walk to school, she’s making new friends, and I have time to work. I always like to go on a mother-daughter end of summer trip, and last week my princess and I were in San Antonio with a friend and her daughter. This little girl was beginning middle school. I asked how she felt, and she said, “Nervexcited.” That’s a great description of how I always felt before a new school year. It’s how I feel before a book release! My big day is September 1. The Rogue You Know comes out, and I’m so nervexcited . I want everyone to love it and buy it and add it to their keeper shelves. My daughter’s biggest fear about Kindergarten was that she wouldn’t make any friends. An author’s biggest fear about a book release is that no one notices. One thing ...

I spend the majority of my day with a 5-year-old whose favorite topics of conversation include mermaids, fairies, princesses, unicorns, and ponies. I know all the words to "Let It Go" and all the songs in Barbie: Princess and the Pop Star. I know Twilight Sparkle is an alicorn, while Applejack is an Earth Pony and Rainbow Dash is a pegasus. I spend just about as much time each day immersed in the Regency world of my books. I know Beau Brummel influenced fashion, the English summer of 1816 was unusually cold, and the names of the patronesses of Almack's in 1812. But sometimes life and art mix. Recently my daughter and I were watching Disney's Tangled, which is one of my favorite movies. I love Flynn Rider. The movie gave me an idea for a great book--a rich "princess" and a lower class "thief" with a common goal. And so I wrote the second in my Covent Garden Cubs series featuring Gideon as the thief and Susanna, earl's daughte...