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PART ONE First, I must provide the answers to the questions I posed in my last blog . The magnificent Jane Ashford took a stab at answering these questions, and I’ve provided the answers below hers—way to go Jane!!!: Jane Ashford August 30, 2014 at 12:21 PM Taking a stab What is the median age of the romance reader? 4. 40ish First of all, my bad, because the stat I have is actually the average age, not the median age, and it’s 42 years old. What is the household income of the majority of romance readers? 5. $45,000 It’s $55,000 What is the education level of the majority of romance readers? 6. some college Correct! In what region does the highest percentage of romance readers live? 7. the South Correct! In what region does the second highest percentage of romance readers live? 8. the Midwest Correct! Where do the majority of romance readers buy their books? 9. Online They buy them in stores! First in Barnes & Noble, next Walm...

Chronic Multi-tasker Hey gang! I’m very excited to be posting...finally. I’ve been a member for a few short months and have enjoyed lurking and reading about all your great books and adventures. And I’m happy to present my debut novel Find My Way Home . A contemporary story about a small town Southern interior designer , wanting more from life and thinking if she could only hit the road for the big city, she might find what she’s looking for. *cough, cough* Well, we all know that’s not necessarily true. My heroine Bertie suffers from being an out-of-control multi-tasker (much like her author). Bertie not only designs lovely homes for a living, but you can find her dog-walking, feeding her housebound neighbor, decorating for the downtown festival and waitressing at her brother’s diner, especially on Roller Derby night (and she can’t skate!) Her need to be needed stems from losing her parents as a teenager, but it also makes her most famous and hunky client Keith very nervo...

 In a recent post, I confessed my love for all things British. So it should come as no surprise that I adore UK television, as well. One thing that I appreciate about British TV are the talented actors who look like ordinary people. Their teeth aren’t always straight. Sometimes they have a spare tire or bad hair. Frankly, it’s downright refreshing to see a wrinkle or three. I’m a binge-watcher, preferring to park myself and take in several episodes at once. And Netflix recently did me a solid by releasing Happy Valley , starring Sarah Lancashire as police sergeant Catherine Cawood. Set in the Yorkshire valleys, the gritty, tense plot about a kidnapping gone awry kept me on the edge of my seat. It was possibly one of the best shows I’ve seen in a while. The writers and actors portrayed the characters with a stark, sometimes bleak, honesty.     Catherine is divorced, living with her recovering addict of a sister, and raising her grandson. She’s had her share of...

I like to write romance. Period. Not to say I wouldn't write in other genres, but romance is what I love. I've always written across genres. I'm a huge paranormal and scifi romance kind of gal. But lately I've found myself swimming in contemporary waters. And you know, it's fun . I can tend to be a control freak, so creating my own worlds with my own rules has always appealed to me. But I've found that playing in the real world with fictional characters is just as challenging and appealing as writing about shifters in space. *grin* My heroes are hard-working, blue-collar men. My heroines have flaws and vulnerabilities. But what binds them all together is family. You can't help being born into one, whether it's happy, sad, boisterous, dysfunctional, "perfect." Everyone's got parents and maybe siblings, and you can't choose them, only how you deal with them. But you can choose your friends. The friend family is a pretty importa...

All summer long, I've been hard at work on The Great Estate (Thornbrook Park 3). I missed going to the beach, lounging at the pool, and baseball. Yes, baseball. (Writer does her job, misses playtime, cue the violins). I'm a sports fan. I love going to games and matches. I have a feeling I'll be back at work on Book 3 any day now, but I took some much needed time off to catch a game-- and it was fantastic! What made it extra special is that we brought along our friends (Yankees fans) to show them Fenway Park. I dressed appropriately in uber fan gear.  I cheered madly, especially when Big Papi took the plate. And my team still lost. But it didn't matter. We had so much fun! What do you do on a perfect day off? Are you a sports fan? Tell me your team so I can root for them, too (unless they're playing one of my teams).  Edwardian romance: Thornbrook Park is out now. An Affair Downstairs (Thornbrook Park 2) comes out on January 6, 2015, and The Great E...

So excited! HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF, Book 1 in my action-packed paranormal/romantic-suspense SWAT (Special Wolf Alpha Team) Series is now available for pre-order in Kindle, Nook, and Paperback!  Grab yours today! Oh, did I mention I'm in love with this cover?! INTRODUCING SWAT: SPECIAL WOLF ALPHA TEAM They’re tight. They’re on target. They’re as alpha as men can get. The Dallas SWAT team is hiding one helluva secret…they’re a pack of wolf shifters. The team of elite sharpshooters is ultra-secretive—and also the darlings of Dallas. This doesn’t sit well with investigative journalist Mackenzie Stone. They must be hiding something…and she’s determined to find out what. Keeping Mac at a distance proves impossible for SWAT team commander Gage Dixon. She’s smart, sexy, and makes him feel alive for the first time in years. But she’s getting dangerously close to the truth—and perilously close to his heart... HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF (SWAT 1) releases Jan 6, 2015, but click on th...

by Susanna Ives When I travel to Denmark, my favorite souvenir is amber. It’s a glossy gold or deep orange stone or, to be more accurate, fossilized resin. Sellers demand a higher price if an ancient bug is captured in the amber--a tiny life captured in time for centuries. I spend a great deal of time digging through archives.  To me, old newspapers and journals create a curious form of amber. They are historical events fossilized into dry facts and forgotten words. I want to pull this kind of amber from its storage, hold it to the light, find the life inside, and discover its stories. For in these stories, I connect to a moment years ago when someone felt her world change.  Perhaps high over her head a zeppelin would erupt into flames, or on an idle Sunday her favorite radio show was interrupted by a report of the bombing of Pearl Harbor , or early on a Wednesday morning, she was tossed from her bed as the ground below her San Francisco home began to quake. ...